1935年,荷兰汉学家高罗佩在日本读到一本奇书,即清朝的公案小说《武则天四大奇案》。这本薄薄的小册子,和后来高罗佩写成的约150万言巨著无法相提并论。高罗佩惊叹于中国公案小说的有趣,将其翻译成英语介绍至西方,一时兴之所至,竟探究起其中的主人公狄仁杰的故事,用英文写了狄仁杰探案系列的第一部分《铜钟案》,不料出版后大受欢迎。高罗佩遂一发不可收,又写出《大唐狄公案》中的其他部分,比如 In 1935, the Dutch sinologist Gallopé read an amazing book in Japan, the “Four Wizards of Empress Wu Zetian” in the Qing Dynasty. This thin pamphlet, and later Galop wrote about 1.5 million words of monographs can not be compared. Gaulto marveled at the interesting Chinese case-finding novels, translated them into English and introduced them to the West. As a fashionable act, he explored the story of the heroine DiRenJie and wrote the first part of DiRenJie’s exploration series in English, Case “, unexpectedly published after the popular. Gauluo Pei then fatal, but also write ”Datang Di Gong" in other parts, such as