#xuanling

[lamouratorrrrry]

xuanling comm i did for @avicebro ~!

#xuanzang sanzang #qin liangyu #fgo fanart #fate grand order #yuri 👍 #i think this is from last month but i kept forgetting to post it !!! #xuanling

[acearohippo]

It's probably just an "in-the-moment" thing, but I've zeroed in on how Tang Xuan and Li Ling refer to each other and Tang Xuan is polite and always includes Li Ling's family name while Li Ling is super casual with Tang Xuan and has called him by only his given name.

(Examples pulled from "Karma" side story (aka, the BBQ date) and "A Scary Scene" side story)

When Li Ling isn't using Tang Xuan's given name, his speech stays casual while Tang Xuan remains polite in replies.

(After their ruined date seeing the mysterious woman off)

If this is just how they talk with each other, I just want to highlight how ADORABLE it is. Tang Xuan trying to respect his senior while Li Ling is just super casual and intimate (in his speech) with his junior.

Lowkey, like to think that they're speaking in whatever this world's equivalent is to Chinese when they're together.

#the hippo speaks #dislyte #li ling #tang xuan #li ling dislyte #tang xuan dislyte #li ling x tang xuan #tang xuan x li ling #lingxuan #xuanling #lixuan #these two have taken up my thoughts

[bubble-popping]

Hey, I’ve got a Xuanling fic idea if you want it. So basically Q is messing around with his Eros powers and accidentally makes Li Ling fall in love with TX. Naturally, everyone freaks out, especially Ling who now has to deal with these dumb stupid wonderful emotions and TX, who now has a very high strung Ling hugging him. It starts off as a mild puppy love crush but through the Union’s various attempts to fix it, Ling goes through basically ever single type of love their is (1/2)

Okay, I do rly like this idea and the lixuan/xuanling tag needs all the help it can get on ao3, but I'm currently between like three other fic ideas HOWEVER I will absolutely add this to the list! Unless someone else wants to grab it first, be my guest! We can always use more fic writers in this fandom <3

#dislyte #tang xuan #li ling #bubble says #bubble answers #lixuan #xuanling #fic ideas

[thatswhatsushesaid]

i wish there was a way to avoid seeing romantic 3zun art/fic in the tags without also filtering out any and all discussion of non-romantic 3zun dynamics. and it's not just because i don't ship it.

like, i am extremely here for the hot mess that is the dissolution of the sworn brotherhood! i have lost hours of sleep turning the incompatibility of nmj and jgy's worldviews over and over in my head like a grim thought-pancake! i am bewitched by the narrative spectre of nmj and lxc's friendship-that-once-was, which casts a long and complex shadow over lxc's inability (or refusal) to recognize the real and present danger that nmj was to jgy's life, up until it was too late for him to meaningfully intervene. and i am of course never going to shut up about the relationship between jgy and lxc, which was something that managed to grow and thrive and bring them both real strength and joy, against all odds. like these two men would not have been friends, and would never have become friends, let alone each other's closest confidantes, had the war not thrown them into each other's paths outside the normal strictures of cultivation world society. i'm still insane about precious that emotional intimacy remains between them, however one chooses to interpret that relationship, because for the two of them, there really is nothing comparable to it in the rest of the book. love that shit.

fanon 3zun as a dysfunctional polycule is a thing that floats many a shipper's boat, which is fine, whatever works for you etc., but it is frustrating trying to sift the fanon out of the search results when there is no canon non-romantic 3zun tag. because canon 3zun isn't a polycule, just like the individual ships that can be derived from it aren't canon either. canon 3zun is unbalanced and volatile and unfair to each different member of the sworn brotherhood for different reasons. canon 3zun is not three different men with three different-but-equal levels of romantic investment in each other. lxc is biased in jgy's favour and chooses his company and perspective over nmj's. yet lxc is nmj's only real friend, and the only person who seems capable of extracting reason or compassion from him, other than nhs. and while nmj was the first person to recognize meng yao's worth and promote him to a position of authority during the sunshot campaign, whatever respect and admiration they once held for each other was irreparably damaged by 1) what happened at nightless city, and 2) the jinlintai steps confrontation.

maybe i can just draw this hold on--

okay i tried drawing two separate diagrams to help illustrate my thought process here, and i think?? this one gets at the heart of my thoughts better, even if it isn't perfect. here's the key to unlocking the above quagmire of colours and lines and my chicken scratch:

green = nmj; gold = jgy; blue = lxc (simple enough)

type of relationship (solid line = friendship; dotted line = ??? professional?)

gradients = an attempt at visualizing the level of investment each party has in their respective relationships with each other. this one was extremely difficult to render and i'm not 100% happy with what i've settled on, but it's the closest approximation to the idea in my brain.

arrows = indicates my clumsy effort at showing who is "moving towards" whom, strictly in terms of the longer term trajectory of the characters' relationships with each other in the text.

prints this out to stick it on my wall and stare at it for a while. hmmm. hmmmm.

#salty peak sect 🧂 #non-romantic 3zun #this post sort of became about two separate ideas and i could not be bothered to separate them out into two different posts womp womp #also yes i realize that cql x!yao is essentially as canon as cql wangx!an and xuanl! #but this is just about the novel canon and in the novel nothing is explicitly romantic about any of the relationships within 3zun

[harocat]

Omg Sun Zhenni for her first lead role!! She plays the half-demon Mu Xuanling in the xianxia drama 千朵桃花一世开 (A Thousand Peach Blossoms).

So happy for her. Started out as the third female lead in Till the End of the Moon, and was rightfully so beloved that she’s already here. ❤️❤️

#sun zhenni #till the end of the moon #I guess #a thousand peach blossoms #cdrama #the extra ness of that first headpiece 🔥🔥 #added a couple pics

[craftercat]

What do you think were the faults of Tang Taizong? Please go into detail!

There are a few I could find. I have a two part series on the Xuanwu Gate Incident, so on that, I think that while some of his actions in the Incident (mainly killing his nephews) could be considered cruel, they were politically beneficial to him and the empire.

One of his flaws was his problems with anger. He could have a very bad temper. While he didn't kill Wei Zheng, he did kill two people for mistakes that did not warrant execution. He regretted both of these executions and reformed the justice system to prevent hasty executions.

As well, he became more extravagant in his later years. He built more palaces than in his earlier reign, and he also tried to invade Goguryeo many times. This was met with criticism from Chu Suiliang, later Fang Xuanling, and his concubine Xu Hui. These invasions were not successful in his lifetime but did weaken Goguryeo.

[joancoyechina]

Day 4: Shanghai: Yu Garden, Shanghai Tower, Propaganda Poster Art

Happy 32nd anniversary to us!  We were met by our lovely private guide Vicky from the Shanghai Xuanle Travel Service Co.  A native of Shanghai and guide for +25 years, she spoke perfect English and was very knowledgable in the culture, history, geography and customs of her country.

Yu Gardens was first on the days agenda…..tucked away in the Old City, is the most lovely of parks really. Composed of six scenic areas, luscious landscaping, rocky “mountains”, and serene ponds lined by Bonsai and willow trees are punctuated by Classical Chinese architecture. Pagodas with their wing tipped rooflines, animal carvings and rows of hanging lanterns with red tassels offered shaded views to the Ming Dynasty and today, to us.

Shanghai is nothing if not a contrast in old and new.  The Shanghai tower, a marvel of modern architecture is the second tallest building in the world boasting 128 Stories.  It is serviced by more than 100 Japanese made elevators ascending at 40mph!  As is our luck, there was no line and we quickly made the 119th floor observation deck.  An expansive view of the river and entire city awaited mesmerizing me by the languid flow of barges along the Huangou river.  A quick note here on the air quality/smog:  it’s real ! My breathing wasn't effected, but it definitely limits the view.

At the base of the tower we visited a Nio electric car showroom.  Wade tried out the VR glasses and cell phones which went with the cars and marveled at the autos sleek lines and clever details.  Although not available in the US, we were impressed with the variety of models, styling and quality.

Dim sum and tea for lunch today…..the spring rolls and bok choy were our “preferred” dishes…..not so much the other choices.

Back to the old at our last stop for the day, the Propaganda Poster Art Center, a privately owned museum explaining Red China by the mass-produced propaganda posters issued in the 1960s and 70s, when China suffered the Cultural Revolution. Some 5,000 hilarious and fascinating posters are laid out chronologically offering an artistic historical commentary.  The US is often depicted as an ugly greedy villain being overcome by  strong, attractive and victorious Chinese figures.  The elderly founder/owner of the museum told us stories of the history surrounding some of the posters - fascinating!

Our planned anniversary dinner did not disappoint:  Flair restaurant on the 58th floor of the Ritz Carlton at a window table overlooking the night downtown skyline of Shanghai.  A definite WOW!!  We marveled at the animated light show off the skyscrapers along the river while sipping  champagne, and enjoying  sushi and chocolate deserts with coconut ice.

Tourist Note:  All the city lights went off promptly at 10pm (apparently a cost/energy saving regulation)

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[cma-chinese-art]

Seated Amitayus Buddha, c. 570s, Cleveland Museum of Art: Chinese Art

Amitayus, the Buddha of Infinite Life, is seated in meditation on a double lotus pedestal. The pedestal was not made with the statue but the combination is faithful to the original artistic conception. The statue is an extremely rare example of a major type of Northern Qi Buddhist sculpture. The heavy, massive front highlights the sense of monumentality and the spiritual essence of the Buddha. The pedestal exhibits the rich, ornate style of early Tang sculpture. It was commissioned by the Duke of Liang, Fang Xuanling (578–648), for the blessing of his second son and daughter-in-law, the Tang imperial princess of Gaoyang. The iconography and inscription suggest that it originally went with a statue, now missing, of Shakyamuni, the historical Buddha. Size: Overall: 110 x 66.1 cm (43 5/16 x 26 in.) Medium: marble

https://clevelandart.org/art/1915.334.1

#cmaopenaccess #clevelandartmuseum #chineseart #museumarchive

[cadetremi]

#c: nicholas heo #c: shangguan xuanling #aesthetic #couple aesthetic #muse inspo #yuto #jung sewoon #cadetedit #fightingshadxws #ae*

[ashina-suns-penmanship]

Reality vs. Fiction

I haven’t really had time to work on this little project lately, so here’s a little sidenote to chew on.  As you know, Chang Ge Xing is a work of historical fiction; Changge, Ashina Sun, Mujin, Qin, Gongsun Heng, and many other characters in the story are simply figments of Xia Da’s imagination.  There are, however, many real figures as well.  Many of them don’t appear until much later in the story (in comparison to what I’ve covered so far), but I thought it would be fitting to point out reality from fiction and provide a little biographical information about each of the real characters.  

Li Shimin, Li Jiancheng, and Li Yuan were all real people; I wrote about them in the Xuanwu Gate Incident.  Li Yuan was a Sui Dynasty general who rebelled, the first Tang emperor, and father of Li Shimin and Li Jiancheng.  Li Shimin was famous for his military conquests, and really did kill his brother and ascend to the throne, sparing many of his brothers’ advisors to work in his new court while he served as Emperor Taizong.  Changge’s mother almost certainly did not exist; the easiest way that I can explain this is that non-Han Chinese ethnic groups typically did not marry into the imperial family.  Li Shimin was, however, enamoured of his real beloved wife, Empress Zhangsun, and mourned her greatly after her passing.  Li Jiancheng’s real wife is of little historical importance today.

Luo Yi, Li Jing, Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, and Yuchi Gong all served the Tang imperial court.  Luo Yi was a Sui Dynasty general who helped Li Yuan establish the Tang Dynasty.  As a reward for his loyalty, he was bestowed with the royal surname and thusly became Li Yi, Prince of Yan.  Luo Yi supported Li Jiancheng and grew fearful when Li Shimin usurped the throne; he raised a rebellion against Li Shimin (by then Emperor Taizong) and was crushed, and the new emperor stripped him of his title and the surname “Li.”  Li Jing was a famous Tang general who defeated the Turks.  His wife may have been Zhang Chuchen, a folk hero also known as “Hong Fu Nü” (“The Lady with the Red Sleeves”) who may or may not existed, but is regarded as having taken part in the rebellion against Sui.  Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui were the most trusted court and military advisors of Emperor Taizong, and he greatly mourned them when they died.  Yuchi Gong was a Tang general who is worshipped as a door god in Chinese folk religion today.  Shiba was not a real person, as the legendary heroes of the 18 Warriors of Sui-Tang Period that she was a part of were fictitious, but most were based off of actual people who existed at the time.  Sun Simiao was a famous Chinese medicine doctor that lived during the Sui and Tang dynasties whose “Hippocratic Oath”, thorough care, and effective remedies immortalized him as the “King of Medicine.”

Xieli/Illig Qaghan (Ashina Duobi), Ashina Jieshe’er/Jiesheshuai, and Princess Yicheng lived in the Eastern Turkic Khaganate.  Illig Qaghan was the final qaghan of the Eastern Turkic Khaganate.  He was defeated when he tried to take horses from vassal tribes after a freak storm killed much of his livestock; the tribes united, and with help from Tang, successfully rebelled.  Tang took advantage of this weakened state to fully conquer the Eastern Turks, absorbing their land into its empire.  Illig Qaghan was spared by Emperor Taizong and offered military positions at the frontiers, but he declined them.  Ashina Jiesheshuai was Illig Qaghan’s nephew; after the fall of the khaganate, he was spared and created a Tang general, but was killed when he attempted to assassinate the emperor.  Princess Yicheng was a Sui princess who was given to the Turks as part of the heqin policy.  She married four times to her first husband’s male relatives in accordance to the Turkic custom of levirate marriage, sometimes betraying her husbands in favor of helping Sui.  She was killed by Li Jing.  Jin Se most likely didn’t exist, but it would not have been surprising for Princess Yicheng to take Han servants with her to the grasslands when she was married off.

Pusa, Yi’nan, and Mohui were all leaders of their tribes.  Pusa was the son of Tejian Irkin and Wu Luohun, but was exiled by his father for unknown reasons.  When Tejian died, the Uyghur voted for Pusa to become their new leader, and he returned to take up his post.  After becoming irkin, Pusa claimed the title of elteber as a gesture of defiance against the Turks.  He was later assassinated by his subordinate Tumidu.  Yi’nan was the Irkin of Xueyantuo, and was later favored by Emperor Taizong and created Zhenzhu Khan.  Both spearheaded the rebellion against the Turks.  Mohui was the leader of the Dahe Khitan clan in 627, which also participated in the revolt.

I have a lot to say about names and historical information.  Here we go...

1. Some sources say that Li Shimin had his brothers’ entire families killed off, whereas other mention that it was only the sons.  So maybe Chang Ge’s existence shouldn’t be completely dismissed as a totally improbable idea; even though she was made up by Xia Da, if only the sons of Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji were killed, there still might be the slightest possibility of a princess having fled the palace (basically Anastasia the movie, but then again, it came out before the Grand Duchess’s remains were found).

2. I know that I’m using translations that differ from the scanalations (ie. the whole gunpowder versus nitrate compound translation), and I’m trying my best to look into the accuracy of the names.  For example, Gongsun Heng is more often referred to as “Governor,” but I’m not so sure, as Shuozhou is a city (despite the translations calling it Shuo Province).  Maybe Xia Da is making up a new province, but I think she’s referring to the city in northeastern China.  Additionally, the scanalations name Pusa’s father as “Shijian” and I know that sometimes when two words are put together, the pronunciation changes (ie. Yuchi as a surname instead of being pronounced “Weichi”), but I’m fairly certain that his name should be “Tejian.”  Also, I think it’s Xieli Khan, as opposed to Jieli Khan.  I also don’t know why Xia Da uses the name “Ashina She’er” when his name was Ashina Jieshe’er or Jiesheshuai...maybe she just thought it was too long?

3. I’m having a lot of trouble with finding factual information on pre-dynastic Khitan; English websites are quite scarce and aren’t very helpful, and I read Chinese very slowly.  My best guess about Khitan’s role in the story, based on one measly, uncited line from Wikipedia, is that Sun is going to somehow convince his clan to participate in the ongoing revolt, and that his little cousin will take the reins of leadership.

Sorry for all the word vomit, but here’s one last note: I recently finished reading The Secret History of the Mongol Queens by Jack Weatherford, and it was fantastic!  I know that CGX isn’t about the Mongols, but the Turks and the Turkic tribes played a big role in the development of steppe politics in the time of Genghis Khan and his descendants.  Something really neat that I learned is that bridges-you-cross’s speculation about khan-naming was right!  One example is that of Manduhai Khatun naming her future husband Batu Mongke “Dayan Khan”, which means “United Khan” or “Whole Khan”, reflective of their shared goal of reuniting all the Mongols under one rule.  According to Weatherford, Dayan Khan’s title had another equally important meaning to the Chinese—“Dayan” in Chinese is pronounced in such a manner that it would imply that Batu Mongke still claimed the throne of the Yuan Dynasty, which ended before his Ming Dynasty contemporaries overthrew the Mongol grasp on the Chinese imperial seat.  

#choukakou #chang ge xing #reality vs fiction #an historical analysis of chang ge xing #xia da #manhua #song of the long march

[acearohippo]

New story! It's the taste testing one, though that doesn't come in till the end :'D

Rated: Teen and Up

Relationships: Li Ling/Tang Xuan, Lewis & Li Ling

Word Count: 8883

Status: one-shot, complete

Summary: It's tournament week at the Esper Union, Lewis vs Li Ling, and the winner vs Tang Xuan.

Li Ling fights dirty, Lewis is fed up, Tang Xuan is flustered, and Raven doesn't get paid enough for this.

Also, Tang Xuan smells like peaches? Li Ling is intrigued.

#the hippo writes #dislyte #li ling #tang xuan #li ling dislyte #tang xuan dislyte #li ling x tang xuan #lixuan #monkeylotus #xuanling #lingxuan #lotusmonkey

[bubble-popping]

Rating: General Audiences

Words: 1,360

Fandom: Dislyte

Relationship(s): Tang Xuan/Li Ling

Character(s): Li Ling, Tang Xuan

Tags: Romance, Fluff, POV First Person, POV Alternating, First Meetings, Mentioned Tang Yun (Dislyte), Alternate Universe - No Powers, Alternate Universe - Coffee Shops & Cafés

Summary: Every day, I see this stranger on the train. He's... intriguing.

I think I'm in love with him.

#dislyte #li ling #tang xuan #lixuan #xuanling #bubble writes #first person pov is so weird y did I write like that #hopefully I'll actually start writing longer fics instead of these lil oneshots but we'll see :)))

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[craftercat]

Your recent posts about Empress Zhangsun have gotten me curious as to her involvement in politics. How influential do you think she was? What incidents are visibke to historians were one can either see or assume that her influence had resulted in certain decisions? Love your account hope to see more posts! Sorry for bombarding you with questions!

It's okay. I love to talk on the Northern/Southern dynasties or the Sui-Tang dynasties. I don't mind being bombarded with questions!

I think that Empress Zhangsun was influential, but she wasn't as influential as more famous empresses or regents like Wu Zetian, Empress Dowager Feng, or Dugu Qieluo.

Part of the reason is that empresses tend to be less influential than empress dowagers. Empress dowagers who are powerful take advantage of being either the emperor's biological mother or legal mother (嫡母), and due to filial piety sons are supposed to listen to them. While the emperor is the most powerful man in the country, he's still a son, and has to listen to his mother due to filial piety. The empress doesn't have this loophole, and is expected to support and submit to her emperor husband. It's a different scenario.

Therefore, many empresses like Empress Lu Zhi, Empress Dowager Feng, etc. became powerful as empress dowagers rather than empresses, for this reason. This makes influential empresses less common, but women like Dugu Qieluo, Empress Zhangsun, Wu Zetian and Empress Wei still did it.

What these women had in common was that their husband allowed them to influence him politically. Without the loophole of filial piety, the emperor allowing them influence made it much easier to have a political role. Most emperors didn't want their wives to influence them in politics, however some did. Li Zhi, for example, trusted Wu Zetian more than anyone else.

I think Li Shimin allowed Empress Zhangsun to influence him because of her role in the Xuanwu Gate Incident. When he was Prince of Qin, Empress Zhangsun had worked to cover up his mistakes in front of his father Li Yuan. During the actual Incident, she helped Fang Xuanling outline it and encouraged the soldiers to support Li Shimin shortly before the coup.

Due to contributing to his rise to power, he allowed Empress Zhangsun to influence him in political affairs. There are a few political decisions that are attributed to her. The most well-known one is that she seemed to have a large role in clan affairs. She kept Zhangsun Wuji out of major posts and spared Zhangsun Anye's life. On her deathbed, she told Li Shimin to not put her clan in high positions.

Another of her political contributions is encouraging Li Shimin to listen to criticism. She is known for calming down Li Shimin's anger at Wei Zheng, but she encouraged criticism many times. When he asked for her opinion on Princess Changle's dowry, she told him that he must listen to loyal advice, even if he didn't want to hear it. She also reminded him to call back Fang Xuanling and listen to honest advice on her deathbed.

As well, she was able to prevent injustices within the palace. When her servants were unjustly accused of crimes, she convinced Li Shimin to get rid of the injustice. Li Shimin once blamed his horse breeder for his horse's death and wanted to execute him, but Empress Zhangsun persuaded him not to. She also frequently discussed historical examples with Li Shimin and the Zizhi Tongjian states that she was of great benefit to him.

I think her last words give a good insight into her political contributions and her policies. Her main contributions were keeping watch of her clan and encouraging honest advice and honest ministers. Li Shimin actually spoke of her in political terms, once saying she was good at handling "common affairs" and that she was able to correct his mistakes.

However, she wasn't as influential as women like Dugu Qieluo or Wu Zetian. Even in the constraints as being empress rather than empress dowager, she wasn't as influential as Dugu Qieluo. This seems to be because she wouldn't go as far as to find out about government meetings between Li Shimin and his ministers. Despite this, she is still quite influential. She was politically influential and highly praised by historians, which is a rare feat for women in this era.

[cma-chinese-art]

Seated Amitayus Buddha, c. 570s, Cleveland Museum of Art: Chinese Art

Amitayus, the Buddha of Infinite Life, is seated in meditation on a double lotus pedestal. The pedestal was not made with the statue but the combination is faithful to the original artistic conception. The statue is an extremely rare example of a major type of Northern Qi Buddhist sculpture. The heavy, massive front highlights the sense of monumentality and the spiritual essence of the Buddha. The pedestal exhibits the rich, ornate style of early Tang sculpture. It was commissioned by the Duke of Liang, Fang Xuanling (578–648), for the blessing of his second son and daughter-in-law, the Tang imperial princess of Gaoyang. The iconography and inscription suggest that it originally went with a statue, now missing, of Shakyamuni, the historical Buddha. Size: Overall: 110 x 66.1 cm (43 5/16 x 26 in.) Medium: marble

https://clevelandart.org/art/1915.334.1

#cmaopenaccess #museumarchive #chineseart #clevelandartmuseum