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“The hero stands disarmed by love, impressed by virtue, as still as a pine tree,” writes the warrior who stops in a remote village in 17th century China. His words are aimed at his host, Madame Tung, a widowed village school teacher. There is no man in her household, just her, the grandmother and Wei-Ling, her life-hungry teenage daughter. Despite concerns about modesty, the young, dashing general is billeted with Madame Tung. Much to the daughter’s delight.
