When authors refer to other great works, people, and events, it’s usually not accidental. Put on your super-sleuth hat and figure out why.
Literary and Philosophical References
- Chen Luan-feng (2.101)
- Kuan Kung (2.103)
- "The Seven Strange Tales of the Golden Bottle" (3.23)
- "What Confucius Did Not Talk About" (3.23)
- I Ching (3.80)
- Chung-li Ch'uan (3.128)
- Kao Chung (3.145)
- Chen Luan-feng (3.147)
- Li T'ieh-kuai (3.166)
- Fa Mu Lan (2.3, 4.57)
- Confucius (2.2, 3.23, 5.134)
- Gold Mountain News (3.185, 4.178, 5.141)
- Mary Shelley, Frankenstein (5.144)
- Ts'ai Yung (5.195)
- Ts'ai Yen (5.195-197)
Historical References
- Chang Chung-ching (3.15)
- Wei Pang (3.148)
- First Emperor of Ch'in (3.162)
- Sun Yat-sen (3.15, 3.181, 5.38)
- Chiang Kai-shek (5.38)
- Chairman Mao Zedong (1.48, 3.75, 5.123, 5.186, 5.195)
Pop Culture References
- Oh, You Beautiful Doll (1.14)
- Betty Grable (1.14)
- She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1.14)
- John Wayne (1.14)
- Fred Astaire (3.6)
- "Eighteen Stanzas for a Barbarian Reed Pipe" (5.197)