Category Archives: Inspiration

The broadsword that I’m describing today has really dramatic and awesome lore.   No. 7: Cold Moon Appearance & Construction: Forged by Madam Xu of the Warring States period before the Qin Dynasty.   Lore: There is a very grand lore surrounding this blade. Specifically, it goes as follows: Madam Xu was originally a scholarContinue reading “Chinese Lore- Legendary Chinese Broadswords and Knives (Dao) (2)”

Another of my Chinese lore posts and this time it would stretch across a number of posts. Pictures for some of the “weapons” in this submission can be seen at http://baike.baidu.com/view/795444.htm. What’s available are for no 4 up to no 9. Same as usual, I’m starting with no. 10 and working backwards to no. 1.Continue reading “Chinese Lore- Legendary Chinese Broadswords and Knives (Dao) (1)”

Continuing from last time, here’s the next snippet and the last one of this series will be posted this Friday/Thursday. Scorched Tail Appearance & Characteristics: Made from a scorched block of wood from a Chinese parasol tree, its name is derived from the fact that the tail of this instrument shows visible scorch marks. Lore:Continue reading “Chinese Lore- Legendary Chinese String Instruments (Guqin) (2)”

Over this and the next post, I will be covering the 10 greatest guqins in ancient China. Guqin literally means ancient string instrument. It is basically a musical instrument of the zither family (multiple strings stretched across a flat body). It typically has seven strings but there is a more ancient version with five stringContinue reading “Chinese Lore- Legendary Chinese String Instruments (Guqin) (1)”

Continuing from last time: No. 5: The Heaven Shaker Lore: wielded by Xue Ren Kui, a famous general in the Tang dynasty. In 661 AD, Xue Ren Kui was fighting against the Uighurs, a group of nomads from Northern Asia who were strong riders and whose bows could create winds that shake the heaven. InContinue reading “Chinese Lore- Legendary Chinese bows (2)”

I almost forgot about today’s post but luckily I seemed to have developed some kind of reflex around posting on Mondays and Fridays (not bad since it’s close but not yet half a year since I started this blog). Anyway, I have to admit that I’m still on my lethargy phase with respect to novelContinue reading “Chinese Lore- Legendary Chinese bows (1)”

Firstly, I haven’t forgotten that I’m supposed to be posting a new snippet for Live and Let Live. However, I figured it would be weird if I did not continue with the lore of Gan Jiang and Mo Xie that I posted up at the start of this week. So the Live and Let LiveContinue reading “Chinese Lore- Gan Jiang and Mo Xie (2)”

I’m still in my lethargy phase (sort of) so I’m going to recycle a bit of Chinese lore I just delved into for my Citadel submissions (for the What makes a weapon magic quest), which is on a pair of legendary swords. The male sword is called Gan Jiang while the female one is calledContinue reading “Chinese Lore- Gan Jiang and Mo Xie (1)”

To be honest, I’m currently going through a phase that I call “Writer’s Lethargy”. So I’ve decided that it’s time for me to re-use old work and so today’s post will be a Chinese lore. In Chinese, there is a saying about the nine sons of the Dragon being all different, which is mainly toContinue reading “Chinese Lore- the Nine Sons of the Dragon”

Physical Description: A fox-like creature whose head is white, said to be originating from a pre-histoical mammal. Lore: Originally seen as an animal that can counter evil, it somehow became the synonym to comets which are seen as bad omen in ancient China. In particular, the Tian Gou eating the Sun or the Moon isContinue reading “Chinese Lore- Tian Gou (Heavenly Dog)”