Quick question: Is there a tangible source for the story of the thirteen monks who saved the emperor's kidnapped son? In the west, we often develop these stories into folk tales, even folk novels, and China does have several of these (Journey to the West, Water Margin).........
So is there a source for the thirteen monks story that has more flesh/meat to it than a simple, general recounting of it? I'm wanting to create a graphic novel based on it.......some more details (some more accuracy) would be nice.