Complete Martial Arts Sect Handbook

Author: Xie Yanci
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Publish Date: 2004-05-01
Features: Wuxia novels have long become a subject of academic research, and it is difficult to fully understand Chinese culture without reading them. The wuxia heroes act righteously with martial arts, hence the saying "No martial arts, no hero." The cultural value of wuxia novels also lies in their construction of a special "martial world." In this world, there are various sects, churches, and organizations, with a significant portion of them and their rituals being quite mysterious, becoming unique highlights in wuxia novels. According to the martial world rules, this book is categorized by the black-and-white nature of churches and sects, and it also includes distinctive world clans, wandering heroes, and recluses. It covers wuxia works from Huizhu's Shushan Swordsmanship Chronicles to Sun Xiao's Heroes of Destiny, with a focus on modern wuxia works, supplemented by old-style and online wuxia works, encompassing nearly 100 typical sects and world clans, titled as "Chronicles" and "Biographies." Structurally, it is largely composed of sect introductions, supplemented with "keyword" indexes such as martial arts, classics, artifacts, formations, and characters, striving to reveal the essence of each sect. 77197