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Time for some BL/Danmei novel recs!

You guys have probably (maybe) seen my novels list here - [X] - but it’s more for my own tracking than anything else, so here’s a brief list (I’ll probably do full ones of the ones I really love in another post, probably on Minmo).

The ones elaborated on below with the asterisks are the novels I’ve actually finished reading.

*since everyone more or less knows MXTX’s works - TGCF, MDZS and SVSSS, I’ll skip those!

1. SCI 迷案集 | SCI Mystery Series by 耳雅*

Summary: Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao are childhood friends and rivals that end up working together under the newly established SCI unit as co-leads, with Bai Yutang providing the brawn as Captain and Zhan Zhao the brains as Vice Captain and the team’s resident genius psychologist. They solve cases together and slowly unravel a wider conspiracy that involves their parents’ generation and beyond. At the same time they also realize that they’re meant for each other!

Other CPs: Bai Jintang (Bai Yutang’s older brother) & the medical examiner, Gongsun Ce, Bai Chi (Bai Yutang’s younger cousin) & magician Zhao Zhen, and at least three other gay pairings, one of which is considered another main couple of sorts from Vol. 2 onwards

Status: Incomplete (Began in 2010, author is still going on strong with one chapter every one or two months, we’re halfway through Vol. 5 right now and it’s been 10 years ;-; Love that the author is going on strong!! Everyone on JJWXC are like “please author it’s okay if you go slow as long as you keep going we’re here for you” and jfc I understand the fear of this not completing, also when will Vol. 5 be completed and printed?!! I need to complete the collection)

Translations: Unfortunately, only the first volume has been translated well so far on novel updates. The one on Wattpad seems to have caught up, but I would not recommend that one.

Drama/Live-Action: Season 1 was filmed and released in 2018 under the same name with slightly changed names for the characters. Season 2 was supposed to start filming this month but... oh well. First season basically covered Vol. 1 novel from start to end.

*I love this one only because it was my very first danmei and so it’ll forever have a special place in my heart, and also because it’s still ongoing so ya know, I relive how much I love this every month

2. 成化十四年 | Cheng Hua’s Fourteenth Year (The Sleuth of Ming Dynasty) by 梦溪石*

Summary: Tang Fan, a prefectural judge, and Sui Zhou, a high ranking officer in the Embroidered Uniform Guards, meet while trying to solve a murder case. Both of them end up partnering very well together, Sui Zhou ends up inviting Tang Fan to live with him, and the rest is history. Through their days living together and solving cases + a larger conspiracy involving the royal palace, they fall in love. Adding to this mix is also Wang Zhi, a powerful, young eunuch who befriends the pair, and the three of them basically help the crown prince to overcome challenges and his enemies to become the next Emperor

Other CPs: None XD

Status: Complete!

Translations: Ongoing on several websites. I’m only translating relationship highlights, but here’s an introduction post I did for it, if you guys would like somewhere to start without getting too invested - [X]

Drama/Live-Action: The Sleuth of Ming Dynasty was released earlier this year, directed by Jackie Chan and starring Darren Chen and Paul Fu, but cases are a little different and there are new characters in the show that weren’t from the novel etc.

3. 杀破狼 | Shapolang by Priest*

Summary: Set in a steampunk universe where flying boats named ‘kites’ and flying armour exist. Young teenager Chang Geng lives with his mother and stepfather - the former abuses him and the latter neglects him, and the only person that he cares about (and cares about him) is Shen Shiliu, his (very young) godfather. He realizes his identity as a royal prince when the Man tribe invades his city and Shen Shiliu, whose real name is Gu Yun, turns out to be an army general whose duty was to protect Chang Geng in secret (among other things).

Chang Geng has been critically poisoned by his mother (who’s not actually his birth mother, if I recall she’s an aunt) which leads to him getting terrible dreams frequently with the end result of him being driven into insanity, while Gu Yun is half blind, half deaf due to poisoning + injury when he was much younger, and he can only regain his hearing and sight fully when he takes a medicine that is slowly losing its effectiveness with every dosage he has.

The both of them navigate learning about each other again, falling in love a few years later when Chang Geng is all grown up and also unravel conspiracies and fight bad guys (both external threats and internal as in the current Emperor and other parties) XD

*Note: The age old debate is that Gu Yun ‘preyed’ on and also ‘groomed’ Chang Geng, but I disagree and stand by the fact that Gu Yun was 90% of the time not around while Chang Geng grew from a teenager to a young adult as he was fighting wars elsewhere, while Chang Geng refused to stay at the Gu manor and insisted on running around, travelling on his own and seeing the world for a few years before they met again. And it was Chang Geng who’d always loved Gu Yun and devoted himself to caring about him, making advances on him etc. when he became an adult

Other CPs: Shen Yi (Gu Yun’s second-in-command) & Chen Qingxu (a renowned physician who ends up healing both Chang Geng and Gu Yun of their ailments)

Status: Complete!

Translations: Fully translated the last I heard, it’s up there in the list of holy grail BL/danmei novels, so I’m sure it’s done hahaha.

Drama/Live-Action: Filming in progress!

*This is up there in the hall of fame for danmei novels for more than just the amazing content and writing - It’s also famous for being one of the most complex novels ever. I don’t know how the translations team did it because DAMN it was complex and I read all my novels in Chinese without much issues but I was honestly STRUGGLING WITH this one and I went through some existential crisis while reading because I was like ‘did I ever learn Chinese, am I even Chinese’ XD

4. 默读 | Silent Reading by Priest*

Summary: Luo Wenzhou, a police captain, and his team including best friend and partner Tao Ran, face a few challenging cases that end up being small parts of a larger conspiracy, and end up having to consult with Fei Du, a flamboyant, charming and flirty, young and rich CEO, who Luo Wenzhou describes as someone who is an expert at ‘crimes’. Not deduction, not solving crimes, but someone who is familiar with how the murderer or culprits would commit crimes. Both Luo Wenzhou and Tao Ran know Fei Du well, because they first met when Fei Du was in high school, when he called the police because his mother had hanged herself in the house, and since then Tao Ran and Luo Wenzhou look out for him, spending holidays with him, giving him presents here and there. Luo Wenzhou and Fei Du overcome their misunderstandings of each other and fall in love while solving all the cases and the larger conspiracy behind it.

Other CPs: Tao Ran and someone he knew first from his school days or was a neighbour when he was younger, I can’t remember, but they meet again at a blind date and end up living in the same building on different floors XD

Status: Complete!

Translations: Complete!! There’s a huge post floating around on Tumblr with all the links (I can’t find it right now) and on Twitter you can also find the collated, epub versions etc.

Drama/Live-Action: Rights for a live-action was signed, no casting confirmation or set dates yet

5. 犯罪心理 | Criminal Psychology by 长洱*

Summary: Police captain Xing Conglian drags psychologist Lin Chen out of seclusion/hiding to solve a case that is indirectly tied to him. Lin Chen was involved in a case a few years ago that led to four deaths - these four victims were the sons/daughters of four of the five huge old-money (super rich) families in the country and these family members sought to make Lin Chen’s life very difficult for him afterwards by making him lose all the jobs he can find, by surveilling his every move and ensuring that he’s not happy etc. Because of that, he backed out of the police force as well and quietly lived as a school dorm administrator, which is where Xing Conglian finds him a few years later. Lin Chen fakes his death after the first case (not deliberately but kind of a by-the-way thing), but as fate would have it, he ends up meeting Xing Conglian on another case, and he decides that he’ll move in with him and also involve himself again, consequences be damned, and they fall in love!

Other CPs: None XD

Status: Complete!

Translations: I think it’s not complete yet.

Drama/Live-Action: None that I know of.

6. 死亡万花筒 | Kaleidoscope of Death by 西子绪* (MY ABSOLUTE FAVOURITE)

Summary: Supernatural setting where people who are about to die get a second chance to live. These individuals are either in the midst of a dangerous situation (for e.g. a shootout or a deadly mugging incident) or are about to get into accidents (for e.g. an entire bus going off a bridge or a chandelier dropping from above and crushing the person underneath) or are ill (recently diagnosed with cancer or are terminally ill with a condition for e.g.) - The list is endless, and in the situation between life and death, 12 doors will appear before them.

It is said that once these individuals finish all 12 doors, they will truly get a second chance at life and survive whatever cause of death they were imminently facing.

Each door represents a creepy, supernatural mystery, and Lin Qiushi finds himself in a strange place after opening a door when he was trying to enter his apartment one day. He meets Ruan Baijie, a beautiful, tall woman who he happens to meet, and they realize that in this strange world, he and other individuals who came through the door have to complete a given task, find a key and an exit door, and make it out alive. The others in the team (some of which have already gone through several doors) explain to Lin Qiushi, who is a first-timer, what the doors are about.

The catch is, if they die inside the door, in the real world, they’ll die immediately, by accident, throwing themselves off a building, or just throwing up blood until they die (just to name a few)

On the first night, however, three people are slaughtered and eaten by a long-haired ghost/creature. The good news is, Ruan Baijie isn’t all that she seems to be (for one, she’s not exactly a woman) and she takes a liking to Lin Qiushi immediately.

Other CPs: None XD

Status: Complete!

Translations: I think it’s not complete yet!

Drama/Live-Action: None that I know of, but honestly, this novel would be fricking EPIC as a live-action, and really creepy, but this is my all-time favourite novel, I kid you not!!!!

*I’m definitely doing a longer and more detailed to-read for KOD on my translation account, gosh you guys have no idea how much I love this.

7. 当年万里觅封侯 | Those Years in Quest of Honor Mine by 漫漫何其多

Summary: Yu She and Gu Wan were close friends for a short period of time when they were younger, but unfortunately their identities and positions meant that they were opponents. Yu She’s family was for the Second Prince and Gu Wan was taken in by the Sixth Prince’s family, but in the end it was the Second Prince who ended up getting to the throne, while the Sixth Prince was accused of treason and died somewhere far away at war after being captured. Gu Wan’s only wish was to keep the Fifth Prince’s children - Xuan Rui and a pair of twins, Xuan Yu and Xuan Congxin safe, and so he moves them to another province and asks the Emperor (the Second Prince) to demote Xuan Rui’s status to prove that they are no threat to the Emperor, if only to stay alive for another day.

However, their days of hardship have only just begun, and Gu Wan decides to namedrop Yu She, whose family is so powerful now, and claims that Yu She loves him and that he was wooing Gu Wan back in the days they knew each other so that officials and others would treat the children under his care better. A few years pass and Yu She doesn’t expose Gu Wan. Gu Wan thinks they can go on like this forever, until the Emperor asks Xuan Rui and the twins to head back to the palace for a visit.

Gu Wan meets Yu She again, but the boy he knew, who was gentle, a stickler for rules and a proper, well-mannered person, has changed almost completely. Cue palace conspiracies again, brothers fighting for the throne, scheming consorts etc. XD

Other CPs: None XD

Status: Complete!

Translations: I think it’s not complete yet but I’m not super sure on this

Drama/Live-Action: None that I know of!

*They came out with a new reprint edition three days ago and it’s gorgeous! And comes with amazing freebies, and I am a sucker and read it on the day of the printed novel release because I saw the art and loved it, wanted to see if the story was any good, and damn after chapter 2 I WAS GONE and then I checked out two copies from different stores for the two different sets of freebies

A list of those I haven’t read but I see are highly raved about:

1. 二哈和他的白猫师尊 | The Husky & His White Cat Shizun by Meatbun

- I’ve already been spoiled and I know what goes on mostly, and there are a lot of warnings for a reason, but I’m still a fan, and let’s not get into the debate on the content, I know I have to read this but the angst level is apparently ridiculous, so I need like some mental preparation before I sit down for it.

2. 千秋 | A Thousand Autumns by 梦溪石

3. 烈火浇愁 | Lie Huo Jiao Chou by Priest

4. 将进酒 | Qiang Jing Jiu by 唐酒卿

- A really good group of translators picked this up initially on Twitter, but then assholes were complaining that they were being too slow and insisting that machine translation (MTL) did an equally good and faster job, so the OG dropped it, and then another nice team picked it up, but MTL team is still being an asshole XD I’ve heard really good things about this one, it’s apparently quite complex as well, I’d liken it to Shapolang level? But it might be even more complex (with a lot of politics and stuff), so much so that apparently the printed novel comes with a relationship/character chart so readers are at any point in time clear on the characters which is like amazing XD

#danmei #bl novels #novel recs #sci谜案集 #kaleidoscope of death #silent reading #shapolang #犯罪心理 #成化十四年 #the sleuth of ming dynasty #2ha #priest #梦溪石 #meatbun #西子绪 #耳雅 #长洱

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Translation of 《慰平生一一记》-- priest’s 杀破狼 wei ping sheng yi yi ji -- remembering one by one the comfort for a lifetime (this song is wholly about Guyun but in the novel, Changgeng once says that Guyun is the only comfort and solace in his life/the one person who can give him comfort and solace) The song is by two singers: smile_Xiaoqian and Jiang Nancheng

【Cheng】曾拥千里流金，半江秋色 | Once he had a thousand miles of ziliujin and half a river of autumn, 燃一肩天地山河 | burning heaven and earth, mountains and rivers. 【Qian】而今魂归故里，流灯夜河 | But today, his spirit has returned to his hometown with a stream of lights on the night river. 纵一身苦厄几多 | Even if his life is filled with suffering and hardship, 【Cheng】却笑不畏死生者，当看八方合 | yet, he laughs without fear of life or death, he watches as they gather from all four corners of the world 【Qian】便对长风一别，浴血而歌，得此间一诺 | and so he bids the strong wind farewell, bathing in blood, making a promise to this world. 【Cheng】行至水穷处，熹有长庚夜有雾 | Stopping where the river ends, dawn has its Venus and the night has its mist. (1) 【Qian】平生几多关外雨 | In this whole life, how often would rain fall beyond the pass, 又几度春风何时入屠苏 | how often would spring winds and wine herald the new year? (2) 【Both】此生当谢来时路 | Thank you for the path that you’ve walked in this life, 谢他半生烽烟苦 | thank you for giving your life to the hardships of war. (3) 夜来总闻旧人哭 | In the night, he always seems to hear the sound of someone from his past crying. 此间又何辜？| In this place, what crime is he guilty of? 方晓空名料理皆身后 | Empty titles and arrangements behind his back (4) 再回首，功过全凭后人说 | He turns back again, his contributions and failures depending entirely on the stories of those who came after him. 【Cheng】满座谈笑皆故友，三分心意为君剖—— | The whole tower is filled with laughter and old friends, his feelings entirely exposed for him. 【Qian】“将军埋骨是归处，得遇你，方饮长生酒” | “A general’s home is the grave. I will wait for you there and drink the wine of immortality with you.” 【Cheng】曾说世不可避，各有归宿 | It was once said that the world cannot be avoided, that each has a home to return to. (5) 一梦便做江南客 | So, in a single dream, he became a guest of Jiangnan. (6) 【Qian】而今耕樵渔读，万家灯火 | And yet today, the myriad of twinkling lights in the houses of fishermen, woodcutters, farmers and scholars, 披一夜星辰月色 | is draped in moonlight and starlight. 【Cheng】当年慰我平生者，枕畔而歌 | That year, the one who comforted me my whole life sang from my pillow-side, 【Qian】便对长夜拱手，两三老酒，敬去日苦多 | and so I raised my hands to the long night, with two, three cups of wine, and honored the many hardships of the days past. (7) 【Cheng】行至水穷处，半程春意半程秋 | Stopping where the river ends, half a journey filled with spring and love, half a journey filled with autumn and troubles. 【Qian】身似浮萍飘零久 | As a wanderer who has been adrift for a long time, 多年来深恩负尽死师友 | in these many years, I have failed to repay the deep kindness that my dear teacher and friend has given me. (8) 【Both】此间当有千万恨 | In this time, I have tens of millions of hatred. 恨冰霜催折早衰柳，| I wish ice and frost would bring me to an early death. 薄命常辞故园楼可算凄凉否？| Isn’t it miserable to be born under an unlucky star, often meeting enemies, in one’s hometown? 却劝桃李共饮一杯酒 | And yet, I coax my disciple to share a cup of wine with me. 等来年，再折侯府一枝柳 | When the time comes, I will break another branch off the willow tree. (9) 【Cheng】待到河清海晏后，三分心意为君剖—— | When the Yellow River is clear and the sea is calm, I’ll reveal my feelings for you. (10) 【Qian】“将军埋骨是归处，得遇你，方饮长生酒” | “A general’s home is the grave. I will wait for you there and drink the wine of immortality with you.” 【Cheng】而今笑看山河，浅笑而酌 | Yet today, we will smile and gaze at the mountains and rivers, with a slight smile and a drink of wine. 【Qian】当年慰我平生者 | That year, the one who comforted me my whole life 【Both】死生契阔 | through life or death, greeting or farewell.

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Translation notes:

(1) ’Stopping where the river ends’ is a line from a poem; the full line means something like: ‘(walking aimlessly and) stopping where the river ends, sitting down to watch the clouds rise and fall’. ‘Dawn has its Venus’ is a pun on Changgeng and Zixi’s name: Dawn (熹 as in 子熹Zixi) has its Venus (长庚Changgeng, the archaic name for Venus)

(2) 'Spring winds and wine herald the new year’ is another line from poetry. In the poem, the full line means something like: ‘In the sound of the fire crackers is the sound of New Year’s Eve, spring winds bring warmth as people drink tusu wine (to herald the New Year)'

(3) I was a bit loose with the translation here. the literal translation: ‘...thank you for giving half of your life to the hardships of beacon fire’

(4) and (6) unsure of translation

(5) this line (’...the world cannot be avoided’) and the line before (’a general’s home is the grave...) are both references to the novel. Guyun has a quote in his bedroom: ‘the world cannot be avoided’ (世不可避) and he has always thought that his final resting place and home would be his grave.

(7) ‘raised my hands’ as in: making an obeisance by cupping one’s hand in the other before one’s chest; ‘honored the many hardships’ as in: making a toast

(8) this line is from a poem. The poet writes about how he has failed to repay the favor/kindness that his dear friend and teacher had given him, because he has been a vagabond all these years and has nothing to give back and show for it

(9) breaking off a branch from a willow tree and giving it to friends/family going on a long trip was a custom in ancient China

(10) When the Yellow River is clear and the sea is calm is a phrase in Chinese that refers to when there is world peace

#sha po lang #杀破狼 #ctranslation #translation #shapolang #guyun #顾昀 #music #video #the lyrics are beautiful and i love guyun #priest #i seriously hope no one has translated this...

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