2023: Baidu on Xu Xing, a Contemporary of Mencius
Reading the Mencius lately, I came across this reference to another thinker contemporary to Mencius, looked him up on the Baidu online encyclopedia and then made this translation using ChatGPT as a translation tool. The China of 2500 years ago comes to use through 2500 years of commentary that is can be both enlightening and befogging so I try to cast my net broadly. Mencius is much more famous…
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Really?!
REALLY?!
You are going THERE, Fei Wo Si Cun?
This was the last FWSC adaptation where ML promised to catch 100 fireflies for FL:
Where do I apply for compensation for my immense psychic damage?!
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The Guide to Capturing a Black Lotus | Main Four
Yu Shuxin (Ling Miao Miao), Ding Yuxi (Mu Sheng), Zhu Xu Dan (Mu Yao), Yang Shi Ze (Liu Fuyi)
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Zhongxu universe art I did to celebrate @agameofluckyhit birthday last month ❤️
Characters are a crossover from two cdramas Unique Lady and The Blooms at Ruyi Pavilion and they took over my life in the last months 🥹
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This is exactly the kind of fucked up murder-based period marriage I am here for. God, so fucked up, so glorious. I can only imagine how much mdl hates this drama and it fuels my glee train like nothing else.
Is prince dude great husband material? Between a large harem, a penchant for murder and torture of those displeasing him, marital assault, and a very fucked up relationship with the truth, nope nope nope, I'd rather marry a tree or become a nun. But I am metaphorically weeping tears of unabashed joy to finally finally finally, for the first time since probably early 2021, having a period cdrama ml who comes across as someone who actually could fit into a period royal family and not a modern man in costume - of course he will kill those who offend him and not blink, of course he will lie and manipulate as means of advancement and survival, of course he wouldn't know normal relationships if they bit him, his biggest offer of love to a lady is making her prime consort (what is that only spouse business you mention?! are you insane?!) and he is quite happy to have knocked up multiple wives at once. The wonder isn't that a period royal forced his concubine when she didn't want to have sex with him but that he refrained from doing so for six months and feels bad afterwards and I love love love love that this narrative actually gets that this dude is not a contemporary dreamboat but a fucked up representative of a very different time and place.
Giving me mad FWSC vibes and that is always glorious...
I love that he gives her his ginormous dagger and prepares to have his throat slit in compensation.
And calmly drinks his booze as she contemplates whether to stab him to death. I love that it honestly could go either way.
A much much calmer version of this:
(God, I loved my drama queen (emperor?) LCY...)
Though dudes, perhaps if you held off your hormones and emotions a bit in check and managed to control your urge for sexual assault and other insanity, you might not need to beg for a bit of a stabbathon. Calmer all around.
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just started the starry love, and the male lead’s energy is peak:
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