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 Chapter one of an edition of the novel that was printed in the 28th year of the Guangxu Emperor. | |
| Author | Unknown |
|---|---|
| Original title | Dee Goong An |
| Translator | Robert van Gulik |
| Language | Chinese |
| Series | Judge Dee |
| Genre | Gong'an fiction, Mystery, Detective novel, Crime |
Publication date | 18th century |
| Publication place | China |
Published in English | 1949 |
| Media type | Print (hardback & paperback) |
| Pages | 237 (English) |
Celebrated Cases of Judge Dee (Chinese: 狄公案; pinyin: Dí Gōng Àn; lit. "Cases of Judge Dee"), also known as Di Gong An or Dee Goong An, is an 18th-century Chinese gong'an detective novel by an anonymous author, "Buti zhuanren" (Chinese: 不题撰人). It is loosely based on the stories of Di Renjie (Wade-Giles Ti Jen-chieh), a county magistrate and statesman of the Tang court, who lived roughly 630–700. Though set in Tang dynasty China, the novel also contains cultural elements from later dynasties. A translated version was released by Robert van Gulik in 1949; van Gulik would go on to write his own series of Judge Dee novels, starting with The Chinese Maze Murders.