By Π ΠΎΠ±Π΅ΡΡ Π²Π°Π½ ΠΡΠ»ΠΈΠΊ
ΠΠΎΠ»Π»Π°Π½Π΄ΡΠΊΠΈΠΉ ΠΏΠΈΡΠ°ΡΠ΅Π»Ρ Π ΠΎΠ±Π΅ΡΡ Π²Π°Π½ ΠΡΠ»ΠΈΠΊ ΡΠΎΠ·Π΄Π°Π» ΡΠ΅ΡΠΈΡ ΠΏΠΎΠ²Π΅ΡΡΠ΅ΠΉ ΠΈ ΡΠ°ΡΡΠΊΠ°Π·ΠΎΠ² ΠΎ ΡΠ΅Π°Π»ΡΠ½ΠΎΠΌ ΠΊΠΈΡΠ°ΠΉΡΠΊΠΎΠΌ ΡΡΠ΄ΡΠ΅ ΠΠΈ (630β700 Π³Π³.) ΡΠΏΠΎΡ ΠΈ Π΄ΠΈΠ½Π°ΡΡΠΈΠΈ Π’Π°Π½. Π‘ΡΠ΄ΡΡ ΠΠΈ ΠΏΡΠΎΡΠ»Π°Π²ΠΈΠ»ΡΡ ΡΠΆΠ΅ Π² ΠΌΠΎΠ»ΠΎΠ΄ΠΎΡΡΠΈ ΠΊΠ°ΠΊ ΡΠΏΡΠ°Π²Π΅Π΄Π»ΠΈΠ²ΡΠΉ ΠΈ Π½Π°Ρ ΠΎΠ΄ΡΠΈΠ²ΡΠΉ ΡΠ»Π΅Π΄ΠΎΠ²Π°ΡΠ΅Π»Ρ, ΡΠ°ΡΠΊΡΡΠ²Π°ΡΡΠΈΠΉ ΡΠ°ΠΌΡΠ΅ Π·Π°ΠΏΡΡΠ°Π½Π½ΡΠ΅ ΠΏΡΠ΅ΡΡΡΠΏΠ»Π΅Π½ΠΈΡ. ΠΠ°Π½ ΠΡΠ»ΠΈΠΊ Π²ΡΠ΄ΡΠΌΡΠ²Π°Π΅Ρ Π±ΠΎΠ»ΡΡΠΈΠ½ΡΡΠ²ΠΎ ΠΏΡΠΈΠΊΠ»ΡΡΠ΅Π½ΠΈΠΉ, Π½ΠΎ ΠΎΠΏΠΈΡΠ°Π΅ΡΡΡ Π½Π° ΡΠ΅Π°Π»ΡΠ½ΡΠ΅ ΡΠΎΠ±ΡΡΠΈΡ Π΄ΡΠ΅Π²Π½Π΅Π³ΠΎ ΠΠΈΡΠ°Ρ, ΡΠΎΡΠ΅ΡΠ°Ρ ΡΠ°ΠΊΡΡ ΠΈ Π²ΡΠΌΡΡΠ΅Π». Β«ΠΠΎΠ½Π°ΡΡΡΡΡ Ρ ΠΏΡΠΈΠ²ΠΈΠ΄Π΅Π½ΠΈΡΠΌΠΈΒ» ΠΏΡΠΎΠ΄ΠΎΠ»ΠΆΠ°Π΅Ρ ΡΡΡ ΡΡΠ°Π΄ΠΈΡΠΈΡ, ΠΏΡΠ΅Π΄Π»Π°Π³Π°Ρ Π΄Π΅ΡΠ°Π»ΠΈΠ·ΠΈΡΠΎΠ²Π°Π½Π½ΡΡ ΠΌΠΈΡΡΠΈΡΠ΅ΡΠΊΡΡ Π·Π°Π³Π°Π΄ΠΊΡ Π² ΡΡΠ°ΡΠΈΠ½Π½ΠΎΠΌ ΠΌΠΎΠ½Π°ΡΡΡΡΠ΅.
Robert van Gulik, a Dutch writer, created a series of novellas and short stories centered on the historical Chinese judge Di (630β700 AD) of the Tang dynasty. Judge Di earned fame early in his career as a fair and clever investigator who solved the most tangled crimes of his time. While van Gulik invents many of the adventures, he grounds them in real events from ancient China, blending fact and fiction. "The Haunted Monastery" continues this tradition, offering a richly detailed mystery set in a monastery reputed to be haunted.