#Three Kingdoms

[wingupingu]

#romance of the three kingdoms #three kingdoms #cao cao #my edits #solid shitposting

[simayeeet]

the meme for me

#three kingdoms #sanguo #dynasty warriors #ig sure it can go in there #*splats*

[mozx-yeah]

man i havent posted here in a while

well ig have this three kingdoms comic i made at like 3am

#zhao yun #liu bei #three kingdoms #romance of the three kingdoms #dynasty warriors #mini comic #god i suck at drawing like han dynasty people

[hanchaozhilang]

Chinese Hats and Headwear in the Three Kingdoms 1994 and its history

One of our contributors @csarracenian has subtitled another educational video about the history of various hats and headwear in the 1994 Romance of the Three Kingdoms, explaining their history and meaning and showcasing the high research quality of the show.

Video is made by 是椰果啊 on bilibili & released with their permission.

#three kingdoms #chinese drama #dynasty warriors #chinese history #hanfu #historical #period drama #romance of the three kingdoms 1994 #rotk #汉服 #冠 #history #clothing history #fashion history #ancient china

[ballpitbee]

What if. Kongming handed you a .7 up

#ya boy kongming #kongming #zhuge liang #three kingdoms

[acquired-stardust]

Dynasty Warriors Playstation 1997

#retro gaming #video games #low poly #ps1 #psone #psx #playstation #screenshots #dynasty warriors #fighting games #Guan Yu #Sangoku Musou #Musou #Koei #Omega Force #TecmoKoei #Three Kingdoms #FGC #Fighting game Community #90s #1997

[eunuchboy]

that one twink from three kingdoms

#romance of the three kingdoms #zhou yu #ancient china #hanfu #digital art #yix gallery #rotk #three kingdoms #doodle #designs referenced from the rotk comic

[arosthorn]

Liu Bei and the Jade Man story from the Shiyi ji

The Shiyi Ji is a collection of supernatural stories and anecdotes compiled during the Six Dynasties period attributed to Wang Jia.

Liu Bei's Empress Gan was from Pei. She was born into humble circumstances. A physiognomist in the village said, 'This girl will later have high rank. Her rank will exceed that of a Gongyi concu­bine.’ When she grew up, her appearance was especially beautiful. When she reached eighteen, she had jade-like skin and tender flesh. Her attitude was bewitching and her countenance seductive. Liu Bei ordered her to go behind a gauze curtain. Those who gazed at her from outside the door thought she re­sembled gathered snow' in the moonlight.

The region south of the Yellow River presented a jade man three feet tall. Liu Bei took the jade man and put him beside the queen. During the day he discussed military plans and at night then he embraced the queen and amused himself with the jade man. She always proclaimed that what is the honored virtue in jade is that its virtues are like that of a gentleman, so since it is in the shape of a man, how could it be played with.

The empress and the jade man were pure white and equally smooth of skin, so that those who looked at them were almost confused. The empress was not only jealous of the favorites, but was also envious of the jade man. The empress always wanted to destroy it and admonished Liu Bei saying, "In the past Zihan did not consider jade to be precious and the Spring and Autumn Annals admired him for it. Wu and Wei are not destroyed, how can you put seductive pleasures in your heart? Any kind of infatuation will raise doubts. Do not enter into this again. " Liu Bei then cast aside the statue of the jade man, and the favorites all retired. At this time, the gentlemen presented a memorial in which they referred to Empress Gan as a Matron of Spiritual Wis­dom.

Translation by Larry C. Foster, ‘The Shih-i chi and Its Relationship to the Genre Known as Chih-kuai hsiao-shuo’.

#Liu Bei #Shiyi Ji #three kingdoms #chinese history

[linggluu]

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#red cliff #cmovie #tony leung #takeshi kaneshiro #three kingdoms #filmedit #zhou yu #zhuge liang #赤壁 #梁朝伟 #金城武 #my gif

[dangermousie]

K.O. 3an Guo (2009) - aka did you ever wonder what it would be like if ancient generals were emo high school kids battling it out on guitars of power?

I guarantee this is the most amazing drama you've never heard of. It's a 2009 twdrama that is the retelling of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms set in high school(s) with Cao Cao as the class president and Dong Zhuo an evil principal.

IT IS AMAZING.

This drama posits a very important question - what would happen if the legendary generals, politicians and beauties from the Chinese ancient classic Three Kingdoms, were somehow fighting-mad high-school kids with supernatural powers who battled via rival schools. Did I mention? They fight using guitars!!!! Their guitars have fighting powers and when they play them, the force defeats others. So, basically, they can be emo teens playing in a band AND save the world at the same time. The Battle of Red Cliff as a giant concert? Likelier than you think!

The story starts when Shi, a dead ringer for that world's Liu Bei, ends up in the dimension of high school RoTK and accidentally offs the original Liu Bei (who is slimy as all get out, thanks that's my take on 3K Liu Bei too :P)

It also also quite smart and written by someone who knows the original backwards and forwards and riffs on it in the most inspired way.

Liu Bei as you've never seen him before:

Zhao Yun:

My favorite character in this, Guan Yu. I got to say that for a drama that is pure crack, it actually made me insanely invested. George Hu, a Mousie favorite, somehow makes this character the most endearing, rootable person ever.

Zhang Fei:

Amazing Diao Chan, who I adore in this version and who ends up in a love triangle with Lu Bu (the abused adopted son of evil principal) and Guan Yu (the latter is THE otp of the show.)

Cao Cao. Is your brain broken yet?

Huang Zhong:

Lu Bu:

Qiao Xiao:

Zhou Yu:

Sun Quan:

This drama's take on the Yellow Handkerchiefs' upring:

Our warlords btw:

I dare you not to fall in love:

I mean!

The riff on red-faced Guan Yu from the original story is epic:

Or this:

The OTPs are all amazing.

Guan Yu x Diao Chan:

Zhou Yu x Xiao Qiao:

Fake Liu Bei x Sun Shang Xiang:

In conclusion:

This is one of my all time faves.

@purplehanfu just for you!

#k.o. 3an guo #three kingdoms #twdrama #george hu #underrated dramas

[sawbeaver]

#fanart #fate #fgo #fate series #type moon #zhang jiao #Yellow Turban Rebellion #three kingdoms #zhang jue

[mapsontheweb]

Three Kingdoms: Every Month

#maps #china #three kingdoms #animated maps

[simayeeet]

yuan shu polling circa 197 ad

#this is funnier to me because of the orange emoji in the original #people who read rotk/finished yuan shu's story know #dynasty warriors #yuan shu #three kingdoms

[beehunni62]

The Advisors Alliance Translation Post 2: “Husband, don’t cross the river. Husband, nonetheless, crossed the river.”

The Advisors Alliance 大军师司马懿之军师联盟 is a 2017 two-part Chinese TV series depicting the life of Sima Yi, a government official and military strategist who lived during the late Eastern Han Dynasty 东汉 (25 CE - 220 CE) and the Three Kingdoms Period 三国時代 (220 CE - 280 CE). [Wikipedia of the show’s first season]

The second part is titled Growling Tiger Hidden Dragon 虎啸龙吟 and keeps following Sima Yi’s life as he matures and becomes wiser [Link to the show’s second season’s MyDramaList page].

The Weibo account [Link] of the show made a series of posts in the style of small encyclopedias explaining different historical and cultural facts that where included in the series. The user @moononmyfloor compiled the 50 posts and asked me to translate them. This will be an ongoing series where I will do just that.

The posts are not in order of the episodes but I will provide the episode and season number to avoid confusion. If there are any mistakes in translation, do let me know in the comments or privately message me and I will do my best to fix them. Although I tried to stay as close as possible to the original text, I had to take some liberties in some posts to get the meaning across better. On the side, I have included extra information from personal research that explains certain things better.

If it is difficult to read the letters, tap or click on the image to expand it. Without more preamble, here you go.

Extra information:

Yuefu (乐府), literally Music Bureau, are a genre of ancient Chinese folk songs that, either imitate the style of, or are from the Imperial Music Bureau. The latter was an institution in charge of collecting and writing lyrics to folk songs. Yuefu are known for having strict syllabic rules that change from dynasty to dynasty.

《公无渡河》 is also known as Kong Hou Yin (箜篌引). Konghou is an ancient Chinese stringed instrument similar to a harp. A Yin (引), in this context, is another type of ancient music poetry that has a freer syllabic structure and is characterized by long syllables that go well with the melody of the konghou. Below is a picture of the instrument:

Vertical konghou 箜篌 in exhibit at the Gansu Provincial Museum, Lanzhou, China. Taken on May 10, 2013 by Gary Todd [image source].

Allow me to clarify something. The folk song 《公无渡河》 was recorded by Cui Bao in "Notes on Ancient and Modern Times" to be of Gojoseon origin. As such, Koreans consider it to be their oldest surviving folk song.

The Chinese consider it a Chinese Han Dynasty song on account of the tale being set and song created in the Lelang Commandery [108 B.C.E. - 313 C.E.] which is one of the four regions Gojoseon was split into while under Han rule. Koreans consider the residents of Lelang, and the other commandaries, to be Gojosen Koreans who retained a separate culture to the Han Chinese. If you wish to conduct further research into the song, don’t get surprised if you read different names for the characters that appear in the story.

Koreans call the song "Gongmudohaga (공무도하가)” and the ferryman Gwaklijago (곽리자고). The Korean folk tale differs from the Chinese retelling in that the Korean name of Gwaklijago wife, who is credited with creating the actual song, according to certain Chinese and Korean retellings, is Yeo-ok (여옥) rather than Li Yu (丽玉). In Cao Yong and Cui Bao’s retellings, the wife of the drowned drunk man created the song while, in the Korean version, it was the wife of the ferryman who, upon learning about what had transpired from her husband once he came home, created the song on her harp, called in Korean gonghu (공후).

Many Chinese poets have retold the story in their own ways and added, omitted, or reinterpreted content. Some of said poets are Li Bai and Chen Shou of Shu Han. On top is Li Bai's version which lacks strict syllabic structure, a signature of his style and, on the bottom, Chen Shou's more structured one:

This expression 《公无渡河, 公竟渡河》 is often used as an allegory to satirize someone who is heading into clear danger but is too stubborn or obsessed to listen. If this person doesn't listen, then they are sure to run into trouble.

Catalogue (find the rest of the posts):

#chinese culture #chinese history #the advisors alliance #sima yi #history #three kingdoms #eastern han dynasty #korean folklore #li bai #chinese poetry #ancient chinese poetry #ancient china #gojoseon #korea

[hanchaozhilang]

Three Kingdoms 1994 Episode 40-47 English subs batch released!

Link: https://gentlemenofthehan.wordpress.com/2023/07/13/rotk-1994-episodes-40-47-english-subs-release/

After months of careful editing and reviewing with our hard-working  team, we are proud to present our newest batch. This is part 3 of the  “Battle of Red Cliffs”-arc and the last segment of the arc, covering the  schism between Liu Bei and Sun Quan.

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(Do read the Foreword text that comes with the subs!)

#three kingdoms #chinese drama #dynasty warriors #chinese history #hanfu #historical #period drama #romance of the three kingdoms 1994 #rotk #三国演义 #三国

[mozx-yeah]

woah the 3k comic i made blew up uh i made a new blog thats just abt 3k so go follow that if you want more 3k content

@the-kingdom-of-wei

#three kingdoms #san guo