Since the release of the revolutionary Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers), the Wu-Tang Clan have been hip-hop's leading creative force. Now, after a decade of dark beats and mysterious lyrics hinting at a larger whole, the legendary Staten Island hip-hop collective fully reveals, for the first time, the complex, multi-layered Wu-Tang Universe. This manual unravels the intricate web of personalities (and alter egos), warrior codes, numerological systems and the key to Shaolin among much more. It also contains their first official lyrical encyclopaedia and analysis by the Clan.