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documentTypeBook
TitleXingbu shuotie 刑部說帖 [Memoranda from the Ministry of Justice]
Short titleB3854300-00
Topic2.1 Judicial cases: general casebooks
Historical periodEarly Qing (1644-1796)
CountryChinese
AuthorAnonymous 軼名
Publication typeWoodblock
Comment

A reference compilation covering part of the Jiaqing and Daoguang years, of which large sections look as if they might be printed in their present form. (The same is true of not a few shuotie compilations.) The entries are in the form of internal notes, sometimes introduced by “we observe” (查), or “carefully observe” (謹查), requesting the approval of the Ministry of Justice directors (these are shuotie properly speaking). More rarely, they are in the form of memorials from the ministry requesting an imperial rescript. The very detailed mulu at the beginning follows the order of statutes in the Code (not all the statutes are cited, however, and names of the parts and sections of the Code are not provided), and lists each entry with a detailed caption including the province, year, and name of criminal. Doubts are raised, however, when observing that this zongmu (ce 1) stops at the the “War” laws (兵律), implying that one or more ce of mulu might be missing (some are found later on in the compilation). In fact, examination reveals some disorder in the numbering of the 52 fasc., and suggests that not a few fasc. are missing. Some fasc. are devoted not to a particular section of the Code but to a particular year (with a serial number), featuring a mulu at the beginning but no indications in the margins. At least one fasc. bears the title Shuotie jiyao 輯要 at the beginning. In the more complete fascicles the central margin indicates the title of the relevant statute and the name of the criminal.

SubjectLaw
LanguageChinese
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