#huang ling

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Blossoms Shanghai’s Tong Chenjie & Huang Ling for ELLEMEN China

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惊鸿一面 A Stunning Meeting - Xu Song ft. Huang Ling | annotated song translation

So... new (old) obsession just dropped. How are Huang Ling and Xu Song so good and this Fox x Scholar thing? What the hell is this MV. I need a million more of it. (Please watch it.)

Anyway, here's my attempt at sharing it with everyone:

[Verse]

[Him]

翻手为云 覆手为雨

I turn my hand for clouds, turn again for rain (idiom: to be changeable, mercurial)

金盆洗手 止风雨

Wash my hands in a gold basin (idiom: to repent from one's old ways), stop the storm

不恋红尘 却难舍回忆

No worldly desires, yet loath to release my memories

每一段都有你

Each scene has you in it

[Her]

年少初遇 常在我心

Our first youthful meeting is often in my heart

多年不减你深情

Many years haven't diminished your deep affection

江山如画又怎能比拟

Rivers and mountains are like a painting (idiom: describes the beauty of the natural world), but how can it compare

你送我的风景

To the scenery you gave me?

[Chorus]

[Her] 柳下闻瑶琴 起舞和一曲

I heard the yaoqin (aka guqin) beneath the willow, rose and danced with it

[Him] 仿佛映当年 翩若惊鸿影

It seemed to reflect that year, that stunning silhouette

[Her] 谁三言两语 撩拨了情意

Who teased my affections with a few words?

[Him] 谁一颦一笑 摇曳了星云

Who swayed the stars with every frown and smile?

[Her] 纸扇藏伏笔 玄机诗文里

Paper fans hide foreshadowing, mysteries in poems and essays

[Him] 紫烟燃心语 留香候人寻

My truest feelings kindle violet smoke, leaving a fragrance that waits for someone to find

(possibly a reference to Li Bai)

[Her] 史书列豪杰 功过有几许

History lists so many heroes, what of their triumphs and losses?

[Him] 我今生何求 惟你

All I ask for in this life, is you

[Verse]

[Him]

年少初遇 常在我心

Our first youthful meeting is often in my heart

多年不减你深情

Many years haven't diminished your deep affection

[Her]

江山如画又怎能比拟

Rivers and mountains are like a painting, but how can it compare

你送我的风景

To the scenery you gave me?

[Chorus]

[Her] 柳下闻瑶琴 起舞和一曲

I heard the yaoqin beneath the willow, rose and danced with it

[Him] 仿佛映当年 翩若惊鸿影

It seemed to reflect that year, that stunning silhouette

[Her] 谁三言两语 撩拨了情意

Who teased my affections with a few words?

[Him] 谁一颦一笑 摇曳了星云

Who swayed the stars with every frown and smile?

[Her] 纸扇藏伏笔 玄机诗文里

Paper fans hide foreshadowing, mysteries in poems and essays

[Him] 紫烟燃心语 留香候人寻

My truest feelings kindle violet smoke, leaving a fragrance that waits for someone to find

[Her] 史书列豪杰 功过有几许

History lists so many heroes, what of their triumphs and losses?

[Him] 我今生何求 惟你

All I ask for in this life, is you

[Bridge]

[Him]

远山传来清晨悠然的曲笛

A leisurely morning flutesong descends from a distant mountain

晓风掠走光阴

The dawn wind steals away time

残月沉霜鬓里

The waning moon sinks into my frost-coloured hair

[Her]

有了你

Now that I have you

恩怨都似飞鸿踏雪泥

My grudges are like great sparrows trampling muddy snow

[Chorus]

[Her] 柳下闻瑶琴 起舞和一曲

I heard the yaoqin beneath the willow, rose and danced with it

[Him] 仿佛映当年 翩若惊鸿影

It seemed to reflect that year, that stunning silhouette

[Her] 谁三言两语 撩拨了情意

Who teased my affections with a few words?

[Him] 谁一颦一笑 摇曳了星云

Who swayed the stars with every frown and smile?

[Her] 纸扇藏伏笔 玄机诗文里

Paper fans hide foreshadowing, mysteries in poems and essays

[Him] 紫烟燃心语 留香候人寻

My truest feelings kindle violet smoke, leaving a fragrance that waits for someone to find

[Her] 史书列豪杰 功过有几许

History lists so many heroes, what of their triumphs and losses?

[Him] 我今生何求 惟你

All I ask for in this life, is you

我今生何求

All I ask for in this life

[Both]

惟你

Is you

[ghost-kings-court-jester]

I find it so interesting that time and time again Jun Wu never considered other peoples kindness and how that foiled all his plans.

Like originally he wanted Xie Lian to fall apart and break like him but Wu Ming was there to be sure he wasn’t alone and to take on all that resentment.

The man with the bamboo hat was there making sure Xie Lian remember that people can be kind.

Like even 800 years later after Jun Wu failed he tries to cause rifts for Xie Lian so that he has no one and becomes isolated and hopefully insane like him.

Except Pei Ming who would have lied and manipulated the situation doesn’t blame Xie Lian for figuring everything out, he knows it wasn’t personal and he’s able to work with him later despite Jun Wu constantly pitting them against each other.

Shi Wudu is the strongest elemental master and while he didn’t ever warm to Xie Lian, Shi Qingxuan did and they loved him for who he was. They always came to Xie Lian defence to give him backing in heaven because they were friends. (Which honestly might be why the Shi Wudu plot was revealed starting the Black Water Arc.) then even after leaving heaven and Xie Lian losing a popular gods backing. Shi Qingxuan is kind and doesn’t hold a grudge and even when they have nothing and can’t be an ally in heaven they still care about Xie Lian and help him when they are literally crippled and mortal.

Ling Wen is shrewd and could have been a very strong antagonist against Xie Lian except he was always polite and kind to her and she respects that. She has no real desire to do him harm outside of protecting herself and doesn’t really consider him an enemy in any way.

Lang Qianqiu should have turned against him and all of the heavens against too except he only wants the truth. He hears the whole story and immediately clears Xie Lians name and makes sure the heavens know it was Qi Rong so Xie Lian can’t be banished again.

He pairs Xie Lian with Quan Yizhen a god known for being confrontational and picking fights except Xie Lian was kind to him and that makes him a for lifer in Quan Yizhen’s mind he literally wouldn’t turn against him or even think about it because Xie Lian proved himself to be a good person and that’s all Quan Yizhen needs to like you.

Yushi Huang happily tried to help Xie Lian with the drought and gives him her spiritual device as a show of kindness. Then she helps him hide Banyue, helps in Tonglu and helps Hua Cheng infiltrate Heaven because she’s a kind woman who gave up her life for her people and understands Xie Lian is the same.

Jun Wu assumes this whole time that Feng Xin and Mu Qing would be resentful because that’s what happened to him with his friends except Feng Xin and Mu Qing are insane and deranged and just want Xie Lian to be their friend again so they make little disguises to help all the time and take some of the scrutiny of Xie Lian because they were there too. Feng Xin pays of Xie Lians huge debt to smooth things over for him with the other Gods. When Xie Lian is “kidnapped” they follow him to get him back immediately because hey wait that’s our friend. Jun Wu tries to bring suspicion between them by making them assume the worst about each other but Mu Qing literally takes a shackle over betrayal. Then both of them go to Mount Tonglu to protect Xie Lian and begin to mend their friendship because that’s how they roll.

And of course we have Hua Cheng who is Wu Ming that constant loyal thorn in Jun Wu’s side because through all of these events he is with Xie Lian. He offers comfort and support and insures that Xie Lian never even begins to spiral down the same dark path by helping him in every situation, acting as a buffer and a confidant and reminding Xie Lian he isn’t alone and he will be there loving Xie Lian more than Jun Wu could ever hate him.

There’s probably more instances but I just love how this all kinda plays out like yes Xie Lian is truly kind and hopeful and that’s why he’ll never fully be Bai Wuxiang anyway but other people are kind too! There is so much more to people than Jun Wu expects and that’s why his plan is foiled over and over again. Not by smarts or by fighting but by simple human kindness and compassion.

[seoryne]

❝ Body in abyss, heart in paradise ❞ - Xie Lian

[sekaiichi-happy]

koi wa a la mode ♡

[confetticupcakes]

[purinkei]

tokyo mew mew à la mode (mia ikumi, 2003)

[popsigills]

got the template from @oshikasa

[munchy-k]

goodmorning here is the real assignment that I turned in for an real grade at the real college that I pay money to go to

[i-bez-togo-toshno]

I'm sorry

Template by @oshikasa

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All the Puddings together.

[tea-cat-arts]

This is a Yushi Huang appreciation post

[sillygoofyqueer]

I'm bored, so take different people's reactions to Xie Lian's spiritual array password ('just recite the Ethics Sutra a thousand times'): Quan Yizhen: No matter how many fucking times it is explained to him, he will never get it. He will sit there in utter silence for at least twenty minutes (everyone thinks he's talking to Xie Lian), until he's asked what he's talking about to Xie Lian, and he gets pissy because they interrupted his count - by this time, it becomes realised that he has fallen for it again. Extra points if it's like, a super dangerous mission and his team is in desperate need of support so they're like "Qi Ying, contact His Highness for backup now!" while they fight this massive fucken ghost and he goes utterly still, face screwing up in concentration, and just gets pummelled into the nearest wall. He ends up just using other people to talk to Xie Lian.

Lang Qianqiu: At first, he finds it funny because what a silly little joke from his former mentor, if only he was this funny when he had been teaching him all those years ago. After a while though, he starts getting slowly irritated each time he has to communicate with Xie Lian because he has to catch himself out as he starts reciting the Ethics Sutra, silently cursing himself out in his head. Ling Wen: If she ever does need to communicate with Xie Lian, it's for official business so she has no time to think about it too much, and therefore cannot be tripped up by it. However, after a long while without sleep, she will occasionally find herself quite literally doing what the password commands, and will allow a little smile at the thought. One time when this happened, she was reported to have started manically laughing and placing her head into her hands. Pei Ming: He finds it fucking HILARIOUS. Like, imagine Feng Xin's reaction but times ten at least, as he laughs uproariously and slaps his hand to his knee, all the while pointing at Xie Lian and going, "Your Highness, I didn't realise you were such a comedian!!" No matter how many times he communicates with Xie Lian, he will always laugh at it for a few minutes. He's like a father. I if he's talking about using the array, everyone can immediately tell who he's communicating with based on whether or not he laughs. Shi Qingxuan: I honestly think they'd have a little laugh about it at first, and then never react to it ever again. Like, "Hahaha" and that's it. They never really get caught out by it, because their brain is going into overdrive about whatever they want to talk to Xie Lian about so they just break their way into his Array with little thought to it all. Not that they're dumb in any sense of the word, they're just so focused on their gossip that they shake at the bars of the cage without even remotely thinking too hard about it. Shi Wudu: I know he'd probably communicate with Xie Lian through other people but, on the rare occasion that he communicates with His Highness personally, he is not at all amused. He calls it childish and silly. Well, in public, anyway. In private, he'll probably actually find himself having a little chuckle about it, shaking his head as he enters the array before pulling up his walls instantly. Yushi Huang: Xie Lian gets really embarrassed telling her because it feels childish, and she let him borrow her spiritual device during his first ascension, so he doesn't want her to be like "can't believe I let this child use my spiritual device." When he does eventually tell her, she probably smiles and nods, but doesn't give any other reaction. Inside? Knee slaps all around for the Crown Prince. He Xuan: Why does he have to personally communicate Xie Lian? He doesn't want to risk Hua Cheng beating him if he says something "wrong". When he hears Xie Lian's password, he stares at him with a glower that could kill if it were any other person, letting out the most empty laugh ever so he didn't get beaten, before walking away. So no, he does not care for Xie Lian's humour, and did not fall for it - he did. He did fall for it, but he has such a resting bitch face that it's hard to tell. He gets mad at himself for falling for it. He pretends not to. Hua Cheng knows though, and He Xuan knows that he knows. Yin Yu: So, imagine you're an underpaid, overworked employee with an absolutely terrifying boss. He scares the shit out of you. He has a very lovely husband who he cares about dearly and will definitely be pissed off at you if you dare hurt his husband. His husband makes a joke and you can feel your boss' eyes glaring right into your soul from behind. This is how Yin Yu feels when he's told about Xie Lian's password. So, of course, I'm sure you can all picture the - in Yin Yu's opinion - most exaggerated falling for it ever, followed by laughter that reeks of "please, PLEASE go with this. I don't want to lose my job", until Yin Yu has to physically stop to breathe.

[ghost-kings-court-jester]

To tired to actually write the Three Tumours are just the dark mirror version of the Xianle Trio essay that popped into my head at 2am but it’s kinda like:

Pei Ming being a leader that wants to be a hero but instead follows every order without question and does what he felt was his duty only to rebel without regret when the orders affected him and then he chose to be selfish and was rewarded with Godhood. Pei Ming who can’t look Yushi Huang in the eye and avoids her for centuries because of the guilt choosing to instead to be a god and live big and bold and push all bad feelings aside plus to put it politely he is a slut. Against Xie Lian mr I will go rebel against direct orders to find a third path no matter what. I will not do my duty and be a prince but I will follow my own drum and care for everyone all the time except himself to the point he lost his godhood over it and decided he deserved to suffer and live a life of abstinence and humiliation and hurt to make amends for Wu Ming.

Ling Wen who is shrewd and came from nothing and puts herself and her own feelings over everything else to achieve her goals and doesn’t regret anything because she decided she mattered most against Mu Qing who is also shrewd and calculated and did what he felt he had to do but feels guilt and remorse and wanted to protect Xie Lian even though it would always cause him more problems.

Shi Wudu who is fiercely protective and angry who is known to be an ass and also push and push to put his idea of protection onto Shi Qingxuan not caring about who that would fuck over vs Feng Xin who is fiercely protective and a hot head and a yeller but who always left when he was asked because loving someone means respecting what they want even if that means leaving them alone.

Like the thoughts are here I’m just not coherent enough to really make them.

[seoryne]