The 5,000-year-old Chinese book of wisdom, presented in a unique work-book format designed to help truth-seekers find new meaning and enlightenment in its ancient lore.

    When the evil Marishoten, the Black Iris Lord, seeks to overthrow the Mikado, and usurp the Chrysanthemum Throne, he first seeks the precious Scroll, to learn the Unanswerable Word - the Word of Power. It is left to two unlikely companions to foil Marishoten's evil design: Taro, the Odd Job Boy, armed only with a kitchen knife, and Prince Hachi, Lord Eight-Thousand Spears, mounted upon his mare Oikaze, swift as the wind.

    Meat and vegetable ingredients familiar to Westerners are used in these basic recipes from China's most densely populated province.