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Preface and Acknowledgments ix
Translator's Notes xiii
Introduction 3
Part I Judicial Procedures 29
Case 1 Xu Si: A Scuffle over a Debt (Jiangsu, 1702) 30
Case 2 Li Huaiyu: The Missing Brother (Hunan, 1736) 37
Case 3 Ms. Guo: Accidental Homicide Concealed (Zhili, 1794) 52
Case 4 Li Cang: Blackmail and Arsenic (Shanxi, 1803) 59
Case 5 Cao Ligong: Attempted Rape That Led to Murder (Zhili, 1803) 64
Part II Interrogation Techniques 79
Case 6 Du Huailiang: Adultery That Brought Disaster (Shandong, 1696) 79
Case 7 Rui Meisheng: Manslaughter over an Outhouse (Anhui, 1722) 90
Case 8 Jia Mingyuan: Accidental Homicide (Fengtian, 1796) 96
Part III Intent and Premeditated Violence 103
Case 9 Luo Zhongyi: Kidnapping (Guangdong, 1728) 103
Case 10 Wang Azhen: Murder for Extortion (Guangdong, 1779) 116
Part IV The Failure of "Confucian" Family Values 122
Case 11 Li Er and Li San: Two Pecks of Beans (Fengtian, 1738) 123
Case 12 The Hong Brothers: A Quarrel over Manure (Hunan, 1738) 128
Case 13 Ms. Wang: Incest and Violent Homicide (Jilin, 1738) 133
Case 14 Ms. Ma: Disguised Poisoning (Shandong, 1795) 142
Part V Control of Politically Marginal Groups and Individuals 147
Case 15 A Village Vendetta and Han Intercession (Guangxi, 1728) 148
Case 16 Rebellious Religious Sectarians (North China, 1791-1814) 175
Case 17 Ji Yanghua: Secret Society Member (Shanxi, 1814) 201
Part VI Social Mobility and Crime 205
Case 18 Jin San: A Spurned Lover (Sichuan, 1728) 205
Case 19 Luo Fenpeng: A Phony Scholar-Official (Jiangxi, 1763) 218
Part VII Imperial Intervention 226
Case 20 Li Yuchang: AMagistrate Murdered for His Integrity (Jiangsu, 1809) 226
Appendix 1 Banners and Other Social Organizations 245
Appendix 2 Popular Religious Movements 247
Appendix 3 Cases Listed by Social Conflict 252
Chinese Character Glossary 255
Bibliography of Studies in English 271
Index 279
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