Collected Cases of Injustice Rectified

Collected Cases of Injustice Rectified
Traditional Chinese洗冤集錄
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinXǐyuān Jílù
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutpingsai2 jyun1 zaap6 luk6
Nomenclature of human bones in Sòng Cí: Xǐ-yuān lù jí-zhèng, edited by Ruǎn Qíxīn (1843).

Collected Cases of Injustice Rectified or the Washing Away of Wrongs is a Chinese book written by Song Ci in 1247[1] during the Song dynasty (960–1276) as a handbook for coroners. The author combined many historical cases of forensic science with his own experiences and wrote the book with an eye to avoiding injustice. The book was esteemed by generations of officials, and it was eventually translated into English, German, Japanese, French and other languages.

It is the first ever written book of forensic science.[2]

  1. ^ Uematsu, Tadashi; (transl. T. Nakayama) (1978). "Hsi-yüan chi-lu". In Balazs, Etienne; Hervouet, Yves (eds.). A Sung Bibliography. The Chinese University Press. p. 186. ISBN 962-201-158-6.
  2. ^ "Xi yuan lu". Library of Congress.