#Qiang jin jiu novel

[cnjaez]

#danmei #fanart #将进酒 #策舟 #沈兰舟 #萧策安 #qiang jin jiu #qjj #Qiang jin jiu novel #Danmei fanart #cezhou #tang jiuqing #qjj tang jiuqing #shen lanzhou #xiao ce'an

[drawulan]

Lanzhou's smile that a thousand gold can not buy.

#qjj fanart #qjj #cezhou #shen lanzhou #xiao chiye #qiang jin jiu #tang jiuqing #t97 #danmei novels #danmei fanart #将进酒

[toriylgr]

red plums blanketed in snow. fragrance enveloped lanzhou. his smile’s worth a thousand gold.

#qiang jin jiu #qjj #toriylgr #danmei novel #danmei fanart #danmei #xiao chiye #shen zechuan #shen lanzhou #xiao ce'an #cezhou

[vierran45]

Whee! Finally! This novel is just SO GOOD!

#qiang jin jiu #qjj #tang jiuqing #t97 #danmei #books books books #ballad of sword and wine #this will definitely be at least 8 volumes #it’s a long novel #enemies to lovers #lots of politicking #court intrigue #rice trade #war tactics

[d3klex]

SIR 🛐

#d3klexpost #manhua #bl manhua #danmei novels #danmei manhua #danmei #qjj manhua #qjj #qiang jin jiu #XIAO CHIYE #萧驰野 #将进酒 #唐酒卿 #MY MAN #I LOVE HIM SO MUCH #damn so #him <33333

[nishicchikouchi]

THERE IS NOT. A SINGLE. DANMEI. THAT HAS NEVER. EVER. NOT. MADE ME CRY.

#how are danmei writers so good #im like only at 15% of the novel #and its already made me cry #danmei #qiang jin jiu #qjj #tgcf #mdzs #svsss

[readshangxian]

shen lanzhou is like.... he is a cute kitten. he is a mad dog. he is a sly fox. he is ce'an's white bird. he is ruthless and scheming. he is flirtatious. he kills his enemies without batting an eye. he loves being spoiled and pampered to death by his husband. he is naughty. he is a devastating beauty. he is delicate like a flower. he is strong. he likes fish. he eats them until only bones are left. he's picky with his medicines because they are bitter; xiao chiye has to feed him candies or honeyed water. he nuzzles on xiao chiye and sleeps in his arms like a cat. this man means the world to xiao ce'an.

#qiang jin jiu #shen zechuan #shen lanzhou #xiao chiye #xiao ce'an #cezhou #tang jiuqing #danmei #danmei novels #将进酒

[maria-taiwin]

LOL why Lanzhou wears a fucking underdress in a bloody fucking battlefield. I know you want to tell your readers he is THE bottom femboy from the very first image, but this is ridiculous. The older canceled manhua was better and more realistic, sigh.

#shen lanzhou #qiang jin jiu #qjj manhua #danmei #danmei novels #qjj

[drawulan]

#xiao chiye #xiao ce'an #qiang jin jiu #qjj #qjj fanart #tang jiuqing #t97 #danmei novels #danmei fanart

[toriylgr]

#qiang jin jiu #qjj #xiao ce'an #xiao chiye #toriylgr #danmei fanart #danmei #danmei novel #shen lanzhou #shen zechuan #cezhou

[huasahyo]

I have read Qiang Jin Jiu and honestly think I'll never recover

(Spoilers ahead!)

Oh god, where to start this? Maybe I should start with the very begging: I didn't understood shit. I just saw a kid being tortured and lots of information. When I felt it was too much, I went after the translated map and OMG that was so helpful! Bless the translators for that. After looking carefully at the map, things started to make sense.

As the story went, before the end of book one I was not very familiar with all the characters. I kept mistaking Hai Liangyi for Hua Siqian lol. But during my reading I started to take some notes and was never confused again. The thing is, this book has A LOT of characters and some of them are introduced early but only become major players later (Yao Wenyu, Hua Xiangyi...)

Even though this huge ensemble would make characters easy to forget, this doesn't happen. The author managed to create likeable and rememberable characters pretty easily??? I fell in love with many of them at first read, even if they didn't show up a lot. And there were characters that got me completely off guard, I wasn't expecting them to be so cool and relevant, BUT THEY WERE (Fei Sheng, Kong Liu)! And the antagonists were also brilliant, I love a good story where everyone has a point and no one is actually evil: People from Biansha had their truths and in a war there are no right sides, Xue Xiuzhuo wanted the best for Dazhou (even though I can't forgive what the did to my baby Yuanzhuo), and Li Jianting??? WHAT A LEGEND! Also, Feng Quan plot twist left me speechless, what an interesting character. Every character was very human (in the good and bad way), everyone had their own goals and beliefs. I actually might do a second post screaming about every character because I have a lot to say about them. (hello hasen my love)

The Plot??? Perfectly done. AND WELL EXPLAINED! I was always a little afraid of reading novels with a lot of politics, but I really dug this one. The problems with grains, provisions, registry, army and BRO THERE WAS EVEN SOME AGRARIAN REFORM SHIT

The way this author write the MOST well written battles I have read, without using any magic... it's just... I never thought I would be so enthusiastic about cannons, rocks and GRAINS.

The conflicts in Zhongbo could be all repetitive, but they weren't at all. Each prefecture that Lanzhou took back had a interesting story.

The war with Biansha was also brilliantly written. The way Amu'er was attacking Dazhou from the inside out and the scorpions with those hammers??? My man was a genius. Sadly, he could never have predicted Bai Cha and her son.

Talking about that, the family relationships are a great point in this. Seeing flashbacks about Lanzhou, Ji Mu, Ji Gang and Hua Pinging made me CRY! They were so happy... And seeing Xiao Chiye with his brother and HIS DAD LIKE... Xiao Fangxu and Ji Gang best daddies. Fei Sheng and Yin Chang too, what a beautiful chapter the one that they talk after Fei Sheng has a fight with Qiao Tianya.

Talking about Qiao Tianya, it was refreshing to see a novel with more LGBT characters. The secondary pairings were great, they didn't steal the spotlight from cezhou, but were very enjoyable (even though THAT happened between Songyu). I just wished we could have seen more Qihua moments and OH GOD KONG LIU AND LUO MU??? That got me truly off guard, wasn't expecting at all. Also, I found really interesting how Lanzhou basically got a LGBT parade following him at the end, that was truly the gayest empire ever. I have so many headcanons here, let me scream them: Xue Xiuzhuo is AroAce, Li Jianting is a non-binary legend and Huo Lingyun a Bi King. Also, Fei Sheng is not straight. Said it.

The little animals in this??? I WAS TERRIFIED WHEN LANG TAO XUE JIN FELL IN THAT HOLE YALL I THOUGHT HE WAS GONNA DIE. But luckily he didn't. Meng, Hunu, Feng Shuang Ta Yi were all the cutest, I need more novels with cats.

THE CHILDREN - Ding Tao, Li Xiong, Xiao Xun and Jiran. They served chaos, humor and cuteness. I really liked whenever they showed up.

THE LADIESSS - If you have read my other posts you know I love some powerful women. This story did not disappoint me in that sense. Hua Hewei had some despicable acts, but she really got everyone on her hands despite never leaving the inner palace, good for her. Hua Xiangyi is a way better version of her aunt, my girl was smart and cared for the people, an amazing woman. QI ZHUYINNN owns my life, I really adored the fact that she was a badass and that she never hated the fact she was born a girl, slay. Bai Cha was really out there helping women that were sold and their children, that is some real sorority there. Lu Yizhi was so kind, loved seeing her interactions with Lanzhou. Li Jianting was everything, her story was one of the saddest and yet she was doing her best to become a ruler. Duo Er'lan was amazingly brave, even more than Hasen, mad respect for her.

And last, but definitely not least, there is cezhou. I have no words to explain how much I adored these two. The way both of them got their own development and had their own private goals and went after them, so good. They are so well written that I wanna scream. The chapters that are focused on Lanzhou's feelings are not big in number, even when he is the main character, his feelings are shown in discreet ways (the handkerchief!) and most of the time we don't know what he is plotting or thinking. But when we take a peek at what's going inside of his heart, it's... astonishing. And I love seeing how he actually cared for the side characters, even though he doesn't show a lot.

And Ce'an kind of caught me off guard, I thought he was going to be a totally different character but he went and delivered

Xiao Chiye was a perfect fit for Lanzhou and Lanzhou was a perfect fit for Xiao Chiye: they were both in similar situations where only them could understand each other's suffering, and after they leave Qudu we see how much of a match made in heaven they are (not just romantically, but strategically).

THE SEXUAL TENSION AT THE BEGINNING YALL... They were scheming/fighting and flirting at the same time. Iconic.

Read this, you won't regret it!

By the way, I started reading the story in December and finished by March, but I completely forgot to post this! College has been frying my brain these days.

Hopefully I will resume my Sha Po Lang reading and come back here to tell my opinions on the book. (Not sure when though.)

See ya!

#qiang jin jiu #qjj #将进酒 #qjj spoilers #danmei #danmei recs #nana rambles about novels #bl novel #book review #novel review #novel recommendation

[lantianlong]

#danmei #donghua #qiang jin jiu #chinese novel #shen lanzhou #xiao chiye

[edsheawrites]

Should I also post my sentients of the books (donghua) I read in here? I want to do that. I’ll also follow more with the same interest.

#donghua #yuwu #nan chan #erha #meatbun #mxtx #mxtx novels #svsss donghua #grandmaster of demonic cultivation #mdzs wwx #mdzs lan zhan #heaven official's blessing #qiang jin jiu #lord seventh #little mushroom #an zhe #lu feng #can ci pin #wushuang #thousand autumns

[iireinarri]

okay- so im currently in chapter 56 and so far i am loving it!! theres so many interesting characters, i regret not reading this sooner! I'm now glad i skipped liu yao to read this /hj

#danmei #this is your sign #qjj #qiang jin jiu #danmei novel

[aworldforastage]

great beauties of danmei

In most danmei novels, at least one partner from the main couple is one of the greatest beauties, or good-looking enough to be an actor or celebrity. I thought it would be fun to write about a few great beauties whose reputation for beauty have really left an impression on me.

(All artwork in this post are from the audiodramas.)

from historical danmei: Shen Zechuan from Qiang Jin Jiu

古风大美人：沈泽川 《将进酒》

李建恒魂不守舍地念着：“你可没跟我说过，他长这个模样……” Li Jianheng mutters as if entranced, "You never told me, that he looks like this ..."

No one left an impression on me quite like Shen Zechuan, who has a smile worth more than thousand teals of gold, according to his boyfriend. Everyone who has ever met him can't help but praise his appearance, from seasoned playboy Li Jianheng to serious general Qi Zhuyin; even semi-reluctant future father-in-law Xiao Fangxu has to agree that he is stunning.

Shen Zechuan gets his looks from his late mother, who is also famed for her beauty. Even decades after her death, people remember her and can recognize her son based on the similarity. Their resemblance draws out old acquaintances to unveil her backstory, which becomes an important clue to the current plight facing our heroes. Literally advancing the plot with his beauty has seared Lanzhou's reputation into my mind.

from fantasy danmei: Pheonix aka Chu He from Lantern: Reflection of the Peach Blossoms

玄幻大美人：凤凰 aka 楚河 《提灯映桃花》

“你不录吗？”李湖一边咳血一边道，“你哥的法相被称作天道十大美景之一，很难得呢。”说着艰难的打开微信开始发朋友圈。 "Aren't you recording?" Li Hu says while coughing up blood. "Your brother's canonical form is known as one of the Ten Most Beautiful Sights in Heaven, it's a very rare treat." With great difficulty, she opens WeChat while she talks, and starts posting to her shared Moments.

Pheonix's admirers range from a Wisdom King in Heaven to the Demon Venerable in Hell. He is so beautiful that there is an entire affair every time he shows his true form in the human world, and he doesn't hesitate to use it to his advantage. One time he shows up in his true form to rile up an entire bar so he can slip a drugged drink to his (ex?) husband. Another time he shows his true form to humans hoping to win a bet, but the human is too stunned by his beauty and fainted.

Even his friends and coworkers rush to get photos of him. In one of those instances he is a literal baby phoenix, which is a incredible sight in of itself as well.

from modern danmei: Yan Mingxiu from Professional Body Double

现代大美人：晏明修 《职业替身》

陈英看周翔和蔡威都在看对面的广告，她也看了看，然后赞叹道：“怎么一个男孩子能长得这么好看呢，太好看了。” Chen Ying sees that Zhou Xiang and Cai Wei are both looking at the ad across from them. She also takes a look, and exclaims, "How can a boy be this good-looking, far too beautiful."

Even after years of working alongside beautiful celebrities, Zhou Xiang is immediately drawn to Yan Mingxiu's good looks during their first meeting. Anytime anyone comments on his appearance, it's definitely an amazed compliment. In-universe, Yan Mingxiu becomes a famous actor who isn't very expressive or good at (or even enjoy) acting, which has led the fandom to conclude that he must have earned his fame by coasting on his extremely good looks.

The author herself has crowned Yan Mingxiu as the best-looking out of her 188 Club. If he can beat out Chinese-German mixed-race superstar pop singer Song Juhan (from Years of Intoxication), then his face must be something truly special.

bonus: most contested couple in danmei : Chu Mingyun vs Su Shiyu from Jun You Ji Fou

各有千秋：楚明允 vs 苏世誉 《君有疾否》

“楚爱卿虽也漂亮，但眉眼太妖冶艳丽，不是朕喜欢的那种。” “Chu-aiqing is also beautiful, but his features are too provocative and glamorous, which is not the type I like."

Chu Mingyun's reputation for beauty is well-known in the Capital, inspiring even men to lust after him. People meeting him are often shocked that the famed general is beautiful like a woman. A visiting princess nicknames him "Beautiful Gege" right off the bat, and even Su Shiyu himself calls Chu Mingyun an extraordinary beauty.

However, when compared to Su Shiyu, there is definitely room for debate. The Emperor thinks Su Shiyu has the most beautiful face conceivable, but concedes that Chu Mingyun is also beautiful though his features are too flamboyant for his taste. (I will never not laugh at the conversation above in which he says this to CMY's face.) Noblewoman Lu Qinghe prefers Chu Mingyun, feeling that Su Shiyu's kind of beauty feels too distant and untouchable. I can only conclude they are both breathtaking but in very different ways.

#qiang jin jiu #qjj #Lantern: Reflection of the Peach Blossoms #Professional Body Double #jun you ji fou #pbd #tdyth #jyjf #将进酒 #提灯映桃花 #职业替身 #君有疾否 #danmei #danmei novels #danmei beauties #reading thoughts #for fun #my reading

[neuronal]

tom rosenthal, my life is a song for you / tang jiuqing, qiang jin jiu; translated by awa / euripides, grief lessons: four plays; translated by anne carson / rafael campo, california / anne carson, plainwater: essays and poetry / bram stoker, dracula / jeanette winterson, lighthousekeeping / mary oliver, the sun: new and selected poems, volume 1 / jeanette winterson, lighthousekeeping / sara ghazal ali, there are versions to everything

#qiang jin jiu #qjj #don't look at me as i spiral #web weaving #sure i guess i made this web weave diverse enough so that people w no knowledge of #cezhou #could appreciate it #but it's more bc awa's translation hasn't reached that far and i want my experience of the novel be limited to hers #the whole concept of xiao chi'ye being a source of light (comfort) and reassurance for shen zechuan makes me insane #the best part is that he realizes what the handkerchief means to shen zechuan and sure he jokes about it first but he NEVER asks it back #i am trying so hard to be normal about this but it's my blog and no one can stop me from this act of self indulgence #BUT other than this it's also the fact that shen zechuan looks at himself as 'bleached dead man's bones' #while xiao chi'ye is 'the reflection on the other side' literally from the land of the living #he's still full of life and light and of course that's something shen zechuan doesn't have and why he tries to clumsily mimic him #sorry sorry these two make me insane