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Ep. 206 | Robert van Gulik and Judge Dee

Ep. 206 | Robert van Gulik and Judge Dee

The China History Podcast

August 16, 201843m 27s

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Show Notes

In this episode, Laszlo introduced the great Nederlander Robert van Gulik. In his relatively short life, van Gulik made a name for himself as a scholar, diplomat, and writer. Judge Dee was based on the historical person Di Renjie, an important official and minister of state during the reign of Empress Wu Zetian. Van Gulik was fascinated with the Chinese "gong'an" detective novel genre of literature and did a lot to popularize it around the world.

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