乾隆八年《大清律例》的頒行

The Promulgation of The Great Qing Code in 1743

透過現存的清代檔案，能夠具體勾勒出纂修《大清律例》的實際進程與諸多細節。《大清律例》並非如同舊說，是在乾隆五年頒發到全國的，確切情形其實是：乾隆元年開始纂修，五年纂修完畢，六年繕寫刻樣告竣，八年刊刻結束、開始刷印，在八年到九年之間，利用層層下發的方式達到「頒行天下」的效果。而釐清《大清律例》的基本情形後，還可以對雍正律的爭議提出不同的看法，並連帶指出官方典籍著錄的官修書頒行時間，未必就是真實的時間。

Through the existing archives of The Great Qing Code, we could clarify that The Great Qing Code’s details and process of compilation, writing-out, print, and publication during the period of 1736 to 1743. By doing so, we could correct some misconceptions of The Great Qing Code. The preconceived idea of The Great Qing Code is to be issued all over the country at 1741. However, the actual compiling process of The Great Qing Code should be at 1741. And the accomplishment of writingout of The Great Qing Code should be at 1742. At 1743, the printing process of The Great Qing Code was fulfilled. Througu the transmission of The Great Qing Code from stratum to stratum, The Great Qing Code was popular throughout the country in a year. After clarifing this topic, we could propose the possible answer about the dispute of the YongZhengLu (雍正律), and point out the actual issuing time of official printed books might not be compatible with the record in the official records.