The fascinating story of the ascent along the path of mastery of a simple village boy offered to the reader is most similar to an old fairy tale or a well-written story in the fantasy genre. However, this is exactly how the legend goes about the early years of the life of the great Chinese healer and philosopher of the Tang era, Li Yu, a friend and student of the famous Sun Simiao. The book is illustrated with reproductions of modern Chinese paintings on mythological and fairy-tale subjects.

Note This book is an abridged translation of Barry Hewart's novel Bridge of Birds. Under the title “Tiger in the Labyrinth,” the novel was published in Russian twice as a “translation from Chinese,” and a certain Bai Kaiguo was listed as the author.