tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2186213837616167361.post2437351031463922654..comments2022-12-12T14:47:11.471+01:00Comments on 天朝大國: [Judge Dee] Map of Pénglái賈尼http://www.blogger.com/profile/03207671300903490067noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2186213837616167361.post-84016031727434586742016-03-17T15:32:15.997+01:002016-03-17T15:32:15.997+01:00Well, the stories are so full of anachronisms [on ...Well, the stories are so full of anachronisms [on purpose, of course] that they'd rather function as introductory reading for Míng Dynasty culture!賈尼https://www.blogger.com/profile/03207671300903490067noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2186213837616167361.post-23934278288078673822016-03-16T02:08:26.730+01:002016-03-16T02:08:26.730+01:00This got me to start rereading the Judge Dee stori...This got me to start rereading the Judge Dee stories for the first time since 1983 or so. I took an anthro class on Chinese history and culture as an undergrad with maybe 3-5 total students. The prof. assigned the Gold Bell Murders as way to give the class a feel for Tang Dynasty culture (with anachronisms).Tallgeesehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16045006122540505779noreply@blogger.com