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Film and Televison

• The Water Margin
• Monkey!
• A Chinese Ghost Story
• Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon

Literature and Mythology

• Outlaws of the Marsh, the novel that inpired 'The Water Margin'.
• Hsi Yu Chi (Record Of A Journey To The West), the story that inspired Monkey.
• A collection of Chinese folk tales.
• Some more supernatural tales, including the inspiration for "A Chinese Ghost Story".
• A collection of Chinese Myths.
• The Ode of Mulan.

Roleplaying

• An RPG inspired by the Water Margin.
• A Chinese RPG resource page

Miscellaneous

• A guide to 'Oriental Name Construction for Authors of Fantasy'.
• Encyclopaedia Mythica's Chinese Mythology section.
• Asian Horror Encyclopaedia