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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* o# [4 _5 ?0 B% N$ @2 All supernatural or preternatural agencies are ruled out as a matter of course.
侦探不能用超自然的或怪异的侦探方法
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, Y% o+ g  x8 i8 V+ D# X. g5 U3 Not more than one secret room or passage is allowable.
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4 No hitherto undiscovered poisons may be used, nor any appliance which will need a long scientific explanation at the end.
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- C' H& @8 }# P: t) R/ ~/ V5 No Chinaman must figure in the story.
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% X9 C& ?/ C9 D! y  ~6 No accident must ever help the detective, nor must he ever have an unaccountable intuition which proves to be right.
侦探不得用偶然事件或不负责任的直觉来侦破案件
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7 The detective must not himself commit the crime.
侦探不得成为罪犯

8 The detective must not light on any clues which are not instantly produced for the inspection of the reader.
# v7 Z% D) N$ @- u侦探不得根据小说中未向读者提示过的线索破案
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+ X: P, m# d. L% C9 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
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10 Twin brothers, and doubles generally, must not appear unless we have been duly prepared for them.
. D! J0 Q6 w2 S0 y9 O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
: }5 ]) \; C, P8 N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 ...

2 v8 C% M2 q; ^: A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 ...

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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