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<blockquote data-quote="Neil Aitken" data-source="post: 1499378" data-attributes="member: 17811">I'll second the vote for &quot;The Emperor and the Assassin&quot; with Gong Li -- this movie actually captures a lot of the complexities of the Chinese court intrigue as well as being a great action movie.Any of Jet Li's &quot;Once Upon a Time in China&quot; series as well as his &quot;Huang Fei-Hong&quot; series (sorry I don't recall the American release title).&nbsp; Definitely watch &quot;Swordsman II&quot; and &quot;Twin Warriors&quot; to get a feel for sword fighting styles as well.&nbsp; I'd also recommend &quot;Iron Monkey&quot; for martial arts.Other good sources on the web:<a href="http://cantaforda.com/cfcl/ching/" target="_blank">the I-Ching online</a> (great for generating story ideas)<a href="http://pebbles.yewenyi.net/" target="_blank">Pebbles Campaign World</a> - a d20 campaign based on Chinese culture<a href="http://zhongwen.com/" target="_blank">ZhongWen.com</a> - online Chinese resource with dictionaries and online texts in Chinese and English -- very good site.<a href="http://www.oriental.hardpoints.de/campaign.html" target="_blank">The Oriental Hardpoint</a> - another campaign world based on HK martial arts and Chinese history with pdfs versions of each adventure (really useful)<a href="http://www.geocities.com/phillipriley/" target="_blank">Phillip Riley's Oriental Adventures Site</a> -- also features several interesting articles on Chinese names and mythologyI'll post more when I think of some others.&nbsp; Hope this gets you off to a good start.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Neil Aitken, post: 1499378, member: 17811"] I'll second the vote for "The Emperor and the Assassin" with Gong Li -- this movie actually captures a lot of the complexities of the Chinese court intrigue as well as being a great action movie. Any of Jet Li's "Once Upon a Time in China" series as well as his "Huang Fei-Hong" series (sorry I don't recall the American release title). Definitely watch "Swordsman II" and "Twin Warriors" to get a feel for sword fighting styles as well. I'd also recommend "Iron Monkey" for martial arts. Other good sources on the web: [URL=http://cantaforda.com/cfcl/ching/]the I-Ching online[/URL] (great for generating story ideas) [URL=http://pebbles.yewenyi.net/]Pebbles Campaign World[/URL] - a d20 campaign based on Chinese culture [URL=http://zhongwen.com/]ZhongWen.com[/URL] - online Chinese resource with dictionaries and online texts in Chinese and English -- very good site. [URL=http://www.oriental.hardpoints.de/campaign.html]The Oriental Hardpoint[/URL] - another campaign world based on HK martial arts and Chinese history with pdfs versions of each adventure (really useful) [URL=http://www.geocities.com/phillipriley/]Phillip Riley's Oriental Adventures Site[/URL] -- also features several interesting articles on Chinese names and mythology I'll post more when I think of some others. Hope this gets you off to a good start. [/QUOTE]

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