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The Chinese Gold Murders
First US edition
AuthorRobert van Gulik
SeriesJudge Dee
GenreGong'an fiction, Mystery, Detective novel, Crime, Historical mystery
PublisherMichael Joseph (UK)
Harper & Brothers (US)
Publication date
1959
Media typePrint (paperback)
Pages214 pp (paperback edition)
OCLC4665025
Dewey Decimal
823
LC ClassPZ4.G97 Cg 1979 PR9130.9.G8
Preceded byThe Chinese Lake Murders 
Followed byThe Chinese Nail Murders 

The Chinese Gold Murders is a gong'an historical mystery novel written by Robert van Gulik and set in Imperial China (roughly speaking the Tang dynasty). It is a fiction based on the real character of Judge Dee (Ti Jen-chieh or Di Renjie), a magistrate and statesman of the Tang court, who lived roughly 630–700.

The book includes a map of the fictional town of Peng-lai.

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