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* IWantGrandkids: Gu's mother wants him to find a wife to have children.
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* IWantGrandkids: Gu's mother wants him to find a wife to have children.
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* WorldOfBadass: Yang Hui-zhen, General Shi, General Lu, and Abbot Hui-yuan are exceptional fighters. They encounters worthy opponents (Ouyang Nian, Men Da, Xu Xian-chun). Gu becomes TheStrategist.
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* WorldOfBadass: Yang Hui-zhen, General Shi, General Lu, and Abbot Hui-yuan are exceptional fighters. They encounters encounter worthy opponents (Ouyang Nian, Men Da, Xu Xian-chun). Gu becomes TheStrategist.
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Gu is a poor man of letters. One day, a stranger, Ouyang Nian, asks him to draw his portrait. When he comes back home, he hears a strange noise coming from the deserted palace next to his house. Finally, he finds out that Yang Hui-zhen lives there and Ouyang Nian is sent by the corrupt Eunuch Wei to chase her. After sleeping with Yang, Gu decides to join her and her friend to fight Ouyang Nian.
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Gu is a poor man of letters. One day, a stranger, Ouyang Nian, asks him to draw his portrait. When he comes back home, he hears a strange noise coming from the deserted palace next to his house. Finally, he finds out that Yang Hui-zhen (Creator/HsuFeng) lives there and Ouyang Nian is sent by the corrupt Eunuch Wei to chase her. After sleeping with Yang, Gu decides to join her and her friend to fight Ouyang Nian.
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''A Touch of Zen'' is a 1971 Taiwanese ''{{wuxia}}'' film directed by Creator/KingHu.
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''A Touch of Zen'' is a 1971 Taiwanese ''{{wuxia}}'' film directed by Creator/KingHu.
Creator/KingHu. It is a loose adaptation of the tale ''The Magnanimous Girl'' (in Chinese ''Xia Nü'') from ''Literature/StrangeStoriesFromAChineseStudio'' by Pu Songling (1740).
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* TheFilmOfTheBook: The film is an adaptation of a tale from ''Literature/StrangeStoriesFromAChineseStudio'' by Pu Songling (1740).
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* WantedPoster: Gu is asked to copy one with Yang Hui-zhen's face. Later, an old man spots Gu thanks to another poster.
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* ButIReadABookAboutIt: Gu has no experience of battles, but he read books about the art of war, so he thinks he can help Yang and her friends.
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* {{Bookworm}}: Gu is a man of letters. He becomes TheStrategist because he read about the art of war.
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* StarvingArtist: Gu is a man of letters and a painter. He is quite poor and his mother urges him to sit the exam to become a mandarin.
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* MostWritersAreWriters: Gu is a man of letters (and a public writer). Actually, he is an AuthorAvatar of Pu Songling, the author of the original story.
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* MostWritersAreWriters: Gu is a man of letters (and a public writer). Actually, he is an AuthorAvatar avatar of Pu Songling, the author of the original story.
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* MostWritersAreWriters: Gu is a man of letters (and a public writer). Actually, he is an AuthorAvatar of Pu Songling, the author of the original story.
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* IWantGrandkids: Gu's mother wants him to find a wife to have children.
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* TakingTheVeil: After the battle in the deserted palace, Yang Hui-zhen retires to Hui-yuan's monastery.
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* EunuchsAreEvil: The BigBad is corrupt the eunuch Wei, who killed Yang Hui-zhen's father and wants to kill her.
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* EunuchsAreEvil: The BigBad is the corrupt the eunuch Wei, who killed Yang Hui-zhen's father and wants to kill her.
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* EunuchsAreEvil: The BigBad is corrupt Eunuch Wei, who killed Yang Hui-zhen's father and wants to kill her.
* EvilChancellor: Eunuch Wei is corrupted. He decided to kill Yang Hui-zhen's family because her father wanted to denounce him to the Emperor.
* EvilChancellor: Eunuch Wei is corrupted. He decided to kill Yang Hui-zhen's family because her father wanted to denounce him to the Emperor.
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* CoolSword: Ouyang Nian has a flexible sword that can be hidden in his belt.
* DueToTheDead: After the battle in the deserted palace, Abbot Hui-yuan and his monks show up to bury the dead.
* EunuchsAreEvil: The BigBad is corruptEunuch the eunuch Wei, who killed Yang Hui-zhen's father and wants to kill her.
* EvilChancellor:Eunuch The eunuch Wei is corrupted. He decided to kill Yang Hui-zhen's family because her father wanted to denounce him to the Emperor.
* DueToTheDead: After the battle in the deserted palace, Abbot Hui-yuan and his monks show up to bury the dead.
* EunuchsAreEvil: The BigBad is corrupt
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* HistoricalDomainCharacter: The Eunuch Wei Zhongxian (1568-1627) and Yang Lian (Yang Hui-zhen's father).
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* {{Flashback}}: Yang Hui-zhen's backstory is told through a flashback.
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* LawOfInverseFertility: Gu and Yangg sleep once together. They have a child.
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* LawOfInverseFertility: Gu and Yangg Yang sleep once together. They have a child.
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* WorldOfBadass: Yang Hui-zhen, General Shi, and General Lu, and Abbot Hui-yuan are exceptional fighters. They encounters worthy opponents (Ouyang Nian, Men Da, Xu Xian-chun). Gu becomes TheStrategist.
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* WorldOfBadass: Yang Hui-zhen, General Shi, and General Lu, and Abbot Hui-yuan are exceptional fighters. They encounters worthy opponents (Ouyang Nian, Men Da, Xu Xian-chun). Gu becomes TheStrategist.
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* HeelFaceMole: Xu Xian-chun and his guards after a first encounter with Abbot Hui-yuan pretend to surrender and ask him to teach them. [[spoiler:This is a trick to try to kill Hui-yuan.]]
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* ISurrenderSuckers: Xu Xian-chun and his guards after a first encounter with Abbot Hui-yuan pretend to surrender and ask him to teach them. [[spoiler:This is a trick to try to kill Hui-yuan.]]
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* BareFistedMonk: Abbot Hui-yuan fights without weapon. His monk followers only use ropes.
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* HeelFaceMole: Xu Xian-chun and his guards after a first encounter with Abbot Hui-yuan pretend to surrender and ask him to teach them. [[spoiler:This is a trick to try to kill Hui-yuan.]]
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* MoodWhiplash: The day after the battle in the deserted palace, Gu is laughing when he sees his stratagems have worked. Then he realizes the bloodshed the battle was.
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* OneManArmy: Yang Hui-zhen, General Shi, and General Lu can easily defeat many mooks.
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* TouchOfDeath: Abbot Hui-yuan kills Xu Xian-chun by touching the centre of his forehead.
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* WaifFu: The frail Yang Hui-zhen is a [[OneManArmy one-woman army]].
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* WorldOfBadass: Yang Hui-zhen, General Shi, and General Lu, and Abbot Hui-yuan are exceptional fighters. They encounters worthy opponents (Ouyang Nian, Men Da, Xu Xian-chun). Gu becomes TheStrategist.
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* LadyOfWar: Yang Hui-zhen, who is a talented fighter and the daughter of a general. Her weapon is an elegant dagger and she performs WireFu.
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* NonActionGuy: Gu is not a fighter. He is paired with Yang Hui-zhen, the LadyOfWar, who has to rescue him in the end. After sleeping with her, he becomes TheStrategist.
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* TheSmartGuy: Gu is a man of letters. He becomes TheStrategist.
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* TheStrategist: Gu sets up a complex plan to defeat Men Da and his numerous soldiers.
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* AnimalMotifs: Spiders show up several times, notably in the opening scene.
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* HauntedHouse: {{Subverted|Trope}}. Gu believes the deserted palace is haunted. It is not. The noise he heard was made by Yang. Later, the soldiers believe the palace is haunted because of the rumours spread by Gu's mother.
* ImperialChina: The story is set in Ming China.
* ImperialChina: The story is set in Ming China.
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* LawOfInverseFertility: Gu and Yangg sleep once together. They have a child.
* OldDarkHouse: The deserted palace next to Gu's house.
* PicturePerfectPresentation: There is a transition from the face of Ouyang Nian to his portrait made by Gu.
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* VicariouslyAmbitious: Gu's mother would like him to sit the exams to become a Mandarin.
* WarriorMonk: The eastern variant. Abbot Hui-yuan is a powerful fighter. His followers are good too.
* WireFu: Yang Hui-zhen, her allies and worthy opponents fight this way.
* {{Wuxia}}: In Ming China, Yang Hui-zhen, an honourable warrior, fights against the agents of corrupt Eunuch Wei.
* WarriorMonk: The eastern variant. Abbot Hui-yuan is a powerful fighter. His followers are good too.
* WireFu: Yang Hui-zhen, her allies and worthy opponents fight this way.
* {{Wuxia}}: In Ming China, Yang Hui-zhen, an honourable warrior, fights against the agents of corrupt Eunuch Wei.
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''A Touch of Zen'' is a 1971 Taiwanese ''wuxia'' film directed by Creator/KingHu.
Gu is a poor man of letters. One day, a stranger, Ouyang Nian, asks him to draw his portrait. When he comes back home, he hears a strange noise coming from the deserted palace next to his house. Finally, he finds out that Yang Hui-zhen lives there and Ouyang Nian is sent by the corrupt Eunuch Wei to chase her. After sleeping with Yang, Gu decides to join her and her friend to fight Ouyang Nian.
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!!''A Touch of Zen'' provides examples of:
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Gu, Yang Hui-zhen and their child are safe so far and the people Eunuch Wei sent to chase them are dead, but Eunuch Wei remains in power, General Shi is dead, and Abbot Hui-yuan is badly injured (it is suggested he reaches nirvana).]]
* BlindSeer: {{Subverted|Trope}}. General Shi prentends to be blind and in the beginning he makes the horoscope of Gu. Actually, he is not blind and he is not able to predict the future.
* CatScare: When he explores the deserted palace for the first time, Gu is scared by mothes flying away.
* EunuchsAreEvil: The BigBad is corrupt Eunuch Wei, who killed Yang Hui-zhen's father and wants to kill her.
* EvilChancellor: Eunuch Wei is corrupted. He decided to kill Yang Hui-zhen's family because her father wanted to denounce him to the Emperor.
* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler:Eunuch Wei remains in power and is not punished by the end of the film.]]
* SplitScreen: It is used to show the spread of the rumours about the ghosts of the deserted palace.
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Gu is a poor man of letters. One day, a stranger, Ouyang Nian, asks him to draw his portrait. When he comes back home, he hears a strange noise coming from the deserted palace next to his house. Finally, he finds out that Yang Hui-zhen lives there and Ouyang Nian is sent by the corrupt Eunuch Wei to chase her. After sleeping with Yang, Gu decides to join her and her friend to fight Ouyang Nian.
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!!''A Touch of Zen'' provides examples of:
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Gu, Yang Hui-zhen and their child are safe so far and the people Eunuch Wei sent to chase them are dead, but Eunuch Wei remains in power, General Shi is dead, and Abbot Hui-yuan is badly injured (it is suggested he reaches nirvana).]]
* BlindSeer: {{Subverted|Trope}}. General Shi prentends to be blind and in the beginning he makes the horoscope of Gu. Actually, he is not blind and he is not able to predict the future.
* CatScare: When he explores the deserted palace for the first time, Gu is scared by mothes flying away.
* EunuchsAreEvil: The BigBad is corrupt Eunuch Wei, who killed Yang Hui-zhen's father and wants to kill her.
* EvilChancellor: Eunuch Wei is corrupted. He decided to kill Yang Hui-zhen's family because her father wanted to denounce him to the Emperor.
* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler:Eunuch Wei remains in power and is not punished by the end of the film.]]
* SplitScreen: It is used to show the spread of the rumours about the ghosts of the deserted palace.
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