Journal of Chaohu University ›› 2019, Vol. 21 ›› Issue (1): 90-99.doi: 10.12152/j.issn.1672-2868.2019.01.015
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The 83 cases of Anhui province's criminal records compiled by the “Qing Jiaqing Period's Criminal Records Collection of Social Historical Materials”record the family, marriage, members, professional livelihood and other information confessed by both parties. Through in-depth interpretation of these records, information can be found about Anhui families in the middle of the Qing dynasty: usually an ordinary family had 5-7 members, composed of parents, husband and wife and 1-2 children; if there was no children, they would adopt children from the clan or elsewhere to continue their blood; some widows would remarry for livelihood needs; for the men, no marriage or late marriage occurred from time to time; there were cases of late childbirth and even no child after a couple爷s marriage; people's livelihood was still mainly farming, and they also engaged in various ways of livelihood such as industry and commerce.
