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* HeadgearOfAuthority: Hats denoted status in ImperialChina, so there are many, especially Judge Dee's winged cap of office.
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* HeadgearOfAuthority: HatOfAuthority: Hats denoted status in ImperialChina, so there are many, especially Judge Dee's winged cap of office.
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There was a TV adaptation of ''The Haunted Monastery'' in 1974, as well as [[Film/DetectiveDee three movies]][[note]]featuring the HistoricalDomainCharacter but not based on the novels[[/note]] in 2010, 2013, and 2018.
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There was a TV adaptation of ''The Haunted Monastery'' in 1974, as well as [[Film/DetectiveDee three movies]][[note]]featuring the HistoricalDomainCharacter but not based on the novels[[/note]] in 2010, 2013, and 2018.
2018. Netflix began releasing a new mystery series inspired by the character, titled "Judge Dee's Mystery", in 2024.
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* IncestStandardsAreRelative: In "The Chinese Maze Murders", [[spoiler:General Ting's son]] turns out to be having an affair with a married woman his age. Unfortunately, said woman is [[spoiler:his father's concubine]], which is considered as bad as incest even without the (attempted) MurderTheHypotenuse (Ancient China did not like [[spoiler:patricides]], even against an AssholeVictim). The judge orders the man to commit suicide to prevent the family's corruption spreading any further.
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* BloodBrothers: All three lieutenants consider themselves, and address each other, as such.
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* UsefulNotes/WhyMaoChangedHisName: The books include lots of idiosyncratic romanizations of the characters' names. Curiously, some names, chiefly the religious names of monks and the names of courtesans and some other female characters, are ''translated''.
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* DepravedBisexual: Fang Choong in The Chinese Gold Murders. He seduces many women, rapes others, and has a relationship with his superior Tang so the latter will shield him from those and other misdeeds.
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* DepravedBisexual: Fang Choong in The "The Chinese Gold Murders. Murders". He seduces many several girls and women, rapes others, and has a relationship with his superior Tang so the latter will shield him from the consequences of those and other misdeeds.
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* DepravedBisexual: Fang Choong in The Chinese Gold Murders. He seduces many women, rapes others, and has a relationship with his superior Tang so the latter will shield him from those and other misdeeds.
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** Either that or he convinced himself he's one after reading his grandfather's diary who claimed to be one.
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** Some other imperial officials get a chance to shine in ''The Chinese Bell Murders''. First, Judge Dee uncovers a [[spoiler:rape and blackmail scheme perpetrated by some fake Buddhist monks]], and asks those other officials to back him up in lying to the public so the women in question are protected from being DefiledForever. The officials gladly agree, with the stipulation that the higher authorities are told the true facts. In the same book, a group of senior bureaucrats review the sentences Dee has given the various villains of the book, and comment favorably on his efforts against the CorruptChurch. They also approve of his JusticeByOtherLegalMeans strategy of defeating a man who previously bribed his way out of being executed for a series of murders and rapes and make it clear that they would be inclined to commute that man’s death sentence for his current (less serious) crime if not for his past misdeeds.
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** Some other imperial Imperial officials (well, two retired officials and two guildmasters) get a chance to shine in ''The Chinese Bell Murders''. First, Judge Dee uncovers a [[spoiler:rape and blackmail scheme perpetrated by some fake Buddhist monks]], and asks those other officials to back him up in lying to the public so the women in question are protected from being DefiledForever. The officials gladly agree, with the stipulation that the higher authorities are told the true facts. facts.
** In the same book, a group of senior bureaucrats review the sentences Dee has given the various villains of the book, and comment favorably on his efforts against the CorruptChurch. They also approve of his JusticeByOtherLegalMeans strategy of defeating a man who previously bribed his way out of being executed for a series of murders and rapes and make it clear that they would be inclined to commute that man’s death sentence for his current (less serious) crime if not for his past misdeeds.
** In the same book, a group of senior bureaucrats review the sentences Dee has given the various villains of the book, and comment favorably on his efforts against the CorruptChurch. They also approve of his JusticeByOtherLegalMeans strategy of defeating a man who previously bribed his way out of being executed for a series of murders and rapes and make it clear that they would be inclined to commute that man’s death sentence for his current (less serious) crime if not for his past misdeeds.
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** Some other imperial officials get a chance to shine in ''The Chinese Bell Murders'': Judge Dee uncovers a [[spoiler:rape and blackmail scheme perpetrated by some fake Buddhist monks]], and asks those other officials to back him up in lying to the public so the women in question are protected from being DefiledForever. The officials gladly agree, with the stipulation that the higher authorities are told the true facts.
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** Some other imperial officials get a chance to shine in ''The Chinese Bell Murders'': Murders''. First, Judge Dee uncovers a [[spoiler:rape and blackmail scheme perpetrated by some fake Buddhist monks]], and asks those other officials to back him up in lying to the public so the women in question are protected from being DefiledForever. The officials gladly agree, with the stipulation that the higher authorities are told the true facts. In the same book, a group of senior bureaucrats review the sentences Dee has given the various villains of the book, and comment favorably on his efforts against the CorruptChurch. They also approve of his JusticeByOtherLegalMeans strategy of defeating a man who previously bribed his way out of being executed for a series of murders and rapes and make it clear that they would be inclined to commute that man’s death sentence for his current (less serious) crime if not for his past misdeeds.
