The history of Wuxia & Xianxia cultivation trope explained with Brandon Sanderson’s magic system.

Brandon Sanderson’s Lecture:    • Lecture #5: Worldbuilding Part One — ...  

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0:00 Introduction
0:27 What is Brandon Sanderson's Magic System?
3:29 What is "Cultivation
8:58 Chi Cultivation
10:43 Yellow Emperor's Classic of Internal Medicine
13:06 Wuxia and Xianxia Difference
14:44 Similar Magic System, But Different Culture
18:14 Creating Limitations in Cultivation Fiction
21:55 Social Dimension of Conflict
23:02 The Secret Sauce of Wuxia & cultivaction

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WU Guangzheng, 2007, BuddhistTaoist rivalry and the evolution of the story of Lü Dongbin’s slaying the Yellow Dragon with a flying sword
Ni Maoshing, 1995, The Yellow Emperor’s Classic of Medicine
Xin Sun, 2021, How mindset beliefs work differently for Chinese and US students
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