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chinesehanfu · 2 months

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[Hanfu · 漢服]The relationship between women in history is not just love rivals,

“but also thousands of years later, everyone knows that it is me and you.”

Let's get to know about them/她们 in China history.

1.【Han Dynasty】:Princess Jieyou (解忧公主) & Feng Liao (馮嫽)

Princess Jieyou (Chinese: 解忧公主; 121 BC – 49 BC), born Liu Jieyou (Chinese: 刘解忧), was a Chinese princess sent to marry the leader of the Wusun kingdom as part of the Western Han Chinese policy of heqin(和亲).

As the granddaughter of the disgraced Prince Liu Wu (劉戊) who had taken part in the disastrous Rebellion of the Seven States,her status was low enough that she was sent to replace Princess Liu Xijun (劉細君) after her untimely death and marry the Wusun king Cunzhou (岑陬).

Jieyou lived among the Wusun for fifty years and did much work to foster relations between the surrounding kingdoms and the Han. She was particularly reliant upon her attendant, Feng Liao, whom she dispatched as an emissary to Wusun kingdoms and even to the Han Court. She faced opposition from pro-Xiongnu members of the Wusun royalty, particularly Wengguimi’s Xiongnu wife. When word came that the Xiongnu planned to attack Wusun, she convinced her husband to send for aid from the Han Emperor. Emperor Wu of Han sent 150,000 cavalrymen to support the Wusun forces and drive back the Xiongnu.

In 51 BCE at the age of 70, Jieyou asked to be allowed to retire and return to the Han. Emperor Xuan of Han agreed and had her escorted back to Chang'an where she was welcomed with honor. She was given a grand palace with servants usually reserved for princesses of the imperial family. In 49 BCE, Jieyou died peacefully.

Feng Liao (馮嫽)

Feng Liao (馮嫽) was China's first official female diplomat,[citation needed] who represented the Han dynasty to Wusun (烏孫), which was in the Western Regions. It was a practice for the Imperial Court to foster alliances with the northern tribes via marriage, and two Han princesses had married Wusun kings.

Feng Liao was the maidservant of Princess Jieyou (解憂公主), who was married off to a Wusun king. Feng herself later married an influential Wusun general, whose good standing with Prince Wujiutu (烏就屠) of the kingdom later proved beneficial to the Han dynasty.

When Prince Wujiutu seized the throne of Wusun in 64 BC, after his father died, there was fear in the Imperial Court of Han that Wujiutu, whose mother was Xiongnu, would allow Wusun to become Xiongnu's vassal.

Zheng Ji, Governor of the Western Regions, recalled that Feng Liao had married into Wusun and with her familiarity of the Wusun customs, she was a prime candidate to persuade Wujiutu to ally his kingdom with Han. Wujiutu acceded and Emperor Xuan of Han (漢宣帝) sent for Feng. He praised her for her judgement and diplomacy, and appointed her as the official envoy to Wusun.

Wujiutu was conferred the title "Little King of Wusun" while his brother, the son by a Han princess, was named "Great King of Wusun". Wusun was divided between the two kings and tensions in that region were eased.

※Xiongnu: Xiongnu: A nomadic tribe that has occupied northern China for a long time. Later it gradually became a state. It harassed the borders of the Han Dynasty for a long time and robbed supplies.

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With their efforts, the Wusun Kingdom gradually tended to support the Han Dynasty, and the Xiongnu's defeat in China also began.

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2.【Tang Dynasty】:Shangguan Wan'er(上官婉儿)&Princess Taiping (太平公主)

Shangguan Wan'er/上官婉儿 (664 – 21 July 710) was a Chinese politician, poet, and imperial consort of the Wu Zhou and Tang dynasties. Described as a "female prime minister,"Shangguan rose from modest origins as a palace servant to become secretary and leading advisor to Empress Wu Zetian of Zhou. Under Empress Wu, Shangguan exercised responsibility for drafting imperial edicts and earned approbation for her writing style. She retained her influence as consort to Wu's son and successor, Emperor Zhongzong of Tang, holding the imperial consort rank of Zhaorong (昭容). Shangguan was also highly esteemed for her talent as a poet.Shangguan was also highly esteemed for her talent as a poet. In 710, after Emperor Zhongzong's death, Shangguan was killed during a palace coup that ended the regency of Empress Dowager Wei.

Princess Taiping (太平公主)lit. "Princess of Great Peace", personal name unknown, possibly Li Lingyue (李令月) (after 662 – 2 August 713) was a royal princess and prominent political figure of the Tang dynasty and her mother Wu Zetian's Zhou dynasty. She was the youngest daughter of Wu Zetian and Emperor Gaozong and was influential during the reigns of her mother and her elder brothers Emperor Zhongzong and Emperor Ruizong (both of whom reigned twice), particularly during Emperor Ruizong's second reign, when for three years until her death, she was the real power behind the throne.

She is the most famous and influential princess of the Tang dynasty and possibly in the whole history of China thanks to her power, ability and ambition. She was involved in political difficulties and developments during the reigns of her mother and brothers. Indeed, after the coup against Empress Dowager Wei, she became the real ruler of Tang. During the reign of Emperor Ruizong, she was not restricted by anything, the emperor issued rulings based on her views and the courtiers and the military flattered her and majority from every civil and military class joined her faction, so her power exceeded that of the emperor.

Eventually, however, a rivalry developed between her and her nephew, Emperor Ruizong's son, Crown Prince Li Longji. Both of them were hostile in power-sharing and they fought for the monopoly over power. After Emperor Ruizong yielded the throne to Li Longji (as Emperor Xuanzong) in 712, the conflict came to the political forefront, and openly, the court became a manifestation of conspiracy rather than the administration of the empire; in 713, Emperor Xuanzong, according to historical records, believing that she was planning to overthrow him, acted first, executing a large number of her powerful allies and forcing her to commit suicide.

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The relationship between Shangguan Wan'er and Princess Taiping has always been written as "enemies" in official history, but with the phrase "千年万岁，椒花颂声", their friendship that has been buried for thousands of years was revealed.

The"千年万岁，椒花颂声" sentence comes from the epitaph written by Princess Taiping for Shangguan Wan'er. The original text is: "潇湘水断，宛委山倾，珠沉圆折，玉碎连城。甫瞻松槚，静听坟茔，千年万岁，椒花颂声”

Translation: Now that you are far away, the sky and the earth will lose their color. I'm afraid that all I can do in the future is to sit and look at the tea tree in front of your tomb. Maybe I can hear your voice again when I stand within an inch of the tomb. But this is a delusion after all, a quiet tomb, no beautiful face, a empty place of death. I hope that in a thousand or ten thousand years, there will still be people like me who remember you.

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3.【Late Qing Dynasty】:Lü Bicheng(呂碧城) & Qiu Jin (秋瑾)

Lü Bicheng(呂碧城)also known as Alice Pichen Lee(1883–1943) was a Chinese writer, activist, newspaper editor, poet and school founder. She has been mentioned as one of the top four women in literature from the early Republic of China.

When she was four, her father retired to Lu'an, Anhui. She lived a life of comfort until the age of 12, when her father died in 1895. Because Lü Fengqi had no male heir, relatives of the Lü lineage contested for his inheritance, and Yan Shiyu and her four daughters were forced to move to Lai'an County to live with her natal family. When she was nine, Lü Bicheng was betrothed to a Wang family, but as her own family fortune declined, the Wang family broke off the marriage contract, giving the young Bicheng the stigma of a "rejected woman". The resulting emotional scar is often considered a major factor in her later decision to never marry.[8] Her widowed mother and the Lü girls were not well treated at the Yan family in rural Anhui. When Lü was 15 or 16, Yan Shiyu sent her to live with her maternal uncle Yan Langxuan (嚴朗軒), who was the salt administrator in Tanggu, the port city outside the northern metropolis of Tianjin. Her sister Huiru also joined her later.

During her stay in Tanggu, Qing China went through the tumultuous period of the failed Hundred Days' Reform of 1898, which brought about increasing awareness of women's education, and the Boxer Rebellion of 1900. In 1904, Mrs. Fang, the wife of her uncle's secretary, invited Lü Bicheng to visit a girls' school in Tianjin, but her uncle prevented her from going and severely reprimanded her. The next day, she ran away from her uncle's home, and took the train to Tianjin with no money or luggage. She wrote a letter to Mrs. Fang, who was staying at the dormitory of the Ta Kung Pao newspaper. Ying Lianzhi, the Catholic Manchu nobleman who founded the newspaper, read the letter and was so impressed by it that he made her an assistant editor. Lü Bicheng wrote a "progressive" ci that she had previously written, set to "A River Full of Red" ("Manjianghong") usually used to express heroic emotions. Ying transcribed the whole song in her diary and published it in L'impartial two days later. At the time, it was sensational for a woman to write for an influential national newspaper such as Ta Kung Pao. She was 21 years old. She used Ta Kung Pao to promote feminism and became a well-known figure.

Lü's ci poetry was published in the newspaper and it was very well received. She was the chief editor of the newspaper from 1904 to 1908. In 1904 she decided to improve education for girls. She had published her thoughts on women's rights and the general editor of the newspaper introduced her to Yan Fu who was an advocate for Western ideas. The Beiyang Women's Normal School was established that same year. At 23 Lü took on the job of principal of the school she had founded two years before. At first this school found it difficult to find girls who qualified for secondary education and students were brought in from Shanghai to make up the numbers.

Lü knew the revolutionary Qiu Jin and they had similar objectives but Lü did not join her in Japan when she was invited as she was unsure whether women should meddle in politics. She was then chosen to be secretary to Yuan Shikai, one of the most powerful people in China. When he set out to declare himself emperor of China she left, like many of his followers, and abandoned him.

Qiu Jin (秋瑾)8 November 1875 – 15 July 1907,was a Chinese revolutionary, feminist, and writer.Her sobriquet name is Jianhu Nüxia (Chinese: 鑑湖女俠 lit. 'Woman Knight of Mirror Lake').

Qiu was born into a wealthy family. Her grandfather worked in the Xiamen city government and was responsible for the city's defense. Zhejiang province was famous for female education, and Qiu Jin had support from her family when she was young to pursue her educational interests. Her father, Qiu Shounan, was a government official and her mother came from a distinguished literati-official family. Qiu Jin's wealthy and educated background, along with her early exposure to political ideologies were key factors in her transformation to becoming a female pioneer for the woman's liberation movement and the republican revolution in China.

In the early 1900s, Japan had started to experience western influences earlier than China. As to not fall behind, the Qing government sent many elites to learn from the Japanese. Qiu Jin was one of these elites that got the chance to study overseas. After studying in a women's school in Japan, Qiu returned to China to participate in a variety of revolutionary activities; and through her involvement with these activities, it became clear how Qiu wanted others to perceive her. Qiu called herself 'Female Knight-Errant of Jian Lake' — the role of the knight-errant, established in the Han dynasty, was a prototypically male figure known for swordsmanship, bravery, faithfulness, and self-sacrifice — and 'Vying for Heroism'

Qiu Jin had her feet bound and began writing poetry at an early age. With the support from her family, Qiu Jin also learned how to ride a horse, use a sword, and drink wine—activities that usually only men were permitted to learn at the time.In 1896 Qiu Jin got married. At the time she was only 21, which was considered late for a woman of that time. Qiu Jin's father arranged her marriage to Wang Tingchun, the youngest son of a wealthy merchant in Hunan province. Qiu Jin did not get along well with her husband, as her husband only cared about enjoying himself.While in an unhappy marriage, Qiu came into contact with new ideas. The failure of her marriage affected her decisions later on, including choosing to study in Japan.

While still in Tokyo, Qiu single-handedly edited a journal, Vernacular Journal (Baihua Bao). A number of issues were published using vernacular Chinese as a medium of revolutionary propaganda. In one issue, Qiu wrote A Respectful Proclamation to China's 200 Million Women Comrades, a manifesto within which she lamented the problems caused by bound feet and oppressive marriages. Having suffered from both ordeals herself, Qiu explained her experience in the manifesto and received an overwhelmingly sympathetic response from her readers. Also outlined in the manifesto was Qiu's belief that a better future for women lay under a Western-type government instead of the Qing government that was in power at the time. She joined forces with her cousin Xu Xilin and together they worked to unite many secret revolutionary societies to work together for the overthrow of the Qing dynasty.

Between 1905 and 1907, Qiu Jin was also writing a novel called Stones of the Jingwei Bird in traditional ballad form, a type of literature often composed by women for women audiences. The novel describes the relationship between five wealthy women who decide to flee their families and the arranged marriages awaiting them in order to study and join revolutionary activities in Tokyo. Titles for the later uncompleted chapters suggest that the women will go on to talk about “education, manufacturing, military activities, speechmaking, and direct political action, eventually overthrowing the Qing dynasty and establishing a republic” — all of which were subject matters that Qiu either participated in or advocated for.

Life after returning to China

Qiu Jin was known as an eloquent orator who spoke out for women's rights, such as the freedom to marry, freedom of education, and abolishment of the practice of foot binding. In 1906 she founded China Women's News (Zhongguo nü bao), a radical women's journal with another female poet, Xu Zihua in Shanghai. They published only two issues before it was closed by the authorities. In 1907, she became head of the Datong school in Shaoxing, ostensibly a school for sport teachers, but really intended for the military training of revolutionaries[citation needed]. While teaching in Datong school, she kept secret connection with local underground organization—The Restoration Society. This organization aimed to overthrow the Manchu government and restore Chinese rule.

Death

In 1907, Xu Xilin, Qiu’s friend and the Datong school’s co-founder was executed for attempting to assassinate his Manchu superior. In the same year, the authorities arrested Qiu at the school for girls where she was the principal. She was tortured but refused to admit her involvement in the plot. Instead the authorities used her own writings as incrimination against her and, a few days later, she was publicly beheaded in her home village, Shanyin, at the age of 31. Her last written words, her death poem, uses the literal meaning of her name, Autumn Gem, to lament of the failed revolution that she would never see take place:

秋風秋雨愁煞人 (Autumn wind, autumn rain — they make one die of sorrow)

After Qiu Jin was killed, no one dared to collect her body. Lu Bicheng endured her grief and took great risks to bury her friend. The guarding Qing army learned that the woman who came to collect the corpse was Lu Bicheng, who was famous in China, and they had no choice but to do anything.

Qiu Jin's death caused Lu Bicheng to lose a rare confidant in life. She wrote many poems in memory of Qiu Jin, recalling this like-minded friend.

Later, Lü Bicheng wrote "The Biography of the Revolutionary Heroine Qiu Jin" in English, which was published in newspapers in New York, Chicago and other places in the United States. It caused a great response and not only made many people in the world know about Qiu Jin's legendary story, but also published it in newspapers in New York and Chicago. It also makes people understand the darkness and corrupt social status quo of the Qing Dynasty. Lu Bicheng used a pen of her own to record her friendship with Qiu Jin, and also fulfilled her promise to Qiu Jin to respond with the "battle of words"

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douqi7s · 4 months

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Baihe novels I read in 2023, in order of when I read them:

Miss Forensics by Jiu Nuan Chun Shen. Contemporary thriller featuring a push-pull romance between a forensic pathologist and a police detective. Big action scenes, big emotional set-pieces, big emotions.

Distance by Mi Nao Nao. Contemporary romance billed as 'woman who has broken a thousand hearts vs woman who has never lost her heart'. I found it underwritten and lacking in structure, but lots of people seem to like it.

The Collapsing Palace by Ming Ye. Historical palace harem novel. A wilful noblewoman marries her cousin, the crown prince, so she can get close to his mother/her aunt the empress, whom she's been crushing on since forever. And she's not even the most toxic / messed up main character in this novel.

Life is Like a Dream by Qing Xiang. A short novel set in the Yue opera scene during the Republican Era. Small-scale, elegantly understated, makes highly effective of use of the author's detailed knowledge of opera and the opera scene.

Suffocation by Hua Qiong Ran. One of those 'toxic lesbians' contemporary thrillers, featuring the protagonist being repeatedly stalked and imprisoned by her own wife. Amped up the depravity too quickly to be wholly effective.

Zebra Crossing by Yi Bai Shou. Early baihe novel featuring a romance between a CEO and police detective, a mixture of thriller and romance. Strong beginning with appealing characters, somewhat let down by meandering middle and end and odd approach to extras.

She Belongs to Me by Da Ying. An uncomplicated contemporary romance between two femme professional women who are excellent communicators. Does make effective use of several k-drama style romantic set-pieces.

Bo Zhou by Ruo Hua Ci Shu. Time loop contemporary romance in which the protagonist tries to safe her girlfriend's life again and again. Overall competently plotted, well-paced and genuinely suspenseful.

The Tribulation of the Peach Runaway Blossom by Ning Yuan. A solid xianxia/xuanhuan novel with a big cast of complex female characters, competent world-building and assured prose. Somewhat falls down on the main romance (though the secondary romances make up for that a little), which was at once the lynchpin of the plot and not particularly present on the page.

The Abandoned by Mu Feng Qing Nian. Three words: sapphic xianxia shizunfuckery. Horny unhinged lesbians, plot twists on top of plot twists, and much violence.

Her Mountain, Her Sea by Fu Hua. A contemporary high school romance. Very solid, competent slice-of-life for the most part. The leads are well-characterised and their growing relationship is deftly handled, especially in the early stages.

The Creator's Grace by Ning Yuan. A near future sci-fi thriller. 12/10, no notes (though the sci-fi element is subordinate to the romance and thriller elements).

Minister Xie by Ruo Hua Ci Shu. This historical novel is The Goblin Emperor meets Sha Po Lang. Teenage emperor Liu Zao does her best to turn her prime minister Xie Yi (who is 14 years older) into her wife.

Snow on Her Pillow by Liu Yuan Chang Ning. Historical fiction featuring a romance between Princess Jieyou and her devoted attendant Feng Liao (described as the first official female diplomat in Chinese history). Competently and compellingly written; manages the Feat of treating Central Asian characters (of which there are many) as regular, undemonised people.

Spring on the River by Da Ying. This xuanhuan novel features supernatural women behaving very very badly, weird structure and pacing, and a rather hapless main character who frequently reminded me of a protagonist in a shoujo reverse harem novel.

Listen, God by Xian Yu Bu Chi Cai. A contemporary time loop thriller featuring a romance between a scriptwriter and an up-and-coming actress. Mostly carefully and cleverly plotted (though starts to unravel in the last 20%), though the relationship development between the leads left me cold.

A Taste of You by Si Bai Ba Shi Si. A contemporary romance between a talented chef and a CEO. A grounded, realist novel told through a charmingly wry first-person POV (bar a sharp swerve into melodrama in the last 10%), deeply embedded in the local lesbian scene.

Snow in the Spring Courtyard by Liu Yuan Chang Ning. This wuxia novel had good relationship development, a compelling love interest, and excellent pacing, and is likely to appeal to readers for those reasons. For me personally, it was let down by an extraordinarily bleak view of the jianghu which I don't think the author was fully aware of.

I Think About You Day and Night by Yu Shuang. In this contemporary romance, a CEO rescues a penniless girl from an abusive household, and k-drama-style shenanigans ensue. There's terminal illness, birth secrets, an incest scare (dw they're not actually related), and corporate machinations. The author's commitment to these tropes and their emotional stakes makes this an enjoyably dramatic read.

Cover Her Face by Qing Tang Shuan Xiang Cai. A mostly breezy, mostly fluffy, and unexpectedly sexy historical romance plus a dash of wuxia, with likable main characters.

Waiting for You by Min Ran. A contemporary showbiz romance, basically an exes-to-reunited-lovers story courtesy of a handy rebirth and time rewind. Another one for the 'attractive femme couple resolves their relationship problems through Better Communication' folder.

Climbing High by Po Po Po. In this historical court intrigue novel, aspiring scholar Fang Jian sells herself into indentured servitude to court official Gao Yunqu in exchange for the latter's promise to help her free her parents from unjust imprisonment. Published on PO18, so allowed to be sexually explicit in ways JJWXC and Changpei novels can't be, and the author makes full use of this (though I found the sex scenes between the tertiary couples stronger than those between the main couple, for the most part). Very strong political writing, a great cast of complex female characters.

#baihe #chinese gl #wlw

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pgabachelorarfa2023liusiyu · 1 year

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Princess Jieyou disappeared on the way to Wusun's marriage. GUGU, an intern at Suanquan Station, and A-nai, the salesman, went to look for she.

The starry sky in the desert has a strong attraction to GUGU.

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findsuzhou · 1 year

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Suzhou Entertainment Guide | February 27-March 5

Princess Jieyou Musical Time: 7:30 p.m., Feb. 27Venue: Suzhou Poly Grand Theatre苏州保利大剧院Tickets: RMB680/580/480/380/280/180 yuan Princess Jieyou was a Han princess who made a 3,000-mile journey to Wusun as part of a marital alliance. The musical is of great significance to tap into cultural deposits of Xinjiang, promote cultural exchanges between Jiangsu and Xinjiang, and demonstrate global…

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bayleafpaprika · 6 years

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— Jie You, Princess Jie You (解忧公主) Ep. 7

#princess jie you #解忧公主 #cdrama #cdramagifs #cdramaedit #princess jieyou #*om #zhang xin yi #张歆艺 #she's so pretty #so disappointed that nobody's seen this drama it's so underrated

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tomorrowsdrama · 3 years

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Updated Drama Watch List

Sorry to all other types of dramas, but it appears your girl is exclusively doing period dramas right now.

1. The Rebel Princess / Monarch Industry - If you haven’t noticed, this drama has taken over my life and my tumblr.

2. Tribes and Empires: Storm of Prophecy - When I’m not watching The Rebel Princess, I’m watching this to fill my need for more Zhou Yi Wei on my screen. Bonus is that he plays the hottest, most feral character ever in this drama. Here’s a trailer showing just how beautiful and amazing this drama is:

https://youtu.be/NzyNqyACPg0

It’s fully subbed on youtube too!

3. The Longest Day in Chang’an - so incredibly intelligent, dense, and visually stunning. You can feel the labor of love put into making this drama. Top quality drama here. Even if you just watched it for the sets and the costumes, it’d be more than worth it. I had started watching this before the Rebel Princess so seeing Zhou Yi Wei in this as an evil character was a nice little surprise.

4. Mr. Queen / Queen Cheorin - the sole kdrama on my plate right now. It’s easy, funny, and I’m rooting for the OTP. Shin Hye Sun is a revelation in the role and Kim Jung Hyun is also great as the straight man.

Put on Ice

The Crowned Clown - so sorry to my talented bb Yeo Jin Gu. I’m too occupied by hot men (mostly Zhou Yi Wei) battling it out with swords to fully appreciate this right now.

Run On - It looks like it’s still just as cute and adorable based on the gifs I’ve seen but it just doesn’t fit my current taste/appetite in dramas right now. So good bye for now to my precious pocket-sized couple.

Considering Adding On

So, along with Zhou Yi Wei, I’m really thirsty for Yuan Hong right now. He has a new drama out where he looks like an absolute daddy but it’s a newly released drama so I don’t want to have to wait for subs/new episodes. Waiting for new episodes of Rebel Princess is already torturous enough. That’s why I’m debating between watching young Yuan Hong in the classic Legend of the Condor Heroes with another hot fave Hu Ge, or watching him smoulder with Liu Shi Shi over beautiful weaving in A Weaver on the Horizon.

I also considered Princess Jieyou since it has Yuan Hong playing a wild long haired “barbarian” (his best look to be honest) in love with his brother’s bride-to-be, but I’ve only found English subs for up to episode 23 and I don’t know what the fansubber’s pace is going to be like. Sure, some may say that 23 episodes is more than enough to stretch out until the next episodes are subbed. But I know myself and if it’s good and I become obsessed, I will burn through 23 episodes quickly.

It’s so interesting that I’m watching three cdramas concurrently (Zhou Yi Wei played a part in this decision) because while I really love the cdramas that I love, I usually only watch one cdrama every so often. The majority of my watch lists are usually filled with kdramas and sprinkled with some jdramas. I don’t think I’ve ever watched more than one cdrama at one time.

#the rebel princess #monarch industry #tribes and empires #the longest day in chang'an #zhou yi wei #drama watch list #mr. queen #queen cheorin #yuan hong #cdrama #kdrama

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shangyangjunzhu · 3 years

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I'm with Xiao Qi all the way he's the hottest in this drama!

true but helan wang is kinda hot too...sorry he was just too good in the 6 subbed episodes of princess jieyou...but xiao qi though and also the third prince is really good looking

#rebel princess #monarch industry

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dangermousie · 11 months

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Oh, brother...aka keeping it in the (royal) family

I recently realized that for some reason “multiple brothers one girl” seems to be a popular category in costume dramas. I am not sure why such sharing is necessary in a polygamous society for fancy royals each of whom can get himself a whole harem, but I am not complaining that it appears any remake of the Hollywood classic “Seven Brides for Seven Brothers” would clearly be changed into “One Bride for Seven Brothers, and Some of the Brothers Spit Blood and Die” if it were a cdrama. Here are some of the dramas at issue.

Liu Shi Shi appears to be the queen of this subgenre to such an extent that I am vaguely wondering if it’s in her contract. We are gonna start with THREE of her dramas:

Bu Bu Jing Xin - Liu Shi Shi has not one, not two, but THREE hot royal brothers, played by Nicky Wu, Kevin Cheng and Lin Gengxin, pine for her time-traveling self. Since this is an exquisite (no, seriously, it’s amazing) period piece about loss and longing, she ends up with none of them, instead of a hot vagely-’cesty gangbang as one might expect from that set-up.

Lost Love in Times - poor Liu Shi Shi, she’s a sexy witch having to pick between William Chan and his shady brother Joe Xu. To make it even trippier, the two actors look like each other, to really hammer the whole “siblings want her” theme.

The Imperial Doctress - why bust what’s not broken? It’s the true and tried Liu Shi Shi and hot royal brothers formula. She’s a doctor who spends most of her time practicing medicine, escaping barbarians and creating feminism, not noticing that as she pines for one royal brother played by Huang Xuan, another royal brother, played by infinitely hotter Wallace Huo, is pining for her.

Gong/Jade Palace Lock Heart - if Liu Shi Shi is the queen of that set up, Feng Shao Feng is the king, what with this and Military Seal, both of which star Yang Mi. Clearly, there are worse ways to make a career than stealing Yang Mi from a royal brother. Here, Yang Mi is a spunky time traveler in the middle of Kang Xi’s sons’ fight for the throne. She first falls for Four but ends up with Eight. In between, she offers to bang Four to save Eight as one does. Gives a whole new meaning to sharing is caring and “have you brought enough for the entire class?”

Legend of the Military Seal - Yang Mi and FSF strike again. FSF is madly in love with his brother’s wife, and since she’s not afflicted by blindness, she shares his feelings. Surprisingly, but delightfully, happy ending ensues.

Who Rules the World - more like which brother rules awesome Zhao Lusi’s heart. Going by the rule of “hottest brother wins,” Yang Yang gets the girl in a drama that is pretty yum yum.

Colourful Bone - one hot seriously whumped out royal brother and one whiny immature one, oh who should the heroine pick? This drama stands for the proposition that you should protect and save abused people, especially if they are hot men, since they will always turn out to be an emperor in disguise. This drama btw is one giant kinkfest for yours truly.

The Eternal Love - you could make THREE whole seasons out of timetravel and brothers into the same girl, who knew.

Dreaming Back to the Qing Dynasty - if you’ve seen Gong or BBJX, you know the drill. Horde of queued brothers queueing for the heroine.

(Mine and all my brothers’, that is -Ed.)

Princess Jieyou - Yuan Hong narrowly escaped the curse of fancying his brother’s woman in BBJX, being about the only sibling not in love with LSS in that one. But clearly, you can’t fight fate and shortly thereafter he’s got to be a sister-in-law luster in a drama of his very own. He is a barbarian general who falls in love with a woman only to discover she’s to marry his brother. Angst and deliciousness and eventual happy ending (the husband fulfilled the uglier brother’s duty by eventually kicking the bucket.)

The Promise of Chang’an - if you want to watch brothers with the same woman but no happy ending, and have already watched BBJX, I present this recent drama where Cheng Yi gets to, as always, suffer beautifully watching the woman he loves marry his annoying brother. Pretty much everyone dies at the end of this one, going off to a great big threesome in the sky.

Twisted Fate of Love - will Sun Yi pick the delicate Tan Jianci or the sexy as fuck bastard that is Jin Han? Being a smart woman, she picks the latter and my hormones rejoice.

Go Princess Go - this is a drama that parodied every cliche there is, so why not brothers into one woman? Who is actually a man in a woman’s body making it even more delightful!

Ashes of Love - even being divine, with women from three separate realms available will seemingly not prevent love interests being a scarce resource leading to sibling love rivalry. Deng Lun and Luo Yunxi duke it out ostensibly for Yang Zi but in reality for who can suffer more prettily. Deng Lun might get the girl, but LYX wins the suffering crown, so it all more or less evens out.

Princess Silver - are siblings in love with the same woman not spicy enough for you? How about TWINS in love with the same woman? One awesome (Aarif Rahman) and one psychotic (Jing Chao) want our heroine and both marry her at one point. Only the awesome one gets to bang her though. (But the psychotic one gets to stick meathooks through his brother in compensation for not being able to stick...ummm...meathook through the heroine, so it’s all OK.)

Secret of the Three Kingdoms - and now we are gonna go REAL PERV! If twins are not enough for you, seekers of strong sensations, how about IDENTICAL twins? Ma Tianyu replaces his dead identical twin brother as the last Han emperor and gets to woo Wan Qian (whose plan it was in the first place.) At least she doesn’t need to get used to a new face?

We are gonna end here and not get into father and son sharing the same woman a la Empress of China.

(Congrats to Aarif Rahman for getting to bang both his brother’s and his father’s wives on screen. That is an interesting niche.)

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thegloryofgeekdom · 4 years

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Eternal Love of Dream

Episode 30 SPOILERS

After patching up Dong Hua and successfully evading his queries as to why she is at Jieyou Spring Feng Jui remember her original mission and feels remorse for forgetting about Yan Yan, she attempts to leave but...

Although She and Dong Hua effectively defeated the spiritual incarnation of Miao Luo her demon ward is going to be stuck in place for 24 hours, leaving our hero and heroine trapped together for the foreseeable future. 😏Feng Jui is obviously distraught by the news, as she realises she will have to wait another month for the full moon to lure away the snakes.You gotta admire her determination to fulfil her promise to Yi Qingti. Her attempts are futile, but she even tries to get Dong Hua to get her out of the ward promising to forgive him any past transgressions between them. Our troll Emperor is amused she’s holding grudges and remind her that for every misdeed he has compensated her somehow.

She chuckles nervously and still appeals for him to help her out, especially since she helped dress his injury. Dong Hua wants to know why she wants to leave so badly and she does a lot of muttering about Yan Chiwu.

Dong Hua is NOT PLEASED to hear the demons Lords name, in fact he looks positively jealous!

And this is where Feng Jui makes a massive mistake.🤭🤭🤭

Dong Hua is amused/suprised, while Feng Jui is horrified at the Freudian slip.She tries to back track, insisting the princess of Qingqiu would NOT steal.

#eternal love the pillowbook #eternal love of dream #dong hua #dijun #feng jui #otp #i will go down with this ship

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【History About Princess Xijun of Han Dynasty 】

Liu Xijun (Chinese: 劉細君;123?–101 BC), also known as Princess Xijun (細君公主), Princess of Jiangdu (Chinese: 江都公主) or the Princess of Wusun (Chinese: 烏孫公主), was a princess of the Han dynasty sent to marry the King of Wusun(烏孫) as marriage alliance. A poem said to be by her is one of the earliest known Chinese poems attributable to a named woman.

Liu Xijun was the daughter of the King of Jiangdu (in modern-day Yangzhou, Jiangsu), Liu Jian (劉建) and granddaughter of Liu Fei, brother of Emperor Wu of Han. Xijun was orphaned while still an infant. Her father was described as incestuous, cruel and depraved, and had to commit suicide after being implicated in a rebellion. Her mother was also executed the same year for “practicing witchcraft”. As daughter of disgraced parents, she would likely have a low status at the Han court.

In 105 BC, Xijun's status was elevated and she was made a princess by Emperor Wu（漢武帝）. The emperor wanted to send her off to marry the king (Kunmi or Kunmo) of the Wusun, Liejiaomi (猎驕靡), with the intention of forming an alliance with the Wusun and breaking up the confederacy of the Xiongnu. After a gift of 1,000 horses from the Wusun were sent to the Han court, she was sent to the Wusun 5,000 miles away in the Ili valley area with a retinue of 100 officials, eunuchs, servants and carriages. After her marriage, she was made Lady of the Right, a position subordinate to the Lady of the Left who was of Xiongnu origin.

However, her husband was elderly, she rarely saw him and could not communicate with him. Two years after she married to Wusun King, The Wusun King died. Most of the ancient nomadic had the custom of "Shouji Marriage/ Widow inheritance(收继婚)"which mean a custom that compulsory marriage of a widow to a brother of her deceased husband etc. In the case of the royal family, it is necessary to marry the next King. Xijun is the King's Lady, after the king's death, she needs to marry the next king according to the custom, and the next king was her husband grandson Cenzou (岑陬).

Although Xijun protested such remarriage which was considered improper in Han Chinese custom and beg to Emperor Wu (漢武帝) to let her return to Han, the Emperor Wu (漢武帝) replied that she should comply as the alliance with Wusun was deemed necessary to vanquish the Xiongnu (匈奴). She duly married Cenzou, who became king after Liejiaomi died. She had a daughter with him in 102 BC, and died the following year.She died at the age of 21, and never returned to her country in her life. A further princess named Princess Jieyou was sent to marry Cenzou (岑陬) after her death.

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A poem credited to Xijun is given in Hanshu:

【悲愁歌/ Song of Sorrow 】

悲愁歌吾家嫁我兮天一方，

My family married me off to the edge of the world

遠托異國兮烏孫王。

Far away in the strange land of the Wusun king

穹廬為室兮旃為牆，

A domed hut is my chamber, the felt my walls

以肉為食兮酪為漿。

Meat is my food, fermented milk my drink

居常土思兮心內傷，

Living here, I long for my land, and my heart aches

願為黃鵠兮歸故鄉。

Wishing I could be a yellow swan,and return to my old home

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In the history that has lasted for hundreds of years, the marriage of princesses to foreign country/tribe has become a common diplomatic method. Countless women who shoulder the heavy trust of the empire and share the name of "Princess" go to foreign countries alone to complete the mission of unknown answer.Their fate is forced to conform to the torrent of the times, it is a sigh.

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dramacool0 · 2 years

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sexdoll-alisa · 3 years

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cdramaddict · 7 years

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10 + 11 questions tag

Thank you @shenmeizhuang for tagging me with your questions. Some of the questions here were similar to another tag so forgive me for recycling:

1. Favorite villain or antagonist.

An Qing Xu from Glory of the Tang Dynasty. Although I blame him for indirectly causing Zhen Zhu’s early death (if he didn’t capture her, he wouldn’t have had to “kill her to save her”, inflicting internal injuries that ultimately caused her body to deteriorate prematurely) his love for Zhen Zhu was genuine, albeit a bit obsessive. The guy didn’t exactly grow up in a loving environment (his father was a total asshole who probably wasn’t capable of love) so he could be forgiven for the way he expressed his love for Zhen Zhu and when he died I almost shed a tear for the poor guy.

2. Favorite character trope/archetype.

Hero (often royalty but not necessarily) who is supposed to accept polygamy due to societal expectations and other pressures but only has eyes and heart for his one true love. Examples from most recent watches are Tuoba Jun (Luo Jin) in Princess Weiyoung, Li Chu (Allen Ren) from Glory of the Tang Dynasty and Liu Xiu (Yuan Hong) from Singing All Along ( 秀丽江山之长歌行). Its a character trope that I never get tired of...

3. Least favorite character trope/archetype.

The sacrificial hero/heroine/OTP aka noble idiocy character trope. While I still may watch a drama with this character trope, I do so with a lot of gnashing of teeth

4. Least favorite drama trope.

I have 2:

a) Following on from #3 I hate the drama trope where the OTP are doomed to live without each other due to a higher ‘duty’ which means they must sacrifice their relationship for a ‘greater’ good. E.g. Princess Jie You (解忧公主） and Nicky Wu’s version of 萧十一郎。 The rational part of me always understands the sacrifice is the “right” thing to do but the rest of me just wants them to say “to hell with everything” and just elope. I usually avoid these dramas unless I know that the OTP gets a happy ending

B) OTP separations for no good reason other than to create angst for the sake of angst but cause you to FFwd through all the episodes until they meet again or worse if live watching you have to endure weeks of waiting for the OTP to reunite

5. Name a character that you initially disliked but came to love

Couldn’t really think of one. The closest one would have to be Peter Ho’s character from the Taiwanese drama Summer’s Desire 泡沫之夏 though I can’t say I ended up ‘loving’ his character. I did end up rooting for him to get the girl though

6. Favorite multi-season drama?

I don’t believe I have watched any multi-season Cdramas unless you count Gory of the Tang Dynasty or 错点鸳鸯 (one of Zhao Li Ying’s first dramas as the leading lady). Flawed as they were, I enjoyed both those dramas immensely

7. Favorite example of trope dissection/dispellation.

The 2nd lead gets the girl in Diamond Lover 克拉恋人. I didn’t actually watch the whole drama only the ending when i heard that Luo Jin’s second lead got the girl. I rarely get 2nd lead syndrome but this was one of those rare examples.

or if talking about a drama that I did watch in total, then Nicky Wu’s wu xia drama 萧十一郎. Where the heroine (Athena Zhu) does her duty and marries the man she didn’t love with good intentions of being a faithful wife to her husband (and in many dramas that’s how things play out) but in 萧十一郎 things turn out differently due to a myriad of complex plot twists my OTP get their happy ending (in a way that does not make the heroine look bad for committing adultery) I loved that drama to bits

8. Favorite time travel drama.

Haven’t watched many of these but out of the ones I did watch – I loved – GONG (Feng Shao Feng and Yang Mi) and the Hong Kong Drama 寻秦记(with Louis Koo)

I know i’m in the minority but Bu Bu Jing xin didn’t work for me. I never got over the way Ruo Xi started out loving the 8th Prince but was able to ‘get over’ those feelings and progress to fall in love with 4th prince. This may have been due to the fact that I watched GONG first and loved the 8th prince pairing. Though Bu Bu Jing Xin was a qualitatively better drama, it didn’t capture my heart the way GONG did

9. Choose a period drama, sageuk, or wuxia that you would like to time travel to.

Princess Weiyoung - so I can go back and bring Tuoba Jun some modern medicine to cure the poison in his body so he can live a long and happy life, watch his son grow up and rule the kingdom for the good of h

10. Historical event/time period/historical figure(s) that you want to see a show explore.

'Cos I’m shallow.....no ‘cos i love my hero (a royal or King) who only has / loves one wife trope, i would love to see a drama about 翁归 from the drama 解忧公主 (Princess Jieyou). History says he loved only 刘解忧 in his life time, was devoted to her during the whole time he ruled and he was a reasonably good king. The brief moment of happiness at the end of the drama where my OTP finally got together just didn’t cut it. I was dying for MORE!

11. Name a show with the best (most intensive yet reasonable/plausible) plot twists.

Descendants of the Sun - ie only if you find the plot twists plausible and reasonable

(I haven’t watched Nirvana in Fire so can’t put that one down but have heard raving reviews about the intensity of its plot twists....)

#my replies shenmeizhuang

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