Dee, known in Chinese as Di Renjie, is a character based on a magistrate-cum-investigator who became famous in the 7th century during the Tang Dynasty. He then took on a second life when his cases were fictionalised in a Chinese detective novel published in the 18th century. In 1949, an English translation followed. Robert van Gulik, a Dutch diplomat who spent much of his life in Asia, undertook the task, becoming so entranced by it that he went on to write Detective Dee mysteries of his own.
狄,中文全名为狄仁杰,是公元七世纪唐朝的一个地方检察官。他的一生第一次被写在中国侦探小说中可以追溯到18世纪。在1949年,一个在中国常驻的荷兰外交官罗伯特 古里克将他的故事翻译成了英文。他对狄仁杰的故事非常着迷,以至于他竟然开始自己创作狄仁杰的故事!
狄,中文全名为狄仁杰,是公元七世纪唐朝的一个地方检察官。他的一生第一次被写在中国侦探小说中可以追溯到18世纪。在1949年,一个在中国常驻的荷兰外交官罗伯特 古里克将他的故事翻译成了英文。他对狄仁杰的故事非常着迷,以至于他竟然开始自己创作狄仁杰的故事!