#free the chinese people

[oobbbear]

I want to post this here too because I’ve seen it happen a few times

Please understand that there are cultural differences and language differences, if you see this happening let the person clarify what they meant, that person might just not be familiar with words the western side of the internet use

#bearz rambling tag #no it’s not really possible to let everyone who uses this term to change #because as far as I know this is the most common word with use on Chinese websites #I didn’t know that pairing are called ‘ship’ here #like why would I even know that #‘ship’ makes zero sense to me #it took me a while to learn the fandom language people speak here #it’s hard #give people time #shipping culture is very different too #Like on Chinese site you HAVE to clarify the Top and the Bottom of this ship in the ship name #it is very very important to them #people who like the same ship but with different Top Bottom preference will fight till no end #imagine how confused I was when I first got here #where there’s no top bottom differences #it’s not really a smut thing #it’s more a dynamic thing #AxB and BxA is very different #oh I can talk so much about the differences on fandom cultures #if ya are interested in more please feel free to ask #it’s very interesting to me #I wanna talk about it

[stil-lindigo]

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I can't properly put into words the amount of disgust that I feel seeing someone who looks like she could be my cousin fight for a genocidal occupational force like Israel but I will say this.

If you are Chinese, Korean, Japanese or any one of these Asian ethnicities that the West deem "acceptable" and you align yourselves with western-backed racial supremacy, you are making fools of yourselves. You have fallen prey to the myth of the "model minority" and you are suckers for it.

The premise of racial supremacy is based on exclusivity. And here's a dose of reality - the myth of the "model minority" is nothing but a tactic to placate you. To sow divide in the ranks of people of colour. To artificially manufacture another realm of racial supremacy in minorities so that you're distracted from how we all suffer under colonialism.

Did we all forget about the skyrocketing of sinophobia in the wake of the first COVID outbreak? The transformation of Chinese people into fiends with barbaric eating customs, poor hygiene, and mass conspiracy to infect the world with biological weapons?

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What about the hate-crimes? The attacks in the street against anyone visibly asian? The rampant discrimination and ostracisation from society?

In 2020, Donald Trump referred to COVID-19 as "The Chinese Virus", "Kung-flu" at a campaign rally to raucous applause, a chilling echo of the times where fears of the "Yellow Peril" had the western world in a stranglehold.

For all that Chinese people have been lauded as "prodigies" and "well-mannered workers", the moment our existence was incovenient, were were nothing more than another target. And although Chinese suffering then wasn't close to the scale of suffering that Palestinians now endure, we all received a reminder on what it was like to be in the world's crosshairs.

Now, in 2023, Biden dismisses death tolls as unreliable and remains proudly Zionist even after Netanyahu described the genocide Israel is inflicting upon Palestine as the "struggle between the children of light and the children of darkness, between humanity and the law of the jungle." At the same time, Palestinians are being compared to fleeing rats in a gesture of dehumanisation that mirrors how the Nazis portrayed Jews during the Holocaust.

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And let's not think Abigail's Jewishness will save her, not when it's been proven that Israel has administered contraceptives to Ethiopian Jewish immigrants without their consent. Racial supremacy is an exclusive club that never stops getting smaller, and there is nothing that you, as a minority, will ever be able to do to fit in. One day, you too will be a target and there'll be nothing you can do but blame yourself. After all - it's already happened.

So shame on Abigail. Truly. With the memory of knowing what it's like to be targeted for factors out of your control fresh in her mind, she happily fights to do the same to others. And that says more about her than I ever will be able to.

#this may be long winded and wordy but i had to get this off my chest #as a chinese-australian woman who does her best to be proud of her chinese heritage #this was a slap in the face #and ive tried lately to not inject my own voice into discussion about palestine bc i know there are people out there #who are more educated and more equipped with voices that need elevating more than mine do #but i think im allowed to talk about how enraged this made me #god. #free palestine #palestine #cw: mentions of sinophobia #colonialism

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

💙❤️Happy Holidays!❤️💙

#poorly drawn mdzs #mdzs #lan wangji #wei wuxian #This is *specifically* fanart of the interfaith christmas cards featuring santa and his jewish rabbi husband spending time together #Why? Well as I was trying to think of things to draw for the season I realized there was another classic Blue and Red pairing to reference #They are going out for chinese food after this photoshoot. Kosher of course. #I want them to star in an interfaith hallmark film. A meet cute + save christmas + murder mystery in a small town kind of story #Or! Maybe they are just going to have a chill holiday break together and bake some treats with the extended family #So many fun possibilities about this bonkers concept I have no intention of making a bigger deal out of #speaking of Big Deals though; #If you have ever wanted to show appreciation for this (free) daily comics blog then I have one Holiday request: #If you have the means to - please donate your money to either a local food bank or a Yemen relief fund #there are so many people going without food and every bit helps. Truly would be the best holiday treat ever #and if you do not celebrate this holiday season…it’s also my birthday! You wouldnt want to let down the birthday cat would you? #(DISCLAIMER: it may or may not actually be my birthday. I may just be pressing emotional buttons to influence people to my cause) #(DISCLAIMER 2: I cannot vouch for any charities you donate to. Please be cautious and research properly before donating)

[crabussy]

people cannot see a harmless poll curious about vernacular without implying that anyone who speaks differently to them is stupid huh

#ooooooooooohh I am so close to deleting that fucking kiwi poll. it was a simple question because I was just wondering #and now I have hundreds of people going 'its stupid to call them kiwifruit. why would I EVER need to differentiate between the two' #we call them kiwifruit in new zealand because it is part of the general vernacular here!! the same way that people in other countries #may call them chinese gooseberries!! #please stop implying that I am an idiot for speaking slightly different to you! oh my god!!! #how come every time I make a poll that should be discourse free it turns into hatred central #the last time this happened it was about RICE. fucking RICE and FORKS and SPOONS. oh my god #rant #thumbs down!!! please behave nicer to strangers you don't know!!! especially on a post that was entirely curious and harmless!!!!!!!

[xiakeponz]

for modern AU fics - what chinese media did diaspora consume?

making this post because some of us in the diaspora server were having a chat about what Chinese media "Diaspora Chinese" watched in the 90's - 2000's (and even sooner than that) while not having access to satellite chinese media or streaming services - this is in the context of writing modern AU fics based off Chinese media/novels (so your main character's grandpa or uncle is not, in fact, watching an episode of Friends or Shortland Street or something as flavour text because sorry what the hell-)

We generally watched a lot of stuff on VCDs, including bootlegged and non-bootlegged movies, shows, anime/donghua. My household had a whole VCD album of this, and a lot of VCDs (even if they were pirated editions) would have a fancy hardcover box with a magnetic clasp and some artwork representing the show on it.

All of this is Mandarin - so not TVB stuff, because I'm from Northern China and I don't know any cantonese - but Canto friends, please feel free to add to the list! This is mostly stuff my parents liked to watch, or I liked to watch with them, with the exception of a few which I mainly watched with friends/cousins when I was maybe (in most cases) eleven/twelve years old onwards. This is a pretty personal list, meant to give people general idea of a possible "ballpark" of sorts, and by no means exhaustive.

Now, for the list of shows which I can confirm I had or someone I know had on VCD or some kind of offline media format lol (I'll try add release year stamps and links to the EN wikipedia where possible):

Period dramas (mostly Qing Dynasty stuff):

Huan Zhu Gege 还珠格格 (1998, April-) This is a classic, so many memes come from this show; hugely popular series, basically cemented Zhang Tie Lin's face as the face of the Qing Emperor for about a decade. Tie Chi Tong Ya Ji Xiao Lan 铁齿铜牙纪晓岚 (2002-2010) - I loved this show as a kid and watched all four seasons on repeat with family... The "trio" in this show are well known and loved.

Amazing Detective Di Ren Jie / 神探狄仁杰 (2004) A very popular and addictive show. Ok now the Big Four:

Romance of 3 kingdoms 1994 / 三国演义 (1994) - a classic that has had many remakes, my older cousin would play this on repeat...

Hong Lou Meng/红楼梦 （1987） - another classic with many remakes, but I think the most recognised by the public one is the 1987 one.

Journey to the West / 西游记 live action (1986) - I think the 1986 version of the live action is the most recognised one. *Shui Hu Zhuan / 水浒传 (1998) - I am not too familliar with the live action of this one in my household tbh bc my mum doesn't like it lol (she keeps saying it's too depressing) but I'm sure it's up there with the rest of the big four, if anyone has an opinion on this one please let me know!

Modern setting shows:

My dad loved all the Sun Honglei (孙红雷 - actor name) stuff, iirc it was a lot of MinGuo period espionage stuff, your shanghai 1920's sxc aesthetic. This actor has been around since 1999? Qian Fu （潜伏）was very famous, and Ren Jian Zheng Dao Shi Cang Sang （人间正道是沧桑）。 These were around '08 and '09.

Chuang Guan Dong - 闯关东 (2008) (Baidu link, sorry - couldn't get an EN wikipedia one). This show was huge when it was airing, everyone was watching it. I was pretty young but even I watched it and got invested ... and I thought it was such an "old person" show at the time lmao. Xiao Bing Zhang Ga / 小兵张嘎 （2004） (sorry, again Baidu link) - yo, anti-japanese war movies set between 1937-1945 were crazy popular - this is one of them and was very popular):

Donghua/Anime (all the stuff kid me watched and some which I didn't but were popular):

喜羊羊与灰太狼 (2005-) Calabash Brothers / 葫芦兄弟 （1986-1987） Black Cat Detective / Hei Mao Jing Zhang 黑猫警长 （1984-2010） Lan Mao Tao Qi 3000 Wen 蓝蓝猫淘气3000问 AKA 蓝猫 (blue cat) (October 1999 - Present) Legend of Ne Zha 哪吒传奇 (2003) Journey to the West/Xi You Ji 西游记 This was truly the Donghua I grew up on from when I was a bb, the OP song and ED song are classic bangers all kids know. Slam Dunk/ 灌篮高手 - People truly watched a lot of anime that may or may not have been terribly dubbed into mando (possibly canto too). Late 80s and 90s kids were all over this, and Dragon Ball, Crayon Shinchan (labixiaoxin).

Taiwanese Dramas:

This is mid-late 2000's, I would be remiss to not talk about the Taiwanese dramas of this era. Mike He, Rainie Yang, Wu Zun (amongst many, many others) were huge. Stuff like Dou Niu Yao Bu Yao, it started with a kiss, Hua Yang Shao Nv (Taiwanese version of Hana Kimi) were all pretty popular. Not sure if these shows all hold up in 2023, but boy were they popular at the time.

Note about CNY:

For CNY, people would try to tune into 春节联欢晚会 (the CCTV official CNY show) at that One Friend Who Had China Satellite TV's house. Zhao Ben Shan / 赵本山 was a comedy staple, and the show would often feature people from the music industry to perform. Eventually these people became more and more relevant to my gen and Jay Chou etc started appearing.

Last but not least Xian Jiaaaan 仙剑:

In 2005 I was all over 仙剑奇侠传 (Chinese Paladin), based off the video game. This show was crazy popular and probably sent me and a whole lot of other kids into Xianxia / Wuxia hell (and Hu Ge hell, and later I came back to love Liu Yifei). Thank you. The OST is a true banger.

#cnovel #mdzs #cdrama #chinese diaspora #danmei #not a lot of jinyong wuxia shows here so people who have opinions please chime in! #whew that was more than i thought #music could do with another post #but i dont know too much about my dads music i was just a 2000s cpop nerd #also this doesnt cover movies either #please no lan qiren watching friends #this breaks me out of my immersion immediately unless there was a specific reason why shufu is watching friends #not even sure how to tag this #late 2000s you could pretty much stream and download stuff i think i did that for bbjx when it came out #even tho my parents hated The Internet i managed #feel free to add more to this in a post or tags or whatever

[astranauticus]

"Yeh Yung-chih (葉永鋕) [...] attended Gaoshu Junior High School in Pingtung County, Taiwan, and was often bullied by his classmates due to his gender non-conformity. In April 2000, Yeh Yung-chih was found lying in a pool of blood with serious injuries and died after being taken to the hospital. The incident led to extensive discussions about gender equality education in Taiwan."

Translation under cut:

玫瑰少年 - 蔡依林

Womxnly - Jolin Tsai

谁把谁的灵魂 装进谁的身体

Who put which souls into which bodies

谁把谁的身体 变成囹圄囚禁自己

Who turned their bodies into prisons for the self

乱世总是最 不缺耳语

Troubled times are never short of whisperings

哪种美丽会 换来妒忌

What kind of beauty is rewarded with jealousy?

你并没有罪 有罪的是这世界

You did nothing wrong, the wrongs are with this world

生而为人无罪 你不需要抱歉

Nobody is born with sin, you have nothing to apologise for

One day I will be you, baby boy and you gon'be me

喧哗如果不停 让我陪你安静

If the noise won't stop, let me accompany you in silence

I wish I could hug you, till you're really really being free

哪朵玫瑰没有荆棘

What rose is not accompanied by thorns?

最好的 报复是 美丽

Your best revenge is beauty

最美的 盛开是 反击

Your greatest blooms are your retaliation

别让谁去 改变了你

Don't let anyone change who you are

你是你 或是妳 都行

You can be man or woman, it doesn't matter

会有人 全心的 爱你

There will be people who will truly love you

试着想像 you switched to his body

Try to imagine, you switched to his body

Sexuality 当心什么会伤你

Sexuality, be careful of what will hurt you

多少次的重伤 多少次的冷语

How many severe wounds, how many cold words

Drowning 谁会拉你

Who will pull you up when you're drowning?

Dreaming 谁会陪你

Who will be with you when you're dreaming?

Same shit happens every day

你离开后 世界可改变

Has the world changed after you are gone?

多少无知罪愆 事过不境迁

How many ignorant faults are forgotten as the world moves on?

永志不忘纪念 往事不如烟

Never forget Yung-chih, don't let the past fade away

生而为人无罪 你不需要抱歉

Nobody is born with sin, you have nothing to apologise for

One day I will be you, baby boy and you gon'be me

喧哗如果不停 让我陪你安静

If the noise won't stop, let me accompany you in silence

I wish I could hug you, till you're really really being free

哪朵玫瑰没有荆棘

What rose is not accompanied by thorns?

最好的 报复是 美丽

Your best revenge is beauty

最美的 盛开是 反击

Your greatest blooms are your retaliation

别让谁去 改变了你

Don't let anyone change who you are

你是你 或是妳 都行

You can be man or woman, it doesn't matter

会有人 全心的 爱你

There will be people who will truly love you

玫瑰少年 在我心里

The rose youth lives on in my heart

绽放著 鲜艳的 传奇

Blooming into a beautiful legends

我们都 从来没 忘记

That we have never forgotten

你的控诉 没有声音

Your accusations are silent

却倾诉 更多的 真理

Yet they convey greater truths

却唤醒 无数的 真心

Yet they have awoken countless hearts

哪朵玫瑰没有荆棘

What rose is not accompanied by thorns?

最好的 报复是 美丽

Your best revenge is beauty

最美的 盛开是 反击

Your greatest blooms are your retaliation

别让谁去 改变了你

Don't let anyone change who you are

你是你 或是妳 都行

You can be man or woman, it doesn't matter

会有人 全心的 爱你

There will be people who will truly love you

玫瑰少年 在我心里

The rose youth lives on in my heart

玫瑰少年 在我心里

The rose youth lives on in my heart

#womxnly #jolin tsai #mayday #ugly beauty #cpop #cpop translation #chinese langblr #mandarin langblr #translations i made #first time im doing a somewhat bilingual song i hope the formatting makes sense #i was gonna put the spotify links to the jolin tsai and mayday versions of this song but then i found this performance and #idk i was just kinda caught off guard by how. unapologetically queer the background visuals are to be honest #if youre wondering the text in the back at the very end says born as a human without fear #its (i think?) a play on the lyric 生而为人无罪/nobody is born with sin (/born as a human without sin) #anyway inside me there are two wolves and one is desperately holding the other back by the scruff lest i go on another massive rant #about the ways people (presumably cishets) try to make this song like some. generic empowering anti bullying song idk #speaking as an east/southeast asian closeted trans guy like #do you have any idea how much power 'till you're really really being free' has for me #do you have any idea how much power this song has for me in general tbh #like no wonder the straights keep trying to steal this song it hits *so hard* #the entire 'dont you fucking DARE forget' tone of the second verse. like kinda darkly funny in context but god that shits powerful #side note yes i am aware of how clunky the you can be man or woman line sounds #ITS CUZ ENGLISH DOESNT HAVE GENDERED SECOND PERSON PRONOUNS #i mean in fairness nobody actually uses 妳 (female you) on the day to day but here it works SO WELL and im MAD that i couldnt make it work #Youtube

[haleviyah]

G-D I LOVE RESPONSES LIKE THIS! Really puts me in my place and shows how much of a saint you are...

P.S. Fun fact: Did you know that the Chinese government recently deemed Muslims or practicing Islam as a "mental illness"? I'm not joking... Go ask them.

Israel has done no such thing.. yet look how they are demonised for being "the bad guy". They house 2 million Arabs (most of whom are practcing Muslims, and they dare not tear down the Dome of the Rock)... and yet are attacked and called an apartheid. Give me a break.

Pot calling the kettle black, I always say!

#israel #uyghurs #palestine #pro palestine #hamas #terrorism #chinese communist party #uyghur genocide #muslims #muslim #i/p #i/p conflict #gaza #china #Xinjiang #free Xinjiang from china #muslims matter too #Israel treats their muslim and arab citizens as people #no jews no news #bloody cowards #free palestine #free gaza #hypocrites #jumblr

[ladyimaginarium]

from mikjikj-mnikuk/turtle island to inuit nunangat to kanata to kalaallit nunaat to anahuac to abya yala to alkebulan to the levant to moananuiākea to sápmi to éire to bhārata to zhōngguó to nihon to aynu mosir to siberia to niugini to nusantara to bandaiyan to aotearoa, from coast to coast to coast to coast, from sea to sea to sea to sea, none of us are free until all of us — men, women, enben, children, queer people, disabled & neurodivergent people, elders, animals and the land and the sea and the sky — are free!!!!

#arcana.txt #turtle island = north america aka canada america & mexico (& the carribean & central america & greenland depending on who you ask) #inuit nunangat = the arctic aka inuit territory #anahuac = the traditional name for mexico #abya yala = south america (& the carribean & central america depending on who you ask) #alkebulan = the indigenous name for africa #levant = the place where israel & palestine are but also includes cyprus jordan lebanon & syria #moananuiākea = the hawaiian word for the pacific ocean & all the pacific islands #sápmi = the traditional land of the sámi in the northern parts of scandinavia & sweden norway finland & russia #bandaiyan = the indigenous word for australia / aotearoa = the māori word for new zealand #& the reason why i& included animals & the land sea & sky was bc that's central to indigenous activism just as much as it relates to humans #ya can't just free the humans ya gotta free the lands seas & skies too!! #btw mikjikj-mnikuk means turtle island in mi'kmawi'simk i& found it fitting to use the oldest language that yt europeans heard when arrivin #as the mi'kmaq were literally the first indigenous peoples that yt settlers spoke to & saw in 'canada' aka kanata which is the actual word+ #which it originated from which came from a huron-iroquois word!! #+ zhōngguó is the chinese word for china ! i& included it bc the uighurs & tibetans & other idigenous peoples are still struggling there!! #+ nihon is the word for japan & i& added it bc we can't forget the ainu & okinawans !! #kalaallit nunaat = greenland & éire = ireland in gaeilge #niugini = new guinea in tok pisin / nusantara = indonesia & the archipelago from old javanese bc they have a lot of indigenous peoples #bhārata = india — i& added it bc there's a LOT of indigenous peoples there & the caste system often has them at the bottom #aynu mosir = ainu homelands !! #siberia also has MANY indigenous peoples living in literally the coldest parts of the world & they're going thru a lot rn #nobody's free until all of us are free!!!! #protect indigenous peoples everywhere!!!! protect each other!!!! #protect the lands seas & skies & also keep them centered in your activism while making sure human rights are valued!! #land back #activism. #psa. #** post; okay to reblog.

[shirtandties]

Conscription - don't delay join up today!

#uniform girl #collar and tie #women in uniform #smart women #police woman #on parade #peoples liberation army #conscript #red tie #army girl #asian in uniform #free uniform #chinese military #army officer #government issue

[ihamtmus]

i heard so many nice things about myself from my boss and manager today, it feels good ☺️

#my trial period is ending soon and we had a talk about prolonging my contract #i got a pay raise and they want to pay for a chinese course for me #and they talked about how they value me as an employee and how i am very detailed and learn well #and also how they like my personality and how well i work with the team #they said they like the energy i bring and my happy/positive way of seeing things #idk it was all very lovely??? #it's my first employment contract (only had mandate contracts before) and i was stressed that it wouldn't work out #and the first month was really hard because everything was so new and people didn't really talk to me OR each other #so the atmosphere wasn't very relaxing #and i seriously thought about looking for a different job #but now it's so much better #and i hope it'll keep getting better #they even said i could go with them to the canton fair in autumn #so i could go to china for free haha wow #well we'll see but i'm satisfied for now! 😄 #my post #personal

[parlerenfleurs]

I am now on Duolingo, and I think this is my villain origin story. Not because I'm suffering or anything, I just absolutely enjoy being evil (ripping the first place spot from that one guy in my league who really, really wants to be first, but unfortunately for him I also really, really want to be first and enjoy the idea of ruining his day with my superiority).

#Bloom talks #Duolingo tales #also this isn't my first rodeo #while he's learning US english like a virgin in over there learning my third language like a chad #I understand why villains always laugh evily now #they enjoy themselves very much #hi yes my schedule is kinda too free these days how could you tell #ah yes also the language is mandarin chinese and I switched off the pinyin so I'm ALSO in extra hard mode BUT winning anyway #as we French people say: CHEH! #it's so french of me to feel like a chad about a measly third language when most people in the world casually speak #at least two or three #when I first learned english it was amazing for a french to be able to speak it but now it's becoming mainstream #I have to distinguish myself further #(but in truth I just really want to be able to read Mo Xiang Tong Xiu in the original language) #(that's still a long way off and I won't achieve that with just Duolingo but it's a start and I'm. determined.)

[fagofgod]

horrifying to see people say shit like "they could have 'done a singapore.'" you don't know fucking anything!! there is no way you can be this fucking stupid and heartless. you dont have ANY understanding of singapore at all.

nothing in singaporean history is in any way directly comparable to the occupation and genocide happening in palestine. most who have said this type of shit are referring to singapore and malaysia separating. which is a buckwild comparison since. malaysia was not occupying singapore. the merger was a mutual agreement for (of many reasons) independence from the british. they were separate countries before the merger. this is. very fucking crucial. they weren’t an occupation!

singapore being economically successful after the separation isn't "proof that palestine could have done the same". because. again. malaysia was not OCCUPYING singapore. singaporeans were not kept in a concentration camp and massacred by the malaysian government. neither of them were committing genocide over the other. there isnt any fucking comparison to make with this! SHUT THE FUCK UP??

#wishing death upon everyone who has said this is not enough #many people saying this are also just. racist. claiming that the 'only difference btwn sg and palestine is that sg is chinese' etc. #<- their sentiment here is just 'chinese good hardworking arab lazy evil' #free palestine #Palestine #singapore #ughhhh

[samadhifired]

So I was checking and translating LMK character's Chinese names (as any normal person does) and I noticed something interesting.

Azure's Chinese name is 青毛獅, which yeah, seems to translate as Azure Lion. Well, most translators gave me Blue Fur(red) Lion, but close enough.

The thing is... his name uses the word 青 (Romanised as Qīng). As far as I have understood, it's an old word for a colour that can be translated anywhere from blue to green, even black. Some site even described it as "the colour of the nature".

And to commit the ultimate sin and quote Wikipedia:

"It (Qīng) was used for the roof tiles and ornate interior of the Temple of Heaven and in other structures to represent heaven. It is also the color of most jade"

So (if I got this right), you could technically translate Azure's name as Jade Cloured Lion.

And since (again apparently) this is the name Azure has in JttW the book... This is either one heck of a coincidence, I'm doing a huge mistranslation from a language I don't know at all OR this is the reason why they (the creators of the show) chose to make Azure the new Jade Emperor.

(Fun side fact. There is at least one another character in Chinese literature named after colour 青. Namely 青蛇 aka Qīngshé aka Xiaoqing aka Green Snake aka the sworn-sister/handmaiden of Madame White Snake.)

#lmk azure lion #lego monkie kid #monkie kid #look #just saying #if I had a character who has a beef with the King #And that character has a name that allutes to the said King's title/name #I would make them the next King #no questions asked #Of course I'm probably wrong #people who actually know chinese #be free to correct me as rudely as you wish #sf rambles #lmk

[sketching-shark]

Hello 👋 sorry if this question might sound stupid, but out of curiosity, do other religion happen to exist in the JTTW world, because I know mainly the novel, JTTW Is about Buddhism or Chinese culture, but do other religion exist in that world like,(Cristian,Catholicism, Hinduism E.C.T...)

(Sorry, I just can't help but keep thinking about that though or question in my head and I really need answers to get rid of my curiosity..🥲)

Not a stupid question at all anon! And as far as I remember there is no mention in Xiyouji of any religion outside of Buddhism, Daoism, and Confucianism, though if I am wrong someone please let me know. As it is, many retelling of Xiyouji tend to take a lot of the religious elements out, and combined with the way many religious elements can get very easily lost in translation, well you can see how many people would be confused about the presence of religion in JTTW. Hell, for my own part even while I’m aware that Xiyouji was written during an era that encouraged respect, equality, and even intermingling between China’s three major religions at the time of Buddhism, Daoism, and Confucianism (though I need to note there is a debate over whether Confucianism is closer to philosophy than religion)—hence why you have figures like Puti Zushi who could be considered a Buddhist Taoist—I still often feel perplexed about how these religions work and work together. A lot of that is due to my own ignorance though, and there’s always more to learn. If you’re looking for a solid summary of religion in JTTW though, I’d definitely encourage you to at least skim through the introduction to Anthony C. Yu’s translation! You can find it having been kindly provided in @journeytothewestresearch ‘s pinned post at the beginning to the first volume of the translation. @journeytothewestresearch has also got some pretty good overviews of different facets of the religions and religious figures in Xiyouji, from the Buddhist meaning of a cicada to the stories behind Taoist gods like Erlang Shen.

#journey to the west #xiyouji #jttw #anon answered #as always people should feel free to let me know if I got something wrong #also considering this anon a sign that I should learn more about Chinese religious practices too #no excuse for ignorance when you got the resources to be otherwise!

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also also I know everyone likes to talk about how good of an archon Venti is because he left mondstadt to do its own thing and hey look Zhongli's doing the same now with his retirement but I also like how the story shows it isn't without flaws, with so much freedom in the city it's all too easy to take control with power, Mondstadt's people may be free but they also don't have a god to actually uphold the ideal they stand for and how personal freedoms conflict, discrimination(eg. against Eula and her clan) is allowed because the people are free to do whatever they want, the fatui really wormed their way into mondstadt during the webtoon + nearly did with Davalin bc the people of mondstadt do whatever they want so Jean is overworked and the knights are ineffective(according to Diluc), and how mondstadt might have been the least free place for the common people during the Lawrences rule despite being the region governed by the archon of freedom

Zhongli at least first tested his people were ready before retiring, Venti kinda acended, organized a bunch of celebrations for his people, then left them to have fun with their newfound freedom only interveining when things get really bad

#to be fair zhongli's only left his people for a couple of years so who knows maybe if he left them for long enough #despite honing his nation on honesty and contracts things would delve into chaos too #or a capitalistic mess and we all know what it's like to live in one of those #now if liyue didn't have plot-armour-due-to-chinese-region-in-a-chinese-game............ #my thoughts on liyue are 'god i wish its story was actually about the common folk common folk #but what i know of the chinese government is the communist party represents the common folk #so in reality it's more like common-folk-party-does-so-good-for-the-common-folk see????' #i really like liyue and its environment too! #wish they explored its flaws too and didn't present it as perfect due to china-chinese-media-relationship! #all of liyue's plots are like 'it's the time of the common folk i want to tell stories about the common people' #'(but also hold on to tradition and respect the traditions which are represented by the adepti)' #can we pls have some actual flaws like the rigidity of contracts and lack of change and rule of tradition #instead of 'contracts are good and honest and also change as the times change for the good of the people' #like yes zhongli at least tested his people before implementing that big change of stepping down #but also if the game didn't have to put china in a positive light tbh idk if he would have done that #as it might be more interesting to explore his archonhood ideal in both its good and its bad #and may have focused more on liyue's difficulting in changing and adapting to the modern tiemes #if venti is the god of freedom and is too free at times then zhongli the god of contracts is too stagnant at times #i have. complicated feelings about liyue due to my complicated feelings about being raised chinese #so mondstadt my fav for representing and giving people freedom #genshin talk

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IT'S HERE!!!

#this is remnants of filth or yuwu by a chinese danmei author called meatbun and its my favourite novel of the past two years #the english translation of vol 1 has just been published #and one of my close friends was the translator!!! #the picture is my favourite character he is very bitchy and pretty and i adore him #i never talk about it here because certain people made me feel ashamed and dirty due to my love of this genre but whatever #i am cringe and i am free