Chinese Culture

The Chinese Culture
The Celebrated Cases of Judge Dee allows its readers to gain a perspective of the people and culture of China. This novel translated by Robert Van Guilik demonstrates the ideology of Chinese law of that point in time. Judge Dee, during the Tang Dynasty, was a well-known statesman and a magistrate to a town called Chang-Ping. He was known to be a famous detective, in which he could solve all crimes through careful investigation. In the Celebrated Cases of Judge Dee, he is faced with three murders, which develop throughout the book. First of the three murders was the murder of the two silk merchants. Second was the sudden death of a young husband, and thirdly was the poisoning of a bride in her nuptial chamber. As Judge Dee begins solving the crimes, the story unfolds slowly and shows the reader the history of China. The Celebrated Cases of Judge Dee, takes place in the Tang dynasty during which one can observe how the Chinese authoritative views were strict, the law...