Through troubling nightmares Bao later learns that this spirit god is Ch’in Shih-huang, the father of unified China, who guides Bao to lead an uprising against the foreign invasion within China. After suffering many humbling lessons on the path to wisdom, Bao is gifted with the mystical vision of a mysterious black-robed god-like spirit. After Red Lantern suffers defeat in a failed attempt to defend another village from foreign influence, Bao seeks tutelage from Red Lantern’s master. Through the tutelage of a wandering Kung Fu master named Red Lantern, Bao begins his instruction in the ways of Kung Fu. There is a lot buried within the action portrayed on the pages here that vividly illuminates the struggles of the weak but historically proud Chinese society suffering the embarrassing conquest of imperialism and cultural influence of western religion at the turn of the 20th century.īoxers focuses on the rising leadership of the young, uneducated and zealous village commoner, Bao. Boxers is the first part of Luen Yang’s two-part graphic novel Boxers & Saints: a retelling of the Chinese Boxer Rebellion of 1899 that moves at a lightening pace. If you’re looking for a quick read with a unique perspective on history, this is it.
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