Chapter 29 postscript damn paradox

Mr. Tang Nuo, a well-known Taiwanese scholar, once said: "Mystery novels are a damned paradox—the murderer must be smart enough to devise a trick that no one can crack, but he must be stupid enough to solve the problem only by killing people." British reasoning master G. K．Chesterton also said in the work: "The criminal is a skilled artist, and the detective is at best a critic who follows the artist." Combining the above two paragraphs, it is not difficult for us to draw a conclusion—studying reasoning literature is really a boring thing. But someone has to do something that is not interesting, because only in this way can reasoning literature become an "interesting" thing one day—whether it is economic or social benefit.In fact, turning "boring" into "interesting" is a very interesting thing in itself.

Relevant research in Europe, America and Japan has achieved fruitful results, the fundamental reason is that mystery novels have become the mainstream literature there; in China, when the creation is still in the groping stage, the current situation of theoretical research can be imagined . There used to be some theoretical readings of reasoning literature in mainland China, but due to the limitations of objective conditions, most of them were crude and unsystematic, and there were even "flaws" in many places.For example, in the previous relevant works, there was no discussion about John Dickson Carr, one of the "Golden Three Giants"; Van Dyne, the creator of the "Twenty Points", was described as British; The official history of Henggou, the representative figure in the history, is positioned as a "change school"; Japanese reasoning after 1987 is even more blank...

Affected by these mistakes, many readers (many of whom are beginners) have misunderstood mystery novels to varying degrees, which seriously hinders the spread and development of this type of literature in China.Therefore, the author overestimated himself and wrote the little book you are reading now. This is a very superficial book, so saying this is not the author's "humility" of playing hard to get.It's really rudimentary, and I just hope to provide some convenience for those friends who are interested in mystery novels.It briefly sorts out the 170-year history of reasoning literature, clarifies some concepts of reasoning categories, and gives some authors and works a primary positioning, nothing more.It does not involve profound and obscure theories. The author just hopes that through this small book, more people will like mystery novels, and these smart readers will naturally understand deeper things in their own way.

During the creation process, the author felt very strenuous.There are actually three versions of the birth time of the Frenchman Emile Gaborio.With the help of a netizen, the author determined that "1832" should be a more accurate statement; the start time of the creation of the work, the start time of serialization and the publication time of the booklet are often different years (such as Matsumoto Seicho, Higashino Keigo etc.), it is not wrong to use either.The author can only make repeated comparisons to determine a more appropriate explanation; as for comprehensiveness, a book of this length is even more missing. The "Golden Big Three" can only be discussed briefly, and masters like Dorothy Sayers can only be mentioned by name, but there is no way to take care of more writers and works. This is a great pity.The author can only hope that there will be opportunities to make up for these shortcomings in the future.

Even so, it is inevitable that there will be some errors in the book.There is no doubt that these are caused by the author's negligence and limited ability.I sincerely hope that all friends who have read this book can correct me. Only in this way can reasoning literature develop better.Not surprisingly, there will be a big "thank you" at the end: Thanks to my wife Xinyi.Without her support, my life would certainly be missing more than just this book; Thanks to all the friends I know and don't know, especially those who love mystery novels.It is you who completed this work together, you are the driving force of my creation, and the hope of reasoning literature;

Thanks for my edit.As colleagues, you are much better than me; Finally, I would like to thank Mr. Shimada Shoji for writing the postscript of this book-I was really flattered to be encouraged by the "God of Reasoning"; I would like to thank Mr. Michio Hidesuke, Nishizawa Yasuhiko, Mr. Mr. Ren and Mr. Yonezawa Honobu recommended this book, and the help of the masters will make me work harder. In the name of reasoning.