Abstract: In the Qing official documents，attached argument，or“Qianshang”( Argument in the form of“Qian”) ，means attached documents with which different offices exchange their opinions officially． The “Qianshang”studied here is about the judgments of severe criminal cases reviewed in the Autumn Joint Retrial． The purpose of the Autumn Joint Retrial is designed to review the reported death penalty cases by a committee of officials authorized by the Throne．Officials of this committee could either agree with the decision of Criminal Law Department on whether the criminal should be executed immediately after the Retrial or should get a reprieve，and jointly made a memoir to the Emperor， or，disagreed with the Department and made their arguments to persuade the others in the form of “Qian”，and then report their disputes to the Emperor． The final decision of the life and death of the criminals is the pivot of attached argument in the Autumn Joint Retrial，very often providing detailed review of the case and an important perspective to study the Retrial and other respects of the central juridical system of the Qing．