狄公案

Dí Gōng Àn
Dee Gong An (or Judge Dee's) Cases, 18th century fantasy featuring Tang dynasty politician Di Renjie 狄仁杰 Dí Rénjié as master sleuth, translated by R.H. van Gulik as Three Murder Cases Solved by Judge Dee

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Entry Composition

1 狄 Dí
  1. surname Di
  2. generic name for northern ethnic minorities during the Qin and Han Dynasties (221 BC-220 AD)
=2 公案 gōngàn
  1. judge's desk
  2. complex legal case
  3. contentious issue
  4. koan (Zen Buddhism)
=2 公案 gōng'àn
  1. (Zen Buddhism) koan
  2. (figurative) much discussed issue; sensational affair
  3. (law, figurative) complicated legal case
  4. (law, literary) court table (used by a judge)
  5. complicated legal case
  6. court table (used by a judge)
  7. koan
  8. much discussed issue; sensational affair

Containing this entry

大唐狄公案 Dà Táng Dí Gōngàn Three Murder Cases Solved by Judge Dee, 1949 novel by R.H. van Gulik, featuring Tang Dynasty politician Di Renjie 狄仁杰 Dí Rénjié as master sleuth