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  I.9 Deposition of Zhong Ren-jie

  Zhong Ren-jie’s deposition (reprinted in: Jindaishi ziliao 近代史資料, Beijing, 1963, pp. 2-4). The original source of this reprinted version was a copy (chaodan 抄單 or qingdan 清單) enclosed in a memorial from the field. The enclosure (if not rescripted) was removed by the Grand Council clerks and kept with the file copy (lu-fu 錄副) of the memorial in the Grand Council files. The original memorial was sent back to the memorialist. Many depositions of this sort are preserved in the lufu dang 錄副檔 in the archives. The memorial with which this was originally enclosed must have come from the governor-general's yamen in Wuchang, where the case was originally tried. On "confessional" documents, see Reference Notes 1.4.

  (Compare this deposition with the ones immediately following. What can you infer about the process by which these documents were compiled?)
  
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  Glossary

  口述 - kǒushù - oral statement

  供 - gòng - deposition (Note that gong also included court depositions other than criminal "confessions")

  分居 - fēnjū - live separately (as distinct from living as an "estate household", or jia)

  故 - gù - died, deceased

  兄弟 - xiōngdì - younger brother

  過繼 - guòjì - adopt within the lineage

  嗣 - sì - heir

  長仔 - zhǎngzǎi - eldest son

  童養媳 - tóngyǎngxí - an adopted bride (a girl adopted in childhood to serve later as bride for one of the sons)

  科 - kē - an examination session (triennial)

  學院 - xuéyuàn - courtesy title for Provincial Director of Education (see Reference Notes 3.2 for this post)

  取進縣學文生 - qǔjìn xiànxué wénshēng - "accepted me as a licentiate in the county school"

  控案 - kòng'àn - file a lawsuit

  呈詞 - chéngcí - legal brief

  犯案 - fàn'àn - break the law

  斥革 - chìgé - cashiered (from licentiate status)

  拟徒 - nǐ tú - sentenced (to)

  發配 - fāpèi - penal servitude

  窮苦 - qióngkǔ - poor

  素好的 - suhaodi - old friend

  抅 - jū - to collect

  把持 - bǎchí - dominate, control (unauthorized)

  錢漕 – qiáncáo – same as 錢糧, meaning tax grains 

  書差 - shūchà - clerk in the local yamen, similar to shuban 書辦, shucha is a generic reference to a category of workers in government offices at all levels without any officially recognized status

  搆訟 - gòusòng - to bring about litigation

  使 – shi – to direct (someone to do something) 

  斂收 - liǎnshǒu - collect

  分肥 - fēnféi - "divide the fat" (split the profit)

  總督衙門 - zǒngdū yámen - office of the governor-general

  具控 - jùkòng - draw up a legal plaint

  親提審問 - qīntí shěnwèn - personally try the case

  兩造 - liǎngzào - both litigants

  責懲 - zéchéng - punish (by)

  革卯 - gémǎo - remove from the rolls

  案结 - ànjié - case was closed

  懷恨 - huáihèn - harbor hatred

  遇事尋衅（釁）- yùshì xúnxìn - seek occasions for conflict

  讐怨 - chóuyuàn - hatred and desire for revenge (a yitizi of more common 仇怨)

  拆毀 - chāi huǐ - demolish; destroy

  作詞 - zuòcí - draw up a legal plaint

  唆使 - suōshǐ - instigate

  蒙 - méng - receive (from a superior)

  邀人 - yāorén - ask someone to...

  挾制 - xiézhì - to compel

  和息了案 - héxī liǎo'àn - make peace and end the case

  糾同 - jiūtóng - gather, get together with

  轉 - zhuǎn - in his turn (has the sense of doing it at someone's behest)

  挨晚 - āiwǎn - dusk

  燒燬 - shāohuǐ - destroy by fire

  捉住 - zhuōzhù - seize

  會營 - huìyíng - mobilized forces (ying may refer to a local post of Green Standard constabulary troops)

  吆喝 - yāohe - berate

  黎明 - límíng -dawn

  支搭木板 - zhīdā mùbǎn - set up a scaffolding ("tower") of wooden boards

  擁進 - yōngjìn - crowd in

  拏解 - nájiě - arrest and send (to higher authorities)

  氣忿 - qìfèn - angry

  喝令 - hèlìng - order

  據城抗拒 - jùchéng kàngjù - hold the city and resist

  吩咐 - fēnfu - order

  在場 - zàichǎng - at the scene

  女眷 - nǚjuàn - female family members

  縊 - yì - strangle, hang

  典史 - diǎnshǐ - jail warden; police chief

  眷屬 - juànshǔ - relatives and dependents

  奪得 - duódé - seize, catch

  鈐記 - qiánjì - a seal

  自稱 - zìchēng - self-proclaim as...

  元帥 - yuánshuài - marshal

  副 - fù - vice-

  頭目 - tóumù - leader; headmen

  帥台 - shuàitái - marshal's platform

  令旗 - lìngqí - banners of command

  都督大元帥 - dūdū dà yuánshuài - commander-in-chief and grand marshal

  三軍 - sānjūn - three armies (Here used to form a title indicating 'commander of all the armies')

  旗號 - qíhào - mottoes on banners

  勒派 - lèpài - forcibly assign or levy

  相幫 - xiāngbāng - aid

  符咒 - fúzhòu - charms and incantations

  鳥槍 - niǎo qiāng  - musket, arquebus

  相投 - xiāngtóu - turn oneself over to; join up with

  入伙 - rùhuǒ - join the band

  裹脅 - guǒxié - force to join up

  不等 - bùděng - in unequal numbers

  加砌 - jiāqì - to pile up

  掘斷 - juéduàn - dig (ditches) so as to cut off

  開碾倉谷 - kāiniǎn cāng'gǔ - prepare grain (lit. open the granary and husk grain) (谷＝穀）

  銷毀 - xiāohuǐ - smelt down

  煽惑 - shānhuò - incite and deceive/lure

  藏匿 - cángnì - conceal, hide

  千總 - qiānzǒng -  Company Commander

  港口驛 - Gǎngkǒuyì - the courier post at Gangkou

  丁四僑營卡 - Dīngsìqiáo yíngqiǎ - the military post at Dingsiqiao

  不齊 - bù qí - not united

  屢 - lǚ - repeatedly

  轟斃 - hōngbì - killed by gunfire

  脅 - xié - coerce, force

  圍逼 - wéibī - surrounding (and threatening)

  勢孤 - shìgū - cut off, isolated

  適 - shì - at that time

  預謀 - yùmóu - conspire

  傳習 - chuánxí - propagate, proselytize

  邪教 - xiéjiào - heterodox teaching

  會名 - huìmíng - a secret-society name

  虐 - nǜe - oppress

  激變 - jībiàn - incite a revolt

  止 - zhǐ - only

  轉約 - zhuǎnyuē - recruit by proxy

  脅從 - xiécóng - compel to follow

  不知情 - bù zhīqíng - not know the situation