Matthew Polly was your typical 98-pound weakling with sand kicked in his face - until he decided to learn to kick back. Dropping out of university, he travelled to China to study at the granddaddy of all Chinese martial arts monasteries: the Shaolin Temple, the birthplace of both Zen Buddhism and kungfu. But, as Confucius might have said, path to becoming kung fu master very di...
Matthew Polly was your typical 98-pound weakling with sand kicked in his face - until he decided to learn to kick back. Dropping out of university, he travelled to China to study at the granddaddy of all Chinese martial arts monasteries: the Shaolin Temple, the birthplace of both Zen Buddhism and kungfu. But, as Confucius might have said, path to becoming kung fu master very difficult. For one thing, no one knew where exactly the Shaolin Temple was. And asking for directions proved problematic - after three years spent learning Mandarin in college, Matthew couldn't understand a word outside the classroom. He finally found the Shaolin village hidden away between five mountain peaks. But the hard part was yet to come. The Chinese term for tough training is chi ku (eating bitter) - and Matthew quickly leaned to appreciate the phrase. By the end of the second day of training his knees were in agony and he was walking like the dead - and that was just the induction. American Shaolin is the hilarious story of Matthew's remarkable two-year travel odyssey - a tale of gruelling training, forbidden romance and an eye-watering insight into the art of 'iron-crotch' kungfu.
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0 有用 慕月 2015-03-23 20:21:16
中文版译名《少林很忙》。此书重点不在学了什么少林功夫（真讲功夫的部分完全看不懂），而在于看一个美国人，不远万里来到九十年代初的少林寺，如何费尽千辛万苦学习仍旧封闭保守的中国的人情世故。文笔相当幽默，故事讲的也不错，唯一一点不好在于作者对中国及中国人的一些评判比较主观。结尾处十年后他再次回到少林寺时看到的巨大反差令人感慨。
0 有用 慕月 2015-03-23 20:21:16
中文版译名《少林很忙》。此书重点不在学了什么少林功夫（真讲功夫的部分完全看不懂），而在于看一个美国人，不远万里来到九十年代初的少林寺，如何费尽千辛万苦学习仍旧封闭保守的中国的人情世故。文笔相当幽默，故事讲的也不错，唯一一点不好在于作者对中国及中国人的一些评判比较主观。结尾处十年后他再次回到少林寺时看到的巨大反差令人感慨。