Quote of the day
Everyone confesses in the abstract that exertion which brings out all the powers of body and mind is the best thing for us all; but practically most people do all they can to get rid of it, and as a general rule nobody does much more than circumstances drive them to do.
Robert van Gulik

Born: August 9, 1910
Died: September 24, 1967 (aged 57)
Bio: Robert Hans van Gulik was an orientalist, diplomat, musician, and writer, best known for the Judge Dee historical mysteries, the protagonist of which he borrowed from the 18th-century Chinese detective novel Dee Goong An.
Known for:
- The Chinese Maze Murders (1951)
- The Chinese Bell Murders (1958)
- Judge Dee at Work (1967)
- The Haunted Monastery (1961)
- The Lacquer Screen (1962)







