Kylie Chan - Red Phoenix

Wudangshan(Putonghua): ‘Shan’ means ‘mountain’; Wudang Mountain.

Xie xie(Putonghua): ‘Thank you.’

Xuan Wu(Putonghua) pronounced, roughly, ‘Shwan Wu’: means ‘Dark Martial Arts’; the Black Turtle of the North, Mr Chen.

Yang: One of the two prime forces of the Universe in Taoist philosophy. Yang is the Light: masculine, bright, hot and hard.

Yang and yin: The two prime forces of the universe, when joined together form the One, the essence of everything. The symbol of yang and yin shows each essence containing a small part of the other.

Yellow Emperor: An ancient mythological figure, the Yellow Emperor is credited with founding civilisation and inventing clothing and agriculture.

Yin: One of the two prime forces of the universe in Taoist philosophy. Yin is Darkness: feminine, dark, cold and soft.

Yuexia Loaren(Putonghua): ‘Old Man Under the Moon’; a Taoist deity responsible for matchmaking.

Yum cha(Cantonese): Literally ‘drink tea’. Most restaurants hold yum cha between breakfast and mid-afternoon. Tea is served, and waitresses wheel around trolleys containing varieties of dim sum.

Yuzhengong(Putonghua): ‘Find the True Spirit’; the name of the palace complex on Wudang Mountain.

Zhu Que(Putonghua) pronounced, roughly, Joo Chway: the Red Phoenix of the South.

Twenty years ago Kylie Chan married a Hong Kong national in a traditional Chinese wedding ceremony in Eastern China. She and her husband lived in Australia for eight years, then in Hong Kong for ten years. She has seen a great deal of Chinese culture and come to appreciate the customs and way of life.

Two years ago she closed down her successful IT consultancy company in Hong Kong and moved back to Australia. She decided to use her knowledge of Chinese mythology, culture, and martial arts to weave a story that would appeal to a wide audience.

Since returning to Australia, Kylie has studied kung fu (Wing Chun and Southern Chow Clan styles) as well as tai chi and is now a senior belt in both forms. She has also made an intensive study of Buddhist and Taoist philosophy and has brought all of these together into her storytelling.

Kylie is a mother of two who lives in Brisbane.

White Tiger (1)

Red Phoenix (2)

Voyager

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First published in Australia in 2007

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Chan, Kylie.

Red phoenix.

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I. Title. (Series: Dark heavens; Book two).

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