- Huiming brandishing the staff; woodblock illustration
dated 1614 99 - Late Ming woodblock illustration of Sha Monk wielding
the staff 100 - The ring staff as the emblem of the monk; detail of a
Xixia-period (1038–1227) wall painting 103 - The staff as the emblem of the monk; Japanese portrait of
the Chinese monk Yinyuan (1592–1673) 104 - “The body method of the Shaolin monk” in Xuanji’s
Acupuncture Points 115 - Warning to readers in Xuanji’s Acupuncture Points 119
- Palm postures betraying the influence of Buddhist mudrâs
(Xuanji’s Acupuncture Points) 1 20 - Buddhist hand symbolism (mudrâs) 1 21
- The “Eight-Immortals Drunken Step” in Hand Combat Classic 122
- Shaolin monks demonstrating to the Manchu official Lin Qing 128
- Qing fresco of the Shaolin martial arts 130
- Qing fresco of the Shaolin martial arts (detail) 130
- The “Supreme Ultimate Eight Steps” in Hand Combat Classic 134
- Massaging and qi circulation in the treatment of indigestion 143
- First exercise of the Twelve-Section Brocade in
Wang Zuyuan’s 1882 Illustrated Exposition 159 - Shaolin statue of Weituo (Skanda) 161
- “Weituo offering his [demon-felling] club” in a nineteenth-
century edition of the Sinews Transformation Classic 162 - The Shaolin “Bodhidharma Cane” 173
- The unity of the three teachings in a 1565 Shaolin stele 176
- The structure of martial arts mythology 179
- Shaolin monks who fought under the Ming minister of war
Yang Sichang 189
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