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The '''''Collected Statutes of the Ming Dynasty''''' or '''''Collected Regulations of the Great Ming''''' ({{zh |t = 大明會典 |s = 大明会典 |p = Dà Míng Hùidǐan }}) is a five-volume collection of regulations and procedures of the [[Ming dynasty]] (1368–1644). After the original compiler, [[Xu Pu]] (1429–1499), died, the task was taken over by [[Li Dongyang]] (1447–1516) and Shen Shixing (申時行). The books took 11 years to complete and were published in 1509.

A second edition was commissioned in 1576, resulting in the alternative name ''Wanli Huidian'' (萬曆會典), which was completed in 1587 and covers the years between 1479 and 1584 under the [[Chinese era name|era name]] [[Wanli Emperor|Wanli]]. The 1587 edition was reproduced as a facsimile in Beijing by the [[Zhonghua Book Company]] in 1988.

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== External links ==
* http://riccilibrary.usfca.edu/view.aspx?catalogID=948 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150412175856/http://riccilibrary.usfca.edu/view.aspx?catalogID=948 |date=2015-04-12 }}

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