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Understanding Chinese Fantasy Genres

By: Jeremy Bai

Type: Softcover

Product Line: Fantasy Books (Jeremy Bai)


Product Info

Title
Understanding Chinese Fantasy Genres
Publisher
Author
Jeremy Bai
Publish Year
2020
Pages
148
Dimensions
5x8x.5"
NKG Part #
2148171046
Type
Softcover

Description

Do you love Chinese fantasy? Do you want to understand it better? Maybe you're a longtime fan who would like a handy reference guide. Maybe you're new to the genre and don't have the time to watch hours of videos to catch up. Or maybe you're an aspiring writer hoping to create authentic cultivation or xianxia content. Regardless, this is the book for you.

Chapter 1: The Industry and the Genres
Chapter 2: Clans and Sects
Chapter 3: Alcohol and “Wine”
Chapter 4: Harems and Polygamy
Chapter 5: Sworn Brotherhood
Chapter 6: Courting Death
Chapter 7: “Beat You to Death”
Chapter 8: Forms of Address Among Family Members
Chapter 9: Forms of Address in Sects and Other Organizations
Chapter 10: “I, Your Father”
Chapter 11: Confusion About Stars and Planets
Chapter 12: Differences between Daoist Magics, Divine Abilities, and Magical Techniques
Chapter 13: "Devils" and "Demons"
Chapter 14: Clones
Chapter 15: Spirit Stones
Chapter 16: Qi Deviation, Fire Deviation, and Cultivation Deviation, etc.
Chapter 17: Nascent Souls
Chapter 18: Breakthroughs and Bottlenecks
Chapter 19: Why Immortals aren't "Immortal"
Chapter 20: What is Cultivation?
Chapter 21: The Ruthlessness and Brutality of the Cultivation World
Chapter 22: What is the Jianghu?
Chapter 23: Unheroic Heroes
Chapter 24: Unrealistic Sizes and Distances
Chapter 25: Why Immortal Cultivators often don’t “act their age”

Appendix 1: List of Chinese terms with pinyin
Appendix 2: References