"Di Gong'an" is a representative work of public case novels in the late Qing Dynasty. Together with "Bao Gong's Case" and "Shi Gong'an", it is also known as the "Three Great Public Case Books of the Qing Dynasty".
The author Wu Jianren is famous in the literary world for his "Strange Current Situation Witnessed in Twenty Years". The character Di Renjie he wrote combines the acumen of a detective with the integrity of a scholar-bureaucrat.
This book selects the four most representative mysterious cases from the first thirty chapters of the original work: "Liuli Dun Corpse Case", "Suspicion in Huanghua Town", "Zhou's Husband Murder Case" and "Murder in a Secret Room", and fully presents the wonderful journey of Judge Di's clear understanding and clever solution of unjust cases when he first became the magistrate of Changping County.
Different from traditional public case novels that rely on ghosts and gods to tell dreams, "Di Gongan" pays more attention to logical reasoning and evidence chain, and is known as "the forerunner of Chinese classical mystery novels".
This publication is based on the authoritative original, retains the language style of the original work, and is supplemented by brief annotations. It is an ideal book for understanding Chinese koan literature and appreciating the wisdom of classical suspense.
