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Done for semi final Grudge Match with the theme Chinese Folklore.

Chinese culture is filled with amazing stories with even more amazing characters so it was a bit difficult for me to choose from such a great array, but the one that stroke me the most was the story of Nüwa, King Zhou and Daji the Huli Jing.

And as usual with centuries' old legends, you always get a few different versions, so I went with the one I liked the most!

Here goes.

King Zhou was an outstanding individual, "had abilities which surpassed those of the ordinary man, was quick-witted and quick-tempered. In legend, he was intelligent enough to win all of his arguments, and he was strong enough to hunt wild beasts with his bare hands."

One day he visits Nüwa's Temple to pay his deepest respects "After Zhou was completely overcome with lust at the very sight of the beautiful ancient goddess Nüwa, he writes a small poem on a neighboring wall and take his leave. When Nüwa later returned to her temple she sees the foulness of Zhou's words. In her anger, she swore that the Shang Dynasty will end in payment for his foulness."

Therefore, she summons three subordinates, in which is included an Huli Jing or Fox Spirit (the chinese counterpart of the japanese Kitsune) called Daji. "When Daji arrived in Zhaoge, she became the centre of attention of King Zhou and caused the king to be extremely obsessed with her. King Zhou neglected state affairs to keep her company and ignored the advice of his subjects."

"Daji was blamed for the fall of the Shang Dynasty by corrupting King Zhou and causing him to neglect state affairs and rule with tyranny and despotism. This ultimately led to the dynasty's decline and widespread chaos. King Zhou's tyranny incurred the anger and resentment of the common people, who eventually rose up in revolt against him under King Wu of Zhou's leadership."

After all this, it took me a while to basically get that this emperor messed with the wrong Goddess.

I hope you enjoy my work as much as I enjoyed doing it as well as all the research behind this image.

Cheers!

(I'm sorry for some gramatical errors, but its so freaking late my brain is already off. I'll check on this later... maybe.)

Description
Done for semi final Grudge Match with the theme Chinese Folklore.

Chinese culture is filled with amazing stories with even more amazing characters so it was a bit difficult for me to choose from such a great array, but the one that stroke me the most was the story of Nüwa, King Zhou and Daji the Huli Jing.

And as usual with centuries' old legends, you always get a few different versions, so I went with the one I liked the most!

Here goes.

King Zhou was an outstanding individual, "had abilities which surpassed those of the ordinary man, was quick-witted and quick-tempered. In legend, he was intelligent enough to win all of his arguments, and he was strong enough to hunt wild beasts with his bare hands."

One day he visits Nüwa's Temple to pay his deepest respects "After Zhou was completely overcome with lust at the very sight of the beautiful ancient goddess Nüwa, he writes a small poem on a neighboring wall and take his leave. When Nüwa later returned to her temple she sees the foulness of Zhou's words. In her anger, she swore that the Shang Dynasty will end in payment for his foulness."

Therefore, she summons three subordinates, in which is included an Huli Jing or Fox Spirit (the chinese counterpart of the japanese Kitsune) called Daji. "When Daji arrived in Zhaoge, she became the centre of attention of King Zhou and caused the king to be extremely obsessed with her. King Zhou neglected state affairs to keep her company and ignored the advice of his subjects."

"Daji was blamed for the fall of the Shang Dynasty by corrupting King Zhou and causing him to neglect state affairs and rule with tyranny and despotism. This ultimately led to the dynasty's decline and widespread chaos. King Zhou's tyranny incurred the anger and resentment of the common people, who eventually rose up in revolt against him under King Wu of Zhou's leadership."

After all this, it took me a while to basically get that this emperor messed with the wrong Goddess.

I hope you enjoy my work as much as I enjoyed doing it as well as all the research behind this image.

Cheers!

(I'm sorry for some gramatical errors, but its so freaking late my brain is already off. I'll check on this later... maybe.)