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Described as the greatest martial artist alive, Shang-Chi has been trained since birth to be the ultimate fighter with a specialization in various unarmed and weaponry-based wushu styles, including the use of the gùn, nunchaku, and jian. Shang-Chi later assumes leadership of the Five Weapons Society and acquires the Ten Rings weapons.
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings is a 2021 American superhero film based on Marvel Comics featuring the character Shang-Chi. Produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, it is the 25th film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU).
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―Shang-Chi to Katy Chen
Xu Shang-Chi (Simplified Chinese: 徐尚气) is the son of Xu Wenwu and Ying Li, the older brother of Xu Xialing, and the current wielder of the Ten Rings. Since his childhood, Shang-Chi underwent a brutal training regime that turned him into a formidable martial artist; however, on a mission to avenge his mother's death, he chose to abandon the Ten Rings and leave his family past behind. Seeking to start a new life outside of his father's shadow, Shang-Chi fled to the United States of America, maintaining a peaceful life in San Francisco under the name Shaun with his friend Katy Chen. Eventually, the Ten Rings targeted Shang-Chi once again, so he joined forces with Chen and his sister Xu Xialing in order to oppose Wenwu in his quest to breach the Dark Gate of Ta Lo, which unleashed the Dweller-in-Darkness and the Soul Eaters. When his father sacrificed himself to save him, Shang-Chi inherited his mystical rings to defeat the Soul Eaters. Returning home, he began studying the rings when they emitted a signal.
Early LifeFacing The PastRecruited by Wong―Wong to Shang-Chi and Katy Chen Shang-Chi and Katy Chen returned to San Francisco and met their friends, Soo and John, at their favourite restaurant. While they were eating, they told their friends about their recent experiences, but Soo and John didn't believe them. However, an Inter-Dimensional Portal appeared behind them and Wong stepped out into the restaurant. He called for Shang-Chi, and when Shang-Chi stood up, he told him and Chen to come with him, much to their friends and the rest of the public's amazement. Shang-Chi and Chen followed Wong and were transported to Kamar-Taj in Nepal. There they met Carol Danvers and Bruce Banner via holographic call and Wong discussed the rings, telling Shang-Chi that after he used it, it sent out a beacon to a location unknown. Danvers reported that the rings weren't alien technology and Banner said they weren't vibranium and that they were far older than the thousand years for which Wenwu had been using them. Wong told them that whatever they were and whatever their origin was, it was nothing that had yet been documented in the sorcerers' archives. With no clear knowledge of what the rings were capable of, Wong explained that he wanted to know where the location of the beacon went. Danvers suddenly had to leave to answer an alert, telling Shang-Chi it was nice to meet him. Banner welcomed Shang-Chi and Chen to their world of heroes before signing off. Wong then told them that their lives had changed and that there was no going back. He told them to get rest, but Shang-Chi suggested they go to a bar and sing karaoke. Shang-Chi and Chen then returned to San Francisco and were joined by Wong, who accompanied them to a bar where they sang karaoke to the "Hotel California" song.―Xu Wenwu and Shang-Chi
Shang-Chi is an extremely calm, confident, fearless individual who is not afraid to step up to those who are supposedly above him, as shown by how he was not afraid of his father despite his imposing nature upon him. Despite being an incredibly trained martial artist thanks to his for father Shang-Chi seems to loathe violence to an extent fighting only to protect himself or others, he resisted against fighting the Ten Rings soldiers trying to take his pendant until one of them harmed Katy Chen and only fought Xu Xialing in an attempt to get her to listen to him and even then he fought noticeably to defend rather than attack which cost him to lose the match to Xialing.
Shang-Chi is shown to be an incredibly responsible, loving, and caring person who loves his family and friends, being willing to do anything for their happiness. He cares deeply about his family, no matter how they treat him, as shown by how he did not kill Xu Wenwu, despite how he continuously manipulated him for his own selfish motives. Shang-Chi has a certain aura of justice surrounding him as seen by how he never wanted any innocent people to get hurt during the hijacking of the bus. Also, Shang-Chi was quick to forgive his father for actions and sister for attacking him, as he doesn't blame her for being mad at him.
Shang-Chi was afraid of acknowledging his own past and accepting his mistakes. For the ten years that he lived in San Francisco under the name "Shaun", he would always avoid the topic of his past or his family and was ashamed to see his sister again after abandoning her. Even after being forced to reveal his past to Chen, Shang-Chi still omitted the fact that he did murder the Iron Gang Leader, and instead lied that he got cold feet and ran away from the mission. During his training with Ying-Nan, she pointed out that Shang-Chi was hesitant to use the same martial arts style that his mother used to defeat his father in the past. It was not until Shang-Chi's encounter with the Great Protector and witnessing Wenwu sacrifice his own life to give him the rings that Shang-Chi learned to stop running away from his true self and came to terms with his lineage, both the good and the bad of it.
Powers
•Ten Rings Empowerment: The Ten Rings granted Shang-Chi with a variety of superhuman abilities, including enhanced strength, durability, speed, agility, stamina, reflexes, nigh-immortality, and the ability to manipulate the rings at will. When the rings were used by Shang-Chi, they generated an aura of orange, golden, and transparent energy currents around them, while an aura of orange and golden dim light was running through the veins of his body, whereas they glowed blue and purple while being used by Wenwu. During his time at Ta Lo, Shang-Chi learned how to master his own innate energy at will, he then became extremely skilled at using the rings, even possibly surpassing the original user of the rings, his father, Wenwu, who has over a thousand years of experience with them, as Shang-Chi was able to take control of the rings away from Wenwu by using the unique martial arts practiced in Ta Lo to redirect their energy, and later even took control of all the rings. After Shang-Chi obtained all Ten Rings, they demonstrated new abilities when used in conjunction with the abilities granted by the Great Protector. Shang-Chi used the rings to project an energy blast that was powerful enough to kill the Dweller-in-Darkness with a single blow; the energy released from the attack was powerful enough to be detected by the Masters of the Mystic Arts all the way in Kamar-Taj. •Superhuman Strength: Shang-Chi's physical strength is enhanced to a superhuman level by the Ten Rings, numerous times stronger than any normal human being. The enhanced strength granted by the rings is proportional to how many rings Shang-Chi is wearing at once. He usually keeps five rings on each arm to evenly distribute his strength enhancement, but can double the power of his punches by moving all rings to a single arm. When Shang-Chi was fighting against Wenwu, he wore the rings on his leg to enhance the strength of his kicks, using them to kick his father, strong enough to generate a huge shockwave around them. His enhanced strength allows him to equally match against Wenwu, when they both had five rings each, they battled for control over the rings, eventually finding themselves locked in a pull of power between the rings, with each using five of the rings to attempt to pull them away from the other, ending up in stalemate, as well as being able to fling him several metres away. He later was able to successfully prevent Xu Xialing from being grabbed by the Dweller-in-Darkness. •Superhuman Durability: Shang-Chi's durability is enhanced by Ten Rings, making him very resistant to physical and energy damage, as well as being able to withstand falling from immense heights that would definitely kill a normal human. During the battle against Wenwu, Shang-Chi was being launched very high up into the air by one of the rings from his father, and then being shot all five rings onto him at once, causing him to crash into the ground from a considerable height at a very high speed. Shang-Chi was able to withstand and survive all these vicious attacks without any injury. He later dropped down from the Great Protector onto the Dweller-in-Darkness from a considerable height, landing safely and continuing to run afterwards. •Superhuman Speed: Shang-Chi's speed is enhanced by the Ten Rings, allowing him to run and move at great levels of speed. He was able to keep up with the Great Protector even though she was flying, and running on both the Great Protector and the Dweller-in-Darkness at great speeds. He was fast enough to go toe-to-toe with Wenwu when they both had five rings each. •Superhuman Agility: Shang-Chi's agility is enhanced by the Ten Rings, allowing him to coordinate his body with perfect balance, equilibrium, flexibility, and dexterity, as well as leaping great distances and heights with precision. Shang-Chi uses the rings as a means of propulsion to launch himself into the air, or telepathically controlling the rings to be used as platforms to land on and move through the air. During the battle against his Wenwu, Shang-Chi used the rings as platforms to step on in order to gain a higher position to kick him. He was able to contort his body mid-air and maintain his balance when landing after his father was pushing him back several metres away through the air. He later used the rings to launch himself high up into the air and safely land on the Great Protector, and used them as platforms to move through the air to land back onto her, after being flung off when the Great Protector and the Dweller-in-Darkness crashed onto each other. He was also able to jump and leap from the Great Protector onto Dweller-in-Darkness with ease. During the battle against the Dweller-in-Darkness, Shang-Chi used them as platforms to move through the air, swiftly dodging the attacks, and holding one of the rings to swing and safely land on it. Moreover, he was able to easily run on both the Great Protector and the Dweller-in-Darkness without losing balance, even though they were both flying at high speeds. At the very end of the Battle of Ta Lo, he used the rings to launch himself several hundred metres up from the Dweller-in-Darkness towards the sky. •Superhuman Stamina: Shang-Chi's stamina is enhanced by the Ten Rings, allowing him to exert himself at peak capacity for long periods of time without tiring or showing any sign of fatigue. He was able to fight against Wenwu for an extended period of time without tiring, and later had enough strength to battle the Dweller-in-Darkness for a long period of time without showing any sign of fatigue, ultimately killing it. •Superhuman Reflexes: Shang-Chi's reflexes are enhanced by the Ten Rings, allowing him to react and dodge objects travelling at high speeds. During the battle against Wenwu, his reflexes were sharp and fast enough to dodge or block his father, rapid and powerful attacks at close range with ease. During the battle against the Dweller-in-Darkness, Shang-Chi's reflexes allow him to quickly catch Xu Xialing the moment he saw she was being grabbed away by the Dweller-in-Darkness, and swiftly dodging the Dweller-in-Darkness's tentacles attacks at close range. •Nigh-Immortality: The Ten Rings stop Shang-Chi from ageing as long as they are worn, as well as preventing him to die from natural causes, such as earthly infections, diseases, and disorders, making him near-immortal. However, the rings do not grant him true immortality as they cannot protect the user from fatal injuries or supernatural causes of death, as seen when Wenwu's soul was extracted by the Dweller-in-Darkness. •Weapon Calling: The Ten Rings obeyed Shang-Chi calling as though they were driven by a form of intelligence and self-awareness. He was able to telepathically control and use them as weapons in various ways to attack his opponents, and would return to him whenever he wanted. •Energy Manipulation: Shang-Chi can control and manipulate energy fields emitted by the Ten Rings at will, generating an aura of orange, golden, and transparent energy currents. He can use them for a variety of purposes, such as firing them individually or together as high-powered projectiles, having the rings hover through the air to use them as platforms, extending the rings as energy chain to use as a whip, blocking or deflecting attacks from opponents, creating an energy ball, shooting the rings towards the ground to launch himself high up into the air, creating a rope, and projecting an energy blast. •Energy Projection: Shang-Chi can shoot the Ten Rings individually or together as energy projectiles. During his battle against Wenwu, Shang-Chi shot his five rings to attack him while simultaneously deflecting his attacks, and later shooting five of his rings to the mountain right above the Dark Gate, which caused the rocks to collapse and successfully seal the gate, preventing more Soul Eaters from coming out. Shang-Chi can also shoot the rings towards the ground to launch himself high up into the air. After battling against Wenwu, he shot all of his rings towards the ground and launched himself high up into the air and safely landed on the Great Protector, and again launching himself several hundred metres up from the Dweller-in-Darkness towards the sky. •Energy Blast: Shang-Chi can use the Ten Rings to create an energy ball or project an energy blast. After Shang-Chi obtained all Ten Rings, he used them to create an energy ball. As the rings spun faster, the power of it increased, preparing to fire a deadly blast of energy at Wenwu. In conjunction with the abilities granted by the Great Protector, Shang-Chi used the rings to project an energy blast that was powerful enough to kill the Dweller-in-Darkness with a single blow, penetrating inside its body, generating a powerful shockwave and completely disintegrating it as it explodes. •Chain Creation: Shang-Chi can extend the Ten Rings as energy chain to use as a whip. He used five of his rings to form an energy chain to fight against Wenwu using his own five rings. The rings are strongly held together by a magic energy field, when they battled for control over the rings, neither of them can break each other's energy whip with each using five of the rings to attempt to pull them away from the other, which locked in a pull of power between the rings and ending up in stalemate. He also used them to briefly entangle Wenwu and fling him several meters away. •Platform Creation: Shang-Chi can use the Ten Rings to create platforms under his feet. He used five of his rings to form as a platform to hit on Wenwu with a flying kick. •Rope Generation: Shang-Chi can use the Ten Rings to create ropes. Wearing five rings in each of his arms, he put two rings onto her arm to form an energy rope around both their arms, strong enough to hold onto Xu Xialing and prevent her from being grabbed by the Dweller-in-Darkness, while also putting two rings onto the hair of the Great Protector to prevent both of them from being grabbed by it as he was trying to save his sister.
Former Powers
―Ying Li to Shang-Chi •Great Protector Empowerment: Shang-Chi briefly bonded with the Great Protector and gained access to a portion of her power in order to defeat Xu Wenwu. •Superhuman Strength: Through bonding with the Great Protector, Shang-Chi had enhanced strength, as seen in the Battle of Ta Lo, he managed to fight with Xu Wenwu while being empowered by the Ten Rings. •Superhuman Durability: Through bonding with the Great Protector, Shang-Chi had enhanced durability, as seen by how he withstood multiple attacks from Wenwu's Ten Rings. During the fight with his father, he was smashed against a rock by all the Ten Rings; however, he emerged completely unharmed from a blow that would have killed a normal human. •Superhuman Speed: Shang-Chi's speed is enhanced by his bonding with the Great Protector, allowing him to run and move at incredible levels of speed, much faster than any normal human being. He was fast enough to go toe-to-toe with Wenwu while the later wear the Ten Rings. •Superhuman Agility: Through bonding with the Great Protector, Shang-Chi gained far greater agility, equilibrium, flexibility, dexterity, balance, and body coordination than any normal human being. He was able to outmatch his father in agility during their battle, despite the latter possessing the Ten Rings. •Superhuman Stamina: Shang-Chi's stamina was enhanced by his bonding with the Great Protector, allowing him to exert himself at peak capacity for long periods of time without tiring or showing any sign of fatigue. He was able to fight against Wenwu for an extended period of time without tiring. •Superhuman Reflexes: Shang-Chi gained incredible reflexes after bonding with the Great Protector. He was able to react and dodge objects traveling at high speeds, much quicker than any normal human being. This also enhanced his reaction time, to the point where he dodged Wenwu' Ten Rings projectiles at point-blank range. •Air Manipulation: Through bonding with the Great Protector, Shang-Chi can freely manipulate air and thus enhanced several physical attributes including strength, durability, speed and agility. During his battle with his father, Shang-Chi learned to telekinetically use air to control five of the Ten Rings and use them to his advantage. After obtaining all the Ten Rings, he realized that he did not need this power to control the rings as he pleased. •Force-Field Generation: Shang-Chi can create a barrier of air in order to evade attacks from his opponents. •Air Blasts: Shang-Chi can generate powerful air blasts against his opponents. •Hurricane Generation: Shang-Chi can use the Great Protector's blessing to cause small but intense storms with high wind speeds.
Abilities
•Master Martial Artist: Shang Chi is an extremely skilled and formidable hand-to-hand combatant and martial artist, having been trained very harshly and extensively by his father and Death Dealer ever since he was a child, making him one of the most powerful and best fighters on the planet. His fighting style includes several styles of kung fu, such as Shaolin-style, Bajiquan, tai chi, Wing Chun and wushu, as well as taekwondo, muay Thai, silat, Krav Maga, jujutsu, and boxing. Shang-Chi was able to easily defeat unarmed several trained members of the Ten Rings simultaneously. He was even able to defeat his mentor Death Dealer, going toe-to-toe against him and even almost killing him if not for the intervention of his father. After training in Ta Lo for only a short period of time, he became skilled enough to face his father with help from his staff, even when he was using the Ten Rings. At one point, Shang-Chi even temporarily gained the upper hand and knocked him down with a kick, though he was ultimately no match for him. However, after fully understanding the fighting style of Ta Lo, he was finally able to go toe-to-toe with Wenwu and took half of the Ten Rings in the process. Then, he was able to compete with Wenwu in a fair hand-to-hand battle, evenly matched against Wenwu and even gaining the upper hand at times, ultimately ending the fight at a standstill. Shang-Chi has also been trained with all kinds of weapons since the age of seven. •Staff Mastery: Shang-Chi is extremely skilled at using a staff in combat. He was able to put up a reasonable fight against his father for a while even when he was using the Ten Rings, fending off his attacks and launching his own, and being able to deflect the rings thrown at him as projectiles and even temporarily gain the upper hand, before he was ultimately defeated and his staff was broken. He could also improvise a broken bus pole against several assassins. •Knife Mastery: Shang-Chi is extremely skilled at using a knife in combat. During his fight against Death Dealer, Shang-Chi was able to disarm him and use his knives to fight against him, going toe-to-toe against him and even almost killing him if not being intervened by Wenwu. •Chain Mastery: Shang-Chi is extremely skilled at using a chain in combat, being able to use the Ten Rings to conjure an energy whip. He was able to be evenly matched against Wenwu when they were both using the Ten Rings to conjure a whip during the battle of Ta Lo. •Rope Dart Mastery: Like his sister Xu Xialing, Shang-Chi is extremely skilled at using a rope dart in combat, often using them during his training. •Master Marksman: Shang-Chi is an extremely skilled marksman. He could launch his rings with force and accuracy. •Master Acrobat: Shang-Chi's years of training have made him an extremely skilled acrobat, gymnast, and aerialist, being able to fluidly dodge attacks from multiple directions using coordinated flips, twists, and sharp turns without losing balance. He often utilizes these talents in combat for both evasive and offensive purposes. He was able to use numerous complex acrobatic manoeuvres with ease during the fight against many members of the Ten Rings, Razor Fist, Death Dealer and later the battle with Wenwu. ―Shang-Chi to Katy Chen •Master Assassin: Shang-Chi is an extremely skilled assassin, being taught every possible way to kill people since he was seven, up until the age of fifteen. Shang-Chi accomplished the difficult task of being able to kill the Iron Gang's leader despite only being fourteen years old, under orders from his father. Further, through his immense skillset, Shang-Chi was able to defeat his former teacher, the Death Dealer, even after the former's attempts to kill him. ―Xu Wenwu to Shang-Chi •Gifted Intellect: Shang-Chi has a gifted intellect as shown by his mastery of speaking four languages, being able to deduce when and how to turn the bus. Perhaps the biggest feat of his intellect was being able to deduce how to defeat his father Wenwu from mere memories of his mother many years ago, along with some training with his aunt, Ying Nan. ―Xu Wenwu and Shang-Chi •Multilingualism: Shang-Chi is fluent in four languages, including his native Mandarin, as well as English.
Weapons
•Knife: At the age of fourteen, before his father sent him to kill the Iron Gang's leader, his father gave him a special dagger so he could kill the leader. •Death Dealer's Daggers: Shang-Chi gained possession of his former mentor's daggers after taking them away after his attempt at assassinating him. •Dragon Scale Staff: Shang-Chi gained the possession of this staff by Ying Nan to prepare for the Battle of Ta Lo and used it against his father, notably deflecting the Ten Rings launched at him. •Ten Rings: After defeating his father Xu Wenwu in combat and proving his worth to him, Wenwu bequeathed the rings to Shang-Chi shortly before the Dweller-in-Darkness consumed his soul.
Other Equipment
•Eye of the Dragon: It is an emerald pendant from one of two bestowed on Shang-Chi by his mother, Ying Li. While Ying Li was still raising Shang-Chi and Xialing, she gave one of the Eyes to Shang-Chi, reminding him of their family's legacy, while giving the other to his sister Xu Xialing. Together, the Eyes of the Dragon are capable of revealing the safe pathway of Ta Lo, though it could only be shown after they are inserted into the dragon head bust. Shang-Chi's Eye was stolen by Wenwu's gang during the attack on the bus. •Dragon Scale Armor: It is an incredibly durable armour made by dragon scales bestowed on him by his aunt, Ying Nan. At a point in time, Shang-Chi went to Ta Lo and left this for him in her possession. Shang-Chi used this during the Battle of Ta Lo, to protect himself. The armor also allow him to withstand being thrown across the lake by an energy blast projected from the Ten Rings onto his chest without causing major injuries.
Vehicles
•Razor Fist's Car: Shang-Chi, along with Katy, Xialing, Trevor and Morris escaped the Ten Rings Headquarters and journeyed to Ta Lo by stealing Razor Fist's car.
•Ten Rings Headquarters: As the son of Wenwu, Shang-Chi has lived in the Ten Rings Headquarters. Currently it is owned by his sister, Xu Xialing.
•Shang-Chi's Apartment: •Fairmont San Francisco: Shang-Chi and Katy Chen took up jobs as valets at the hotel.
Family
•Xu Wenwu † - Father, Former Attempted Killer and Savior •Ying Li † - Mother •Ying Nan - Aunt •Xu Xialing - Sister and Former Opponent •Mattias/Razor Fist - Adoptive Brother and Former Attempted Killer
Allies
•Katy Chen - Former Classmate and Best Friend •Soo - Former Classmate and Friend •Mrs. Chen •Ruihua Chen •Waipo Chen •John - Friend •Klev - Fan •Yuchen •Morris •Ta Lo Armed Forces •Guang Bo † •Trevor Slattery •Yuki •Great Protector - Savior •Ten Rings - Temporary Enemies •Jon Jon - Fan •Masters of the Mystic Arts •Wong •Bruce Banner/Hulk •Carol Danvers/Captain Marvel
Enemies
•Iron Gang •Iron Gang Leader † - Victim •Li Ching-Lin/Death Dealer † - Former Mentor and Attempted Victim •Gao Lei † - Victim •Soul Eaters •Dweller-in-Darkness † - Attempted Killer and Victim
•In the comics, Shang-Chi is the son of Zheng Zu, and his name means "the rising and advancing of the spirit." Shang-Chi became known for being the master of kung fu and a member of the Avengers.
•In the comics, the Mandarin has an estranged son named Temugin, who tried to kill Iron Man under his father's orders but eventually reformed, joining the Atlas Foundation as Jimmy Woo's second in command,.
•His surname is Xú (徐). His given name is "尚气" (Simplified Chinese) or "尚氣" (Traditional Chinese). The Hanyu Pinyin system romanizes it as "Shàng qì" (pronounced "Sh-ah-ng chee") in Mandarin and "Seung hei" in Cantonese. The name in the movie (Shang-Chi) is spelt using the older Wade–Giles romanization system. His given name can be translated to "the rising and advancing of the spirit."
•Shang-Chi's physical conditioning is similar to that of Iron Fist's training with the Order of the Crane Mother, as they were both repeatedly stricken with wooden poles.
•Shang-Chi was considered by Marvel Studios to be introduced in The Avengers alongside the Mandarin.
•Ludi Lin, Steven Yeun, Mike Moh, Alex Landi, and Ross Butler were considered for the role of Shang-Chi, before Simu Liu was cast.
•Lewis Tan auditioned for the role of Shang-Chi, before Simu Liu was cast.
•Brandon Holam Lee and Jesse Turner were stunt doubles for Simu Liu in the role of Shang-Chi.
Sep 2, 2021 · Destin Daniel Cretton directs Shang-Chi, while Crazy Rich Asians star Awkwafina also stars. But who is Shang-Chi, and why is he regarded as one of the greatest warriors in the Marvel Universe?
Sep 3, 2021 · Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings: Directed by Destin Daniel Cretton. With Simu Liu, Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Awkwafina, Ben Kingsley. Shang-Chi, the master of weaponry-based Kung Fu, is forced to confront his past after being drawn into the Ten Rings organization.
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Xu Shang-Chi (English: / ˈ ʃ uː ʃ ɑː ŋ ˈ tʃ iː / SHOO shahng-CHEE; Chinese: 徐尚氣; pinyin: Xú Shàngqì) is a fictional character portrayed by Simu Liu in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) multimedia franchise, based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name.
Biography. Master of His Own Destiny. A renowned criminal sired a child who he raised as his heir to an insidious secret society and named him Shang-Chi, the “rising and advancing of the spirit.”
