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documentTypeBook
Title[Xinzuan] Siliu yanyu 新纂四六讞語 [Judgments in Six-Four Parallel Sentences]
Topic2.1 Judicial cases: general casebooks
Historical periodLate Ming (1585-1644)
CountryChinese
Reprint (year of)2005
AuthorAnonymous
CollectionLidai panli pandu 歷代判例判牘
Volume12
Number of volume4
Publisher中國社會科學出版社
Place of publication北京
Publication typePrint
Comment

A collection of ten judgment proposals, introduced by the words shende 審得, published as models for writing judiciary documents in parallel sentences of four and six characters. According to Yang Yifan (see below), the style suggests that these cases have been written by the same person. Occasional notes are inserted to explain terms and allusions to the classics and to reference books, suggesting that the collection may have been intended for examination candidates. According to Takigawa (see below), yan 讞 should be understood as “dubious cases submitted to the central authorities,” rather than simply “judgments”; some of the pieces look like final judgments by magistrates, however. Dates mentioned in the text correspond to the Wanli era. The same contents under the same title are found in the upper register of j. 2 of Shitu xuanjing (q.v.)

SubjectLaw
LanguageChinese
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