Songmen Blood

Theme: Historical martial arts in the late Sui Dynasty | Tragedy in troubled times | Shaolin iron blood | Buddhist and Taoist choices Characters: Male protagonist Shi Xuanji, commonly known as Shen Xuanji, female protagonist Su Jinluan, Huimeng, Hui'an, Huimo, Zhang Heng, Puyuan, Li Shimin, abbot, conservative elder, Chu Cheng, Zhao Sou Core theme: Keeping small precepts is not as good as being generous. What is Buddhism in troubled times? How should individual love and private obsessions be placed in the face of the world's displacement and suffering? This novel and its characters are purely fictitious. Any similarity is purely coincidental and should not be imitated.