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Long before western writers had even conceived the idea of writing detective stories, the chinese had developed a long tradition of literary works that chronicled the cases of important district magistrates. Robert van gulik, mark bramhall, stefan rudnicki, lorna raver, yuri rasovsky, inc. He symbolizes a historical figure named di renji, who was a statesman and a county magistrate of the tang court. He also must deal with a series of seemingly disconnected deaths that could spell the end for one of the citys most aristocratic families.
Cases of judge dee, also known as di gong an or dee goong an is an 18thcentury chinese gongan detective novel by an anonymous author, buti zhuanren chinese. Celebrated cases is a fairly literal translation of the eighteenthcentury novel dee gong an, based on cases of the reallife judge dee, who served as regional magistrate in the tang dynasty. It is loosely based on the stories of di renjie wadegiles ti jenchieh, a county magistrate and statesman of the tang court, who lived roughly 630700. Start a free 30day trial today and get your first audiobook free.
Gathered here are tales of actual crimes solved by the magistrate of changping in 7thcentury china. Judge dee mysteries is a series of historical mystery novels and short story collections by dutch novelist robert van gulik. Based upon actual criminal investigations, each of these three stories deals with a different level of chinese culture and society. This book, written anonymously in the eighteenth century, interweaves three of judge dees most baffling cases.
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His skepticism leads him to finding more and looking past the obvious to be able to unravel what any other man would have deemed an impossible case. An authentic seventhcentury chinese magistrate solves three crimes. The celebrated cases of judge dee audiobook by robert van. Mar 28, 2011 one of the most celebrated historical magistrates was judge dee, who lived in the seventh century a. It was discovered by a westerner in the 1900s, one aspect of books and reading that i dont often consider is the extent to which storytelling is a cultural form, often arising out of longstanding tradition. From the suspected treason of a general in the chinese army to the murder of a lonely poet in his garden pavilion, the cases here are among the most memorable in the judge dee series. Celebrated cases of judge dee in by reading the celebrated cases of judge dee, i gained a perspective of the people and culture of china. Judge dee encounters all the bureaucratic mazes that the highly regulated imperial court, while plague and drought beset the city and popular uprisings threaten. The celebrated cases of judge dee background gradesaver.
This, however is the only place where you can find the originals of judge dee, the venerable sergeant hoong, the treacherous ma joong, and the other members of dee s detective force. After trial, get 1 audiobook and 2 audible originals each month. The series began simply as a translation that van gulik did for a chinese novel entitled dee goong an, but the translation got van guliks interest in continuing the chinese detective fiction genre. Get 50% off this audiobook at the audiobooksnow online audio. An authentic eighteenthcentury chinese detective novel library by yuri rasovsky, mark bramhall, et al. Celebrated cases of judge dee audio book by yuri rasovsky. The manuscript of celebrated cases of judge dee is the product of an extensive tradition in chinese detective storytelling. In the first, two traveling silk merchants stay at a hostel and are later found murdered. Judge dee was a magistrate or a judge, who solved different crimes around china. This book, written anonymously in the eighteenth century, interweaves three of judge dee.
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