Bianhu Explained

Bianhu was a system of household registration introduced following the Qin unification in 221 BC. The system transformed individual households into a category labelled the "common people listed in the household register".^{[1] [2]}

Notes and References

1. Du, Zhengsheng. (1990). Bian hu qi min: chuan tong zheng zhi she hui jie gou zhi xing cheng. Tai bei shi: Lian jing. (編戶齊民 : 傳統政治社會結構之形成 / 杜正勝著) (The Appearance of the "Registration of Commoner Households" and Its Historical Significance: A Study of the Registration of Commoner Households/Common People Listed in the Household Register: the Formation of the Traditional Political Society)
2. Xu, Ting. (2010). The End of the Urban-Rural Divide? Emerging Quasi-Commons in Rural China. Archiv für Rechts- und Sozialphilosophie. 96 (4): 557.