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[[File:Stone Bixie. Eastern Han 25-220 CE. Luoyang.jpg|thumb|left|Stone Bixie. Eastern Han 25-220 CE. Luoyang]] |
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[[File:Celadon lion shaped Bixie Western Jin period 265 317CE.jpg|thumb|[[Celadon]] lion-shaped ''Bixie'' (Chinese: 辟邪), [[Western Jin]] period, 265-317 CE.]] |
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[[File:Bixie.jpg|thumb|Chinese statue of a ''Bixie'']] |
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A '''''Bixie''''' ({{zh|c=辟邪|p=bìxié}}, Japanese: 辟邪, へきじゃ, ''Hekija''), is a type of lion-like mythological Chinese creature, or [[chimera (mythology)|chimera]]. It is considered as an [[exorcising]] animal (辟邪 literally means "Avoid Evil") and is usually hornless.<ref name="Howard">[http://books.google.com/books?id=PGuPsNCaJdwC&pg=PA169 ''Chinese sculpture'' By Angela Falco Howard p.56]</ref><ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=l6ab-z8tps0C&pg=PA36 ''Text and ritual in early China'' By Martin Kern p.56]</ref> |
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The ''Bixie'' can have a pair of wings, which makes it rather similar to the ''[[Pixiu|Tianlu]]'' (Chinese:天禄, Japanese: 天禄, てんろく, Tenroku) in following early Chinese sculptural traditions of winged celestial beasts.<ref name="Howard"/> |
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The ''Bixie'' may have been an adoption from [[Mesopotamian art]], through [[Persia]] and [[Bactria]], as a consequence of extensive trade relations initiated by Emperor [[Han Wudi]] during the [[Han dynasty|Han]] period.<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=VIWC9wCX2c8C&pg=PA129 ''China: a history'' By Harold Miles Tanner p.129]</ref> |
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Some western scholars of Chinese art use the word "chimera" generically to refer to the ''bixie'', ''[[qilin]]'', and ''[[Pixiu|tianlu]]''.<ref>{{citation|jstor=3250032 |
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|title=Some Observations on Stone Winged Chimeras at Ancient Chinese Tomb Sites |
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|author=Barry Till |
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|journal=Artibus Asiae |
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|volume=42|issue=4|year=1980|pages=261–281}}</ref> |
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==See also== |
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* [[Qilin]] |
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* [[Stone sculptures at mausoleum of the southern dynasties in Nanjing]] |
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==Notes== |
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{{commons category|Bixie}} |
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{{reflist}} |
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{{Chinese mythology}} |
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[[Category:Chinese mythology]] |
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[[Category:Chinese legendary creatures]] |
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