Contents • • • • • • • Translation [ ] The Dutch sinologist and diplomat came across a copy in a second-hand book store in and translated the novel into English. He then used it as the basis to create his own original over the next 20 years. Van Gulik wrote: This translation is chiefly a product of the years, 1941-1945, when constant travel on various war duties made other more complicated Sinological research impossible. This novel Dee Goong An is offered here in a complete translation.

Possibly it would have had a wider appeal if it had been entirely re-written in a form more familiar to our readers. The translation was first privately printed on behalf of Van Gulik by the of Tokyo, in a limited run of 1200 numbered signed copies. The translation features nine drawings, three copies from old Chinese art, and six illustrations by the author.

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'Four great strange cases of 's reign' [ ] As carefully noted in his scholarly postscript, the present book is in fact a translation of only about half (31 out of 65 chapters) of a Chinese book in Van Gulik's possession, entitled 'Four great strange cases of Empress Wu's reign'. Van Gulik obtained three editions of that book – a 19th-century manuscript and two printed editions, published respectively in 1903 and in 1947 at Shanghai. There were many differences between variant texts, Van Gulik considering the 19th Century version the best and basing his translation mainly on it. The part which Van Gulik translated describes Judge Dee simultaneously solving three difficult criminal cases, culminating with his being rewarded by promotion to the Imperial court (which, Van Gulik notes, was the traditional culmination of a Chinese story about an official). The later 34 chapters described events at the Court (where the historical Judge Dee is known to have been a valued adviser to, though his career suffered various ups and downs).