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Books by Wu Jianren
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The Judge Dee Cases 狄公案
[Four Great Mysteries of Empress Wu Zetian + Di Renjie + detective mystery + stunning reversals + Chinese-style horror] When Di Renjie takes up his first post as magistrate of Changping County, he never expects one murder after another to rock the small town! News arrives that a Huzhou merchant has been murdered at the Li Lidun inn. The innkeeper, Kong Wande, protests his innocence, but the local headman, Hu De, refuses to let him off the hook. When Di Renjie investigates, the evidence points st
513Reads9.5Score—Shelves
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A Filthy History of Modern Society 近世社会龌龊史
The History of Modern Society's Corruption was another masterpiece by Wu Jianren, a celebrated novelist of the late Qing dynasty, written after Strange Events Eyewitnessed in the Past Twenty Years. It was completed in 1910, the second year of the Xuantong reign. Continuing the author's keen observations and incisive criticism of social realities, the novel takes "the strange state of affairs over the past decade" as its thread. Through a series of interconnected stories, it exposes the many abus
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