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wuxia, xianxia, and cultivation differences meta

translations: wuxia 武俠, xianxia 仙俠, and cultivation 修真/修仙 (xīuzhēn/xīuxiān)

think i've seen posts on this eons ago, and i'm pretty sure there are tons of these online, but since this has been written up already let's just have another one.

wuxia 武俠

wuxia and xianxia sound similar, but basically for wuxia it is about the pugilistic world (江湖 jiānghú). It is relatively more down-to-earth, and people practice martial arts ("kungfu") in their current life -- they do not do it to become xians (仙) and gods (神) however.

Like Thousand Autumns and Faraway Wanderers/Word of Honor, it has more historical background and ties to the current court and kingdoms, because people are living in the moment and concern themselves with worldly issues.

Martial arts may seem unrealistic, but in view of chinese fantasy it would be considered "real". It consists of fighting moves and internal energy, which they call qi or nèigōng (內功), and at times you see people flying around, climbing hills and jumping across rooftops which is qīnggōng (輕功).

xianxia 仙俠

A level up would be xianxia, where characters in the story cultivate to become xians (and gods, like in the heaven official's blessing). They don't really care about earthly issues here now, because their ambitions lie beyond the current world, and cultivation, getting stronger, and an immortal life are majorly all their goals.

You may not always see them working towards that purpose, such as in mdzs they are considered a lower-xianxia society (低魔), meaning people don't go through all the steps of cultivation and only stay at the stage before the "golden core" stage.

In xianxia, characters still learn basic fighting moves aka. martial arts, but to direct the internal energy they use línglì (灵力), zhēnqì (真气), and fǎlì (法力), all xianxia terms you commonly see. "neigong" is practically nonexistent in this genre. That's why people building up their "neigong" instead of "lingli" are likely never going to be able to cultivate.

cultivation 修真/修仙

A subgenre in the xianxia category would be cultivation. Characters actively go through the stages of cultivation, and likely for the MC, because they are the main character, they successfully become a xian and exit the world at the end of the novel.

There are many stages of cultivation, usually defined at the beginning of the novel in the synopsis, and a typical example of the different levels would be this:

练气，筑基，金丹，元婴，化神，炼虚，合体，大乘，渡劫

And with a cursory search, an English translation would be something like this, albeit not with all the cultivation ranks identified.

Qi condensation (练气), Foundation establishment (筑基), Core Formation (金丹), Nascent Soul (元婴), and the names after that vary too greatly with translation and fandom so I'll jump straight to Immortal Ascension

extra info: getting into the philosophy of it all

It'd be interesting to note that the word "xiá" (俠) permeates all these genres. This is something akin to the concept of "hero", but not at all also, and I'd love to speak more on this but this post has already gone way longer than I hoped it would be, so perhaps another day.

Regardless, it is interesting to note that wuxia has a greater emphasis on "xia" than xianxia. (some joke that cultivation doesn't have the word "xia" in it, and much of that is because characters have foregone heroism and focused on gaining powers and working towards ascension instead). As a result, wuxia is more confucianism-oriented, though not without its taoism and buddhism influences.

xianxia, on the other hand, is mainly derived from "dào" (道), from taoism, which is another lengthy concept if I ever get to it.

And some may have heard of the "farming" genre, 种田 (zhòngtián). This has to do with golden fingers (mary sues) in imperialistic china, earning a wealth of money, and all that. It has nothing to do with cultivation, alike they sound in english.

that's it for now, hmu if you wish to ask/discuss!

(and apologies for the pinyin translations, hope it's understandable still! formally writing pinyin they are supposed to be two separate words not one.)

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What are the rules for magift. Are all the players on brooms?

Rules

There are 7 players per team. Instead of a ball, they use a floating disc that players move and carry via magic. The defense and offense are done with magic too. As such, this sport requires strong magic ability on top of athletic ability. Points are scored by getting the disc in the other team’s goal.

Besides scoring goals, it’s also important that players make a big spectacle of their magic while playing. The only example of this that I can think of is when Sebek raved about Malleus’s performance in the previous year’s tournament: apparently he had summoned great mountains and thunder which prevented anyone from intercepting him.

Other Info

According to Yuu, it’s very similar to American football.

Practice is taxing on new players and drains their magic power.

Casting magic directly at other players is supposed to be a foul, but most players seem not to care (+ Leona encourages doing it as a strategy). Only Jack was bothered by it.

The games’ playing periods are divided between two halves.

Based on the rhythmics, the light around the disc seems to change between each team’s color depending on who is controlling it.

The disc is made of a “special metal” and it will hurt if you catch it bare-handed.

NRC is known worldwide for its outstanding magift athletes, and many graduates go on to become professionals. (Despite this, RSA has beaten them at the inter-school tournament for 99 years in a row).

They host the inter-dorm tournament in October and the inter-school tournament in May. Both are major events and many guests come to watch + it’s broadcasted on live TV.

In the inter-dorm tournament, there’s no rule that prohibits students from joining other dorms’ teams.

Regarding your broom question: Most players are. Here are my thoughts based off the gameplay shown in the rhythmics ↓

Ace/Deuce/Grim are never shown on a broom, and that doesn’t seem to impede their ability to play. But since everyone else rides one, I would imagine that brooms are expected for normal players (meaning, not first-years that are still learning how to fly).

There were a few times Jack and Leona were shown standing on the ground too, particularly when stealing the disc from the other team. So perhaps it’s a mix of both? But brooms seem like a crucial aspect for the most part.

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i am doing this solely for organization purposes - this blog was starting to feel far too cluttered, and for a while now i've been feeling .. off ? i don't know lmao ;; being on my own dash just has been weird recently and i thought i needed to start off fresh in order to feel better. this blog will not be deleted though - she will still be here as an archive, just no longer going to be used.

in hindsight i should've probably waited a little bit more to do this since i am nearing 2k, but in advance i'd like to thank everyone for following this blog - as messy as it is and as annoying as i am. i hope to see all of you over at the new blog, as i am very very excited to start giffing again in a fresh canvas !! if you choose to not follow me again there, that is absolutely fine and i understand completely - no sweat. i don't want anyone feeling forced to do anything <:]

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