Wei Chen: 73 books

In sharp contrast to the “melting pot” reputation of the United States, the American South—with its history of slavery, Jim Crow, and the civil rights movement—has been perceived in stark and simplistic demographic terms. In Far East, Down South, editors Raymond A. Mohl, John E. Van Sant,...

Unlike many studies of social attitudes, which are based on large scale quantitative surveys, or which focus on the attitude of elites, this book considers the views of ordinary people, and is based on in-depth, qualitative interviews. This approach results in rich, nuanced data, and is especially...

Song Wu is a living legend thanks to his almost inhuman strength and impulse toward violence—an impulse that puts him on the wrong side of the law. Fortune smiles on Song Wu, though, and he is given more than one second chance. But can the path to redemption be both righteous and bloody?

Chong Lin and Jiang Song both led simple lives once—lives of service and integrity. But thanks to political and personal blackmail, those lives have been put at risk. And thanks to each man's sudden, violent choices, those lives are about to unravel completely.

For many who live in a lawless age of corruption, life can seem like a never-ending series of cruel misfortunes. Such frustrations can boil over into rebellion, and when Jiang Song gives treasonous voice to his anger, he sets off a chain of events that will pit officials against outlaws like never before.

Song Wu is already notorious for his aggressive nature. Now, a duel with a tiger will catapult him from notoriety to legend. JinLian Pan is a woman resigned to spending her life in a loveless marriage. But when Song Wu arrives in her home, he will come to know an entirely different kind of predator.

Passions and tempers reach the boiling point when JinLian Pan is made to answer for her actions. When JinLian's back is against the wall, and any hope for a happy life is slipping away, her actions will unleash a wave of violence both real and imagined.

Jiang Song has made it through life on the strength of his quick wits and his ability to win over adversaries and turn them into allies. Now, after a run of bad luck, Jiang Song must think on his feet as never before, for the wrong move at the wrong moment could cost him his life.

Chong Lin has gone into exile, where he hopes to live out his punishment quietly and return one day to his wife and the life he had. But fate has another plan for Chong Lin, and before long he is running for his life. Through luck and the kindness of strangers he comes to LiangShan Marsh, where he will start a new life, one full of danger and adventure.

Gai Chao and his partners have plotted a theft to help balance the scales between rich and poor. But when their grand heist lands them in hot water, they must race to the fabled marshes of LiangShan, where like-minded outlaws have gathered, a band of men sworn to fight the forces of oppression.

In the days of the Song Dynasty, government corruption is rampant, and the enemies of a ruthless schemer named Qui Gao are driven out of power and into the untamed countryside of China. There they encounter 108 mischievous spirits who have taken root in the form of bandits and thieves who are about to make life very difficult for Qui Gao.

In an age of lawlessness and corruption, there is no one who can escape the treachery of Qui Gao. Through trickery and intimidation, he betrays friend and enemy alike. But when Qui Gao sends an ally, Chong Lin, into exile so that he can claim the man’s wife, he sends Chong Lin to an area rife with bandits—perhaps the only men left with a sense of honor.

In the lawless outskirts of rural China, where governing is all but nonexistent, there is no shortage of men thirsty to get rich quick by taking from others, whether by fighting for title or stealing a fortune. Of course, not all thefts are created equal: if you steal from a thief, is it still stealing?

San Zang has known from the beginning of the journey to the West that Sun Wu Kong's short temper and violent tendencies could be as great a threat to their mission as any monster or demon. Now, a second Sun Wu Kong appears, and it is immediately clear that he embodies all of Wu Kong's worst traits....