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247 adultery, 23, 24, 109. See also Kim Kyŏng-un; Paek, Ms.; Yang Hangny ŏn An Chŏng-bok, 216n3 An Yŏng-dŭk, 115, 123–​ 24 An Yu-jong, 144 autopsies, 16–​ 19, 99, 216n3. See also under Cho P’al-bok; Chŏng, Ms. burials, illegal (t’ujang), 47, 200, 202. See also gravesites; Kim Kap-san; Kim Mun-ho; Kim Wŏn-ch’ŏl; Pak, Ms. Capital Magistracy, 14 cemeteries. See Kim Kap-san; Kim Munho ; Kwangsan Kims’ cemetery Chang, Madam, 66, 69–​ 71; background and overview, 63, 66; corpse, 68; finances, 66, 67; interrogation, 94; Ms. Ŭn and, 63–​ 71; Ms. Yu and, 183; Sin Chong-su and, 69; Sin Kab-yŏn and, 65–​ 66; status, 63, 64, 213n3; suicide, 63–​ 71; Yi Hyŏng-sŏk and, 66, 69 Chang Mun-wŏn, 113–​ 17, 119, 122, 123, 128 changhyŏng (punishment by beating with heavy stick), 207n25, 220n35, 224n47 child abuse. See Kim, Ms.; Mun Chong-ji Cho, Ms., 75, 77, 79–​ 81, 83–​ 85, 91, 93, 96, 97; depositions, 75, 85, 87; family background, 75; Ko Kyŏng-sam and, 75, 77, 79–​ 81, 83–​ 85, 93; Ms. Kim and, 74, 75, 85, 97; Mun Yu-mok and, 77, 79, 81, 83; Sŭng-mun and, 81, 83; testimony , 74, 75, 80–​ 81, 84, 85, 93, 96 Cho Ch’ŏl-ha, 198 Cho Hyŏng-suk, 32, 43 Cho Kuk-po, 120, 121, 126 Cho Kwang-p’il, 121 Cho Kyŏng-sin, 75 Cho P’al-bok, 112, 120, 121, 126, 127; autopsies, 111, 112, 118–​ 20; corpse, 111, 118, 220n29; death, 109, 110, 112, 120, 125–​ 28; death report, 219n18; Yi Haeng-mun and, 110, 112–​ 13, 119, 121, 122, 124–​28 Cho Tae-rim, 81–​ 82, 92, 94 Ch’oe, Ms., 187, 198; complaint filed by, 141, 144, 146, 150, 156, 171, 187; interrogation, 144, 156, 163–​ 64, 182, 185, 186; Kim Mun-ho and, 146, 191; Kim P’yŏng-il and, 132, 157, 164, 169, 182–​ 87, 191; Kwangsan Kims and, 141, 145, 146, 150, 156, 182–​ 84; petition, 167; testimony, 144–​ 45, 156–​ 57, 164, 169, 182–​86 Ch’oe Pong-nip, 59 Ch’oe U-hyŏng, 60, 212n10 Chŏkto (C: Zeidao) (“Violence and Robbery ”; chapter in Great Ming Code), 200 Chŏng, Ms., 92, 94, 103–​ 5; autopsy, 105–​ 6; corpse, 101–​ 2, 105, 106; death, 100, 101, 103–​ 6; Ko Kyŏng-o and, 82; overview, 81; Pak Kyŏng-ju and, 100; testimony, 82; Yang Su-gŭn and, 103–​5 Index 248 | Index Chŏng Il-yŏng, 189 Chŏng Kwŏn, 112, 113, 123 Chŏng Tong-baek, 148, 157, 171, 188, 197 Chŏngjo, King, 7, 16, 18–​ 22 Ch’ŏngni (“Hearing”; section in Taejŏn hoet’ong), 202 ch’ŏnmin (lowborn person), 108 Chosŏn (dynasty): local/provincial administration, 10–​ 12, 11t; ranks in, 206n17, 209n12, 218n1. See also specific topics churoe/churi, 130 clerk’s writing, 8–​ 9 confessions, aggressive interrogation, and torture, 218n9. See also torture Confucianism, 10, 13 coroner’s assistant (ojak), 15, 16 coroner’s assistant (ojak saryŏng), 16, 142 Coroner’s Guide for the Elimination of Grievances (Muwŏllok), 7, 15–​ 18, 73, 207n29 corpses, handling of, 16 courts. See judicial administrative structure criminal offenses excluded from pardon, 224n53 criminal procedure and investigation, 13–​ 20, 99, 100 cursing others, 64 deaths: immediately reported to local authorities, 99; investigations of, 99, 100. See also specific topics depositions: preliminary, 15. See also under specific witnesses dialects, 206n14 extortion, 166, 171, 182–​ 86, 188, 191 fornication, 23 geomancy, doctrine of (K: p’ungsu; C: fengshui), 47 Ginzburg, Carlo, 9 government: branches of, 14 (see also judicial administrative structure) governors, provincial, 14, 15 gravesites, conflicts over, 47–​ 49. See also Pak, Ms. Great Code of Administration (Kyŏngguk taejŏn), 13, 48, 62, 218n2 Great Ming Code, 110, 130, 134, 190–​ 92, 199, 200, 211n24, 218n7; on adultery and fornication, 23; flexible translation , 13; history, 13, 207n24; Korean adoption of, 13 Han Yong-sŏn, 26 hanging, 73 “Hearing” (Ch’ŏngni; section in Taejŏn hoet’ong), 202 Hegel, Robert E., 206n14 homicide, 109. See also deaths; murder; specific topics “Homicide” (K: Inmyŏng; C: Renming) (section in Great Ming Code), 134, 190 Hong Chin-o, 24, 27, 29–​ 31, 34–​ 39, 42–​ 46; confession, 24, 39; depositions, 24, 25, 35–​ 36, 38–​ 39; interrogation, 30, 38, 39; motive, 36, 45; sentence...

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