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宋慈

Mandarin · pinyin Sòng Cí

Song Ci (1186–1249), author of "Collected Cases of Injustice Rectified" 洗冤集錄 Xǐ yuān Jí lù (1247), said to be the world's first forensic science text

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宋: sòng · Song dynasty; surname
慈: cí · kind, charitable, benevolent

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4–2 · Song4 Ci2

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