Editing Thrice-Radiant Ping (section)

===== Philosophy/Beliefs =====

[[Image:Ping2.jpg|frame| Everyone betrays you in the end... Everyone]]
'''Strength Through Struggle''': Ping once described this philosophy as the difference between a domesticated dog and a wolf.  The dog is raised from birth being given the things it needs.  If it is hungry, it whines until its owner feeds it.  It is taught that the leash is its only link to freedom.  

The wolf must meet its own needs.  Its life is certainly harder, but in turn develops skills necessary for survival.  It learns how to stalk its food, or it does not eat.  The struggles make it stronger, and unlike the dog it is able to survive without a master.

'''Everyone Will Betray You in the End''': Ping has trust issues.  She believes that people are influenced by their own wants, desires, or interests; and that people are all sufficiently different that sooner or later those differences will lead to conflicts of interest.

She works to reduce the inevitable fallout from these betrayals by only forming superficial relationships.  She pratices thinking about people in negative ways to help with this, figuring that expecting the worst will prevent it from being a suprise when it happens.

She also has similar beliefs in regard to possessions.  If you rely on your car to get around, you are helpless when it breaks down.  If you focus on fighting with the sword, you are vulnerable when it is not available, or when you are disarmed.

'''Morality''': Ping would like to think that morals are heavens way of keeping humanity from "interrupting the Jade Emperor's Tea."  She has had virtues used against her by other students and disreputable faculty members as an excuse for singling her out for punishment.  Therefore its not much of a suprise that she sees these niceties as something dishonest people use to swindle the gullible.  She may even be partially right, though she tends to blend actual morals or virtues with social mores and traditions.