罗纳德·A.诺克斯——推理小说十诫

夏天

1 The criminal must be someone mentioned in the early part of the story, but must not be anyone whose thoughts the reader has been allowed to follow.
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2 All supernatural or preternatural agencies are ruled out as a matter of course.
4 ]8 A. |$ Y$ R$ p. t2 _侦探不能用超自然的或怪异的侦探方法

3 Not more than one secret room or passage is allowable.
犯罪现场不能有超过一个秘密房间或通道
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4 {2 j( Z/ _0 U5 No Chinaman must figure in the story.
1 ]/ p" Z2 b% m' o* G+ P不准有中国人出现在故事里
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3 W' }1 |+ B5 n6 No accident must ever help the detective, nor must he ever have an unaccountable intuition which proves to be right.
- D& j2 L7 P7 z/ \$ N* O侦探不得用偶然事件或不负责任的直觉来侦破案件

5 [4 j$ O, X2 D) [7 The detective must not himself commit the crime.
6 j% y* m! I+ q7 _侦探不得成为罪犯
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# @  W+ f# x" M7 q& n  `; k) E8 The detective must not light on any clues which are not instantly produced for the inspection of the reader.
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9 The stupid friend of the detective, the Watson, must not conceal any thoughts which pass through his mind; his intelligence must be slightly, but very slightly, below that of the average reader.
侦探的笨蛋朋友，比如华生，必须将其判断毫无保留地告诉读者，此人的智力须轻微低于读者的平均水平

# m+ j4 b" P7 x, I& D1 a( i10 Twin brothers, and doubles generally, must not appear unless we have been duly prepared for them.
( |) w/ Q9 u' j, T/ \小说中如果有双胞胎或双重身份的人时，必须提前告诉人们
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xiang70

靠！我鄙视“5 No Chinaman must figure in the story. 不准有中国人出现在故事里.” 特扯淡的这条，究竟Chinaman哪里伤到这个人了！麻烦解释下

夏天

xiang70 发表于 2014-9-11 22:22
靠！我鄙视“5 No Chinaman must figure in the story. 不准有中国人出现在故事里.” 特扯淡的这条，究竟Ch ...

一百年前提出来的了，那时候中国人是法师魔术师的象征，有超能力

MorinoYoru

xiang70 发表于 2014-9-11 22:22
靠！我鄙视“5 No Chinaman must figure in the story. 不准有中国人出现在故事里.” 特扯淡的这条，究竟Ch ...

  {+ k1 q& }1 S0 c5 Z其实是中国人会武功，而你不能把尸体的一些状态归结为高超的武术。比如一个人的头被砍了，你却说是一个武林大师用手刀劈下的，肯定不行。
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