Name Shen Jiaben | Died 1913 | |
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Shen Jiaben (沈家本, 1840 – 1913). Late Qing Chinese scholar and jurist from Wuxing 吳興 in Zhejiang province（modern Huzhou city 湖州）. Shen was in charge of the 1905 revision of the Qing Code, abolishing several cruel punishments such as "slow slicing" (lingchi). He served as the minister of justice in the Qing Dynasty in 1911-12, in the cabinet of Yuan Shikai.
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