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Chinese Mythology Game Glossary

A working glossary for Zhong Kui, demon-queller imagery, thresholds, talismanic visual language, bats, tigers, evidence labels, and game-analysis terms.

Official Game Science concept sheet combining figures, animals, brushwork, and visual motifs
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The short answer

This glossary defines recurring Chinese terms and Cathay Codex evidence labels in context, while warning when a translation describes a role, function, or visual type rather than one fixed identity.

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Zhong Kui terms

钟馗, Zhōng Kuí: the core name of the legendary demon-queller and protective figure. 鬼王, ghost king: a title or role emphasizing command over ghosts. 门神, door guardian: a protective function at a threshold, not one unique person's name.

判官, judge: an office or visual type that can overlap with Zhong Kui-like costume and bearing; attribution depends on the specific work.

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Motif terms

剑, sword: a recurring attribute of active demon-quelling authority. 虎, tiger: an animal associated in some contexts with force and protection. 蝠, bat: a frequent auspicious sign linked through sound with 福, fortune.

符, talisman: a broad research label for written or marked forms used in ritual and visual traditions; it should not be assigned to a game item as an official name without a primary source.

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Spatial terms

门, gate or door: a physical and symbolic boundary. Threshold guardian: an English functional description for an image placed to protect an entrance. 鬼衙, ghost court or ghost yamen: a contemporary editorial phrase on this site for tribunal-like spatial imagery, not a confirmed official location name.

Terms for official architecture carry historical associations, but a modern fantasy environment may recombine them freely.

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Evidence terms

Official: directly stated by a primary project source. Observed: visible or audible in released material. Historical: supported by a dated object, text, museum, or scholarly source. Theory: a limited editorial comparison.

Claim limit: the sentence that states what the evidence cannot establish. Primary source: the project-owned page, official upload, dated object record, or original publication closest to the claim.

PRIMARY & AUTHORITATIVE PATH

Sources

  1. 01Editorial methodDefinitions of the four evidence labels.
  2. 02Zhong Kui dossierFull context for names and iconography.
  3. 03Sources and rightsHow primary and museum sources are handled.
  4. 04Official project pagePrimary source for the concept image used above.