Bao Zheng

Bao Zheng in Beijing opera (Shizhao/ CC BY 3.0)

1 November, 2019 - 17:58 MartiniF

Judge Bao, the Chinese Sherlock Holmes Who Became a Legend

How did a humble government official during the reign of Emperor Renzong (AD 1010 – 1063) of the Northern Song dynasty of China, become a legend, and achieve immortality in Chinese operas as a god...