February 17, 2026
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I did a wiki dive, and the adeptus look like they are basically Dao animals from Taoism, or from Chinese buddhism. (Journey to the west, for example.)
Some of the modern scholarly literature, say for Japanese Youkai, talks about witch-animals.
These are animals who practice Taoist immortality practices, and hit the magical level of obtaining human forms or seemings.
(The three deadly selves from last night's stream basically point back to that. These practices are commonly translated as cultivation in the modern webnovels translated to englsih. )
Some of the modern scholarly literature, say for Japanese Youkai, talks about witch-animals.
These are animals who practice Taoist immortality practices, and hit the magical level of obtaining human forms or seemings.
(The three deadly selves from last night's stream basically point back to that. These practices are commonly translated as cultivation in the modern webnovels translated to englsih. )
Posted by: PatBuckman at Sat Feb 21 15:04:14 2026 (rcPLc)
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More stuff where my web fiction tastes tell me something. Shaolin temple is Buddhist. The Buddhists and Taoists are both Orthodox factions in Murim/Wuxia fiction, but usually they are distinctly seperate on a school by school basis. Yunkui Summit might not be Buddhist if it is Taoist.
Posted by: PatBuckman at Sat Feb 21 22:30:15 2026 (rcPLc)
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Thanks for that Pat!
I don't think that Yunkui Summit is Buddhist given their focus on cultivation and the ubiquity of the Taoist symbolism in the temple and the higher ranked disciple's uniforms.
On the other hand, the Taijitu does find its way into Buddhist imagery, at least in China and Japan, and the Yunkui Summit school DOES seem to have some similarity to a Shaolin temple. However many of the ideas they throw about are Taoist and that seemed to have a large influence on Chinese Buddhism.
Most of the imagery in the game is just vibbing. They wanted to add a Kung-Fu movie aesthetic to their game (Ju-Fufu is canonically a rather intense fan of the genre) and the increasingly intrusive censorship may prevent them from conveying anything that might be interpreted as religious teachings, so we may just be getting an aesthetic mish-mash that's intentionally heretical to both.
All that being said, Wuxia literature is absolutely not my forte', What I know of it mostly comes from Japanese interpretations thereof, which in turn are heavily influenced by Buddhism. So thanks again for your input. It is greatly appreciated!
I don't think that Yunkui Summit is Buddhist given their focus on cultivation and the ubiquity of the Taoist symbolism in the temple and the higher ranked disciple's uniforms.
On the other hand, the Taijitu does find its way into Buddhist imagery, at least in China and Japan, and the Yunkui Summit school DOES seem to have some similarity to a Shaolin temple. However many of the ideas they throw about are Taoist and that seemed to have a large influence on Chinese Buddhism.
Most of the imagery in the game is just vibbing. They wanted to add a Kung-Fu movie aesthetic to their game (Ju-Fufu is canonically a rather intense fan of the genre) and the increasingly intrusive censorship may prevent them from conveying anything that might be interpreted as religious teachings, so we may just be getting an aesthetic mish-mash that's intentionally heretical to both.
All that being said, Wuxia literature is absolutely not my forte', What I know of it mostly comes from Japanese interpretations thereof, which in turn are heavily influenced by Buddhism. So thanks again for your input. It is greatly appreciated!
Posted by: The Brickmuppet at Sun Feb 22 14:17:31 2026 (dLZLE)
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