The Cases of Judge Bao (Bao Gong An)

1. Read alongside other legal-case works such as The Three Heroes and Five Gallants and Cases of Judge Di to observe different narrative emphases
2. Note the details of Song judicial procedure, instruments of punishment, and statutes to sense the features of the era
3. Observe how the 'upright official' image is shaped in folk tales and consider its cultural symbolic meaning

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