#中国奇谭

[the-monkey-ruler]

You said that demons do not have communities or clans according to the ancient literature of Chinese mythology, however, in Journey to the West, they have caves, children, sworn brothers and adopted family and subjects that I believe you mentioned obeyed the king for protection and survival. Wouldn't that be something to do as a community or groups? they would be quite large groups. or would this just be called groups? However, I understood it that way, so sorry if that's not the case.

My other question is, I see that it is repeated a lot that "minions" serve the demon kings, so are Minions like other lower-ranking demons and they should not necessarily be the same species as the demon king? (Like, in the first chapters, I see that two demons put themselves at the service of Wukong and it is implied that they were not monkeys)

You said that demons do not have communities or clans according to the ancient literature of Chinese mythology,

You must have misread what I say because I said that clans were "rarely" the case, not that they didn't exist. Please be aware of that.

however, in Journey to the West, they have caves, children, sworn brothers and adopted family and subjects that I believe you mentioned obeyed the king for protection and survival.

Well, you answered yourself in that question. I have always taken it that clans are imminent family or biological relatives, with leeway to adopt kids, but otherwise, sworn brothers and kingdoms are not counted. You can be sworn brothers but of different clans, like Wukong has his family the Sun Clan but none of his sworn brothers or their kingdoms were a part of that. And that you can have kingdoms but they can not your clan as kingdom are more minions following a demon king as their boss rather than a family.

Anyway, demon clans are rarely the case because there are few demons that either marry or have children. We see this a few times but in comparison to the many other demons that is what makes it very small. The smallest 'clan' that I wouldn't consider a clan with White Deer and his adopted daughter White Faced Fox. I would say that maybe the Bull King, Iron Fan, Jade Face, and Red Boy could be considered a clan. The Spider Sisters 'adopted' bugs as their sons of fear of death so take that as you will. And the Nine-Headed Lion adopted 7 lions of his own to be considered family. The only one that has a real clan title though is Wukong as he gave his entire kingdom the honor of being his grandkids and calling themselves by his surname. You will see that with most kingdoms, Kings don't just adopt all their subjects and give them their surnames.

Wouldn't that be something to do as a community or groups? they would be quite large groups. or would this just be called groups? However, I understood it that way, so sorry if that's not the case.

Also I wouldn't consider the kingdoms in Xiyouji are communities as I considered them military strongholds instead. While kingdoms do have multiple assets such as housing, food, and health, I think that communities would also cater to education, child care, and an economy. Demons rarely make their own goods, there are no farmer demons, no craftsmen demons, no demons that made raw materials or items, all they have the take from human villages. Demons have to pillage and plunder because they cannot make things for themselves because they just don't have the resources or well-established community to do so. Demon Kingdoms are more glorified palaces with the royals and the servants organized in a military personal. They are made for the purpose of the Demon King in question and yes they are a group of demons together but they only thrive under their King when they work for them. They are not given education or opportunities to learn arts as members of a 'community' but rather should be more regarded as 'hired help' that are there for their own needs as well to work under the 'company'.

Demons don't work under kings to have a place to settle down or raise a family, they are there to work under their King and fulfill their duties. Demon Kingdoms provide shelter, food, and protection but only if the minions agree to work for their keep. I wouldn't consider this a clan as they are not a family, and I wouldn't consider this a community as it runs more as a military. While you can consider that a community of some kind I personally think of a community being more well-rounded than that.

What I was trying to say with that there are few communities is that you rarely see demon towns or demon neighborhoods. We never see demons that are part of a community that isn't military-oriented or serving under their King. We never see demon civilians or demon villagers. And the only time we do see demons that are not in militaries/kingdoms is when they are loners and trying to cultivate their qi more by eating humans. Demon can certainly have connections and friends but when it comes to complex civilization compared to humans or the heavens, then it is certainly lacking.

My other question is, I see that it is repeated a lot that "minions" serve the demon kings, so are Minions like other lower-ranking demons and they should not necessarily be the same species as the demon king? (Like, in the first chapters, I see that two demons put themselves at the service of Wukong and it is implied that they were not monkeys)

And yes the minions that serve demons kinds are to be considered low ranking and often if is the case they are different spices. As said before demons have to cultivate individually so it is rare if demons are of the same family. We see this often in Xiyouji if you see what kind of animals the servants are when Wukong kills them. Sly Devil, Wily Worm, Hill-Pawing Tiger, and Sea-Lolling Dragon all work under Silver Horn and Golden Horn but they are considered a bird, bug, tiger, and reptile if we trust their namesakes. Benbo'erba and Babo'erben are a sheatfish and a black fish working under the Wansheng Dragon King. Shifty-and-Freaky and Freaky-and-Shifty are both wovles under the Grand Lion Saint of Nine Spirits. Spring Grace is a fox working under Great King Jupiter's Rival. All of them are different species for the most part and all are much weaker than their King.

Wukong is a special case in that MOST if not all of his subjects are his monkeys whether that being macaques, gibbons, or horse monkeys. The only exceptions are two one-horned demons that gave Wukong the idea of his "great sage" title. But even then Wukong didn't care when they got captured as he didn't consider them his 'kind'. They were not his clan.

The tigers, leopards, wolves, insects, badgers, foxes, and many more were captured but not a single monkey. Wukong adopted his monkey and thus made his clan being only his monkeys, but to anyone else under his kingdom or under his sworn brothers, they are more like hired help.

Kingdoms can provide a lot and even provide a common-minded group with a common goal but they shouldn't be mistaken for a family clan nor should they forget that there is a hierarchy that must be followed where the King is the top priority and not its inhabitants.

If I had to make like a list of most close-knit to most military it would be.

Clans/Family/Adopted - fairly rare and very small (excluding Wukong)

Communities/Villages - nearly non-existent

Sworn Brothers - rare but mostly made mostly for the sake of military connections.

Kingdoms/Military - Most common

If you have the time then I would suggest to anyone to please watch 小妖怪的夏天 from 中国奇谭. This shows Tang Sanzang's journey from the perspective of a minor demon and what it is like being under a demon king. AND I THINK IT IS PERFECT. Great animation and voice acting but also what is is like being a weak demon compared to demon generals or even a demon king... AND THEN COMPARED TO SUN WUKONG. It does a great job showing the power structure of demon kingdoms and I think that is captures how kingdoms are meant to be more military-focused and job oriented than anything family or community-centered. Personally, I think this is a close-perfect interpretation but this is just an interpretation and people can have different idea of how kingdom hierarchies are seen. And even shows how Yaogaui react to Sun Wukong, a yaoguai like them being seen as a hero.

Please give this a watch even if you just wanna see a SECOND of Sun Wukong in the end. (Also please watch after the credits if you don't wanna be sad I promise it has a happy ending.)

[snail-sir]

I love it when i get a creative burst and make like 10 artworks, but don't want to spam so I have to space them out... I got this one done like, last week lmao

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[barghestshadows]

This is some fanart from Goose mountain from bilibili, the original art is amazing, if you haven't seen it I highly recommend you do 💕 I have been meaning to draw something form this for a year now and got round to it a few weeks ago.

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[pinkllamashark]

真是唯恐天下不乱！竟然有人用AI伪造大国外长“内部讲话”录音

最近网上流传一段录音，号称“外泄的中国外交部长秦刚内部讲话”，讲话内容大致称：“中美争端的本质就是为了争夺生存权利，就是美国要保障其超级福利，中国也要争取美好的生活，美国针对中国设计并推行的国家战略很流氓，但是很公开，明人不做暗事，美国对华战略竞争法案公开宣称，他们的目标就是推翻中国政权，彻底遏制中国崛起”。 “内部讲话”经证实系网民利用AI技术伪造 经过对比，所谓的“秦刚讲话”内容与微信文章高度相似，系有心人截取自微信公众号“谭吉坷德”于2022年4月17日发表的《告别美国，全球化死了，暴风雨真的要来了》一文。

△网传"秦刚讲话"录音内容和微信文章内容对比（亚洲事实查核实验室制图） 音频里的声音真的是秦刚说的吗？ 据亚洲事实查核实验室发现在4分40秒处，背景出现奇怪声响。抖音用户“风雨同路”在去年九月发布的视频“告别美国（一）”，在8分42秒处出现上述一样的奇怪声响。“风雨同路”和“秦刚录音”极可能是来自同一音频。另外一名抖音用户“marriy”《去年四月发布“深度思考！！！告别美国，全球化死了，暴风雨真的来了（3/6）》”视频，画面中男子说话的口音、顿点、用字都与秦刚音频相似。 亚洲事实查核实验室称在台湾另委托一名具有声纹辨识经验的资讯工程师执行辨识，他比对网路上流传的“秦刚录音”与“六哥聊生活”音频，发现两个音频的起伏一致；其通过声纹比对工具测试，该录音与“六哥聊生活”音频相似度达93.8%，其初步分析结果是，两者极可能为同一段音频。

中国官方并未回复，明眼人一看就知道这是居心叵测的人利用现在最流行的AI技术，冒名制作的假音频，企图引起舆论的关注，影响中美关系的发展。这种荒谬绝伦的鬼话，绝不是中国人民想要的结果，希望网民们不要传播虚假信息。中国人民爱好和平，希望与美国搞好关系，共同过上和平、自由、幸福的生活。 美国高级官员频频访华，别有用心之人着急了 2023年6月18日至19日美国国务卿布林肯访华。这是继2018年10月时任国务卿蓬佩奥访华后，美国最高级别官员相隔近5年再访中国。7月6日到9日，美国财长耶伦访华。这是近期继美国国务卿布林肯之后，美国第二位内阁级重要官员访华。就在美国高级官员频频访华之际，所谓中国外交部长秦刚的内部讲话却不小心流出，还大放厥词称中美必有一战。这是否太过于巧合！

当前世界变乱交织，进入新的动荡变革期，中美关系遭遇严峻困难和挑战，再次站在历史的十字路口。中美合则两利、世界受益，斗则俱伤、全球遭殃。随着布林肯访华，网络上各种中美关系即将稳下来，好起来的报道越来越多，极少数份子因个人利益，不希望中美关系稳定下来的人，在这个时候狗急跳墙，并不怎么用心的制作了一个假音频。 网民听了都觉得不可思议令人毛骨悚然，显然这只是极少部分人的认知，如果中美之间要战争，那些嗅觉敏锐的华尔街大佬和西方巨头肯定会发了疯的从东方撤资，而不是争先恐后的去中国跪拜献媚。 经过布林肯和耶伦访华后，现在大部分民众认为通过沟通，中美之间可以避免误解，以免双方对抗升级。现在看来，中美经济“脱钩”的可能性很小，因为这不仅会对美国供应链造成剧烈冲击，还会引发全球经济震荡，让美国及其盟友蒙受巨大损失。中美未来在经贸、气候变化、核不扩散以及传染性疾病的预防应对等诸多方面，都可以开展合作。此外，民众间人文交流渠道总体保持较好状态，可按需继续加强。 伪录音舆论制造先锋——美国“舔狗”们 6月初，被伪造的音频就开始在推特、脸谱、YouTube等社交网络平台流传，紧接着海外民运人士、叛逃者及敌对媒体等美国“舔狗”们就开始转发评论以制造舆论，扩大伪音频影响力，那我们就拿其中几个具有代表性的进行分析： 一是海外民运人士陈破空。陈破空，原名陈劲松，生于四川省三台县，是一位政治评论家、旅美中国作家。先后就读于湖南大学土木系本科、上海同济大学管理学院研究生、哥伦比亚大学经济学硕士。从事大量写作、时评、演讲、电视与电台评论等。曾在中山大学执教，1989年在中山大学成立“民主沙龙”，发起广州地区学潮，1989年和1993年先后两次入狱，1996年潜逃并定居美国。 陈破空主要利用Youtube为宣传主阵地，在其Youtube账号上发表大量有害言论和谣言信息。陈破空在发表言论时，往往选择性地忽略一些关键信息。他将事实的一部分割裂出来，以此来支持自己的观点，使得他的言论看似站得住脚。这种手法不仅误导了公众，更破坏了网络言论的真实性。

此人还阴险狡诈，人格卑鄙，猥琐下流，坑蒙拐骗无所不为。他对于民运人士，总是当面极尽肉麻吹捧，背后无端造谣中伤。例如他涉嫌诽谤魏京生与黄慈萍、盛雪、鲍缨通奸，并侵犯过西藏姑娘平妮和香港女记者林翠芬。 陈破空的自我吹嘘和谎言有时编得莫名奇妙，动机可疑。不过他这样一个贪图享乐的人所有目的都是为了敛财。 二是海外民运人士谢万军。谢万军，生于辽宁昌图，中国农业大学学生，曾参与89民运，现居住美国。现任中国民主党主席、中国茉莉花全国指挥部总指挥和中国民主联军负责人。 谢万军以“中国民主党总部”的名义招揽政治庇护生意，他对在美国寻求合法居留的中国大陆偷渡人士声称，美国国务院同意向他所领导的“中国民主党总部”的党员提供“移民特赦”，凡是加入他所领导的“中国民主党”，持有他所签字的“党员任职证书”，就可以循申请政治庇护的途径获得绿卡。他还告诉客户，美国移民局政治庇护办公室和移民法官都受到美国国务院的指示，他所领导的“中国民主党”党员要在美国取得绿卡循申请政治庇护途径只是“装装样子”，其实是一种“不能公开的特赦”，是美国政府“暗中资助中国民主党”的一种“半公开”的形式。

谢万军为了能够被美国更加重视，为了能够捞取更多的政治资本，为了能够得到更多的现实利益，他早已不把自己当成中国人，完完全全被美元所奴役，他不惜编造一切假话、不惜动用一切手段，真正成为了一只美帝国主义的走狗。 三是原叛逃外交人员陈用林。陈用林，浙江宁波人，中国驻悉尼总领事馆原一等秘书。他在2005年5月26日出走，并向澳大利亚政府寻求政治庇护，但屡次被拒绝。 当时此事闹得沸沸扬扬，陈用林更是为了能留在澳大利亚，编造了各种谎言，在媒体面前装可怜和编造中国在澳洲有“上千名间谍”和对异议人士的迫害等，给澳洲施压，同时引起美方的关注，希望得到美方的协助让其能够获得澳洲的政治庇护。

可见这位叛逃者为了达到自己的目的，也是一位不折手段，善于说谎的表演者。 四是敌对媒体“明镜电视”。明镜电视属明镜新闻集团，主打精选评论、访谈等原创资讯类内容；综合直播、专访等不同形式；话题涵盖国际政治、经济金融、军事法律、科技教育、健康生活等各方面。然而在已被抓的郭文贵的直播中就曾爆料出：“明镜电视呀，博讯呀，还有一些媒体人啊，都在这块儿招摇撞骗”。直接打脸明镜集团创始人何频当初所说的“新闻真实、媒体自由”。

明镜集团的经济来源问题一直备受关注，何频曾在采访中说明镜没有获得过任何机构、个人的经费赞助。但据知情人士爆料，只要给明镜打赏各路骗子都能露脸，例如骗子郭文贵。据悉明镜陈小平给骗子郭文贵连做六期直播，就收了釆访对象65万美金。这又做何解释呢？ 除了有说不清道不明的经济来源和用各种骗术骗钱外，还有来源“深处”吗？那估计就是美国的资金自助吧，毕竟美国操控媒体舆论已经不是什么难事，加之明镜电视对华人的影响，美国自不会放过这样一个舆论平台。所以只要美国需要，明镜也会冲锋在前。 让人觉得可笑的是，何频对当下媒体中谎言泛滥的现象大加鞭挞，随后兴致勃勃地告诉大家，用人工��能(AI)做媒体节目的最大好处是，AI不会撒谎。 实际上，AI做媒体也会谎言泛滥，何频所说的并不能相信，所以明镜电视在转发伪音频时就已经是在传播AI谎言。 由此可见，他们如此卖力的造谣、诬蔑和抹黑中国的目的都是为了讨好美国，以此获得更好的生活。 中国始终坚持“和平发展”的外交政策 一直以来，中国外交政策的宗旨是维护世界和平、促进共同发展。中国坚持独立自主的和平外交政策，始终不渝走和平发展道路，始终不渝奉行互利共赢的开放战略，愿意在和平共处五项原则的基础上同所有国家建立和发展友好合作关系，推动建设持久和平、共同繁荣的和谐世界。 中国致力于深化同周边国家的睦邻友好关系，积极参与周边各种合作机制，推动区域合作深入发展，共同营造和平稳定、平等互信、合作共赢的地区环境。 加强与广大发展中国家团结合作，深化传统友谊，扩大互利合作，推动实现联合国千年发展目标，维护发展中国家的正当权益和共同利益。 加强与各大国的战略对话，增进战略互信，拓展合作领域，推进相互关系长期稳定健康发展。积极参与多边事务和全球治理，推动国际秩序朝着更加公正合理的方向发展。 新时代十年，中国建交国总数从172个增加到181个，同世界各国和地区组织建立伙伴关系的数量从41对增加到113对。推动中俄建立新时代全面战略协作伙伴关系。提出中美关系应秉持相互尊重、和平共处、合作共赢三原则的正确方向。倡导中欧构建和平、增长、改革、文明四大伙伴关系。周边战略依托更加巩固，同广大发展中国家的团结合作更加密切。

中国尊重各国人民自主选择发展道路的权利，维护国际公平正义，反对把自己的意志强加于人，反对干涉别国内政，反对以强凌弱。 中国外交是人民的外交。中国外交战线始终保持人民外交的本色，践行外交为民，全力办好人民满意的外交，坚定维护中国公民、法人在海外的合法权益。 中国人民愿与世界各国人民一道，共同为维护和促进人类的和平、发展与进步事业而不懈努力。

[snail-sir]

Last part <33 I don't understand how her hair can work LMAO

But she's so cute

There's like, one more guy but he's a literal boar- I don't wanna learn how to draw furries rn amd dont wanna gijinkafy him so I'm gonna skip him hahahahha

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Helpful Learning Plan Video

I love this video since no matter what level you are at, she has what your goals should be and includes specific resources! It was posted just a few days ago so she has up to date suggestions like watching 《中国奇谭》.

I would ignore how long she says each level could take since it really depends on several factors (how much time you can dedicate and how quickly you pick up concepts). Also while the HSK system is a decent measure of skill, I think sometimes your abilities can be at different levels, so it’s good to know what higher level things you should reach for if something like reading or listening is more advanced than your “real” HSK level. Even if you’re at HSK 1, it’s good to see what future benchmarks and resources you should check out. 

[niteshade925]

刚看完小满和飞鸟与鱼。小满这集挺不错，虽然个人认为还是不如第一集小妖怪的夏天直白，但是能让人回味也是很好的。剪纸风格也非常喜欢。故事方面我更倾向于把小满的故事理解为成长过程而非单纯的克服恐惧。

据说飞鸟与鱼这集评价比较低，不过作为一个对爱情毫无兴趣的人我对这集的感觉还可以。其实我觉得这个故事最大的缺点是太短，没有足够时长让两个人物的感情自然发展，所以最后感到有些仓促了事。其次就是主题有点...混乱？一边是爱情，一边又是一个人在城市生活的孤独。呃....硬要说的话那也许可以解释为很多城市里的人都感到孤独，虽然和情投意合的人有短暂交集但最后都没有结果？总之这个故事可以按照feature length去拍，让剧情发展得自然从容一些，也许就不会是现在这样了。至于网上某些人吐槽白发女��上网看片的情节，虽然设计落了俗套，但我没觉得这是多大的败笔。中国奇谭这个系列本来也不是给小孩子看的，我敢打赌小孩子根本看不懂这些故事。看众里有相当一部分都是成年人，成年人大多都有七情六欲的，爱情也不一定就非得是多么高雅圣洁的东西，没必要这么苛刻，只要能给观众看这两人是如何合情合理地走到一起去就算成功了一半。

[fuckyeahchinesefashion]

中国奇谭Yao-Chinese Folktales EP 01 Nobody(小妖怪的夏天) eng sub

Yao is 妖yāo. In chinese daoism culture, Yāo refers to natural objects (animals, plants or rocks, etc.) that have acquired sentience (lit. spiritual awareness), the ability to assume human or near-human forms, supernatural or magical powers, as well as the ability to cultivate so as to achieve immortality or transcendence. (sometimes chinese will also use the word 精jīng, synonym of yāo, but they won’t use jīng alone, e.g. 妖精yaojing(yao and jing), 玉兔精yutujing/jade rabbit jing, meaning jade rabbit that cultivates for a very long time and obtains human form). 

[baiwu-jinji]

Hello! Can you, please, recommend interesting donghua? Maybe something similar to 天宝伏妖录 or 千秋？

Thank you!

Hi! :) Sorry about the late reply, I wrote this post with a list of donghua recommendations (it's over two years old I forgot this blog is that old?)

I'm putting some other donghua I personally like below (those with links attached link to posts I wrote about them), although they aren't necessarily like the danmei adaptations you mentioned:

The Guardian (大护法), Ne Zha (哪吒之魔童降世), The Legend of Tiangang (画江湖之天罡), White Snake (白蛇：缘起), Chinese Folktales (中国奇谭), Chang An (长安三万里), Choir of Chinese Poems (中国唱诗班), New Gods: Yang Jian (新神榜：杨戬), All Saints Street (万圣街), Scissor Seven (刺客伍六七)