Qing Xiong

* Manhua
* Donghua

Kong Hongjun - Nephew

Li Jinglong - Nephew-in-Law

Qing Xiong is one of the Three Sages of the Yaojin Palace, alongside Chong Ming and Kong Xuan. Also known as the Golden-winged Great Peng, he appears to roam the world, though he is seen as a protector of Chang'an. Qing Xiong is one of the figures that kickstarted the events on Tianbao Fuyao Lu, having given Kong Hongjun the Heart Lamp necklace for safekeeping, and tasking him with finding out the truth of his father's death.

## Personality

Qing Xiong possesses an openminded view of the world and treasures his brotherhood with family. He is free and responsible in his love relationships, preferring women. He is also wise and is the fun, educational Uncle to his nephew Kong Hongjun, even allowing the young innocent teenager to search his entire body. He possesses the innate power to perceive the hearts of others. Throughout the story, he is often seen with Yuan Kun.

## Appearance

As the Golden-winged Great Peng, Qing Xiong's black plumage is surrounded with golden light.

His human form described as being nearly 9 chi tall, with distinct facial features, dark gold glinting within pitch-black eyes, and bronze skin. His human body was described as having well-defined muscles and slender fingers. He wore a black royal skirt embroidered with golden patterns. He also wears more clothing on the lower half of his body and barely on top.

## Background

Qing Xiong is one of the Three Sages of the Yaojin Palace, seeming to handle the diplomatic aspects of Yaojin Palace. He once planned with Chong Ming to have their youngest brother Kong Xuan to marry a mortal woman to free him of his affliction. He also removed the childhood memories of the young Kong Hongjun and Li Jinglong after Kong Xuan's death.

He was the one who brought a young Kong Hongjun to the Yaojin Palace after Kong Xuan's death, dropping him at Chong Ming's lap to name and raise.

## Relationships

### Chong Ming

On its surface, Qing Xiong and Chong Ming appear to have a normal relationship, albeit one now strained after Kong Xuan's death. They appear to have disagreements as well over the matter of Kong Hongjun's future, and over the Black Jiao's presence in Chang'an.

### Kong Xuan

Qing Xiong's younger brother, whose death with his wife prompted Qing Xiong to bring Kong Hongjun back to Yaojin Palace.

### Kong Hongjun

Although Hongjun said that he was unsure of how to call Qing Xiong, it was clear that he really liked his uncle who would bring him books and legends whenever he returned to Yaojin Palace. Qing Xiong was also the one who urged Hongjun to go down the mountain and see the world, entrusting him with the Heart Lamp and giving him the mission to return it to the Chen family descendant and to find out more about his father's death through working in the Exocism Department. He's that one cool uncle who let's you do whatever you want while your father hates that side of him.

He secretly observed from away with Chong Ming his nephew's stupidity to take 3 days to leave Mt. Taihang.

### Li Jinglong

Qing Xiong taught him martial arts when Li Jinglong was young and lived near Kong Xuan's family in Chang'an. Qing Xiong planned for Li JInglong to be the vessel of the Heart Lamp long ago.

### Yuan Kun

The kun god and Qing Xiong's good friend from the North Sea. They possess the ability to fuse into a *kunpeng*.

## Adaptations

### Novel

Qing Xiong was mentioned in Dinghai Fusheng Records by Lu Ying to have escaped his shackles at the top of the Yin Mountains during the Silence of All Magic.

## Gallery

Donghua introduction sceneDonghua Full Art
## Notes and Trivia

* Qing Xiong had demonstrated a set of bare-handed forms called “The Peng Flies Ten Thousand Li”.
* Qing Xiong's title "Golden-Winged Great Peng" and Hongjun mentioning that [he] spoke more of Buddhism than Daoism reflects the more Buddhist-influenced depiction he has in Tianbao Fuyao Lu. The *peng* was mentioned in the Daoist classic *Zhuangzi*, but the creature was later associated with similar giant birds in Buddhism, later developing into the familiar Golden-Winged Great Peng. Him being seen as good friends with Yuan Kun while still being separate beings is also reflective of the *peng* and the *kun* in *Zhuangzi,* where it is said that the *kun* transforms into the *peng* on its flight south.

## References

1. ↑ Tianbao Fuyao Lu Chapter 1
2. ↑ Tianbao Fuyao Lu Chapter 43
3. ↑ Wikipedia, *Peng (Mythology)*