The Book and the Sword

Jintan Ancient Printing Ltd (JAPL) was established in 1978. It combines traditional craftsmanship with high-tech digital printing to produce high end, replica ancient products. Based in Jintan, Jiangsu, China, the multiple award winning company is a leading name in the premier print industry, both nationally and internationally. Specialities of JAPL include hard back and hand bound books, xuan (bamboo paper) colour printing and woodblock printing.

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Colour printing on xuan (bamboo paper), hand embossing, woodblock printing and xian zhuang (stitched binding) are all ancient techniques used by JAPL. Items of particular interest produced include the recreation of 500 year old books originally made by Emperor Yongle to record the Ming Dynasty, as well as key Confucius teachings. The books and scriptures, amongst other collections and art works, all displaying the time consuming and intricate skills, can be found in the vast on-site product exhibition room.

Description: A wuxia novel by Jin Yong (Louis Cha). Set in the Manchu-led Qing dynasty during the reign of the Qianlong Emperor, the novel follows the quest of the Red Flower Society, a secret organisation aiming to overthrow the Qing government, and their entanglements with an Islamic tribe in western China. The "book" in the title refers to a Quran that was stolen from the tribe while the "sword" refers to a sword given to the protagonist, Chen Jialuo, by his first romantic interest, Huoqingtong. Historical figures such as the Qianlong Emperor, Zhaohui, Heshen, Zheng Banqiao and Fuk'anggan also make appearances or are mentioned by name in the novel. One of the female protagonists, Princess Fragrance, is loosely based on the Qianlong Emperor's Fragrant Concubine.

This novel was Jin Yong's debut, and it quickly established him as one of the new masters of the wuxia genre.