Book description
Judge Dee presided over his Imperial Chinese court with a unique brand of Confucian justice. A near-mythic figure in China, he distinguished himself as a tribunal magistrate, inquisitor, and public avenger. Long after his death, accounts of his exploits were celebrated in Chinese folklore and later immortalized by Robert van…
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This series of exciting short detective stories is set in Imperial China. Judge Dee is a kind of Chinese Sherlock Holmes who ingeniously solves a variety of crimes and mysteries.
Although the story is based over one thousand years ago, from my own experience, the description of a Tang magistrate’s workings also gives a clue as to how China is still governed at the local level.
From Chris' list on China from an angle that Westerners don’t see.
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