Shaolin Sect
See also: Shaolin Sect- Xuanci (Chinese: 玄慈; Mandarin Pinyin: Xuáncí; Jyutping: Jyun4-ci4) is the abbot of Shaolin. He had a secret romance with Ye Erniang and she bore him a son, without him knowing. Their child was taken away by a masked attacker and left in the garden of Shaolin. The monks found the baby and decided to raise him as one of them, naming the boy "Xuzhu". Xuanci is actually the mysterious "Leading Big Brother" (traditional Chinese: 帶頭大哥; simplified Chinese: 带头大哥; Mandarin Pinyin: Dàitóu Dàgē; Jyutping: Daai3-tau4 Daai6-go1) who led the attack on Xiao Yuanshan's family at Yanmen Pass several years ago, because he believed misleading information given to him by Murong Bo. Towards the end of the novel he publicly confesses his affair with Ye Erniang and dies in peace after accepting punishment for his misconduct.
- The Sweeper Monk (traditional Chinese: 掃地僧; simplified Chinese: 扫地僧; Mandarin Pinyin: Sǎodì Sēng; Jyutping: Sou2-dei6 Sang1) is a nameless monk of unknown origin in charge of maintaining the library of Shaolin. He defeats Xiao Yuanshan and Murong Bo and puts them to sleep while clearing their minds of their delusional ambitions. When the two of them recover from their trance, they are very grateful to him and become his disciples. The Monk's prowess in inner energy and martial arts is so powerful that even Xiao Feng's "Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms" has almost no effect on him.
- Xuanbei (Chinese: 玄悲; Mandarin Pinyin: Xuánbēi; Jyutping: Jyun4-bei1) was secretly murdered by Murong Bo. Murong Fu was thought to be the killer.
- Xuannan (traditional Chinese: 玄難; simplified Chinese: 玄难; Mandarin Pinyin: Xuánnàn; Jyutping: Jyun4-naan6) is the head of the Bodhidharma Hall.
- Xuanji (Chinese: 玄寂; Mandarin Pinyin: Xuánjì; Jyutping: Jyun4-zik6) is the head of the Discipline Hall.
- Xuanku (Chinese: 玄苦; Mandarin Pinyin: Xuánkǔ; Jyutping: Jyun4-fu2) is Xiao Feng's mentor. He is mortally wounded by Xiao Yuanshan, who had disguised himself as Xiao Feng, and dies after mistakenly accusing the real Xiao Feng as the attacker.
- Huilun (traditional Chinese: 慧輪; simplified Chinese: 慧轮; Mandarin Pinyin: Huìlún; Jyutping: Wai3-leon4) is Xuzhu's mentor.
- Huijing (traditional Chinese: 慧凈; simplified Chinese: 慧净; Mandarin Pinyin: Huìjìng; Jyutping: Wai3-zeng6) is a monk who catches the Ice Silkworm (冰蟬).
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“The multiplication of individual sects should not fool us: the important point is that the whole of America is preoccupied with the sect as a moral institution, with its immediate demand for beatification, its material efficacity, its compulsion for justification, and doubtless also with its madness and frenzy.”
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