Collected Works of Ji-Yi
Introduction
“Collected Works of Ji-Yi” preserves the memorials and proposals submitted by Shen Jiaben to the Qing government during his leadership of the pivotal legal reforms in the late Qing Dynasty. It documents his conclusions on major legal issues, showcases his research into China’s inherent legal cultural heritage and key aspects of Western jurisprudence, and captures his firsthand reflections on the judicial reforms of the era. In this seminal work, readers can not only grasp the profoundness and richness of traditional Chinese legal culture and the complexity and challenges of legal transformation but also appreciate Shen Jiaben’s profound scholarly expertise, rigorous academic approach, and his earnest admonitions and aspirations for the future of China’s rule of law.
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Memorials (Volume 1)
Memorial Concerning Deleting Cruel Penalties
Memorial Concerning Changing Virtual Capital Offense into Perpetual Banishment and Penal Servitude
Memorial Concerning Establishing a Special Legal Clause for Counterfeiting of Foreign Silver Coins
Memorial Concerning Banner People Conforming to Penalties of Exile, Perpetual Banishment, and Penal Servitude as Ordinary People
Memorial Concerning Modifying Old Regulations on Banner People´s Estate
Memorial Concerning Modifying Old Regulations on Prohibition of Human Trafficking
Memeorial Concerning Deletion of Laws and Provisions Pertain to Slaves and Maidservants
Memorial Concerning Deletion of Laws and Regulations on Isonymous Marriage
Memorial Concerning Military Station
Memorial Concerning the Same Penalty for Those Who Offer and Take Bribes
Memorial Concerning the Establishment of Law Teaching Institution
Memorial Concerning Adaptations of Traditional Regulations on Execution of Criminals
Argumentations (Volume 2)
Argumentation on Voluntary Manslaughter
The Appendices of the Records of Voluntary Manslaughter Cases during the Reign of Emperor Kangxi (1661—1722) and the Reign of Emperor Yongzheng (1722—1735)
The Appendices of Refuted Cases
Further Discussions on Voluntary Manslaughter
The Appendices of Shuo Tie of Director (Lang Zhong) Ji
Argumentation on Killing Adulterers
Argumentation on Intimidating People to Death
Argumentation on Groundless Accusation
Argumentation on Committing Perjury
Argumentation on Supplementary Penalty
Argumentation on Confiscation
Theories (Volume 3)
Theory of the Death Penalty Being the Sole Penalty
Theory of Presiders over the Marriage of Remarried Women
Theory of Adopting Male Children with Different Surnames as Heirs
Theory of Error (Wu) and Negligence (Guo Shi)
Theory of Comparing Officials´ Unjust Verdicts in the Laws of the Tang Dynasty and the Laws of the Ming Dynasty
Theory of Differences between the Law on Permitting Caning to Replace Penal Servitude and Perpetual Banishment in the Laws of the Ming Dynasty and the Law on Caning Attached to Penal Servitude and Perpetual Banishment in the Laws of the Tang Dynasty
Theory of Different Explanations Given by the Legal Ministry and the Supreme Court in Existing Regulations on Voluntary Manslaughter of Brothers
Further Theory
Theory of Prosperity and Decline of Jurisprudence
Textual Research Elucidation Analysis and Judgment of Cases (Volume 4)
Textual Research
Elucidation
Analysis and Judgment of Cases
Annotations Addition Letters (Jian Bu Shu) Law Questions and Answers (Da Wen) (Volume 5)
Annotations (Jian)
Addition (Bu)
Letters (Shu)
Law Questions and Answers (Da Wen)
Prefaces (Volume 6)
Preface to Revised Edition of the Exposition of the Tang Penal Code (Tanglushuyi)
Preface to Revised Edition of the Laws of the Ming Dynasty
Preface to the Narrative of the Criminal Code of the Song Dynasty (Xing Tong Fu)
Preface to the Record of Crimes written by Wang Yu
Preface to Wang Mubo‟s New Annotations to the Record of Crimes written by Wang Yu
Preface to the Cases of Comparison Clauses of Autumn Trial
Preface to Tong Xing Zhang Cheng
Preface to the Questions about the Laws of the Qing Dynasty
Preface to the Remaining Classic of Xue Yunsheng (the Senior Si Kou)
Preface to three Types of Compilation of the Collection of Criminal Cases
Preface to the Collection of the Penalty of Inking Characters on the Forehead
Preface to the Examination of Ancient Judge over All Dynasties
Preface of the Author to Han Lyu Zhi Yi
Preface to Lectures on Ta Tsing Leu Lee
Preface to the Lectures on the General Theory of Jurisprudence
Preface to the Records of Visits to Courts
Preface to the Records of Visits to Prisons
Preface to Masterpieces of Jurisprudence
Preface to Zheng Lei Fa Dian
Preface to the New Translation of Japanese Laws and Regulations
Preface to the Magazines of the Society of Jurisprudence
Postscripts (Volume 7)
Postscript to the Manuscript of the Exposition of the Tang Penal Code (Tanglushuyi)
Postscript to the Annotations of the Laws of the Tang Dynasty
Postscript to Lyu Wen of the Song Dynasty with the Pronunciation and Meaning of Laws (Lyu Ying Yi) of Qu of Changshu Attached
Postscript to the Explanation of the Narrative of the Criminal Code of Song Dynasty (Xing Tong Fu Jie)
Postscript to the Brief Explanations of the Narrative of the Criminal Code of Song Dynasty (Chu Jie Xing Tong Fu)
Postscript to the Annotations of the Narrative of the Criminal Code of Song Dynasty (Xing Tong Fu Shu)
Postscript to the Manuscript of the Statutes of the Yuan Dynasty (Yuan Dian Zhang)
Postscript to the New Compilation of the History of the Yuan Dynasty (Yuan Shi Xin Bian)
Postscript to the Great Codes of the Ming Dynasty (Ming Da Gao)
Postscript to the Great Ming Code Reprinted by Fan Yongluan
Postscript to the Great Ming Code in the Reign of Wanli
Postscript to the Japanese Kyoho´s Version of the Laws of the Ming Dynasty
Annotations and Regulations Attached to the Great Ming Code (Lyu Shu Fu Li)
Postscripts and Afterwards (Volume 8)
Postscripts
Afterwards
References
Author(s) Information
Author: SHEN Jiaben
Translators: CHEN Lizhu, LIU Long
