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<p>[QUOTE="komokwa, post: 30971, member: 301"]A <i><b>Bixie</b></i> (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_language" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_language" rel="nofollow">Chinese</a>: 辟邪; <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinyin" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinyin" rel="nofollow">pinyin</a>: <i>bìxié</i>, Wade-Giles: <i><b>Pi-hsieh</b></i>; Japanese: 辟邪, へきじゃ, <i>Hekija</i>), is a type of lion-like mythological Chinese creature, or <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chimera_(mythology)" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chimera_(mythology)" rel="nofollow">chimera</a>. It is considered as an <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exorcising" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exorcising" rel="nofollow">exorcising</a> animal (辟邪 literally means "Avoid Evil") and is usually hornless.</p><p><br /></p><p>Well they could be ....but then it's even less of a Bi Disc !![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="komokwa, post: 30971, member: 301"]A [I][B]Bixie[/B][/I] ([URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_language']Chinese[/URL]: 辟邪; [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinyin']pinyin[/URL]: [I]bìxié[/I], Wade-Giles: [I][B]Pi-hsieh[/B][/I]; Japanese: 辟邪, へきじゃ, [I]Hekija[/I]), is a type of lion-like mythological Chinese creature, or [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chimera_(mythology)']chimera[/URL]. It is considered as an [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exorcising']exorcising[/URL] animal (辟邪 literally means "Avoid Evil") and is usually hornless. Well they could be ....but then it's even less of a Bi Disc !![/QUOTE]
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