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Books by 高罗佩
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Judge Dee Mysteries: Book One 大唐狄公案·壹
The times are treacherous, mist shrouds the land, and danger lurks everywhere. In the places where crimes have occurred, a great Tang Dynasty detective conducts discreet investigations, plunges into tangled mysteries, and untangles the chaos... This is an unprecedentedly authentic portrait of the flourishing Tang Dynasty! The book explores every aspect of Tang life, including its justice system, politics, criminal law, officialdom, administration, diplomacy, commerce and industry, education, cul
126Reads9.6Score—Shelves
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Judge Dee Case Files: The Bronze Bell Case 狄公案：铜钟案
[Historical mystery + locked-room murders + Detective Di Renjie + interwoven serial cases] A new official takes office, and the county yamen stays lit late into the night. On his first day in Puyang, Di Gong encounters a strange case: on Half-Moon Street, a butcher’s daughter is brutally murdered in her bedroom. A love poem and a gold hairpin point to a scholar. But hidden clues and the night watchman’s clappers reveal the real killer: a wandering fraud posing as a Daoist, using holy robes to di
33Reads8.8Score—Shelves
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The Copper Bell Case 铜钟案
The Judge Dee mysteries successfully created a Chinese Sherlock Holmes and were translated and published in many languages, leaving a major mark on the history of cultural exchange between China and the world. The translated edition of The Judge Dee Mysteries is planned to include fifteen volumes. Zhang Ling, who has studied Robert van Gulik for many years, is responsible for the translation, as well as scholarly yet accessible annotations and afterwords. Since this is the only version currently
22Reads9.3Score—Shelves
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The Willow Garden Painting 柳园图
★ Dutch sinologist Robert van Gulik retells the legend of Di Renjie, a renowned official of the early Tang dynasty. ★ Combines the refined charm of classical Chinese literature with the pleasures of Western detective fiction. ★ A complete, unabridged new translation. ★ Hand-drawn illustrations by Robert van Gulik. ★ A comprehensive look at the background behind the books. ★ The translator has studied Robert van Gulik for years and translated the series independently, ensuring a consistent style.
21Reads8.7Score—Shelves
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Judge Dee Case Files: The Red Pavilion 狄公案：红阁子
Three curses in a secret chamber, a beauty’s debt from hell On Paradise Island, the nights are a whirl of luxury and revelry. Di Renjie, magistrate of Puyang County, is just passing through when he is forced to stop and take on what seems like an open-and-shut suicide case: Li Hanlin, a newly appointed top scholar, is heartbroken and has slit his throat in the Red Pavilion at the Yongle Inn. Thirty years earlier, the wealthy merchant Tao Kuang also cut his own throat in this room. Three days lat
19Reads8.9Score—Shelves
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Judge Dee Case Files: Chaoyun Temple 狄公案：朝云观
While returning home with his family, the famed detective Di Gong is caught in a violent storm. Their carriage is wrecked, forcing them to seek shelter at the mist-shrouded Chaoyun Temple. The temple is celebrating its founding anniversary. Pilgrims fill the grounds, and a theater troupe takes the stage. It all seems lively and festive, yet something sinister lurks beneath the surface. Late that night, Di Gong looks out his window and catches sight of a burly man in an iron helmet in the opposit
7Reads8.6Score—Shelves
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Judge Dee Case Files: The Lakeside Case 狄公案·湖滨案
[High suspense, nonstop twists, and ancient-style detective stories] Di Renjie, county magistrate of Hanyuan, attends a banquet aboard a pleasure boat. What should have been an elegant evening becomes the scene of a locked-room murder. Beneath the moonlit sky, at the heart of the lake, the music suddenly stops, and a woman’s corpse surfaces. Then an unsolved chess game from seventy years ago reappears, a bride mysteriously “comes back to life” on her wedding night, a carpenter is found dead in a
5Reads8.7Score—Shelves
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Judge Dee Mysteries: The Complete 4-Volume Set 大唐狄公案(套装共4卷)
Judge Dee Mysteries is a monumental work of English literature by Robert van Gulik, the great Dutch sinologist, diplomat, and novelist. Completed over fifteen years, it comprises sixteen novels and eight short stories. Centered on Di Renjie, a Tang dynasty chancellor of China, it recounts his legendary career as a magistrate solving cases and ridding the people of harm in prefectures, counties, and the capital. The stories are complex, the cases perilous, the plots gripping, and the mysteries de
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