WHEN THE LEGENDS DIE

A Survey of the Tradition of the Southern Shaolin Monastery

 

CONTENTS

1. The Fount of all Martial Arts is Shaolin

2. Saffron robes stained with blood and tears, Billowed in the ill winds from Xilu

3. It was Ma Linger Who Paved the Way To the Conflagration at Songshan Shaolin

4. Through the Luohan Hall, Against the Wooden Dummies

5. The Subversives are Quelled, Order is Restored, Long Live the Infinite Virtues of the Emperor

6. How Brave was Li Wenmao, Who Did Honour to the Nation’s History

7. The Fanatical Pursuit of Martial Arts among the Populace

8. Twelve leading Shaolin Heroes

9. Conclusion, Notes and Bibligraphy

10. A Brief Biography of Huang Fei-Hong

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