The Cases of Magistrate Shi

The final volume brings the magistrate’s investigations to their full moral and narrative resolution. In these concluding cases, justice must confront not only crime but corruption, loyalty and the limits of authority. Completes the full, unabridged English translation of Shi Gong An (施公案).

The first complete and unabridged English translation of Shi Gong An, one of the foundational works of Chinese judicial fiction, in three volumes. Murder, corruption and deception in the courts of late imperial China, where justice means restoring the balance of society.