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Les achats comprennent une adhésion à l'essai gratuite au club de livres de l'éditeur, dans lequel vous pouvez choisir parmi plus d'un million d'ouvrages, sans frais. Le livre consiste d'articles Wikipedia sur : Meurtre Sur Un Bateau de Fleurs, Trafic D'or Sous Les T'ang, le Pavillon Rouge, le Mystère Du Labyrinthe, le Monastère Hanté, le Squelette Sous Cloche, le Paravent de Laque, Les Deux Mendiants, La Perle de L'empereur, le Passager de La Pluie, La Fausse Épée, Cinq Nuages de Félicité, une Affaire de Ruban Rouge, le Matin Du Singe, Meurtre Sur L'étang de Lotus, Les Cercueils de L'empereur. Non illustré. Mises à jour gratuites en ligne. Extrait : Meurtre sur un bateau-de-fleurs est un roman de Robert van Gulik, mettant en scène le juge Ti et ses aides. Il s'agit de la sixième enquête du Juge selon l'ordre chronologique (la troisième selon l'ordre de publication). L'action se déroule dans le district de Han-Yuan, petit mais prospère district proche de la capitale, Tch'ang-ngan. Arrivé depuis tout juste un mois à Han-yuan, le district où il vient d'être muté, le juge Ti pourrait profiter de la tranquillité de cette petite ville prospère et tranquille. Mais tout lui parait trop calme: Le tribunal n'a à traiter que des affaires de routine, les citoyens laborieux ne se plaignent de rien ni de personne, il soupçonne que l'on lui cache quelque chose d'important. A l'occasion d'une réception donnée sur l'un des luxueux bateau-de-fleurs par les notables de la ville, il a le privilège d'admirer la courtisane Fleur-d'Amandier interpréter une danse exceptionnelle. Peu de temps après, celle-ci est assassinée. Et ce n'est que le début des malheurs: A cela vient s'ajouter l'incompréhensible disparition d'une jeune mariée et de son époux, et tandis que le juge doit s'inquiéter de la santé mentale du conseiller impérial Liang, le spectre d'une terrible société secrète refait surface. Le juge Ti n'est pas au bout de ses peines... Personnel...http://booksllc.net/?l=fr ... Read more

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Interesting book, lousy production values
As a fan of Robert Van Gulik, I've made an effort to collect any of his available works, and this particular one has been something of a Holy Grail for me, as every time I've tried to order it before, it was marked as 'unavailable'.So now my search is over, and much like Launcelot, the apparent message is 'look, but don't touch'.

The research is exhaustive, the translations both rather muddy and elegantly concise, the explanations add a great deal of value to Dr. Van Gulik's work.

Now the bad part.I've never seen such a shabby excuse for a book.The cover appears to be red construction paper, glued sketchily at the spine, and I had no sooner opened it than the pages began to fall out.I'm happy to have finally obtained this interesting historical perspective on the subject, but next time, guys, have a little more respect for the author and his labors.

A must for van Gulik and/or Judge Dee fans
T'ang-Yin-Pi-Shih is a listing of actual cases and decisions heard and made by Chinese imperial magistrates.Robert Hans van Gulik, in his prefaces and colophons to his best-known works, the 16 books of stories about Magistrate Dee Jen-Djieh, noted that he drew upon these case histories as sources for his novels and short stories.As such, they make entertaining reading for those familiar with those works.

The cases are presented in pairs (hence the term "Parallel Cases"), in which each half of the pair bears a common idea, though this is not always obvious.The other part of the title comes from the fact that scholars of law developed a tradition of holding discussions and study groups in groves of fruit trees.Thus, referring to something as "under the pear-tree" became a metaphor for a legal matter.

Readers will find that the Imperial Chinese had a keen sense of law and justice, and the methods used bear striking resemblances to modern forensics - even to the use of bullet comparisons.One thing that is curious, though, is the fact that while thumbprints on documents (including confessions) were used as an identifying mark, the Chinese never developed the use of fingerprints at crime scenes.

The book contains 72 pairs of cases dating from 300 BCE to 1100 CE, with extensive footnotes, including commentary from imperial scholars who added their notes after its initial publication in 1211 CE.Where there is a question about the accuracy of his translation, van Gulik cites the original Chinese text, but a knowledge of the language is not necessary. ... Read more

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Who? What?
I own every Van Gulik available on Amazon.What a treet, or hoot, or whatever you would characterize beautiful writing and mystery.The best. ... Read more