Duties of a Criminal Investigator--Soul Collision: Soul Collision

Author: Feng Shirong
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Publish Date: 2002-06-01
Features: Detective literature is beloved for its twists and suspense, intriguing due to its thrilling and risky nature, and enhances wisdom through its analysis and reasoning. It also integrates legal systems, science and technology, and humanistic spirit, playing a significant role in exposing evil and promoting justice. However, some are driven by profit, publishing inferior works that promote "horror, shock, and pornography," corrupting readers. The Eastern Sword collection takes upon itself the mission of "singing the main theme," striving for content that is "legal, reasonable, and justified," plots that are "full of suspense and turnings," creation that is "surprising yet logical," and style that is "accessible to both high and low, refining the mundane." In summary, they aim to make readers appreciate this generous gift. Eastern Sword is a best-selling police literature magazine, included in the "China Periodical Formation" by the National Press and Publication Administration and awarded as an "Excellent and Effective Periodical." It the "serving the people and serving the nation" and ", " principles, continuously introducing a batch of works with high ideological, artistic, and readability standards, many of which have won city-wide or national awards. Zhuhai Publishing House immediately spotted the potential and collaborated with Feng Shirong and Mou Huaike to select outstanding works from the Eastern Sword magazine over the past few years to compile the collection. This is a highly beneficial and well-received effort for readers and scholars of detective literature. Police literature, or detective literature in the modern sense, has blood ties to ancient public case literature and modern chivalrous literature, remains a thriving literary genre, holds historical and practical significance in punishing evil and promoting goodness, and has always been favored by readers. To inherit and develop police literature, the Eastern Sword magazine has unique advantages. They have experienced the transition from old to new, seized the opportunity of China's reform and opening-up, thrived in the international metropolis of Shanghai, and in the forefront of criminal investigations, providing an inexhaustible source for the prosperity of police literature. In terms of cases, their characteristics are numerous, large-scale, risky, and challenging, especially in the late 1980s, with the rise of intelligent, cross-border, and sensational crimes, greatly enriching the content of detective literature. Regarding the police, Shanghai's criminal investigators inherit the pragmatic, resilient, clever, and brave traditions of Chinese policing while possessing the cultural, intellectual, vision, and moral qualities of modern police, supported by advanced technology, significantly enriching the material for detective literature. In terms of time, Shanghai's century-old concessions, the Nationalist regime, and the vicissitudes of the People's Republic era have accumulated countless old tales and incidents of criminal cases. After the reform and opening-up, new perspectives have emerged to examine old social crimes, and previously unpublished major case archives have been released. Combined with collaborations with international criminal police, this has greatly expanded the scope of detective literature. In terms of domain, by solving cases, they and analyze the diverse aspects of life, with works covering ethics, criminal psychology, and more, profoundly deepening the of detective literature. Regarding the environment, Shanghai is supported by many renowned writers and police authors, with a profound cultural heritage, greatly intensifying the atmosphere of detective literature. All these factors make Shanghai's police literature works both specialized and culturally refined. The editing of the Eastern Sword collection is ingenious, dividing it into four volumes: Detective Fiction 《The Contest of Wits》, Social Ethics 《The Clash of Souls》, Major Cases 《The Struggle of Humanity》, and Old Cases 《The Bloodstained Secrets》. This makes the detective works more distinct in Chinese characteristics, features, and urban traits, truly necessary and accurate.