2. Developing Forensic Knowledge through Cases in the Qing Dynasty

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Note on Citations and Abbreviations vii
4. Foreword ix
5. Introduction :Thinking with Cases 1
6. PART 1: THE CASE IN LAW
7. 1 .Satisfying Both Sentiment and Law: Fairness-Centered Judicial Reasoning as Seen in Late Ming Casebooks 31
8. 2. Developing Forensic Knowledge through Cases in the Qing Dynasty 62
9. 3 ,From Oral Testimony to Written Records in Qing Legal Cases 101
10. PART 2: MEDICAL CASE HISTORIES
11. 4. Producing Medical Knowledge through Cases: History, Evidence, and Action 125
12. 5. Facts in the Tale: Case Records and Pediatric Medicine in Late Imperial China 152
13. 6. The Literary Fashioning of Medical Authority: A Study of Sun Yikui’s Case Histories 169
14. PART 3 :THE CASE IN RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY
15. 7. How to Think with Chan Gong’an 205
16. 8. Confucian ‘‘Case Learning’’: The Genre of Xue’an Writings 244
17. Appendix: Printed Sources Discussed in This Volume 274
18. Character Glossary 277
19. Bibliography 289
20. Contributors 317
21. Index 321