The Janus-Faced Clergy Crimes in the Judge Dee Mysteries: A Pentadic Criticism

Robert Van Gulik, one of the twentieth century’s most prominent sinologists and detective writers, has made significant contributions to the study of Chinese cultures but received inadequate scholarly appraisal until the twenty-first century. Although Van Gulik’s Judge Dee mysteries have been well r...

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Authors: Xie, Pan (Author) ; Li, Zhou (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: MDPI 2023
In: Religions
Year: 2023, Volume: 14, Issue: 2
Further subjects:B Chinese courtroom fiction
B Van Gulik
B Judge Dee
B crime and religion
B pentadic criticism
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