At the time of the incident - The Great Song Magistrate's Handbook for Adjudicating Cases

Author: Guo Jian
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Publish Date: 2006-08-01
Features:
Zheng Yan, a minister of the Zheng state during the Spring and Autumn period, heard crying and made a judgment; Gu Kaizhi judged a case involving the dissection of a wife; Wu Zetian mistakenly judged a case of the prince-in-law's rebellion; the famous courtesan Sai Jinhua was involved in a homicide case. Watch The Grand Scribe's Investigator, read The Handbook of Post-Mortem Examination, discuss historical mysteries, uncover the secrets of the master judge, and step into real social life. This book revolves around The Handbook of Post-Mortem Examination, a world-famous classic, analyzing the corpse examination systems and methods recorded in it to show readers the legal and cultural forms of ancient China regarding post-mortem injury examinations. Each chapter introduces the theme using relevant plots from the TV series The Grand Scribe's Investigator, interspersed with stories of ancient strange cases, related laws throughout history, and certain customs and "shoddy rules" in actual operations. At the end of each chapter, the original text of The Handbook of Post-Mortem Examination is included (not necessarily in its original order), roughly forming four parts: "Case Scene at the Time," "Judgment Treasure," "Unveiling Mysteries," and "Appendix Original Text." At the end of the book, there is also an article A True Account of Song Ci, the Grand Scribe's Investigator introducing the real historical figure Song Ci and his judgment treasure The Handbook of Post-Mortem Examination.