For ten points, name this country home to poets like Wang Wei and Li Bai.
In one novel from this country, a judge repeatedly sentences suspects to "the great torture".That novel was (^)  rediscovered and translated by Robert Van Gulik. Another novel from this country was written pseudonymously by "the Smirking Scholar", while another is titled for the (+) "Forest of Literati". So-called "Cold Mountain Poems" were written in this country's early history, as was a poem that begins by describing the "rumble-rumble of (*)  war chariots". This country's four great classic novels include one in which Pigsy and Monkey accompany a monk on the titular  Journey to the West . For ten points, name this country home to poets like Wang Wei and Li Bai.
In one novel from this country, a judge repeatedly sentences suspects to "the great torture".That novel was (^)  rediscovered and translated by Robert Van Gulik.
China