Yirong Gao: The Scar-Removing, Beauty-Enhancing Ointment from the Song Dynasty's Taiping Shenghui Fang
In Jin Yong's wuxia novels there are often masters of disguise who can use simple ointments and flour to change their appearance into another person—for example, Ah Zhu in Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils is such a clever, whimsical character. Did such things as a "disguise ointment"…
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