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The Knight-errant Vanishing is the original novel adapted by Jiang Wen for his film Hidden Man. It tells a chivalrous tale set in the early Republic of China era, reviving through its prose the bygone zenith of old Beijing's splendor. ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ Peking, during the Republic of China era. Undercurrents of unrest stirred the political situation. Japanese forces were growing restless, and resistance activities had already begun. The young martial adept Li Tianran, returned from America, found himself navigating the city's labyrinthine hutongs in search of the mastermind behind the massacre of his martial brothers five years prior. As his investigation deepened, the capital's intricate web of rival factions came to light-Japanese agents, pro-Japanese collaborators, established aristocratic families, crime bosses, socialites, and foreign journalists all played their parts, together brewing a storm that threatened to break at any moment. Yet deep within the alleys, inside the serene siheyuan courtyards, the lives of ordinary people carried on with unhurried ease. From the Mid-Autumn Festival to the Winter Solstice, from the Spring Festival to the Lantern Festival, then to Qingming and the Dragon Boat Festival... life continued its rhythm, until the crack of gunfire at Marco Polo Bridge. ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿......¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿