SUGONG: THE LIFE OF A SHAOLIN GRANDMASTER

Book ID/图书代码： 06945012B54430

English Summary/英文概要： Nick Hurst was working in London when he threw in his job in advertising to train for four years in Malaysia and China with a kung fu grandmaster, Sugong. This book is a mix of Nick’s experiences in South-East Asia and the story of Sugong’s extraordinary life. Initiated into kung fu by an opium-addicted master, Sugong was expelled from school, kidnapped, and nearly killed in a family feud. All by the age of sixteen. He fled army conscription in China, only to be engulfed in a world of gangsters and blood-brothers in Singapore. Saved by a Shaolin warrior monk, his penance was eight years of fiercely-enforced temple training. A near-fatal fall-out with his master, love affairs, race riots and gangland vendettas all followed as he travelled through South-East Asia. Throughout, he struggled to adhere to martial arts’ ethics in an imperfect world. His story spanned fascinating periods of history of four Asian countries in Asia: war-torn 1930s China; instability in post-war Singapore; racial tension in the newly independent Malaysia; and a gangster-led Taiwan in the aftermath of its Chinese breakaway. The origins of Shaolin kung fu and triad organised crime are explored to provide a context to his life.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： Nick Hurst放弃了他在伦敦的广告事业，追随着一位少林功夫大师在马来西亚和中国进行了四年的少林功夫修行。这本书介绍了Nick Hurst在东南亚地区修行的经历以及师公的传奇人生。师公因为吸食鸦片成瘾，被赶出了学校，也被绑架过，甚至几乎死于家庭斗争。在16岁的时候，师公逃离了军队，逃离了中国，结果陷入了新加坡的帮派和血腥斗争中。他后来被一个少林武僧所救，作为报答，也是对自我的救赎，他答应进行8年严酷的寺庙修行。在追随武僧于东南亚之间修行时，他也经历了很多事，他遇到了他的爱情，种族暴乱，黑帮仇杀等。尽管这样，他还是在这样一个动荡的社会里，自始自终坚持修行武术。他的故事在那段非常时期里跨越了4个国家：饱受战争蹂躏的20世纪30年代的中国，战后局势并不稳定的新加坡，刚刚独立种族关系紧张的马来西亚以及与中国分离后被黑帮势力控制的台湾。那时，少林功夫起源和黑帮势力斗争彼此穿插在他的生命中。(XAT)

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About the Author/作者介绍： Nick Hurst放弃了他的广告事业，追随着师公在马来西亚和中国进行了4年的少林功夫修行。Nick也当过英语老师，货币经纪人，模特，市场营销员和特技演员。他还曾经当过日本的牧师，并且是唯一的一个不能在德国奔驰总部开车的雇员。

Nick Hurst abandoned a career in advertising to train for four years in Shaolin kung fu with Sugong in Malaysia and China. Nick has also been an English-language teacher, money broker, model, marketer and stuntman. He was once offered work as a priest in Japan and was the only employee unable to drive at Mercedes HQ in Germany.

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