Crime and Punishment in Ancient China: Tang-Yin-Pi-Shih - Hardcover
Fascinating glimpse into the world of traditional Chinese judicial systems through this record of 144 criminal and court cases, judged in courts of ancient China; entertaining and informative.
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Robert H. van Gulik (1910-1967) was educated in Leiden and Utrecht, and served in the Dutch diplomatic service in China, Korea, Japan and the USA, among other postings. Fluent in Chinese and Japanese and a skilled calligrapher, he was the author of acclaimed studies on Asian interests, and also the popular series of detective novels, based in ancient China and featuring the semi-historical Judge Dee Gong-An. It will soon become evident to fans of Judge Dee that van Gulik drew much inspiration for his novels from the T'ang-Yin-Pi-Shih.
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- PublisherOrchid Press
- Publication date2007
- ISBN 10 9745240915
- ISBN 13 9789745240919
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages212
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Crime and Punishment in Ancient China: The Tang Yin Pi Shih
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Book Description Hard bound. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. Second edition, revised. Compiled in the 13th century, the Tang-Yin-Pi-Shih is a record of 144 criminal and civil court cases judged in the courts of ancient China, spanning some 1,400 years of the country's history, commencing about 300 BC. During this period, China's judiciary was chosen from among the ranks of the country's scholar-officials, who, dispatched to various parts of the Empire often with little or no prior training in the legal arts, fulfilled the role of both investigative detective and court judge in the provincial centers of the land. Casebooks such as the Tang-Yin-Pi-Shih were thus essential tools of the appointees, providing guidance and precedence to which to refer, when the courts were confronted with challenging cases. In Crime and Punishment in Ancient China, the author provides us with an informative and highly entertaining translation and commentary on the ancient text. R. H. van Gulik was also the author of a popular series of detective novels, based in ancient China and featuring the semi-historical Judge Dee Gong-An. It will soon become evident to fans of Judge Dee that van Gulik drew much inspiration for his novels from the Tang-Yin-Pi-Shih. First published in 1956 as "Parallel Cases from Under the Pear Tree: A 13th Century Manual of Jurisprudence and Detection". 212 pp., 1 colour plate and 4 b&w woodcuts, index. 'The crimes, ranging from petty theft to murder and treason, provide an excellent view of the provincial magistrate's docket. thoroughly studied and meticulously annotated.' John L. Bishop, in Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies, Vol. 20 No. 1/2, 1957. Size: 24.5 x 17.5 cm. Seller Inventory # 000658
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