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Originally Posted by Tomsdad
True which is why he'd have developed these tactics (although '2' is going to be factor of attitudes towards unassuming looking Chinese at the time as well)
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Just to make sure, because tiny details do have to be called to mind. It has to be remembered that East Asian weapons technology was until a few generations ago roughly equiv to European and the difference was mainly in the tactics. Furthermore the Manchu were one of the most powerful states in the world in the Eighteenth century. There was a technological growth spurt in Europe since then but a Chinese Monk cannot be presented exactly as living in a precisely Medievalistic milieu even if his unworldly vocation keeps him away from the cutting edge.
The point is that he shouldn't be treated as a closer-to-earth, noble savage or as a cave man lawyer. But that is more about characterization then about his fighting ability.