Judge Dee is an essay written by Chinese author, Dee Goong An. This essay tells us a great deal about law, culture, and social status in China under the Ming dynasty. The story is about a young bride who is murdered by someone who has put poison in her tea on the night of her wedding. Judge Dee, a high official in the town, is given the task of solving this crime and appropriating the right sentence for the perpetrator. The article tells the reader a lot about how social status and the law came into play during this era in Chinese culture and society. Another essay that explains social status under the Ming dynasty is "The Scholars" by Wu Ching-Tzu. This is the tale of a scholar by the name of Chou Chin who cannot pass his final examination to raise his social status. These articles can be compared to look at how social status played a role in China under the Ming dynasty.
Judge Dee's social status is important to the story told by Dee Goong An. Judge Dee's duty has the magistrate is that he serves as both the detective and the judge in the mystery of who has poisoned the young bride. Judge Dee shows that he is wise, stern, and respectful in his dealings with the families, the suspects, and the servants in order to solve the crime. Although criticized by the groom's father, Mr. Hua, a former magistrate Judge Dee decides it is best not to perform an autopsy on the deceased body. The detective had already come to a conclusion that the body was poisoned, and did not want to increase the grief of the well-respected families (Dee Goong An 153).
Judge Dee continues the investigation by interrogating two people who had the chance to poison the tea the bride drank. The first one was a young man by the name of Hoo Dso-bin, who cursed the families at the wedding party. The second was the maid-servant who served the bride the poisoned tea. Mr. Hua argued that the perpetrator this crime was Hoo Dso-bin, and insisted that he be interrogated under torture which was a custom during the days Mr.
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