Culture 101

Chinese AAA games don't just borrow from myth — they run on it. To read the Logic of the East, work through the four modules below.

Every module is built the same way: what you see on screen, how the pieces connect, and where the ideas came from. Depth is folded away behind panels, so you can skim a module in two minutes or read it for twenty.

🎓 Modules

Module	Topic	Why it matters
01	The Taoism Code	Yin-yang, the five phases, qi, and talismans — why combat in these games is metaphysics.
02	The Three Realms	Heaven, earth, and the underworld as three jurisdictions — and why the cosmos is an org chart.
03	Samsara & Karma	Death as a checkpoint, and a ledger that balances itself. Why nobody gets to win and be finished.
04	Beasts & Myths	The shared bestiary behind every boss, and why Chinese monsters are researched rather than invented.

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🏮 Where to start

• New here? → Culture 101: The Player's Manual, the orientation module.
• Just want the vocabulary? → The Glossary, 39 terms, searchable.
• Reading in order? → Module 01 downwards. Each one stands alone, but they build.