User:Whipsandchains

Whipsandchains I'm a overseas Chinese and am a native speaker of Hokkien. I am mainly interested in Chinese Mythology and Chinese History particularly the The Three Kingdoms era. Recent developments in my life have also peaked my interest in learning more about Chinese Buddhism.

I do not condone nor support any extremist and fringe views relating to these topics. I contribute to wikipedia mainly so I can share my researches on these two topics. I typically try to stay out of the more "politically" charged articles as ultranationalists, whether they be Chinese, Koreans, Japanese, Mongolians or Vietnamese, tend to turn any form of civilized debate into an online crap slinging contest.

I generally work alone as my schedule here on wikipedia is quite sporadic and I dislike being drawn into a "tribe" and being expected to agree with everything the tribe says no matter how stupid it is. I do however contact reliable individuals to get more info on topics I am unfamiliar with.

Articles Started

 * List of Buddhist Architecture in China
 * Long Nü
 * Qin Liangyu (first article on wiki, poor quality, too lazy to fix it)
 * The Wolf of Zhongshan
 * Xing Tian (I planning on cleaning this up since it lack sources and I wrote basically from what I could remember reading)
 * Zhenniao
 * Zhu Rong (god)
 * Zi Bu Yu
 * Template:Chinese Buddhist Pantheon
 * Eighteen Luohans

Articles Heavily Contributed to

 * Chinese Mythology
 * Shan Cai
 * Three-legged bird/Jinwu
 * Trieu Thi Trinh
 * Empress Myeongseong
 * Template:Buddhism and China
 * Marici (Buddhism)
 * Admonitions Scroll
 * In Search of the Supernatural

Swords

 * Sword of Goujian
 * Gan Jiang and Mo Ye

Contacts

 * Amore Mio - helped me immensely in finding more info about Trieu Thi Trinh
 * DHN - helped me immensely in finding more info about Trieu Thi Trinh
 * I'm still looking for a reliable Korean contact that can give me more info on the Goguryeo heavy armor that was used when they broke their alliance with the Cao Wei (曹魏) Kingdom.

Favorite Articles

 * Baidu 10 Mythical Creatures by Benlisquare, LOL China's censorship laws can lead to some funny things
 * Flying Spaghetti Monster

To do List

 * Chinese Buddhist Pantheon
 * Must tidy up the Chinese Mythology section when I have time.

Favorite Quotes

"忠言逆耳, 良藥苦口. (Honest opinions go against your ear while good medicine tastes bitter.)"

- Chinese Proverb

"宁教我负天下人，休教天下人负我. (Better that I betray the world than let the world betray me.)"

- Cao Cao (曹操)

"Thùng rỗng kêu to. (Hallow vessels make much noise.)"

- Vietnamese proverb

"The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people are so full of doubts."

– Bertrand Russell

"If you talk to God, you're religious. If God talks to you, you're psychotic."

- Dr. Gregory House

"BE A MAN! DO THE RIGHT THING!"

- Russel Peters