Talk:Pixiu

January 2005
i have a jade pi xiu which i got in china. it is said that this creature has a big mouth and ass. it eats everything but doesn't shit, so what goes in its mouth doesn't come out. the main thing it likes to eat is money or treasure, so many people put a big statue of the creature infront of their house to symbolize the money going into the house but doesn't come out. its really kool — Preceding unsigned comment added by 220.237.53.23 (talk) 07:33, 18 January 2005 (UTC) apparently it is said thAT THE PI XIU IS THE DRAGON'S BROTHER — Preceding unsigned comment added by 220.237.53.23 (talk) 07:35, 18 January 2005 (UTC)

Pi Ya??
I translated the original text of this article from Chinese. According to the Chinese source I based on, the female is called bi xie (辟邪). The name is recently changed to "pi ya". I am curious about what the source is. Apparently it came from a bad translation by someone who cannot read Chinese. 辟牙 would be transliterate to "pi ya" in Wade-Giles. Someone must have misread 邪 as 牙 or vice versa. In any case, to use consistent spellings, the Wade-Giles spelling "pi ya" should be changed to pinyin "bi ya" or "bi xie" whatever is correct. Kowloonese 01:09, 8 April 2006 (UTC)

Besides the small figurines, there are statues of this animal. I've seen pictures on the internet of some stone statues. Mention of the larger Bixie should be made in this article. - Guest 209.162.56.40 21:15, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

Merge Proposal and call for help
I propose that the article Bixie be merged into this article because, apparently, the mythological animal previously referred to as Bixie (literally: 'ward off evil', 'talisman') is now known as Pixiu. While I am not sure when or how this happened - it does seem to be the case as the (usually) winged, lion-headed mythological animals seems to be the same in both articles. Also, the Chinese article on the Pixiu does mention the Bixie but has no separate article on Bixie. Also, my dictionaries give pixiu as the name of a fabulous or mythological animal, but only give 'ward off evil', 'talisman' as meanings for bixie. However, I am not knowledgeable enough to really make this decision - nor am I confident in merging the two articles - so I am asking for help from any qualified editor, please. Many thanks, John Hill (talk) 00:49, 16 September 2014 (UTC)


 * I'm more familiar with sources (mostly museums) that uses the term Bixie, so I'm not that convinced that Bixie should be merged into Pixiu rather than vice versa. No comment on a merge, since I don't edit these topics in the context of content rather than just clean-up. Gave some effort to look it up, but I lack in available literature to help you with it. --Cold Season (talk) 22:35, 23 September 2014 (UTC)


 * According to this poster's research on the difference ( http://www.douban.com/note/160524843/ in Chinese), the information found on the Internet are contradictory. So it is inconclusive. Some stated the two mythical animals are different. Pixiu has 2 horns, Tienlu has one horn and Bixie has no horn. Some websites categorically merge them together because Bixie has a name that matches the function of Pixiu. I would propose that they should be treated as different until someone can provide a credible citation to prove otherwise. Someone should seek opinions from Chinese experts on museum relics that portray these animals. Kowloonese (talk) 03:27, 7 October 2014 (UTC)

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