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狄仁傑 (dik6 jan4 git6) — meaning, pronunciation, examples

狄仁傑 (dik6 jan4 git6, Dí Rén jié) — Di Renjie (607-700), Tang dynasty politician, prime minister under Wu Zetian, subsequently hero of legends; master sleuth Judge Dee, aka Chinese Sherlock Holmes, in novel Three murder cases solved by Judge Dee 狄公案[Di2 gong1 an4] translated by Dutch sinologist R.H. van Gulik 高羅珮|高罗佩[Gao1 Luo2 pei4]

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