{"product_id":"9781893765986","title":"Martial Art Essays from Beijing, 1760","description":"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.","brand":"Via Media Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65531502231901,"sku":null,"price":13.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1041\/3893\/2573\/files\/9781893765986.MAIN_1289fbe8-caf7-44c5-ac00-6a903ac16a9e.jpg?v=1789010291","url":"https:\/\/shop.gazellebookservices.co.uk\/products\/9781893765986","provider":"Gazelle Book Services","version":"1.0","type":"link"}