![]() ![]() Dee Jen-Djieh begins his career as a District Magistrate, the lowest rung of the provincial government. Peace and good order are maintained throughout the empire by a large, efficient bureaucracy of highly-educated gentleman-scholars. It is the 7th century AD, and Tang dynasty China is the greatest power in Asia, if not the world. ![]() The series was Inspired by… the 18th century Chinese novel 狄公案 ( Dí Gōng'àn) or Cases Of Judge Dee, which van Gulik had translated during his war service, and had published in 1949 as Celebrated Cases Of Judge Dee. Judge Dee is a series of Police Procedural novels and short stories set in Imperial China and written by the Dutch diplomat and sinologist Robert van Gulik. Heed Justice only, lodestar unfailing, though always remote and cold. ![]() He may not lose his foothold once, once pause to listen to his heart, The only bridge across is straight and narrow as a rapier's edge. A judge must brave the foaming billows of hate, deceit and doubt, ![]()
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