狄公案 by Anonymous

"狄公案" by Anonymous is an 18th-century Chinese detective novel loosely based on Di Renjie, a Tang dynasty magistrate who lived around 630–700. Judge Dee must simultaneously solve three criminal cases: a merchant's murder driven by greed, a passionate crime in a village, and a bride's mysterious poisoning on her wedding night. As district magistrate wielding vast judicial powers, Dee navigates a system where false judgments could cost him his life, while using ... Read More methods that would shock Western sensibilities. His investigations reveal the complex fabric of traditional Chinese society. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Show Less

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Author	Anonymous
Title	狄公案
Alternate Title	Di Gong An
Note	Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celebrated_Cases_of_Judge_Dee
Language	Chinese
LoC Class	PL: Language and Literatures: Languages and literatures of Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceania
Subject	Di, Renjie, 629-700 -- Fiction
Category	Text
EBook-No.	27686
Release Date	Jan 2, 2009
Most Recently Updated	Jan 4, 2021
Copyright Status	Public domain in the USA.
Downloads	1524 downloads in the last 30 days.
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