Original Chinese: Translation: Original and Continuing Cases of Shi Gong

Author: (Qing) Anonymous
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Publish Date: 2002-01-01
Features: The first comprehensive of the Shigong Case's rare, with the long-lost Zhangfuji edition finally seeing the light of day again. Shigong Case is a Qing Dynasty Chinese vernacular novel, also known as Shigong Case's Amazing Stories and One Hundred Cases of Wonder. During the Kangxi era of the Qing Dynasty, Shi Shilun served as an honest and just official, achieving remarkable achievements, especially in his clever case judgments. His most famous achievement was: upon completing his term as the Governor of the Grand Canal, he was summoned to the capital. During the Lantern Festival, the imperial amber night-light cup was stolen by a thief. Shigong, disguised, investigated the case, discovered the cup's whereabouts, and gathered heroes like Huang Tianba to break into Qixing Tower, retrieving the night-light cup. The emperor enfeoffed Shigong as the Grand Guardian of the Heir Apparent, granted him the privilege to ride in the Forbidden City, and appointed him as a member of the Southern Study. The protagonist in the book is a real person, and there is a Biography of Shi Shilun in the History of the Qing Dynasty.