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The themes in this Via Media book—drawn from Chinese history, culture, and martial arts experience—are entwined in a fictional narrative to animate events envisaged to have occurred during the mid-eighteenth century. From the outset, a thin veil separates fact from fiction. Our story starts with a discovery. While conducting research at the Vatican Library on the Jesuit missions in China, two scholars find a folder of papers written in Chinese among documents belonging to Giuseppe Castiglione (1688–1766), a painter at the royal court in Beijing. The papers turn out to be written by a fellow court painter, Yang Mingbin (c. 1664–1765). Yang’s handwritten essays provide revelations vital for understanding the ingenuity of Chinese martial arts.
Michael DeMarco received a Master’s Degree in Asian Studies from Seton Hall University and studied at National Taiwan University’s Mandarin Training Center. Working in the People's Republic of China and in Taiwan emersed Mike in Chinese history and culture. For over twenty years, Mike published the peer-reviewed quarterly Journal of Asian Martial Arts and continues publishing and writing, including Wuxia America: The Timely Emergence of a Chinese American Hero. He has also consulted and appeared in television documentaries that were aired on the Discovery Channel, Arts and Entertainment, The History Channel, and The Learning Channel.
- ISBN-13
- 9781893765627
- Publisher
- Via Media Publishing
- Imprint
- Via Media Publishing
- Publication date
- 27 September 2021
- Format
- Hardback
- Pages
- 144
- Dimensions
- 216 x 140 mm
- Language
- English
