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Celebrated Cases of Judge Dee = Dee goong an

by Robert van Gulik

1976 237 pages eng

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 …

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