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Since I am not familiar with the Chinese Classics / epics etc. (and the fact that I'm just a caveman) I would appreciate elaboration to help me understand how you arrive at this:

Mantis 108 wrote...

Brendan

I misread your post to say that Bai Yuan was the acme of TangLang when clearly you wrote that Steals the Peach is the acme of TangLang which might explain its fame etc. Sorry for the...

Thank you once again Mr. Tunks and Mr. Hui.

Brendan,

I'm intrigued by your reference to the white ape series as the "acme" of qixing. Although the statement is self expanatory, would you...

Thanks to all, this is very much appreciated.

To summarize some points:
- Seven or eight sets the original sets each cooresponding to a Wude virtue, the eighth having been added later
-...

Mantis 108

Thank you for the information.

So no relationship to Tong Bei. Is this myth related to the monkey king?

Is it your understanding that thee sets are recent ( 20th century forward)...

Can anyone shed light / provide background on the series of sets referring to white ape in their title?I've checked the archive and found know detailed discussion of this.

More familliar are the...