About the book: 1958 / Dutch diplomat and orientalist Robert van Gulik, author of the work "Sex Life in Ancient China" and famous detective stories, which also take place in China in the Middle Ages, and the main character is the detective Judge Di - today he can be considered one of the most popular writers in Russia. Van Gulik was even dubbed the “Dutch Akunin,” which is somewhat strange, if only because the Dutchman died in 1967.