a couple good books ya might like
There were some mystery novels written in the 40's by a Dutch author (name escapes me now), who was a law and history scholar who lived and studied in China...The stories are based on the real life and legends of a Chinese court judge in the Ming (i think...its been a while) period, named Judge Dee.
One of his best books was: 'The Bell Murders' ...very cool stuff, lots of kung fu (this guy must have been exposed to quite a bit and trained, cause he has great descriptions), wacky characters and great depiction of life in that time period.
Another fave i mentioned to you in another thread awhile back is called 'Chronicles of Tao', by Deng Ming Dao, a biography of a monk thats heavy on the fiction, but entertaining reading with lots of good Taoist philosophy. If you didnt get around to reading that, I'd recommend it.