Chronology of Judge Dee Novels by Robert van Gulik

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Chronology of Judge Dee Novels by Robert van Gulik

You can read the Judge Dee Novels by Robert van Gulik in the chronological order of the stories. A chronology is provided in the book "Judge Dee at Work",. Yet, two books are missing. This chronology, set up by Klaus-Peter Kossakowski, will possibly help to close this leak.

The short stories from the book "Judge Dee at Work" are marked with one asteric, the two stories marked with two asterics have been published together in the book "The Monkey and the Tiger"

No.	Novel or Story Title	Year	Place	Chronological Remarks
1	The Chinese Gold Murders	663	Peng-lai	The first novel
2	Five Auspicious Clouds*	663	Peng-lai	One week after 1
3	The Red Tape Murder*	663	Peng-lai	One month after 1
4	He Came With the Rain*	663	Peng-lai	Six month after 1
5	The Lacquer Screen	664	Peng-lai	One year after 1
6	The Chinese Lake Murders	666	Han-yuan	Judge Dee six month there
7	The Morning of the Monkey**	666	Han-yuan	Ten month after 6
8	The Haunted Monastery	667	Han-yuan	Judge Dee one year at Han-Yuan
9	The Murder on the Lotus Pond*	667	Han-yuan
10	The Chinese Bell Murders	668	Poo-yang
11	Necklace and Calabash	668	Poo-yang	*1
12	The Two Beggars*	669	Poo-yang	15th day of 1st month
13	The Wrong Sword*	669	Poo-yang
14	The Red Pavilion	669	Poo-yang	During the
15	The Emperors' Pearl	669	Poo-yang	5th day of 5th month
16	Poets and Murder	669	Poo-yang	Mid-harvest festival *2
17	The Chinese Maze Murders	670	Lan-fang	Beginning of the year
18	The Phantom of the Temple	670	Lan-fang	Middle of the year
19	The Coffins of the Emperor*	672	Lan-fang
20	Murder on New Year's Eve*	674	Lan-fang	New year's evening
21	The Chinese Nail Murders	676	Pei-chow	Judge Dee four weeks there
22	The Night of the Tiger**	676	Pei-chow
23	The Willow Pattern	676	Capital
24	Murder in Canton	680	Canton

1.) In "Necklace and Calabash" the Third Princess already knows about the secret of the Buddhist temple from the "Bell Murders". Moreover, the "Lake Murders" are said to have been happend two years before.

2.) In this story, Judge Dee refers to things which happend in the novel "The Red Pavilion". As Mid-Harvest Festival is the 15th day of the 8th month, it has to happen after the "The Emperor's Pearl" (5th day of 5th month).

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