狄仁杰 dí rén jié

DEFINITIONS

  1. Di Renjie (607-700), Tang dynasty politician, prime minister under Wu Zetian, subsequently hero of legends
  2. master sleuth Judge Dee, aka Chinese Sherlock Holmes, in novel Three murder cases solved by Judge Dee 狄公案[Di2 gong1 an4] translated by Dutch sinologist R.H. van Gulik 高羅珮|高罗佩[Gao1 Luo2 pei4]

CHARACTERS

狄 dí tribe from northern china; surname
仁 rén humaneness, benevolence, kindness
杰 jié hero; heroic, outstanding