狄仁杰

Di Renjie (607-700), Tang dynasty politician, prime minister under Wu Zetian, subsequently hero of legends / 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]

(bound form) hero / heroic / outstanding person / prominent / distinguished

variant of 傑|杰[jie2]

surname Di / generic name for northern ethnic minorities during the Qin and Han Dynasties (221 BC-220 AD)

low ranking public official (old)

humane / kernel