xíngshū
text of criminal law
- text of criminal law
- The written text of criminal law or a book containing legal statutes. Historically, it refers to the first public code of laws in ancient China, cast onto bronze tripods by the official 子产 zǐchǎn in the state of Zheng.
- [abbreviation]
- (abbreviation) A shortened title for the Minister of Justice during the imperial era.
- prison clerk
- (archaic) A low-level official or clerk in charge of judicial documents and prison records.