I first met Judge Dee about 40 years back. I was stationed in the middle of nowhere and the book was in the library. I was previously stationed in Japan and had come to respect much of the Asian life ... Read More
In 1961 Robert van Gulik published his overview of "Sexual Life in Ancient China," after having it previously published it privately.
A preliminary survey of Chinese sex and society from ca. 1500 B ... Read More
As with other van Gulik novels I have read, an excelent mystery and a nice glimpse of Chinese culture (whose authenticity this reader is not in a position to judge). Read More
