Judge Dee presided over his Imperial Chinese court with a brand of Confucian justice. A near-mythic figure in China, he distinguished himself as a tribunal magistrate, inquisitor, and public avenger…

Judge Dee presided over his Imperial Chinese court with a brand of Confucian justice. A near-mythic figure in China, he distinguished himself as a tribunal magistrate, inquisitor, and public avenger…

Diplomat, Asian scholar, author, calligrapher, polyglot, polymath, passionate lover of life in all its forms, Robert van Gulik researched and wrote prolifically on a diverse range of Asian subjects, such…

Translation of an ancient Chinese manual on juriprudence, including details of many trials and judgments for crimes both high and petty.

Annotated translation of a surviving work of the great 11th century Chinese artist, Mi Fu, on the art of the ink-stone, one of the treasures of the Chinese scholar’s studio.