Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from The Chinese Repository, Vol. 7: September 1838
Whilst the imperial mind was still wavering what measures to adopt, three heroes Lew Pei, more generally known under the name ofheuen tih (a relation of the Han dynasty), Kwan Yu, and Chang Fei, came forth as by in a peach garden after having sacri hoed a black cow and a white horse, eternal fidelity to each other, and invoked heaven and earth to witness their engagement. They were giants oftheir race, of an uncommon stature, and endowed with all the qualities for becoming great heroes. Having procured for themselves some horses, and manufactured immenseswords, which Goliath would hardly have been able to wield, they met Yellow Caps, with about a thousand only of their own followers. Now it was very evident to them, that this would be a very unequal combat, and Heuentih there fore rode forward to abuse these outlaws, a business in which Chinese heroes greatly excel. Thus the affair might have ended, but happily their long swords served them' this time; he cut down the leader, and the rest immediately disperser]. Their subsequent career was a series of brilliant victories, the Yellow Caps were routed in every engagement, and though they availed themselves occasionally of their power to raise the wind and envelop the hostile armies in impenetrable dark ness, they were beaten in every battle.
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