#梁龙

[miyamiwu]

To Be Hero X Character Wallpapers

Wallpapers are from the official Chinese website, shown after you give trust value to a character. Voted in all characters just to collect all the images hehe

[hunxi-after-hours]

我喜欢Disco / I like disco 丝滑般的风度 / That style, smooth as silk 我喜欢Disco / I like disco 注入灵魂舞步 / Inject those soulful dance moves 我喜欢Disco / I like disco 烟雾缭绕幻术 / Smoky, dazzling illusions

披荆斩棘的哥哥 CALL ME BY FIRE S4 | 二公 SECOND STAGE

《DISCO》

[kowloon-tiny-roach]

Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In

Made a meme hehe

[juniperhoot]

Wuhu Music Bureau 吾湖音乐局 is back! So happy to have another episode of this CHARMING show! And I’m absolutely delighted to have 李琦 Li Qi joining the fun! He seems so dang jolly. 😂

The farm animals have arrived, and Fang Shujian brought his lion dance costume this time. There’s also a basket of… rubber chickens? 🐔

Ayanga brought gifts for the hamster, which is too adorable for words. And later, he did an impression of a certain bass crooner that ENDED ME.

They called many of the Super Vocal season one brothers to get them all to sing a specific line from a song, and it was a cavalcade of familiar faces and voices. There is one glaring omission so far, and yes, I get WHY he can’t be here, but I still hate that Dalong can’t be a part of all this.

Even without our Dalong, this is all so cute, and so wholesome. I love seeing these guys spending time together and making music. Their silly, playful rendition of “Do, Re, Mi” made me smile so much! And every time they do another “wohoo!” I giggle.

Zhang Chao cooks for the group, and demonstrates some impressive knife work on a fish. Who knew?!

There’s an ad for the show’s sponsor, featuring the cuteness of 黄子弘凡 Huang Zihongfan, aka Lars Huang. So happy to see him getting these little promotional gigs! Good for him!

There’s an amusing dance lift sequence that must be seen to be believed. But wait! It turns into Hong Zhiguang hoisting Fang Shujian onto his shoulders, at which point he does some squats. 😂 These fools!

Ma Jia’s return is greeted with joy and some belly rubs. This is how he should always be welcomed. Did he have any idea he’d be carrying a little piggy around this week?

Ayanga takes some time to commune with a little black goat, bleating and fetching a handful of grass for it to munch. He gently coaxes a few beautiful bleats out of it (they’re recording the animal sounds for something), and looks so pleased.

All in all, another lovely episode full of cute moments. 💜 Wohoo!

[kaipanzero]

New Dragon Inn: Heroes Awakening

新龙门客栈之英雄觉醒 (2024)

[faruimiaoshan-blog]

20250601楞严咒金刚经持诵于《柳林的故事》山西吕梁龙海酒店

[xinguozhi]

哪些内阁成员或后座议员会退下来？

8视界新闻/邓沁怡，余慧慧       2025-1-23 https://www.8world.com/singapore/ge2025-who-might-retire-2588106 国会议事厅。（图：Jeremy…

[pacikiara]

I still wince at the English translations of the hero names

like "Firm Man"? bro his Chinese hero name is 英雄不倒, hero unfalling. Couldn't they have gone with something like "Unyielding" or "Atlas"?? I'm Chinese too man and I wish they had a better sense for English names

E-Soul too, I know his name is supposed to mean electric soul or soul electric, bc 魂电. If it's still a mouthful, why not "Soul Light"? or "Soul-Blitzer"? or even call him "ELE-Soul"?

I don't know why the translators okayed firm man

edit: just found out abt dragon boy..

*deep inhale*

idk his powers, but dear lord, no. the US with American Dragon Jake Long was better than this at LEAST. why is the best thing for 梁龙 "dragon boy"???? why not "Draconic" or "Dracolink/Drakolink"?? Or smth even simpler like "The Dragon"?

[babylon-crashing]

Q: What is a splendid poem you wrote in a non-English language?

It’s not a poem, per se, but let me share the first scene in my wuxia retelling of Shakespeare’s Titus Andronicus. For those unfamiliar with the term, wuxia is a Chinese genre of literature that features martial arts, valiance, action and often elements of the supernatural. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000), for example, is wuxia.

As for the source material, Titus Andronicus starts off with two brothers, Saturninus and Bassianus, along with their followers, competing to see who will rule Rome. Right before a riot begins Titus’ brother, Marcus, arrives and announces that Titus, an ancient but highly respected general, is returning from war and will choose which brother will be made emperor. For my retelling all the genders are reversed. Bái Sī [白丝, White Silk] and Sàtǔn [萨吞, Steel-Swallower] are sisters. Tiě Gū [铁姑, Iron Aunt] is the sister to General Tiān Mǔ [天母, Heavenly Mother].

My skills at translating Chinese have much to be desired, so any errors here are entirely my own.

《血菩萨。》第一幕·第一场 "Blood Bodhisattva." Act I 一 Scene I

《血染玉阶，凤泣残阳。》 [Blood stains the jade steps, a phoenix weeps for the dying sun.]

[玉门国·千剑宫外。] [Yumen Kingdom · Outside the Thousand Swords Palace。]

[战鼓裂云，幕启时，白思与萨囤对峙宫阶之上。铁牛、天鹤两派弟子于阶下血战。宫门处，礼官肃立，御史执笔，锦衣卫刀出半鞘，静若石雕。] [War drums tear at the clouds as the curtain rises, Bái Sī and Sàtūn stand frozen on the palace steps. Below, their Iron Ox and Heavenly Crane disciples wage war. At the gates, Lǐguān stand rigid, Yùshǐ clutch ink-brushes and Jinyiwei guards rest hands on half-drawn blades, silent as carved sentinels.]

萨囤 / SÀTŪN.

[斩马刀啸空而过，尘暴如龙卷起。]

[Her Zhanmadao screams through air, whipping up a dust-whirlwind.]

"铁牛门下！"

"Sons and daughters of the Iron Ox!"

"朕即凤诏，天命在刃！"

"I am the Phoenix's living edict, the Mandate burns in my steel!"

"和我一起站起来，铸就历史的栋梁！"

"Stand with me and be forged into history's pillars!"

"叛龙者 …"

"Betray me …"

[刀光一闪，宫灯齐灭。]

[A blade-flash—every palace lantern gutters out.]

萨囤 / SÀTŪN [cont.]

"… 九族诛尽，宫门悬颅！"

"… and I’ll hang your bloodline’s skulls from the palace gates!"

白思 / BÁI SĪ.

[双针剑作鹤翼式，冷笑。]

[Needle-swords flash into crane-wing stance, her sneer colder than moonlight.]

"天命？" [冷笑。]

"The Mandate?" [Laugh like cracking ice.]

"弑亲之血，也配称凤？"

"Can a kinslayer's hands still clutch the Phoenix’s crown?"

"天鹤展翅！"

"Heavenly Crane spreads its wings!"

[她的剑刃颤抖，如同挥舞的羽翼——鹤的优雅中夹杂着蝎子的毒液。她的阵营中回荡着鹤鸣齐鸣，如同丝绸撕裂剑刃的声音。]

[Her blades shiver like pinions at mid-strike—the crane’s grace laced with scorpion’s venom. Her faction echoes with choral crane-cries, a sound like silk tearing on sword-edges.]

白思 / BÁI SĪ [cont.]

"重器非在冠冕，而在德行。"

"True power lies not in crowns, but in virtue."

"尔自比狂风？不��瘈狗吠日！"

"You call yourself a storm? A rabid dog barking at heaven!"

[她的战士们的呐喊声响彻云霄——铁牛队伍摇摇晃晃，阵型散乱。]

[Her warriors' cries pierce the air—the Iron Ox ranks stagger, their formation fraying.]

铁姑 / TIĚ GŪ.

[持碧玉令，九节鞭缠腰。满场肃杀。] [Enters with the Jade Scepter, her 9-section whip coiled around her hips. The air thickens, sharp as a guillotine’s edge.]

"骨肉相残之座，未雪先倾。" "The throne built on sister-blood collapses before winter’s first snow can hide its sins."

"今奉碎玉令，迎天母将军班师 ..." "By the Broken Jade Seal, I declare General Tiān Mǔ regent ..."

"五毒教之役，当终今日。" "Her war against the Five Poisons Sect ends now."

"散！" "Disperse!"

"… 否则御史以刻石指铭罪，鬼神同泣！" "… or the Yùshǐ’s Stone-Carving Finger will engrave your crimes so deep, even gods and ghosts will wail!"

[御史的一击落地——指尖击碎了大理石地板，裂开了蜘蛛网，如同下了判决书一般。]

[The Yùshǐ’s strike lands—fingertips shatter the marble floor, cracks spider-webbing like a verdict.]

萨囤 / SÀTŪN.

[见玉阶旁书生所留的砚台，冷笑。]

[Spots an inkstone left by a fleeing scholar, her lips curl.]

[脚踢翻，墨泼阶如血。]

[Her boot flips it, black ink gushes down the steps like a slit throat.]

"刻啊！"

"Carve this!"

"让后世记得 ..."

"Let history remember …"

[锦衣卫刀光映墨，凤鸣凄厉。]

[Jinyiwei blades gleam with reflected ink, their phoenix-cry a funeral dirge.]

[白思的鹤簪坠地，羽尖沾墨。]

[Bái Sī’s crane-hairpin clatters to the floor, its feather-tip staining black.]

萨囤 / SÀTŪN [cont.]

"… 铁牛将军之妹执印却不敢执刃！"

"… the Iron General’s sister clutches seals, but flees from steel!"

铁姑 / TIĚ GŪ.

[举令，寒声。]

[Raising the Jade Order, her voice colder than a tomb’s breath.]

"刻石遗臭，万古流秽。"

"Let stone etch your reek, let ten thousand generations gag on your name."

[玉阶震颤，如畏其言。]

[The jade steps tremble, as if fearing her decree.]

铁姑 / TIĚ GŪ [cont.]

"母皇遗诏刻于玉，非书于血。"

"The Empress’ will was carved in jade, not scribbled in traitors’ blood."

[锦衣卫刀锋低鸣，似凤泣先帝。]

[Jinyiwei blades hum, a phoenix weeping for the dead sovereign.]

白思 / BÁI SĪ.

[凝视没羽，墨渍如泪，轻叹后扬声道。] [Gazes at the drowned feather, ink seeping like tears, then her voice lifts, clear and cold.]

“血缘始，血缘终。” "By blood it began, by blood it ends."

[向铁姑鞠躬，腰如竹折而不断。] [She bows to Tiě Gū, back bent like bamboo, unbroken.]

白思 / BÁI SĪ [cont.]

“我臣服 ...” "I yield ..."

“… 非顺汝刃，乃顺天佑。” "… not to your blade, but to Heaven’s decree."

[白袍众退如雪崩，寂然无声。] [Her disciples retreat like an avalanche in reverse, soundless, deliberate.]

白思 / BÁI SĪ [cont.]

“愿鹤唳引慈母之手。” "May the crane’s cry guide my Mother’s hand."

[最后一句如刃悬喉。] [The words hang—a knife at the world’s throat.]

白思 / BÁI SĪ [cont.]

“雪退散…” "The snow withdraws..."

[… 然寒入骨，千年不化。] "...but frost lingers in the bones and will not thaw for a thousand years."

萨囤 / SÀTŪN.

[握刀下令，目光灼灼。]

[Her Zhanmadao gleams, a verdict half-unsheathed. Her gaze burns hotter than the desert wind.]

“名铸剑出，不悔不归。”

"My name is forged in steel, my blade thirsts without remorse."

[铁牛派虽退，手不离刀。]

[The Iron Ox faction withdraws, but every finger still curls around cold steel.]

萨囤 / SÀTŪN [cont.]

“让玉门断壁 ...”

"Let the ruins of the Jade Gate ..."

[刀锋划地，裂石如骨碎。]

[Her saber splits the earth, stone shatters like a spine.]

萨囤 / SÀTŪN [cont.]

“... 判谁凤血承天！”

"… decide whose veins bear the Phoenix’s truth!"

[众人退时，守卫扬玉尘，五行阵成而即散，如凤涅磐。]

[As factions retreat, guards raise jade-ash, the Wuxing symbols form then dissolves like a phoenix's rebirth from the ash.]

[幕落时，唯余：]

[The curtains close on:]

萨囤的刀 [Sàtūn's blade]

插在玉阶 [embedded in jade steps]

白思的羽 [Bái Sī's feather]

飘向冷月 [drifting toward the icy moon]

铁姑的鞭 [Tiě Gū's whip]

缠着半截断诏 [coiled around a torn edict]

上书： [which reads:]

"朕死之年..."

"The year I die..."

"...血菩萨现。"

"...the Blood Bodhisattva comes."

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Notes:

Wuxia (pronounced: "woo-syah") is known for its melodrama and camp, breathtaking swordplay and high-flying martial arts (literally, the actors defy gravity via Wire Fu, as seen in The Matrix). Here are some terms that I need to explain:

Lǐguān, Yùshǐ and Jinyiwei are different sorts of Imperial court officials. Wuxing, often translated as the Five Phases (see diagram below), is a conceptual scheme used in many Chinese fields of study to explain a wide array of phenomena, such as characterizing the interactions and relationships within various sciences, medicines, politics and religions. Whereas an Emperor was compared to a dragon, an Empress (especially Wu Zetian) was compared to a phoenix. A Zhanmadao or “Horse-chopping blade” was a large sword popular during the Song dynasty. Being ignorant in many things I chose to set the play in a mythical ancient China, to avoid that whole “historically accurate” razzamatazz.

[miyamiwu]

Official English Translations of To Be Hero X Character Quotes

My mutual @rainibao already posted these here, along with her full translation of the character profiles. But in case you want the full character quote images for whatever reason, then here you go~

[hunxi-after-hours]

在一个人的房间有面镜子 / In my single-person room there is a mirror 我经常问着镜子里的自己 / I often ask the me in the mirror 你为什么这样子 / Why are you like this? 每天希望绝望之间月亮与六便士 / Every day, vacillating between hope and despair, the moon and sixpence 黑夜问白天说 / The night asks the day, who says 这就是现实 / This is reality

披荆斩棘的哥哥 CALL ME BY FIRE S3 | 三公 THIRD STAGE

《JOKER》

[rainibao]

Dragon Boy fans (me) come get your food

(it's an animatic)

[freisende]

Married Thrice to Salted Fish Audio Drama Season 2 Song - "Three Wishes" 《三願/San Yuan》 (Hanzi/Pinyin/English) Lyrics & English Translation

✲ Married Thrice to Salted Fish (三嫁鹹魚/San Jia Xian Yu) Audio Drama Season 2 Song

✲ Singer: 大C

Youtube Music Lyric Video: here

•Original work: Married Thrice to Salted Fish 《三嫁鹹魚》by Bikabi (比卡比)

♫Production Group♫

📌Original Production Team ℗ 2024 猫耳FM:

•Produced by: Maoer FM (猫耳FM)

•Planning: Jiangzao (降枣)

•Lyrics: Long Xiaotao (龙小套)

•Composition: Lianya (莲琊)

•Arrangement: Ouyang Wenjun Lianya (欧阳文俊 莲琊)

•Singing/Harmony: Da-C (大C)

•Post-production: Liu Shuai Lian Ya (刘帅 莲琊)

•Assistance: Hua Chao (花朝)

•Poster design: Wei Shan (伪鳝)

•Title: You Fei (有匪)

•Music producer: Lian Ya (莲琊)

•Music production team: Chao Sheng Zu(潮声组)

✲ Released on: 2024-08-26

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Lyrics:

Verse 1:

问谁与同行

wèn shéi yǔ tóngxíng

长风千里灵犀 

cháng fēng qiānlǐ língxī

风雨同舟济

fēngyǔ tóng zhōu jì

从来冷眼看

cónglái lěngyǎn kàn

尘世里

chénshì lǐ

世人庸碌奔忙 

shìrén yōnglù bēnmáng

千百种执迷

qiān bǎi zhǒng zhí mí

Pre-chorus 1:

若称为知己

ruò chēng wéi zhījǐ

知情知意知我 

zhīqíng zhī yì zhī wǒ

偏凉薄冷情

piān liáng báo lěng qíng

从来不信命 

cónglái bu xìn mìng

任因果报应

rèn yīnguǒ bàoyìng

却因他动容 

què yīn tā dòngróng

悄然改写命局

qiǎorán gǎixiě mìng jú

如何云淡风轻 

rúhé yún dàn fēng qīng

日月朝夕

rì yuè zhāoxì 

红线暗牵系

hóngxiàn àn qiān xì

举杯相约重逢

jǔ bēi xiāngyuē chóngféng

莫再违期

mò zài wéi qī

Chorus:

愿与君如梁上燕 

yuàn yǔ jūn rú liáng shàng yàn

岁岁年 长相见

suì suì nián zhǎng xiàng jiàn

隔世霜雪落 

géshì shuāng xuě luò 

寄我意 送君前

jì wǒ yì sòng jūn qián

辟如生死爱欲 如刻骨云烟

pì rú shēngsǐ ài yù rú kègǔ yúnyān

随朝暮尽散 又随朝暮还复来

suí zhāo mù jǐn sàn yòu suí zhāo mù hái fù lái

庭院桃花已开

tíng yuàn táo huā yǐ kāi 

Pre-chorus 2:

若称为知己

ruò chēng wéi zhījǐ

知情知意知我 

zhīqíng zhī yì zhī wǒ 

相思无绝期

xiāngsī wú jué qī

从来不信命 

cónglái bu xìn mìng

任因果报应

rèn yīn guǒ bàoyìng

却因他祈愿 

què yīn tā qí yuàn

来世姻缘再续

láishì yīnyuán zài xù

如何云淡风轻 

rúhé yún dàn fēng qīng

日月朝夕

rì yuè zhāoxì 

红线暗牵系

hóngxiàn àn qiān xì

举杯相约重逢 

jǔ bēi xiāngyuē chóngféng

莫再违期

mò zài wéi qī 

Chorus:

愿与君如梁上燕 

yuàn yǔ jūn rú liáng shàng yàn

岁岁年 长相见

suì suì nián zhǎng xiàng jiàn

隔世霜雪落 

géshì shuāng xuě luò 

寄我意 送君前

jì wǒ yì sòng jūn qián

辟如生死爱欲 如刻骨云烟

pì rú shēngsǐ ài yù rú kègǔ yúnyān

随朝暮尽散 又随朝暮还复来

suí zhāo mù jǐn sàn yòu suí zhāo mù hái fù lái

庭院桃花已开

tíng yuàn táo huā yǐ kāi 

Last Chorus:

愿君千岁身常健 

yuàn jūn qiānsuì shēn cháng jiàn

执手白发红颜

zhí shǒu bái fà hóngyán 

士为知己容 

shì wéi zhījǐ róng 

常相看两不厌

cháng xiāng kàn liǎng bù yàn

任凭日月如箭 

rènpíng rì yuè rú jiàn 

轮转过尘缘

lún zhuǎnguò chényuán

随你登高殿 或随你天涯仗剑

suí nǐ dēnggāo diàn huò suí nǐ tiān yá zhàng jiàn 

寻得一隅桃源

xún dé yīyú táoyuán

回身看 盛世河清海晏

huíshēn kàn shèngshì héqīng hǎi yàn

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English Translation:

Verse 1:

Asking; who is the one going with me?

Though the wind blows with rain thousands of miles, we stand together and are in sync with each other

I have always viewed the world with a cold glance

People are busy bustling about with thousands of obsessions around

Pre-chorus 1:

If you call yourself my soulmate

Understanding my emotions, my thoughts, and me;

I am cold and indifferent

Never believing in fate, letting karma take its course

Yet because of him, I was touched and subtly changed the course of my destiny.

How can it be so light and peaceful, day and night?

The red thread is secretly tied

Raise a glass of wine and make an agreement to meet again, not breaking the appointment

Chorus:

I wish to come to see you year after year, like a swallow on the beam

Frost and snow fall from another world, sending my messages and thoughts to you along the way.

Love is like life and death; like clouds and smoke, 

It vanishes with the morning and evening, and comes back with the morning and evening

The peach blossoms have bloomed in the courtyard 

Pre-chorus 2:

If you call yourself my soulmate

Understanding my emotions, my thoughts, and me;

along with this endless love for you

Never believing in fate, letting karma take its course

Yet because of his prayer, ensuring the continuation of our marriage in the next life

How can it be so light and peaceful, day and night?

The red thread is secretly tied

Raise a glass and make an agreement to meet again, not breaking the appointment

Chorus:

I wish to come to see you year after year, like a swallow on the beam

Frost and snow fall from another world, sending my messages and thoughts to you along the way.

Love is like life and death; like clouds and smoke, 

it vanishes with the morning and evening, and comes back with the morning and evening

The peach blossoms have bloomed in the courtyard

Last Chorus:

I wish you a thousand years of good health, hand-in-hand growing old together

The man looks at his soulmate, never growing weary of looking at each other

Let the sun and the moon streak across the sky like arrows; and let the wheel turns through the world

Let me follow you to the top of the palace, or to the end of the world ready with sword in hand

Discovering a trace of the paradise

In retrospect, those prosperous times were peaceful and tranquil like the rivers and oceans.

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Don't forget to check the Youtube Music Lyric video here.

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[fateandloveentwined]

poetry lines befitting MCS and XJY

These are mostly chinese tang shi and song ci poetry quotes, with a great biased amount from Su Shi because OP doesn't know better. Crude, 5-minute english translations below. There are lines I semi-made up or adapted from fandom/cpop songs (that is, most of Xiao Jingyan's lines), ngl OP is rather embarrassed of them because they aren't good at all looking back now but we'll just leave them here or else XJY would end up with zero quotes.

梅长苏 Mei Changsu

想那日束髪从军，想那日霜角辕门，想那日挟剑惊风，想那日横槊凌云。 ——夏完淳

Think to the day I tied back my hair and enlisted. Think to the day the horn rang at the frostbitten tents, think to the day I danced my sword making the sound that deafens the wind. Think to the day I took to the lance, and it pierced through the skies, rising higher than the clouds. — Xia Wanchun

将士百战身名裂。 向河梁、回头万里，故人长绝。 易水萧萧西风冷，满座衣冠似雪，正壮士、悲歌未彻。 ——辛弃疾

The warrior fights a hundred battles, yet what remains is his severed reputation. He looks to the bridge over the river, thousands of miles back, past acquaintances forever gone. In another life, over the howling of the west wind and the cold Yi rivers, the banquet sits, clothes adorned in snowlike white. The courageous man strides through the blizzard, the song of lament never ceasing. — Xin Qiji

零落成泥碾作尘，只有香如故。 ——陆游

The plum blossoms wither and drift to the ground, crushed into earthly soil and dust. The prevailing fragrance is what remains. — Lu You

亦余心之所善兮，虽九死其犹未悔。 ——屈原

So long as this is what my heart longs for and treasures, though I die nine deaths, my heart does not regret. — Qu Yuan

君臣一梦，今古空名。 ——苏轼

Lords and lieges ebb into nothing but a dream; in the river of time transcending present and past vain titles remain, cast into the void. — Su Shi

无波真古井，有节是秋筠。 ——苏轼

The heart is at peace like the ancient well that does not ripple; the integrity is as the autumn bamboos, steadfast and unfaltering. — Su Shi

舳舻千里，旌旗蔽空，酾酒临江，横槊赋诗。 ——苏轼

The warship moves a thousand miles, ensigns enshrouding the sky. He pours out wine by the riverside, holds out his lance, and writes verses as he speaks. — Su Shi

对一张琴，一壶酒，一溪云。 ——苏轼

Facing but a guqin, a jug of wine, a stream of cloud. — Su Shi

江山如画，是我心言。 ——风起时

The rivers and mountains of the kingdom outstretch before me, as moving as in art: this is my heart’s will. — from the song “Feng Qi Shi”, when the wind blows

战骨碎尽志不休，冰心未改血犹殷。 ——改自《赤血长殷》、王昌龄

Bones completely crushed from the battle, yet aspirations unwavering. The heart has not changed; the blood flows red still. — adapted from the song “Chi Xue Chang Yan”, the noble blood flows red, and poet Wang Changling

袖手妙计权倾变，敛眸笑谈意了然。 ——改自《赤血长殷》

With folded arms, he devises labyrinthine strategies. The sceptre of power sways and shifts. He shrouds his gaze modestly, and in conversations of small smiles, he discerns the intention of men. — adapted from the song “Chi Xue Chang Yan”, the noble blood flows red

萧㬌琰 Xiao Jingyan

潜龙一朝御风翔，长歌挽弓射天狼。 ——《长喑》

The submerged dragon rises one day to ride the winds. Singing high and long; the bow is drawn pointed at the invading Sirius. — from the song “Chang Yin”, the Long Darkness found here

挑灯殿阙思悄然，闻钤行宫寝无眠。 ——改自白居易

Awashed in the raised lamps of the imperial palace, thoughts whisper in grievance. The bell rings at the Jiu’an grounds, and he lies abed sleepless. — adapted from The Song of Everlasting Sorrow by Bai Juyi

驰骋沙场繁华梦，谈笑鸿儒君臣纲。 ——改自《致陛下书》、刘禹锡

Dreams soar in the flurrying gallops of the battlefield, flourishing dreams of splendour and joy. In pleasant dialogue with scholars, civility obliges polite smiles into the etiquette of lords and lieges. — adapted from the song “Zhi Bi Xia Shu”, a letter to Your Majesty, and Liu Yuxi

铁马并辔封疆，几回魂梦游；更鼓落夜未央，笔下兴亡断。 ——取自《长喑》、《赤血长殷》

Armoured horses riding in parallel at the borderlands — how many times has the soul wandered to such dreams of the past. The hourly drums sound ceaseless across the long night; under the emperor's brush, the fate of prosperity and declination writes. — adapted from the song “Chang Yin”, the Long Darkness found here, and “Chi Xue Chang Yan”, the noble blood flows red

揽尽山河只手倾，昂冕袖手瞰苍生。 ——改自《长喑》

The future of his kingdom sweeps into a tilt of his hand. With crown upheld, he folds his arms in his sleeves awatching humanity. — adapted from the song “Chang Yin”, the Long Darkness found here

咫尺抚眉峰，万丈叠远峰；梦底枕笑纹，惊风掀水纹。 ——《致陛下书》

Up close, the furrowed brows are smoothed. Ten thousands of feet stretch before him, converging into mountains at a distance. In the deepest dreams, the markings of a smile lie; he stirs up the wind which marks and rips tides in the tumultuous waters. — adapted from the song “Zhi Bi Xia Shu”, a letter to Your Majesty

Two (three) things to note:

My dying obsession with Su Shi, sorry I can’t help it that perhaps over half of the all the poetry I know is from him;

To be really fair, my favourite description of Mei Changsu is 运筹帷幄之中，决胜千里之外, used in describing Zhang Liang in Si Maqian's Records of the Grand Historian. He orchestrates masterplans in the tent of the army; he determines the victory of the battle from afar, thousands of miles from the front.

As for my favourite depiction of Lin Shu, it is definitely Su Shi’s description of Cao Cao: 舳舻千里，旌旗蔽空，酾酒临江，横槊赋诗。 The warship moves a thousand miles, ensigns enshrouding the sky. He pours out wine by the riverside, holds out his lance, and writes verses as he speaks. Xin Qiji’s verse above just fits the entire story of Mei Changsu so much, it deserves a mention.

I was assembling/making these lines up for something back then and so just listed whatever came to mind (for reasons I know not I kept on listing stuff for MCS, but maybe XJY was the typical good emperor kind of person so wasn't as inspiring coming up with quotes for him).

If there are lines of poetry you find really befitting the two characters, we're more than interested starting a thread here just for that purpose.

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