I was digging up info on Barry Hughart and stumbled across a few nice links. Too bad he's only written 3 books! http://www.rcls.org/hughart/webbib.html ...
Hi I'm new to this group. I'm hoping maybe you can answer my question what is the name of the method of travel by a wooden box carried by four men. I know...
pal·an·quin [pŕlln kn ] (plural pal·an·quins) noun seat carried on poles: a covered seat carried on poles held parallel to the ground on the shoulders of...
Dear Odimus, The object you are talking about, I assume, is a 'Sedan chair', in Mandarin jiŕozi - although it could be a palanquin too (there is very little ...
Just a few more minor Jiao along means the carriage. Zi is an add on that does not mean any thing. Some literature will just use the term Jiao instead of the...
Is anyone currently running this game. I think of it as a classic RPG. When we ran our campaign it once a month for 5 years, and spun off 2 other campaigns....
Only play by e-mail. No openings currently, but that can always change. See: bushido_pbem@yahoogroups You don't have to be a member to read the files and...
The Oxford Science Museum has an interesting site with a large assortment of goodies including pictures of Japanese, Chinese and Indian scientific instruments...
Dear All, As I live in Oxford, I can confirm it is a very good museum. However it is not the best museum in Oxford for Japanese, Chinese, Indian or other Asian...
Welcome to the fouth issue of Revisiting the Three Kingdoms, the only English Quarterly eZine dedicated to Romance of the Three Kingdoms. Table of Content Gen...
... Sleepless in Newark California whose only museum is a Victorian era farm called Ardenwood ;) No Tibetan goodies in this city, though the Asian in San...
Dear All, ... Sorry, I automatically thought of Newark in New Jersey! I should have considered that most other US states might have a Newark too (or perhaps...
... I have not had chance to read this yet but these two section did look quite intresting. Has anyone had chance to read any of there stuff for a review?...
Hey all, I'm a GM searching for some skilled RPers who haven't played L5R but are interested in PURE (no westerners) Oriental RPing. You don't need to buy any...
One wonders if the remains of a giant white snake were discovered as well :) http://www.pep.com.cn/yingyu/miscellany/culture/Chinese/idioms/White%20Snake.htm ...
... Since the list moderator posts from newspapers, keep a bag of salt handy ;) Still has some interesting articles that pop up from time to time. Jim Eckman...
GREEN RONIN PURCHASES DRAGON FIST Origins Award Nominated Game to Come Back in 2003 November 4, 2002—SEATTLE, WA: Green Ronin Publishing today announced that...
Hi all, I have just started to run "Mark Doherty's Sengoku Campaign", we did the first part last week. I have read the first 1/3 and I am quite impressed. The...
... This is a shame, as I am sure that all our ancient japanese history books will have been tainted by his 'works' :( Did he have any effect on 4-7th CE sites...
To see how my group went in this game, check my web site, especially the fiction. A great campaign! Lots more fiction to come - we have finished it now and...
Ni hao (hi there, for non Chinese :-) well, that's about my Chinese! Do any of you know a good way of learning Chinese? I have book on chinese, but the...