- Format Available: PDF, ePub, Mobi Total Read: 79 Total Download: 406 File Size: 45,5 Mb. Description: Judge Dee—Confucian Imperial magistrate, inquisitor, and public avenger, based on a famous statesman—was Dutch diplomat and Chinese cultural historian Robert van Gulik’s (1910–67) lasting invention. A welcome addition to the elite canon of fictional detectives, the Judge steps in to.
- Judge Dee (also, Judge Di) is a semi-fictional character based on the historical figure Di Renjie, magistrate and statesman of the Tang court. The character first appeared in the 18th-century Chinese detective and gong'an crime novel Di Gong An.After Robert van Gulik came across it in a second-hand book store in Tokyo, he translated the novel into English and then used the style and characters.
an authentic eighteenth-century Chinese detective novel
Unabridged, slightly corr. version.
Judge Dee (or Judge Di) is the hero of Robert van Gulik’s “Judge Dee” series. These fictional novels deal with cases in ancient China, all solved by the upright Judge Dee (note: in ancient Chinese crime stories, judges are often in the role of the detective.).
by Robert Hans van Gulik
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Published 1976 by Dover Publications in New York.
Written in English.
Subjects
Judges, Fiction, Protected DAISY, In library, Dee Jen-Djieh (Fictitious character), mystery
Tales Of Judge Dee
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About the Book
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. These judges held a unique position. As 'fathers to the people' they were at once judge and detective, responsible for all aspects of keeping the peace and for discovering, capturing, and punishing criminals.
One of the most celebrated historical magistrates was Judge Dee, who lived in the seventh century A.D. This book, written in the eighteenth century by a person well versed in the Chinese legal code, chronicles three of Judge Dee's most celebrated cases, interwoven to form a novel. A double murder among traveling merchants, the fatal poisoning of a bride on her wedding night, and an unsolved murder in a small town under Judge Dee's jurisdiction — these are the crimes. They take Judge Dee up and down the great silk routes, through clever disguises, into ancient graveyards where he consults the spirits of the dead, and through some clever deduction.
After translating Dee Goong An, Robert Van Gulik continued the adventures of Judge Dee in fiction he wrote himself. 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. As the first publication of Dee Goong An in the United States, this edition makes these cases accessible for the first time.
While the cases are superb for reading, they also show the Chinese system of law enforcement and legal proceedings (which are quite different from Western forms). Van Gulik has provided a thorough introduction and appendix with much information on Chinese detective novels, the Chinese system of justice, and particularly relevant aspects of Chinese law that play a part in these stories.
One of the most celebrated historical magistrates was Judge Dee, who lived in the seventh century A.D. This book, written in the eighteenth century by a person well versed in the Chinese legal code, chronicles three of Judge Dee's most celebrated cases, interwoven to form a novel. A double murder among traveling merchants, the fatal poisoning of a bride on her wedding night, and an unsolved murder in a small town under Judge Dee's jurisdiction — these are the crimes. They take Judge Dee up and down the great silk routes, through clever disguises, into ancient graveyards where he consults the spirits of the dead, and through some clever deduction.
After translating Dee Goong An, Robert Van Gulik continued the adventures of Judge Dee in fiction he wrote himself. 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. As the first publication of Dee Goong An in the United States, this edition makes these cases accessible for the first time.
While the cases are superb for reading, they also show the Chinese system of law enforcement and legal proceedings (which are quite different from Western forms). Van Gulik has provided a thorough introduction and appendix with much information on Chinese detective novels, the Chinese system of justice, and particularly relevant aspects of Chinese law that play a part in these stories.
Judge Dee Mysteries
Edition Notes
Bibliography: p. 229-232.
Judge Dee Walkthrough
Judge Dee is a venerated if unconventional district judge in China. In this book he works on three different cases which overlap in his schedule. As a judge, he's a member of the elite class, the Literati. Consequently he's a well-educated man and has even received some formal training in medicine which proves handy. His approach to investigation proves off-putting and borderline illegal as many of his suspects and inferiors point out. Overall, however, his methodology is effective, and he is able to solve all three of the cases and mediate judgement for the guilty parties.
The Double Murder at Dawn
The lawman of Six Mile Village, Warden Pang, discovers a couple of corpses just outside the city gates. When he learns they are silk merchants who lodged the night before at Koong Wan-Deh's hostel, he approaches Judge Dee with the case. He believes Koong Wan-Deh is responsible for murdering them. When Dee calls Koong in for questioning, he dismisses him as a suspect because Koong can only verify that one of the victims lodged with him. The other is a stranger. In order for Dee to leave his compound, he must be accompanied by a parade of local officials who herald his approach, according to tradition. This complicates his investigative abilities, so he occasionally leaves in disguise without informing his aides. Dressed as a doctor, he visits the place where the bodies were found. He finds clues at the site which lead him the murderer, whom he punishes with the full fury of the law. It was just a random incident of explosive anger.
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The Strange Corpse
While away dressed as a doctor, Dee is stopped by a woman named Mrs. Bee who begs him to help her with an illness. Being medically informed, he visits her home. At her residence he learns that the woman's son, Bee Hsun, had died about a year ago. Expecting to meet a grieving widow, Dee is instead faced with a placid woman named Mrs. Djou. The couple's daughter is deaf and mute, but she only became that way after her father's death. Faced with these bizarre emotional responses to the son's death, Dee concludes that the son must have died from foul play of some sort. It comes out that the mother was accidentally responsible for her son's death. Chinese law is rather unforgiving, and she receives a harsh legal punishment.
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The final case is brought before the judge by a well-respected former prefect, Mr. Hua. He comes to the judicial compound claiming his son's bride Miss Lee had been poisoned on her wedding night by the groom's close companion, Candidate Hoo. All of the people in question are members of the elite class, so Dee is called upon to comport himself with perfect dignity and respect when dealing with them all. It turns out that Candidate Hoo knows the murderer and bears a grudge against him, so he helps Dee catch his man.
Judge Dee Movie
Judge Dee is responsible for judging defendants as well as prosecuting them and administering punishments. He seems to relish the more harsh aspects of his job, particularly the interrogations. He tortures more than one witness to make them confess. Additionally his sentences are tough and gory. Ulead photo express windows 8. One guilty part is beheaded, another strangled, and one sliced to pieces. These are all perfectly acceptable punishments culturally. Overall Dee is just but severe man who takes the responsibility of his work extremely seriously.