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web-novel-polls · 1 month

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Priest (Author) Character Lower Bracket

[“Anti-propaganda” is not allowed. Please only give reasons to vote FOR a character, and please be courteous in the notes.]

Chu Huan from Of Mountains and Rivers / Shan He Biao Li

Submission:

His vibes are insane. A character pipi made by putting Wen Kexing and Zhou Zishu in a jar and shaking, and then wrapping the result in the most unassuming shell possible. That one post that went like "perfectly normal man that has something seriously wrong with him" might as well have been made about him. Kills like 20 ppl in his introduction scene, falls off a cliff, gets on a bus, and agrees to become a teacher for those random guys he met because one of them is hot. Speaking of, his bi awakening and accepting it happens in a span of like, one second. *Sees a hot guy* welp, homosexual attraction is not a sin! Also, somehow has perfect tumblr shitposter vibes. Was asked what's a word for "good brother" in his language and after careful consideration said "bitch". Did I mention he's insane? "Play me a tune, and I'll go along with your BDSM play." Or that time he woke up after being clinically dead for a bit (saw his deceased loved ones asking him to go into the light and all) and to his bf's frantic questioning of "Does it hurt?" immediately went "Yes. It hurts a lot. You have to kiss it better." like bestie your priorities.... Anyway yeah what a guy.

Tong Ru / Lord Beiming from Liu Yao: The Revitalization of Fuyao Sect

“Beiming? Who deserves the title of Beiming? That’s merely an arrogant title given by some short-sighted people.” - Lord Beiming, Liu Yao: The Revitalization of Fuyao Sect, Chapter 16

[No propaganda submitted]

“It’s just death, nothing serious.” - Lord Beiming, ch.30

***I, the poll runner, have not gotten to the Lord Beiming reveal, so I’m not 100% sure the quotes from where I’m at are correct/for the same person (since there’s another person trying to claim the title of Lord Beiming)

(Also, Tong Ru and Han Muchun are sharing a picture because it’s way too blurry with just one lol)

Mu Xiaoqiao from Bandits / You Fei / Legend of Fei

Submission:

"People tended to apply the highest of standards when judging the behavior of revered saints like the Sword of Mountains and Rivers: if they made even the smallest of missteps, they would be deemed unworthy of their sterling reputations, and be lambasted for hypocrisy. But people were much more magnanimous towards Mu Xiaoqiao and those of his vile ilk, for as long as these fiends didn’t go around killing everyone in sight…or as long as this violence was directed at others instead, they could sometimes even find something perversely charming about these villains." (Bandits, book 3, chapter 13) Callout for who? Callout for me. Pipi is very right about this but also she is the one writing her murderous gays so epic and sexy and fascinating and irresistible and…

#chu huan #of mountains and rivers #shan he biao li #tong ru #liu yao #mu xiaoqiao #bandits #you fei #legend of fei #priest #polls #priest lower round 1 #priest lower bracket #priest character tournament #queue

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ryin-silverfish · 9 days

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Could you mention the spirit foxes you know please? The best known is Su Daji, and I know the story of Jade Fox (she's so cool. She fought Erlang), but I've wanted to know more. I also knows about the fox spirits from Strange tales from a Chinese studio.

JTTW fox spirits die so fast sadly.

JTTW foxes are like the Red Shirts of demons

The earliest "maybe" fox spirit is Yu the Great's wife, the Girl of Tushan. Basically, when he arrived at Tushan, he saw a nine-tailed fox, heard the locals singing about it, and decided to marry a girl there.

There are two readings of the text: 1) the fox is just an auspicious sign from Heaven, telling Yu to get married, and 2) the fox is an avatar, or transformation of the Girl of Tushan. Later Qing legends certainly favor the second reading, with foxes referring to themselves as the descendents of Tushan.

The other "maybe" fox spirit is Chunhu("Pure Fox"), Houyi's wife. Now, I heard you asking: "But wait! Isn't Houyi's wife Chang'e?" Well...there are actually two "Yi" in Chinese mythos-history.

The "Yi" people are most familiar with, who shot down the Sun Crows, supposedly lived in the time of Sage King Yao, while the "Yi" married to Chunhu was from the Xia dynasty.

(Rough timeline: Yao —> Shun —> Yu the Great —> his son Qi, founder of the Xia dynasty)

Basically, Houyi usurped Qi's son, Tai Kang, and seized his throne, then Han Zhuo usurped and killed him while he was out hunting.

According to 左传 + Qu Yuan's 天问 and 离骚, Chunhu played a vital part in this: a dark-skinned beauty, she was originally Hebo's wife, until Houyi killed her husband with an arrow and forcefully seized her, then she plotted with Han Zhuo to murder Houyi and became his wife.

Since Chunhu could also be written as Xuanhu("Dark Fox"), some scholars suggested that her clan might have used a black fox as their totem or worshipped such a divine beast. Unlike the Girl of Tushan, the implication of her being an actual fox wasn't as strong, but she did fit into that "plotting temptress" stereotype that would later be connected to fox spirits.

There is this one strange trivia in the Northern-Southern dynasty 搜神记 that goes: "All foxes come from this one slutty woman in ancient times called Ah Zi(阿紫), who turned into a fox, therefore fox spirits often refer to themselves with that name too."

The Ming dynasty novel, 三遂平妖传, is all about this family of foxes and how they were behind Wang Ze's failed rebellion in the Song dynasty: "Sagely Old Lady", her daughter Hu Mei'er/Yong'er, and her son Hu Chu'er/Zuo Chu.

When they passed Wu Zetian's tomb, her ghost appeared in Sagely Old Lady's dream, telling her that she would soon reincarnate into a male body, and that Mei'er is actually the reincarnation of her paramour, Zhang Liulang, and they promised to be husband and wife in every life.

When she woke up, Mei'er was missing, so she just went on and cultivated 72 Daoist arts using the Heavenly Scroll this Egg Monk guy stole from a cave. Meanwhile, Mei'er landed in an enunch's garden, was adopted as his daughter, tried to charm the Crown Prince by disguising herself as a consort and got insta-killed by Guan Yu the guardian deity.

She reincarnated again as Yong'er, and reunited with Sagely Old Lady and her brother, who taught her Daoist arts and began to plot a rebellion. They managed to convince Wang Ze, a minor official, into leading it——who just happened to be Wu Zetian's reincarnation, so naturally Yong'er married him.

Alas, their rebellion was not to be: Egg Monk, disgusted by their behaviors, left to seek help from the Mystic Lady of the Nine Heavens, and, with the arts she taught, crushed the rebels.

Yong'er and Zuo Chu got struck dead by divine thunderbolts, while Sagely Old Lady was spared thanks to her fellow heavenly foxes' pleadings, but sentenced to guard the Heavenly Scroll forever.

This wouldn't be the first time Wu Zetian was associated with foxes: in the Qing dynasty novel, Flowers in the Mirror(镜花缘), she straight up is the Heart Moon Fox(心月狐) incarnate, one of the 28 Lunar Mansions.

She reincarnated because the two Sui emperors kept complaining in the Underworld about how they were usurped by the Tang, until the Celestial Court went "Okay, fine, we'll send one of our own to usurp the Tang dynasty too. Happy?"

Which, like Daji, is very much in line with the "A powerful woman? *gasp* She must be a fox demoness!" literary tradition.

#chinese folklore #chinese mythology #fox spirit #huli jing #wu zetian

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fandomtravelers · 3 months

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Found family dynamics in shows

Okay I'm a sucker for found family dynamics in shows so I'm going to list all the found family or platonic relationships I know of. In TV shows/series. Just because :) ALSO please add if you know more, because I'm probably missing a whole lot. I JUST WANT MORE.

Here are the ones me and my friends know or have found (some might be father daughter centric and they're all from very random fandoms so excuse that) :

1. Kakashi & Team 7 (Naruto)

2. Anakin & Ahsoka & Obiwan (Clone wars. I know the whole star wars universe too, but I'm focusing on clone wars)

3. Kate Bishop & Clint Barton (Hawkeye)

4. Farah Dowling & Bloom (Fate : Winx)

4. Charming & Emma (Once Upon A Time)

5. Bay Kennish & Daphne Vasquez (Switched at Birth)

6. Cirilla & Geralt (The Witcher)

7. Calliope & Augie (tidelanders)

8. Byakuya & Rukia (Bleach)

9. Sara & Danny (Witchblade)

10. Georgia & Rube (Dead like me)

11. Silco & Jinx, Vander & Vi (Arcane)

12. Andrè & Jane (Painkiller Jane)

13. Jamie & Jonas & Jay (Bionic woman)

14. Dr. Tom & Erica (Being Erica)

15. The pines family (Gravity falls)

16. Tom & Cassie (the inbetween)

17. The Gaang & Team Avatar (Avatar the last Airbender & Legend of korra)

18. Kara & Clark (Supergirl & superman/batman apocalypse)

19. Charlie & Miles matheson (revolution)

20. Arthur & Joan & Auggie & Annie (Covert affairs)

21. Khlyen & Dutch (Killjoys)

22. Guerrero & Ames (Human Target)

23. Adam & Emma (Mutant X)

24. Nolan & Emily "Amanda" (Revenge)

25. Voight & his whole team (Chicago P. D.)

26. Elena & Jeremy (Bitten)

27. Jinggang & Chu hun (double world)

28. Hannibal & Abigail (Hannibal)

29. Dream & Death (The sandman)

30. Jiwoo & Mujin (My name)

31. Buffy & Giles (BTVS)

32. Benedict & his kids (Mysterious Benedict society)

33. The cullen family (twilight)

34. Elijah & Yo Han (the devil's judge)

35. Magnus & Clary (Shadow hunters)

36. Gu xiang & Wen Kexing (Word of honor (Cdrama))

37. Optimus & the human kids (Transformers prime)

38. Mildred & her teachers (Mainly miss hardbroom)

39. Dylan & Lizzie (instinct)

40. Marina & Arturo (A private affair)

41. Moiraine & Lan (Wheel of time)

42. the BAU team (Criminal minds)

43. The SVU team (Law & Order : SVU)

44. Ellie & Joel (TLOU)

45. Barbara & the batfam (Batgirl, batman comics)

46. Carmen & Shadow San (Carmen sandiego)

47. Nile & the rest of the old guard (the old guard)

48. Nick Fury & Maria Hill (secret invasion)

49. Jordan & Garrett (crossing Jordan)

50. America chavez & Doctor strange (Multiverse of Madness)

51. The Eternals (Eternals)

52. Enola & Sherlock (Enola Holmes)

53. NCIS team/family (NCIS)

54. Aizawa & his kids (BNHA)

55. Abigail & Ichabod (Sleepy Hollow)

56. Carol & Kamala (The Marvels)

57. Gojo & his students (JJK)

58. The golden trio (HP)

59. Ryan & Max (The following)

60. ICC team (crossing lines)

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gongjunsimon · 1 year

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Gong Jun | 'MiniBAZAAR' September 2022

Like many children, Gong Jun had a lot of ideas before going to university: "I didn't think about my future life when I was a kid. I didn't feel the pressure until I took the college entrance examination and realized that I had to fight for it."

So far, he has found the career that he wants to do, his life turned towards the direction he is passionate about.

During his university years, Gong Jun got many opportunities to shoot adverts because of his excellent appearance and sunny personality.

"I'm a lucky person. Besides some scattered adverts, I happened to meet a brand that was changing its style. They were looking for a model who likes to smile, so I basically had a photoshoot every week, and gradually I had a stable income."

Just being in the advertising studio was not Gong Jun's original intent when he "put up a fight" and applied for the performance major, so he moved to Beijing and began to seek every opportunity to be seen in film and television works.

"Only by going to auditions without stopping will it be possible to get to the next step."Being an actor is a profession that needs chances, and it needs time and opportunity.

"My past experience can't be said to be smooth sailing, and many opportunities needed to be grasped and created by myself. When I first went to Beijing, I thought that if I put in the effort and gave it a try there would definitely be chances."

Keeping this in mind, Gong Jun takes every scene seriously and cherishes every role. He enjoys different lives during his performance, feels the joys and sorrows of each character, learning from the experience and ready to go forward at any moment.

Gong Jun straightforwardly expresses his joy of entering the acting industry "Since I chose to be an actor, the audience's recognition of me is very important. The more audiences who are willing to watch my performance, the more possibilitity for me to choose a work I like."

When being the focus, what comes alongside attention is applause and controversy.

"In the beginning, I was not very able to withstand some unwarranted attacks, but I gradually got used to it, and I can comfort myself that everyone has gone through this. I just need to focus on what I want to do and what I should do well."

"Everyone who sees me will have their own perceptions of me. For me, I just hope that the label of an actor can be heavier and heavier on me, my works are the key factor for me to have a foothold."

Gong Jun has his own inner self-measure.

So he began to try and to take on challenges, and from these he got the fun of being an actor. He has his own understanding of each role, and the sound of the outside world can no longer shake his firm passion.

Han Ye in "The Legend of An Le" is deep and reserved.

"Because this character is quite different from my own personality, in the beginning I had a period of adjustment. He is very restrained in all aspects, and all his emotions are enclosed within his heart."

Dong Fang Yue Chu from "Fox Spirit Matchmaker" is lively and cute.

"I think he must have been a witty kid when he was young, because both his parents died, he could only protect himself. His feelings in adulthood are also very direct, which is completely different from Han Ye."

In comparison to Sagittarius' natural love for freedom, Gong Jun is very career-minded.

"I'm a person with a strong sense of crisis. It's not about age anxiety, for this I'll just go with the flow, act the roles according to my age. It's just that everyone is watching me now, I'm sailing against the current, I still have a lot of themes I want to get in touch with."

He is enjoying his busy work at the moment. "I cherish the current state very much. Opportunities don't come easy. If you don't fight, you won't be worthy of yourself."

As for how old he'll continue fighting to, he did not give an exact number, but Gong Jun does not evade in regards to his current goal "I hope that I will receive award recognition for my acting."

Although Gong Jun is firm in work, he does not neglect for his family, not long ago he went home and cooked a tableful of dishes for his family.

"My mother loves reading books and has unique insights into some literary works, so occasionally I'll send her the script I'm choosing; my dad likes fishing, so I bought him an off-road vehicle, so that he can go fishing in the wild at any time."

The harmonious and warm family environment gives Gong Jun full confidence to achieve his goals. He hopes to try the theme of realism, so that the audience can see more of the infinite possibilities of actor Gong Jun.

"Maybe there are some life experiences I haven't experienced yet, but as long as its a good script, I'm very willing to take the time to adapt to this role in advance."

"Just like Teacher Haiqing's interview about 'Return to Dust', she also spent half a year beforehand living the life of her character." Gong Jun feels that this kind of "deliberate experience" is necessary, perceiving is through experiencing, "Actors are empaths."

From the moment he appeared on camera, Gong Jun has never changed, in silence he is concise, in noise he remains composed.

Q: Looking back on your days in Shanghai, were you happy?

Gong Jun: "Because I had to pay the rent myself, so there was pressure in life, but overall I was happy during that time. 2 of my classmates and I lived in a house, and occasionally sing, or eat barbeque at night etc."

Q. Which drama have you been enjoying the most recently?

Gong Jun: "It's all very enjoyable, for each drama I will deliberately choose the experience that I haven't tried before."

Q. Which director would you like to work with?

Gong Jun: "When I was in school, I liked watching the films of directors Jiang Wen and Jia Zhangke, so I shall daringly imagine, I hope to have the opportunity to work with them."

Q. Does your family have any expectations for you?

Gong Jun: "Just be healthy, my family tells me that body is the most important."

Q. How has your body maintenance been recently?

Gong Jun: "Not only recently, I have always been keeping my body in shape, and I even 'showed off' my abs on Weibo previously."

Q. Would you be averse to sharing about your life?

Gong Jun: "I have no objection towards sharing that has boundaries. For example, if I go on a variety show, I will be willing to show my true self."

#gong jun #simon gong #龚俊

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zhoufeis · 10 months

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cdrama ask meme

send me a number and I’ll reply with a gifset

1: hidden love or lighter and princess 2: love between fairy and devil or the starry love 3: legend of fei or word of honor 4: till the end of the moon or the untamed 5: who rules the world or zhaoyao 6: the killer is also romantic or the queen of attack 7: the eternal love or the romance of tiger and rose 8: love like the galaxy or goodbye my princess 9: oh! my sweet liar or a girl like me 10: the love by hypnotic or i’ve fallen for you

11: lan wangji or xie yun 12: zhou fei or lu zhaoyao 13: wen kexing or wei wuxian 14: li xun or zhu yun 15: ban hua or rong xia 16: bai fengxi or cheng shaoshang 17: shaodian youqin or chao feng 18: gu xiang or yan hui 19: hei fengxi or li chenlan 20: xiao lanhua or dongfang qingcang

21: hei fengxi / bai fengxi or wen kexing / zhou zishu 22: li chenlan / lu zhaoyao or shaodian youqin / liguang yetan 23: dongfang qingcang / xiao lanhua or lan wangji / wei wuxian 24: gu xiang / cao weining or tianqi / yuemi 25: yan hui / tian yao or ban hua / rong xia 26: ling buyi / cheng shaoshang or tantai jin / ye xiwu 27: li qian / li mingyue or xiong xiruo / li hongbin 28: zhu yun / li xun or sang zhi / duan jiaxu 29: han shuo / chen qianqian or liang weiwei / jing qing 30: chu xiuming / shen jin or zhao cuo / tian sanqi

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legend-collection · 11 months

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Jiaolong

Jiaolong is a dragon often defined as a "scaled dragon"; it is hornless according to certain scholars and said to be aquatic or river-dwelling.

A number of scholars point to non-Sinitic southern origins for the legendary creature and ancient texts chronicle that the Yue people once tattooed their bodies to ward against these monsters.

In English translations, jiao has been variously rendered as "jiao-dragon", "crocodile", "flood dragon", "scaly dragon", or even "kraken".

The jiao 蛟 character combines the "insect radical" 虫, to provide general sense of insects, reptiles or dragons, etc., and the right radical jiao 交 "cross; mix", etc. which supplies the phonetic element "jiao". The original 交 pictograph represented a person with crossed legs.

The Japanese equivalent term is kōryō or kōryū . The Vietnamese equivalent is giao long, considered synonymous to Vietnamese Thuồng luồng.

The Piya dictionary (11th century) claims that its common name was maban.

The jiao is also claimed to be equivalent to Sanskrit 宮毗羅 (modern Chinese pronunciation gongpiluo) in the 7th Century Buddhist dictionary Yiqiejing yinyi. The same Sanskrit equivalent is repeated in the widely used Bencao Gangmu or Compendium of Materia Medica. In Buddhist texts this word occurs as names of divine beings, and the Sanskrit term in question is actually kumbhīra (कुम्भीर). As a common noun kumbhīra means "crocodile".

The explanation that its name comes from eyebrows that "cross over" (交 jiao) is given in the ancient text Shuyi ji "Records of Strange Things" (6th century) (Luo tr. 2003:3508).

It has been suggested that jiaolong might have referred to a pair of dragons mating, with their long bodies coiled around each other.

Thus in the legend around the jiaolong hovering above the mother giving birth to a future emperor i.e., Liu Bang, the founding emperor of Han, r. 202-195 BCE, the alternative conjectural interpretation is that it was a pair of mating dragons.

The same legend occurs in nearly verbatim copy in the Book of Han, except that the dragons are given as "crossed dragons". Wen noted that in early use jiaolong "crossed dragons" was emblematic of the mythological creators Fuxi and Nüwa, who are represented as having a human's upper body and a dragon's tail.

In textual usage, it may be ambiguous whether jiaolong should be parsed as two kinds of dragons or one.

Zhang cites as one example of jiaolong used in the poem Li Sao (in Chu Ci), in which the poet is instructed by supernatural beings to beckon the jialong and bid them build a bridge. Visser translated this as one type of dragon, the jiaolong or kiao-lung. However, it was the verdict of Wang Yi, an early commentator of this poem that these were two kinds, the smaller jiao and the larger long.

Since the Chinese word for the generic dragon is long, translating jiao as "dragon" is problematic as it would make it impossible to distinguish which of the two is being referred to. The term jiao has thus been translated as "flood dragon" or "scaly dragon", with some qualifier to indicate it as a subtype. But on this matter, Schafer has suggested using a name for various dragon-like beings such as "kraken" to stand for jiao:

The word "dragon" has already been appropriated to render the broader term lung. "Kraken" is good since it suggests a powerful oceanic monster. ... We might name the kău a "basilisk" or a "wyvern" or a "cockatrice." Or perhaps we should call it by the name of its close kin, the double-headed crocodile-jawed Indian makara, which, in ninth-century Java at least, took on some of the attributes of the rain-bringing lung of China.

Some translators have in fact adopted "kraken" as the translated term, as Schafer has suggested.

In some contexts, jiao has also been translated as "crocodile".

The Shuowen Jiezi dictionary glosses the jiao as "a type of dragon (long), as does the Piya dictionary, which adds that the jiao are oviparous (hatch from eggs). The Bencao Gangmu states this also, but also notes this is generally true of most scaled creatures.

Jiao eggs are about the size of a jar of 1 or 2 hu capacity in Chinese volume measurement, according to Guo Pu's commentary; a variant text states that the hatchlings are of this size. It was considered that while the adult jiao lies in pools of water, their eggs hatched on dry land, more specifically on mounds of earth (Huainanzi).

The jiao did eventually metamorphose into a form built to fly, according to Ren Fang's Shuyi ji ("Records of Strange Things"), which said that "a water snake after 500 years transforms into a jiao; a jiao after a millennium into a dragon after 500 years a horned dragon, a horned dragon after a millennium into a winged dragon."

The hujiao or "tiger jiao" are described as creatures with a body like a fish and a tail like a snake, which made noise like mandarin ducks. Although this might be considered a subtype of the jiao dragon, a later commentator thought this referred to a type of fish.

The foregoing account occurs in the early Chinese bestiary Shanhaijing "Classic of Mountains and Seas", in its first book "Classic of the Southern Mountains".

The bestiary's fifth book, "Classic of the Central Mountains" records the presence of jiao in the Kuang River (貺水, "River Grant") and Lun River (淪水, "River Ripple"). Guo Pu's commentary to Part XI glosses jiao as "a type of [long] dragon that resembles a four-legged snake. Guo adds that the jiao possesses a "small head and a narrow neck with a white goiter" and that it is oviparous, and "large ones were more than ten arm spans in width and could swallow a person whole".

A description similar to this is found in the Piya dictionary, but instead of a white "goiter (ying)" being found on its neck, a homophone noun of a different meaning is described, rendered "white necklace" around its neck by Visser. Other sources concurs with the latter word meaning white "necklace" (or variously translated as white "tassels"), namely, the Bencao Gangmu quoting at length from Guangzhou Ji by Pei Yuan.

The jiao measures 10 chi or more in length. Snake-like in appearance, but it has four feet. The shape broad and shield-like, it is small-headed and thin-necked. On the neck there are white tassels. Its chest is sienna brown and its back flecked with blue-green spots. Its flanks resemble brocade-work. On its tail there are fleshy rings. The largest attain several arms' spans around.

—adapted from Luo tr. 2003:3508. "Vol. 43: The Category of Animals with Scales", Bencao Gangmu.

A later text described jiao "looks like a snake with a tiger head, is several fathoms long, lives in brooks and rivers, and bellows like a bull; when it sees a human being it traps him with its stinking saliva, then pulls him into the water and sucks his blood from his armpits". This description, in the Moke, was considered the "best definition" of a jiao.

The description as "scaly" or "scaled dragon" is found in some medieval texts, and quoted in several near-modern references and dictionaries.

The Guangya defines jiaolong as "scaly dragon; scaled dragon", using the word lin "scales". The paragraph, which goes on to list other types of dragons, was quoted in the Kangxi Dictionary compiled during the Manchurian Qing dynasty. A similar paragraph occurs in the Shuyi ji and quoted in the Bencao Gangmu aka Compendium of Materia Medica:

Shizhen says: The book Shuyi Ji by Ren Fang:: The jiao is a kind of dragon. As its eyebrows cross each other, it is called jiaolong. (jiao ≅ come across). The jiaolong has scales. The variety with wings is called yinglong. The variety with horns is called qiulong. The variety without horns is called chilong ...

—Luo tr. 2003:3508. "Vol. 43: The Category of Animals with Scales", Bencao Gangmu.

Several texts allude to the jiao being the lord of aquatic beings. The jiaolong is called the "god of the water animals". The Shuowen jieji dictionary states that if the number of fish in a pond reaches 3600, a jiao will come as their leader, and enable them to follow him and fly away". However, "if you place a fish trap in the water, the jiao will leave". A similar statement occurs in the farming almanac Qimin Yaoshu that quotes the Yangyu-jing "Classic on Raising Fish", a manual on pisciculture ascribed to Lord Tao Zhu (Fan Li). According to this Yangyu-jing version, when the fish count reaches 360, the jiao will lead them away, but this could be prevented by keeping bie 鱉 (variant character 鼈, "soft-shelled turtle").

Jiao and jiaolong were names for a legendary river dragon. Jiao is sometimes translated as "flood dragon". The Yuhu qinghua says people in the southern state of Wu called it fahong "swell into a flood" because they believed flooding resulted when jiao hatched. The poem Qijian in the Chu Ci uses the term shuijiao " or water jiao.

The Shuowen Jiezi does not commit to whether the jiao has or lacks a horn. However the definition was emended to "hornless dragon" by Duan Yucai in his 19th century edited version. A somewhat later commentary by Zhu Junsheng stated the contrary; in his Shuowen tongxun dingsheng Zhu Junsheng explained that only male dragons (long) were horned, and "among dragon offspring, the one-horned are called jiao, the bicorned are called qiu, and the hornless are called chi.

Note the pronunciation similarity between jiao 蛟 and jiao 角 "horn", thus jiaolong 角龍 is "horned dragon".

Lexicographers have noticed that according to some sources, the jiao was a dragoness, that is, a dragon of exclusively female gender.

Jiao as female dragon occurs in the glossing of jiao as "dragon mother" (perhaps "dragoness" or "she-dragon") in the Buddhist dictionary Yiqiejing yinyi, and the gloss is purported to be a direct quote from Ge Hon's Baopuzi. However, extant editions of the Baopuzi does not include this statement. The (11th century CE) Piya dictionary repeats this "female dragon" definition.

As aforementioned, jiao is fully capable of devouring humans, according to Guo Pu's commentary.

It is also written that a green jiao which was a man-eater dwelt in the stream beneath the bridge in Yixing County (present-day city of Yixing, Jiangsu) according to a story in Zu Taizhi's anthology, Zhiguai. The war-general Zhou Chu in his youth, who was native to this area, anecdotally slew this dragon: when Zhou spotted the man-eating beast he leaped down from the bridge and stabbed it several times; the stream was filled with blood and the beast finally washed up somewhere in Lake Tai where it finally died. This anecdote is also recounted in the Shishuo Xinyu and selected in the Tang period primer Mengqiu.

Other early texts also mention the hunt or capture of the jiao. Emperor Wu of Han in Yuanfeng 5 or 106 BCE reportedly shot a jiao in the river. The Shiyiji has a jiao story about Emperor Zhao of Han. While fishing in the Wei River, he

..caught a white kiao, three chang [ten meters] long, which resembled a big snake, but had no scaly armour The Emperor said: 'This is not a lucky omen', and ordered the Ta kwan to make a condiment of it. Its flesh was purple, its bones were blue, and its taste was very savoury and pleasant.

Three classical texts repeat a sentence about capturing water creatures at the end of summer; 伐蛟取鼉登龜取黿 "attack the jiao 蛟, take the to 鼉 "alligator", present the gui 龜 "tortoise", and take the yuan 黿 "soft-shell turtle"."

There is a legend surrounding the Dragon Boat Festival which purports to be the origin behind the offering of zongzi (leaf-wrapped rice cakes) to the drowned nobleman Qu Yuan during its observation. It is said that at the beginning of the Eastern Han Dynasty, a man from Changsha named Ou Hui had a vision in a dream of Qu Yuan instructing him that the naked rice cakes being offered for him in the river are all being eaten by the dragons (jiaolong), and the cakes need to be wrapped in chinaberry leaves and tied with color strings, which are two things the dragons abhor.

It has been suggested that the jiao is not a creature of Sinitic origin, but something introduced from the Far South or Yue culture, which encompasses the people of the ancient Yue 越 state, as well as the Hundred Yue people.

Eberhard concludes that the jiao, which "occur in the whole of Central and South China", "is a special form of the snake as river god. The snake as river god or god of the ocean is typical for the coastal culture, particularly the sub-group of the Tan peoples (the Tanka people)". Schafer also suggests, "The Chinese lore about these southern krakens seems to have been borrowed from the indigenes of the monsoon coast".

The onomastics surrounding the Long Biên District (now in Hanoi, Vietnam) is that it was so-named from a jialong "flood dragon" seen coiled in the river (Shui jing zhu or the Commentary on the Water).

It is recorded that in southern China, there had been the custom of wearing tattoos to ward against the jiaolong. The people in Kuaiji (old capital of Yue; present-day Shaoxing City) adopted such a custom during the Xia dynasty according to the Book of Wei. The Yue created this "apotropaic device" by incising their flesh and tattooing it with red and green pigments (Treatise on Geography in the Book of Han, 111CE, quoted by Kong Yingda).

The jiao seems to refer to "crocodiles", at least in later literature of the Tang and Song dynasties, and may have referred to "crocodiles" in early literature as well.

Aside from this zoological identification, paleontological identifications have also been attempted.

The term jiao e or "jiao crocodile" (蛟鱷; Tang period pronunciation: kău ngak) occurs in the description of Han Yu's encounter with crocodiles according to Zhang Dus Xuanshi zhi or "Records of the House of Proclamation" written in the late Tang period.

As noted the Compendium of Materia Medica identifies jiao with Sanskrit 宮毗羅, i.e., kumbhīra which denotes a long-snouted crocodylid. The 19th century herpetologist Albert-Auguste Fauvel concurred, stating that jiaolong referred to a crocodile or gavial clade of animals.

The Compendium also differentiates between jiaolong 蛟龍 and tuolong 鼉龍, Fauvel adding that tuolong should be distinguished as "alligator".

Fauvel noted that the jiao resembled the dinosaur genus Iguanodon, adding that fossil teeth were being peddled by Chinese medicine shops at the time.

In the foregoing example of the huijiao in the "Classic of the Southern Mountains" III, the 19th century sinologist treated this a type of dragon, the "tiger kiao", while a modern translator as "tiger-crocodile”. However, there is also an 18-19th century opinion that this might have been a shark. A Qing dynasty period commentator, Hao Yixing suggested that huijiao should be identified as jiaocuo 蛟錯鮫䱜 ) described in the Bowuzhi, and this jiaocuo in turn is considered to be a type of shark.

As in the above example jiao 蛟 may be substituted for jiao 鮫 "shark" in some contexts.

The jiao 鮫 denotes larger sharks and rays , the character for sharks (and rays) in general being sha 鯊, so-named ostensibly due to their skin being gritty and sand-like Compare the supposed quote from the Baopuzi, where it is stated that the jialong is said to have "pearls in the skin".

Schafer quotes a Song Dynasty description, "The kău (jiao) fish has the aspect of a round fan. Its mouth is square and is in its belly. There is a sting in its tail which is very poisonous and hurtful to men. Its skin can be made into sword grips", which may refer to a sting ray.

#Jiaolong #china #asia

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The legend of Qu Yuan (c. 340 – 278 BCE), the poet of tristia and itinera, and how the custom of zongzi eating and dragon boat racing on Duanwu have come to be associated with his sad tale.

On the fifth day of the fifth lunar month—端午 Duanwu—we commemorate the death of the poet-minister Qu Yuan 屈原.

Exiled from the kingdom of Chu for his fierce opposition to Qin (which did indeed demolish all, in its imperial ambition), he drowned himself in the Miluo River.

Legend has it that fishing boats set out looking for the much-beloved Qu Yuan. When he could not be found, food was thrown into the river to prevent fish from consuming his corpse.

Hence Duanwu is also known as the Dragon Boat Festival & sticky rice packets (zongzi) are eaten.

'The Songs of Chu' 楚辭, attributed to Qu Yuan (but more likely by multiple authors) are densively allusive poetic laments dating from the 3rd c BCE collapse of the Chu kingdom.

To quote David Hawkes, Chuci 楚辭are the poetry of tristia and itineria —the laments of exile.

Qu Yuan's 'Songs of Chu' are the laments of one born to "an age foul and murky"

Sighs come from me often

the heart swells within

sad that I and these times

never will be matched.

As it is then, as it is now.

Another version:

Duanwu 端午 marks the beginning of summer heat and pestilence, and the in southern China and throughout southeast Asia it was an occasion to fumigate the household and eat restorative foods wrapped in naturally antiseptic leaves.

The legend of Qu Yuan - the loyal minister in exile, wandering the Southland - then, was a Han Confucian repackaging of local folk customs.

One stayed as low profile as possible to steer clear of all the miasmic, pestilential forces —hence the need for mugwort and spells...

「五月五日天中節一切惡事盡消滅急急如律令」

FIFTH DAY OF FIFTH LUNAR MONTH: ALL THINGS WICKED AND PESTILENT TO BE VANQUISHED INSTANTLY WITH THIS SPELL

We could *really* do with such a 急急如律令 these days.

[Dunhuang fragment British library S.799]

#Duanwu #端午 #Qu Yuan #Dragon #Legend #Dragon Boat Festival #zongzi #The Songs of Chu #楚辭 #Asia

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Would it be okay for you to talk about some figures who aren’t always the Jade Emperor and Queen Mother of the West daughters but sometimes are depicted as such in some form or another (like Yao Ji, who has one backstory where that’s the case but also another where she’s the reincarnation of a human princess, or Xihi, who was on that one family tree from a recent ask)

I mean I guess it would be okay for me to talk about Yaoji and Xihi, no one is stopping me. I see people taking it that Xihi could have been JE's sister or daughter, hard to pin down which one is more popular. But yeah it is said that JE and QM have COUNTLESS daughters so really there is no limit for them to have as many daughters as they want.

If you wanna know more about them then here is a good link to Yaoji and Xihe.

Yaoji is the goddess of Wushan in Chinese mythology. The daughter of the Emperor of Heaven, or the daughter of the Red Emperor ( Yan Emperor ). She died unmarried and was buried in the sun of Wushan Mountain. At the end of the Tang Dynasty, she was considered the twenty-third daughter of the Queen Mother of the West.

The Warring States Period and Chu Ci Fu master Song Yu's "Gaotang Fu " said that the "former king" Zeng Zhou dreamed of meeting the goddess, and the goddess said, "I will care for the descendants of the emperor and the vassals between Jiang and Han", "I am in the sun of Wushan, The obstacles of high hills are like morning clouds in the morning and rain in the evening. " Later Song Dynasty Yu advised King Xiang: The meeting between the king and the goddess can enlighten the ignorant, teach the way to govern the country, unblock the nine orifices, and prolong life. Later, in " Ode to the Goddess ", King Chu Xiang dreams of the goddess at night, but the goddess, who had "wonderful bone skills and responded to the king's appearance", is clean and self-possessed and rejects King Chu Xiang.

The goddess is a combination of the God of Yunmeng Wushan in Chu State and the emperor of Guguang Mountain in " The Classic of Mountains and Seas". The King of Chu actually went to worship God Gaoqi in order to pray to the clan goddess of Chu to protect the country's political clarity and personal physical and mental health. The image of the goddess is dignified and elegant, stunningly beautiful, deeply affectionate, chaste, pure, and incompatible. She is actually a symbol of the wise men. Song Yu used it to express her desire to be valued by the king but not to be disloyal to him. Wushan goddess is often used as a metaphor for beautiful women, and Wushan Yunyu, which is spread as erotic, has gradually become a symbol of love between men and women. People use "Except Wushan, it's not cloud" to refer to loyalty to love, which means that love belongs to no other than Yi, and love cannot be given to others.

When Dayu was controlling the floods, the goddess Yao Ji taught him the secret book of flood control and sent gods to help him. In the Three Gorges area, the goddess of Wushan destroyed the twelve evil dragons, sent divine crows to guide the sailing ships, sow clouds and rain for the world, and treated diseases and cultivated seeds for the people, Rishi mushroom, and other legends. Yao Ji brought benefits to the people, and over time, she turned into the goddess peak of the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River.

The myth of Yao Ji has led to a series of literary works such as poems and songs in the past dynasties, forming a literary gallery of rhymes describing and chanting goddesses, and has a profound impact on the history of literature

According to ancient legends, Yao Ji is not Yun Hua Nu, the mother of Erlang Shen / Yang Jian. The rumor originated from online articles and TV series.

Xihe, the sun goddess and calendar maker in ancient Chinese mythology, is the earliest astronomer and calendar maker in China. The original form of Xihe comes from ancient mythology. In the changing times, she evolved from the original "Sun Mother" to the "Sun Royal". In the subsequent continuous evolution and development, Xihe also became a representative figure in solar mythology and astronomical historians, clearly assuming the functional carrier of culture, and focusing on its application in the cultural environment of ancient poetry.

Some Chinese scholars believe that Xihe and Changyi are the same person. "Xihe and Changxi also have the same name and the same story." Therefore, Xihe is also a goddess of the sun and moon. The name of China's first solar exploration science and technology experimental satellite "Xihe" means "imitating Xihe's control of the Tianma, aiming to herd the stars in the sky", symbolizing the origin and expansion of China's solar exploration.

#anon ask #anonymous #anon #xihe #yao ji #chinese mythology #chinese mythos #ask

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Popular Pairing List Update

The following pairings have more than 10 recent posts in their pairing tag, and are therefore too popular to be posted on Rarepair Thursdays:

Alex Vause x Piper Chapman (Orange is the New Black)

Aloy x Seyka (Horizon: Zero Dawn)

Barbie x Gloria (Barbie)

Becky Armstrong x Freen Sarocha Chankimha (RPF Actors)

Betty Cooper x Veronica Lodge (Riverdale)

Cassandra Cain x Stephanie Brown (DCU)

Celia St James x Evelyn Hugo (The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo)

Cherine x Meena (Show Me Love)

Cleo de Nile x Frankie Stein (Monster High)

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Corky x Violet (Bound)

Cosima Niehaus x Delphine Cormier (Orphan Black)

Diana x Leona (League of Legends)

Elphaba Thropp x Glinda Upland (Wicked)

Esther Warner x Max Chapman (Amazon A League of Their Own)

Geeta x Rika (Pokemon)

Jane Rizzoli x Maura Isles (Rizzoli & Isles)

Jester Lavorre x Yasha Nydoorin (Critical Role)

Kitty Song Covey x Yuri Han (XO Kitty)

Laurie x Mira Harberg (Irma Vep)

Lottie Matthews x Natalie Scatorccio (Yellowjackets)

Misty Quigley x Natalie Scatorccio (Yellowjackets)

Paris Geller x Rory Gilmore (Gilmore Girls)

The following pairings have been posted less frequently recently, and have therefore been removed from the popular pairing list:

Alicia x Leighton (The Sex Lives of College Girls)

Amy Silva x Kirsten Longacre (Vigil)

Andi Agosti x Emília Alo (Rebelde)

Aneela x Delle Seyah Kendry (Killjoys)

Anissa Pierce x Grace Choi (Black Lightning; DCU)

Aster Flores x Ellie Chu (The Half Of It)

Bobbie Draper x Chrisjen Avasarala (The Expanse)

Bonnie Bennett x Nora Hildegard (The Vampire Diaries)

Carol Aird x Therese Belivet (Carol)

Clary Fray x Isabelle Lightwood (The Mortal Instruments)

Cristina Soto x Joana Bianchi (Skam Spain)

Dani Núñez x Gigi Ghorbani (The L Word)

Dina x Sydney Novak (I Am Not Okay With This)

Dorothy Gale x Ruby (Once Upon A Time)

Emily Prentiss x Jennifer Jareau (Criminal Minds)

Eve Polastri x Hélène (Killing Eve)

Fatou Jallow x Kieu My Vu (Druck)

Fleur Delacour x Hermione Granger (Harry Potter)

Francesca Findabair x Fringilla Vigo (The Witcher)

Ginny Weasley x Hermione Granger (Harry Potter)

Joann Owosekun x Keyla Detmer (Star Trek: Discovery)

Jules Thomas x Ophelia Mayer (Sweet Vicious)

Kaioh Michiru x Tenoh Haruka (Sailor Moon)

Lauren Bloom x Leyla Shinwari (New Amsterdam)

Mace Brown x Marie Schmidt (The 355)

Margaery Tyrell x Sansa Stark (A Song of Ice and Fire)

Mia Reed x Vada Cavell (The Fallout)

Nicole Haught x Waverly Earp (Wynonna Earp)

Nyssa al Ghul x Sara Lance (Arrow)

Raiden Ei x Yae Miko (Genshin Impact)

#femslashrevolution #femslash revolution #lesbian #wlw #sapphic #bisexual #popular pairing list #Rarepair Thursdays #mod post

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Rating: 4/5

Book Blurb: A stunning novel of ancient Vietnam based on the true story of two warrior sisters who raised an army of women to overthrow the Han Chinese and rule as kings over a united people, for readers of Circe and The Night Tiger. Gather around, children of Chu Dien, and be brave. For even to listen to the story of the Trung Sisters is, in these troubled times, a dangerous act.

In 40 CE, in the Au Lac region of ancient Vietnam, two daughters of a Vietnamese Lord fill their days training, studying, and trying to stay true to Vietnamese traditions. While Trung Trac is disciplined and wise, always excelling in her duty, Trung Nhi is fierce and free spirited, more concerned with spending time in the gardens and with lovers. But these sister's lives—and the lives of their people—are shadowed by the oppressive rule of the Han Chinese. They are forced to adopt Confucian teachings, secure marriages, and pay ever‑increasing taxes. As the peoples' frustration boils over, the country comes ever closer to the edge of war. When Trung Trac and Trung Nhi's father is executed, their world comes crashing down around them. With no men to save them against the Han's encroaching regime, they must rise and unite the women of Vietnam into an army. Solidifying their status as champions of women and Vietnam, they usher in a period of freedom and independence for their people. Vivid, lyrical, and filled with adventure, The Bronze Drum is a true story of standing up for one's people, culture, and country that has been passed down through generations of Vietnamese families through oral tradition. Phong Nguyen's breathtaking novel takes these real women out of legends and celebrates their loves, losses, and resilience in this inspirational story of women's strength and power even in the face of the greatest obstacles.

Review:

War, love, and sisterhood. Based on the true story of two warrior sisters who raised an army of women to overthrow the Han Chinese and rule as kings over the united people from ancient Vietnam. The story follows the two daughters of a Vietnamese lord in 40 CE in the Au Lac region of Ancient Vietnam. The Lord has trained them all their lives to fight, study, and stay true to the Vietnamese traditions. Older sister Trung Trac is disciplined and wise, always excelling at her duty while younger sister Trung Nhi is fierce and free spirited, more concerned about spending her time doing as she pleases and with lovers. These sisters lives will be forever changed by the oppressive rule of the Han Chinese. They will be forced to either accept this new rule or rebel and when their father is executed they find that there is only one path left for them, vengeance and rebellion. With no man to save them these girls will come together and unite the women of Vietnam into an army and fight for their freedom and independence.This was a lyrical story filled with culture and adventure. I had a great time reading about this learning more about Vietnamese stories. As a Vietnamese person myself it was fascinating to learn something new about my own culture and to read this story that celebrates real women of legends with a story about love, loss, and resilience and the strength that we have to great our greatest obstacles

*Thanks Netgalley and Grand Central Publishing for sending me an arc in exchange for an honest review*

#book review #bookish #book #AAPI books #asian books

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Priest (Author) Character Tournament Masterpost

Submissions (including Character List) - CLOSED March 11th, 2024

Type of Tournament: Double Elimination

Tournament Tag: #priest character tournament

Expected Start: March 16th

Expected End: May 20th

Posting Time: 5 pm CST (UTC-6)

Schedule

[Photo ID - three screenshots of a color-coded tournament bracket with an upper and lower bracket. The first image shows both brackets while the second focuses on the upper bracket, and the final image focuses on the lower bracket. The Grand Finals are between the winner of each brackets' finals. /End ID]

[Last Updated: April 25th, 2024]

🏃Ongoing 🏃

Lower Semifinals: April 25th-May 2nd, 2024

Match 28: Cheng Qian vs. Feng Xiaoshu

Match 29: Jing Beiyuan vs. Puddle

⏳️ UPCOMING ⏳️

Lower Bracket

Finals: May 4th-11th, 2024

Match 30: Winner of Match 28 vs. Winner of Match 29

Grand Finals: May 13th-20th, 2024

Match 31: Winner of Match 16 (Upper Bracket) vs. Winner of Match 30 (Lower Bracket)

✅️ COMPLETED ✅️

Upper Bracket

Round 1, Group A: March 16th-23rd, 2024

Match 1: Chang An vs. Chu Huan - Winner: Chang An

Match 2: Cheng Qian vs. Tong Ru - Winner: Cheng Qian

Match 3: Li Yun vs. Mu Xiaoqiao - Winner: Li Yun

Match 4: Xuan Ji vs. Puddle/Shuikeng - Winner: Puddle

Match 5: Feng Xiaoshu vs. Han Yuan - Winner: Han Yuan

Round 1, Group B: March 18th-25th, 2024

Match 6: Huang Jinchen vs. Xi Ping - Winner: Xi Ping

Match 7: Han Muchun vs. Sheng Lingyuan - Winner: Han Muchun

Match 8: Yan Zhengming vs. Wu Xi - Winner: Wu Xi

Match 9: Wen Kexing vs. Jing Beiyuan - Winner: Wen Kexing

Round 2: March 27th-April 3rd, 2024

Match 10: Chang An vs. Cheng Qian - Winner: Cheng Qian

Match 11: Li Yun vs. Puddle - Winner: Puddle

Match 12: Han Yuan vs. Xi Ping vs. Han Muchun - Winner: Xi Ping

Match 13: Wu Xi vs. Wen Kexing - Winner: Wen Kexing

Round 3 / Semifinals: April 5th-12th, 2024

Match 14: Cheng Qian vs. Puddle - Winner: Puddle

Match 15: Xi Ping vs. Wen Kexing - Winner: Wen Kexing

Finals: April 14th-21st, 2024

Match 16: Puddle vs. Wen Kexing

Lower Bracket

Round 1: March 29th-April 5th, 2024

Match 17: Chu Huan vs. Tong Ru vs. Mu Xiaoqiao - Winner: Tong Ru

Match 18: Xuan Ji vs. Feng Xiaoshu - Winner: Feng Xiaoshu

Match 19: Huang Jinchen vs. Sheng Lingyuan - Winner: Sheng Lingyuan

Match 20: Yan Zhengming vs. Jing Beiyuan - Winner: Jing Beiyuan

Round 2: April 7th-14th, 2024

Match 21: Chang An vs. Tong Ru - Winner: Tong Ru

Match 22: Li Yun vs. Feng Xiaoshu vs. Han Yuan - Winner: Feng Xiaoshu

Match 23: Sheng Lingyuan vs. Han Muchun - Winner: Han Muchun

Match 24: Jing Beiyuan vs. Wu Xi - Winner: Jing Beiyuan

Round 3: April 16th-23rd, 2024

Match 25: Cheng Qian vs. Tong Ru

Match 26: Feng Xiaoshu vs. Han Muchun

Match 27: Jing Beiyuan vs. Xi Ping

CONTESTANTS LIST

Upper Bracket

Wen Kexing from Faraway Wanderers [Bracket Winner]

Lower Bracket

Cheng Qian from Liu Yao

Feng Xiaoshu / Princess Jing'an from Lord Seventh

Jing Beiyuan from Lord Seventh

Puddle/Shuikeng from Liu Yao

Eliminated

Chang An from Bestial Blade

Chu Huan from Of Mountains and Rivers

Han Muchun from Liu Yao

Han Yuan from Liu Yao

Huang Jinchen from Itinerant Doctor

Li Yun from Liu Yao

Mu Xiaoqiao from Bandits / You Fei / Legend of Fei

Tong Ru from Liu Yao

Wu Xi from Lord Seventh

Yan Zhengming from Liu Yao

Sheng Lingyuan from LHJC

Xi Ping from Tai Sui

Xuan Ji from LHJC

#not a poll #masterposts #priest character tournament

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Top Drama China Historical yang akan Datang

serial drama historical andalan 4 jaringan china yang akan datang. 腾讯 (tencent) 1.梦华录 Meng Hua Lu - A Dream of Splendor - Crystal Liu Yi Fei , Chen Xiao, Jelly Lin 2.玉骨遥 The Longest Promise - Xiao Zhan, Ren MIn, Wang Chu Ran, Han Dong, Alen Fang 3.星汉灿烂 Love Like The Galaxy - Zhao Lusi, Leo Wu, Zeng Li 4.春闺梦里人 Romance of a Twin Flower - Ding Yuxi, Peng XiaoRan 5.重紫 Chong Zhi - Yang Chao Yue, Jeremy Tsui, Zhang Zhi Xi 6.说英雄谁是英雄 Heroes - Joseph Zeng, Yang Chal Yue, Liu Yu Ning, Baron Chen, Meng Zi Yi, Sun Zu Jun 7.雪鹰领主 Lord Eagle - Sheng Ying Hao, Sun Rui, Fei Qin Yuan 8.乐游原 Wonderland of Love - Xu Kai, Jing Tian, Zhao JIa Min, Gao Han, Zheng He Hui Zi, He Feng Tian 9.长相思 Lost You Forever - Yang Zi, Deng Wei, Zhang Wan Yi 10.天行健 Heroes (judul rencana akan diubah biar ga tabrakan) - Qin Jun Jie, Maggie Huang, Liu Yu Ning 11.飞狐外传 - The Young Flying Fox - Qin Jun Jie, Liang Jie, Xing Fei, Peter Ho, Sarah Zhao, Lin Yu Shen, Hei Zi, Yvonne Yung 12.只此江湖梦 - Love and Sword - Gao Wei Guang, Xuan Lu, Jia Nai, Martin Zhang, Yuan Yu Xuan, Ren Hao 爱奇艺 (iqiyi) 1.月歌行 - Song of the Moon - Vin Zhang, Xu Lu 2.云襄传 - The Ingenious One - Chen Xiao, Rachel Momo, Tang Xiao Tian 3.显微镜下的大明 - Great Ming Under Microscope - Zhang Ruoyun, Qi Wei, Wang Yang 4.明月入卿怀 - A Forbidden Marriage - Mao Zi Jun , Zhou Jie Qiong , Zhang Xin ,Li Jiu Lin, Eddy Ko 5.请君 - Welcome - Ren Jia Lun, Li Qin 6.七时吉祥 - Love You Seven Times - Ding Yu Xi, Yang Chao Yue ,Yang Hao Yu, Dong Xuan, Hai Lu 8.倾城亦清欢 - The Emperor's Love - Wallace Chung, Yuan Bing Yan, Jason Gu, Zhang Yue 9.九霄寒夜暖 - Warm Cold Night in the Nine Heavens - Li Yi Tong, Bi Wen Jun, Chen He Yi, He Rui Xian, Ma Yue 10.苍兰诀。 - Eternal Love - Yu Shu Xin, Dylan Wang, Cristy Guo, Xu Hai Qiao 11.花溪记(分销) - Love Is An Accident - Xing Fei, Xu kai Cheng, Wang Yi Nuo 12.花戎。 - Hua Rong - Ju Jing Yi, Guo Jun Chen, Liu Dong Qin, Lu Ting Yu, Ma Yue 优酷 (youku) 1.长月烬明 - Till The End of The Moon - Luo Yunxi, Bai Lu, Chen Du Ling, Deng Wei, Sun Zhen Ni, Wang Yifei 2.星河长明 - Novoland: The Princess From Plateau - Feng Shao Feng, Peng Xiao Ran, Cheng Xiao Meng, Zhu Zheng Ting, Liu Meng Rui, Kim Jin 3.沉香如屑。- Immortal Samsara - Yang Zi, Cheng Yi, Ray Chang, Meng Zi yi, Yang Xizi, Hou Meng yao 4.星落凝成糖 - Love When the Stars Fall - Chen Xing Xu, Landy Li, Luke CHen, He Xuan Lin 5.郎君不如意。- Go Princess Go 2 - Wu Xuan yi, Chen Zhe Yuan, LQ Wang 6.隐娘 - The Assassin - Qin Lan, Zheng Ye Cheng, Hu Lian Xin, Du Chun 7.安乐传 - Legend of Anle - Dilraba Dilmurat, Gong Jun, Liu Yu Ning, Xia Nan, Tim Pei, Chen Tao 芒果TV (mango tv) 1.落花时节又逢君 - Love Never Fails - Yuan Bing Yan,Liu Xue Yi, Xu Xiao Nuo, Ao Rui Peng 2.覆流年 - Lost Track of Time - Xing Fei, Zhai Zi Lu, Jin JIa Yu, Cheng Yu Feng, Zhan Jie, Han Ye catatan: nanti saya update judul resmi inggris dan siapa aktor aktrisnya. sumber: artikel topik upcoming chinese drama di cerita-silat.net dan Weibo

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F. KEITH WAHLE "Sonnet"

You realize, even as you start this that it won’t end up as a sonnet— and by “sonnet” I don’t mean just a poem in fourteen lines—or all right, fourteen lines, if you insist, and iambic pentameter, with a couplet at the end, but that’s not all it takes to make a sonnet; a real sonnet has a certain movement of ideas, a special way the argument reveals itself, with a shift in the point of view at the middle of the poem, or just past the middle, at the end of the eighth line. This goes for either the Italian or Elizabethan form. And at the library you can get those anthologies from the twenties and thirties of local poets, meaning amateurs, and they all seem to be writing sonnets, or what they thought were sonnets; sonnets on every imaginable subject: Abraham Lincoln, Dante, Italy, the months, the holidays, Lake Erie, death and the death of children, larks, cardinals, seashells, insomnia, Elizabeth Tudor, and Mary Stuart, everything. They even wrote sonnets about writing sonnets. I found one about why Shakespearean sonnets are better than Italian sonnets. But none of these sonnets are any good. The rhymes are all in the right place, but the people who wrote them had no idea what a sonnet can do or even what poetry can do. So the hell with those assholes. They’re all dead now anyway, or soon will be, thank goodness. In more recent times the term sonnet has been used very freely, and the form has become extremely loose. But some of the modern sonnets are very good, such as Robert Lowell’s sonnet on Harpo Marx or his sonnet on Ezra Pound. But one keeps getting back to the question of writing, how it is done, and whether it is fun. Certainly there are other things that are more fun—going to bed with attractive men or women, or eating Chinese food. One thinks of the T’ang Dynasty, the golden age of Chinese poetry— in three hundred years, some of the best poets ever in any language. Li Po is the best known in this country, though Tu Fu was probably a better poet, and Po Chu I was more versatile. But even after these three were dead, there were many great and beautiful poets; like Han Shan, the Cold Mountain hermit, and Li Ho, the demon poet; and we must not forget the great landscape poet, Wang Wei, who was contemporary with Li Po. Ezra Pound’s translations of Li Po are the most exciting in English, though perhaps not the most exacting from the sinologist’s point of view. Li Po was an habitual drunkard, and wrote in a style that was rather free, at least by the standards of ancient China. Tu Fu, on the other hand, wrote in a style called “regulated verse” (lü-shih), which is an eight-line form with even stricter rules than our sonnet, and died, according to the legend, from eating Chinese food, or rather, too much Chinese food. He was trapped in the mountains by a flash flood, and after starving for several days he overate at a banquet and died when the rice swelled up and ruptured his intestine. This story may not be true. Li Po and Tu Fu were great friends in their lifetimes, just as Pound and Yeats were great friends, and went to Chinese restaurants together, all of which leads one to ask oneself, “Will I ever be a truly great poet, or even the friend of a great poet?” Not likely. But to be a good poet may be quite within the reach of many people. It seems to require initially an ability to listen with trust to the little voices you have inside, the voices that tell you what to do, and how to write, like the one right now that’s saying, “This is no sonnet, you damn fool; it doesn’t even look like a sonnet.”

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