China's Living Legends

From Confucian Scholar to China’s Sherlock: The Story of Di Renjie


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What if China’s greatest detective lived not in the 1800s…but in the Tang Dynasty? 🕵️‍♂️Di Renjie wasn’t just a bureaucrat—he fought corruption, survived Wu Zetian’s brutal politics, and became the inspiration for centuries of crime novels.From imperial court intrigues to the origins of “public case” stories—and even the films and TV series we see today—this is the untold story of the real-life Sherlock Holmes of China.👉 Think detectives are a modern invention? Di Renjie proved otherwise—over a thousand years ago.

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