INSTITUTION OF MEDIATION IN TRADITIONAL CHINA (THE X-XIX CENTURIES)
The article is devoted to mediation in imperial China including the analysis of the main scientific hypotheses of its functioning. Special attention is paid to the characteristic of various public institutions for the settlement of disputes of civil-legal nature. The author concludes that social mediation in traditional China was the most preferred and most common way to resolve property disputes especially for those, who were professionally engaged in trading activity.