The emergence of the crime fiction genre is linked to the growth of the modern legal system. In Germany, there were the true crime stories of August Gottlieb Meißner (1753-1807), in France Vidocq ( 1775-1857) and in Britain the Newgate Diaries.
China has one of the oldest bureaucracies on earth. In this video, Michael Henrik Wynn gives his interpretation of a classic story about the legendary Judge Bao, a real life character from the early middle ages who was transformed by fiction into a Chinese Sherlock Holmes. This interpretation uses the Feng Menglong (1574-1646) version of the story as a foundation, and includes all the elements of that legend. But it is not a direct translation.
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China has one of the oldest bureaucracies on earth. In this video, Michael Henrik Wynn gives his interpretation of a classic story about the legendary Judge Bao, a real life character from the early middle ages who was transformed by fiction into a Chinese Sherlock Holmes. This interpretation uses the Feng Menglong (1574-1646) version of the story as a foundation, and includes all the elements of that legend. But it is not a direct translation.
Download available at the internet archive:
https://archive.org/details/judge-bao
The live stream of the Historyradio.org 24/7 literary net radio stream is available online at the website, or via phone apps.
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