Introduction

Thanks for reading my book. This novel was born from reading just way too many google translated chinese system novels. I don’t know chinese, I don’t speak chinese. The chinese that’s translated in this book is done poorly, often on purpose for comedic effect, and should not be used as a method of learning chinese.

The inspiration for the skills used in this book come from research into chinese idioms that were recurring in various chinese novels. An idiom is a phrase that has a specific meaning, but isn’t necessarily clear from context, but understood from knowing the backstory. For example an english idiom: better one in the hand than two in the bush. If you know that idiom, you understand exactly what it means, in whatever context it’s being used.

Most of the chinese idioms used in the book are a specific kind, formed using just four characters. The story behind them, and the actual meaning can be pretty interesting. I liked using them in perverse ways, so if you like that sort of thing, feel free to look them up as you come across them.