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hunxi’s danmei awards 2.0! (aka 2022 edition)

Featuring the return of some categories such as:

Best Worldbuilding

Best Interrogation of Themes (aka the “Rent-Free Award”)

Best Moment That Wrecked Me (aka the Knifiest Award)

Best Beleaguered Side Character Award

Best Unreliable Narrator

As well as never-before-seen categories like:

Best Himbo

Most Brilliant Moment of Backstabbery

Most Ambitious Scope

Most Heartwrenching Line Delivery in an Audiodrama

…and more!

This year’s candidates in the running:

《小蘑菇》 Xiao Mo Gu by 一十四洲 Yi Shi Si Zhou

《不小心救了江湖公敌》 Bu Xiao Xin Jiule Jianghu Gong Di by 六木乔 Liu Muqiao (有声漫画 audiomanhua season 1)

《无双》 Wu Shuang by 梦溪石 Meng Xishi

《问鹿三千》 Wen Lu San Qian by 光合积木 Voicegem, 吼浪文化 Houlang Studio, and 斗木獬编剧工作室 Doumuxie Screenwriting Studio

《师弟还不杀我灭口》 Shidi Hai Bu Sha Wo Mie Kou by 子鹿 Zi Lu

《默读》 Mo Du by priest

《督主有病》 Du Zhu You Bing by 杨溯 Yang Su

《海中爵》 Hai Zhong Jue by 七药 Qi Yao

《哏儿》 Gen’er by 南北逐风 Nan Bei Zhu Feng

《杀破狼》 Sha Po Lang by priest

《金牌助理之弯弯没想到》 Jin Pai Zhu Li zhi Wan Wan Mei Xiang Dao by (nominally) 非天夜翔 Fei Tian Ye Xiang and (mostly) 传奇火箭队 The Legendary Rocket Team

(unmarked spoilers, including but not limited to these titles, under the cut. for introductions of these titles, click here. for last year’s danmei awards, click here)

Best Worldbuilding

Winner: 《杀破狼》 Sha Po Lang by priest

This award goes to 《杀破狼》 Sha Po Lang for the effortless ease with which p大 manages to merge the genres of imperial intrigue, steampunk mecha, alternate history, and wuxia elements. Over the course of the novel, priest explores how the development of 紫流金-based technology leads the fictional Liang Dynasty into industrial revolution, and doesn’t hesitate to include all the negative consequences of early industrialization. So you’ve rolled out mechanical alternatives for farming? Have fun dealing with the uprisings of unemployed farmers while fending off international threats on your borders. So you want to roll out paper currency/government bonds to stimulate your war-torn economy? Good luck even getting people to trust the validity of paper the way they trust the hardness of coin. In a way, 《杀破狼》 Sha Po Lang carries on the tradition set down in priest’s earlier novel 《七爷》 Qi Ye of protagonists using decidedly underhanded methods to effect the change they wish to see in the world, and the morality thereof remains just as thorny in 《杀破狼》. what would you do in the name of peace? how much of yourself can you give away before you are no longer the same person?

oh and I have to give a shout-out to the trains in this book, I’d give this award to 《杀破狼》 Sha Po Lang for its (re-)invention of trains alone

Best Interrogation of Themes (aka the “Rent-Free Award”)

Winner: 《小蘑菇》 Xiao Mo Gu by 一十四洲 Yi Shi Si Zhou

I listened to 《小蘑菇》 Xiao Mo Gu via audiodrama before I read the novel, and every time I finished an episode I would have to just sit for a few hours, processing. Despite its seemingly lighthearted premise, 《小蘑菇》 Xiao Mo Gu shows us an apocalypse in all its cruel magnificence. The oppressive atmosphere of unending martial law, the seductive proximity of despair, the omnipresence and unpredictability of death, the utter lack of justice or closure or meaning in a world slowly grinding to a halt, the vast, inhuman lengths civilization will go to in the name of survival... to this day, 《小蘑菇》 Xiao Mo Gu haunts the solemnity of my early mornings with questions like what would you condone to survive? and wherein lies the locus of meaning when everything it means to be human has been stripped away? and like. I haven’t been the same since my mushroom phase, okay

Best Beleaguered Side Character Award

Winner: Ji Bolan from 《小蘑菇》 Xiao Mo Gu by 一十四洲 Yi Shi Si Zhou

This poor man had to deal with his childhood friend growing up to be a governmentally-licensed and universally-reviled mass murderer, the complete breakdown of the laws of physics, and witnessing Lu Feng and An Zhe flirt in front of his salad soup, all during the apocalypse that he is frantically trying to solve. Frankly, he’s allowed to roast Lu Feng as much as he wants, and the fact that he’s voiced by the same person who did AD!Jiang Cheng and AD!Xiao Zheng (winner of last year’s Best Beleaguered Side Character Award) is 1) extremely funny, 2) very on-brand, and 3) further proof that being in voice actor fandom 其乐无穷

Best Moment That Wrecked Me (aka the Knifiest Award)

Winner: 《默读》 Mo Du by priest

The character of Fei Du in priest’s 《默读》 is easily the character who had me clawing at the walls the most for the better part of this year (I’m still clawing at the walls, if we’re being honest). I am in love with everything about the way priest wrote him; from his introduction as the flamboyantly aggravating playboy chasing after Tao Ran (brilliant character work there as well as brilliant comedy, 感谢陶然不弯之恩 etc etc) to the slow, methodical reveal of his backstory and how deeply, deeply traumatized he is, Fei Du is one of the most complex and intelligent and nuanced and terribly lovable meow meows characters I’ve had the good fortune to run into

To pick a single Fei Du moment? A single one? Well if I have to choose, unfortunately it’s going to have to be chapter 180 朗诵（五） for the simple reason that it hurts me:

他恨不能撕裂时空，大步闯入七年前，一把抱起那个沉默的孩子，双手捧起他从不流露的伤痕，对他说一句“对不起，我来晚了”。

[Luo Wenzhou] wished he could tear apart time, to barge back into that moment seven years ago and pick up that silent child, to cradle those hidden wounds and say to him, “I’m sorry I was late.”

“我来晚了……”

“I was late...”

直到上了救护车，费渡才好像是有了点意识，难以聚焦的目光在骆闻舟脸上停留了许久，大概是认出了他，竟露出了一个微笑。

Fei Du only seemed to recover a semblance of consciousness when they loaded him into the ambulance. His eyes, unfocused, stopped on Luo Wenzhou’s face for a while before smiling slightly.

骆闻舟艰难地看懂了他无声的唇语。

Luo Wenzhou read his words in the soundless shape of his lips with difficulty.

他说：“没有了……怪物都清理干净了，我是最后一个，你可不可以把我关在你家？”

He said, “They’re all gone... All the monsters are taken care of, I’m the last one. Can you lock me up in your house?”

I’m just. if you need me I’ll be screaming about sunflowers in the abyss

Best Unreliable Narrator

Winner: Yan Zhuoqing and the Deer God of 《问鹿三千》 Wen Lu San Qian by 光合积木 Voicegem, 吼浪文化 Houlang Studio, and 斗木獬编剧工作室 Doumuxie Screenwriting Studio

surprising shortage of unreliable narrators in this year’s contenders, but 《问鹿三千》 makes up for it by having not one, but TWO unreliable narrators involved. can you believe that BOTH of these semi-immortal dumbasses have amnesia? smh Deer God you’re literally the god of time and memory, how you’ve even gotten this far I’ve got no idea

honorable mention: Fei Du from 《默读》 by priest. this man had the audacity to say the words “我没有创伤” / “I’m not traumatized” after asking for Luo Wenzhou’s assistance in recovering some of his repressed memories that he’d blocked out because of the — you guessed it — trauma

Best Himbo

Winner: Situ Jin from 《督主有病》 Du Zhu You Bing by 杨溯 Yang Su

I think it’s safe to say that Situ Jin is a Very Good Egg With No Braincells Whatsoever. None. This man had to be bullied into a hurt/comfort scenario by his future wife, and when she came to him for comfort, grieving her father’s death, he responded to her “now I’m all alone” with “don’t cry: you’re one, I’m one, together we’re two.” proud of u for basic math, bro, but is now really the time. his other highlights include: thinking dreamily about his wife while in prison, defending innocent bystanders regardless the personal cost, and continually failing to seek medical attention while bleeding out

Side Character I’m Still Mad About (aka the Gongyi Xiao Award)

Winner: Fu Luo from 《海中爵》 Hai Zhong Jue by 七药 Qi Yao

so it turns out that I am Weak for this very specific kind of character, the one who is a Good Kid, the one who tries their best to be responsible and reasonable, the one who could honestly be a protagonist in another novel. double points if you can trust them with a spreadsheet (Bian Yanmei), triple points if they’re delightfully lowkey devoted to the actual protagonist (can I get a wahoo for the Jiangzuo Alliance in here??)

and you know what the author does? murders them with prejudice

tl;dr I’m still not over Fu Luo, because like oh man that scene was well done but also ouch

"most memeworthy/meme-able"

(this one’s for you, @presumenothing)

Winner: 《督主有病》 Du Zhu You Bing by 杨溯 Yang Su

I mean I literally—

this book is a Very Serious and Somewhat Grimdark book, but I have to say the sheer amount of misunderstandings that occur are comical in their quantity. have you ever met two people more in love with each other and less capable of uttering a single sentence about it, it is only by the grace of the author that these two didn’t murder each other before their happy ending at the many given opportunities throughout the book

"most deserving of a shenshen OST"

(this one’s also for you, @presumenothing, ty for all the brilliant category recs)

Winner: ........?

this is such an interesting award category to consider, because it’s like asking “which one of these texts would you like to hand a steak knife to gut you with,” but it also begs the question of what a shenshen OST would bring to the text that the existing music/adaptation doesn’t. it also raises the question of what kind of narrative (grand, sweeping, vast in scale or minute, gentle, heartbreaking?) would be most compatible with a shenshen OST?

my first thought was 《小蘑菇》 Xiao Mo Gu, since it has both the monumental scope and the fragile, breakable heart that shenshen OST’s are so suited for (他只是一个小蘑菇 goodbYE—), but the music of the 《小蘑菇》 Xiao Mo Gu AD is already so perfect I don’t actually want to add anything to it. my next thought would be 《问鹿三千》 Wen Lu San Qian — again, for that blend of scale and sorrow, wistfulness at what can never be and gratitude for what we have. but 《问鹿》 also has five songs already, and while a shenshen OST would be nice, it most certainly isn’t necessary

so I think I’m going to cheat and give this award to a title that isn’t even on the list of candidates this year, one that already has a shenshen OST: 《天宝伏妖录》 Tian Bao Fu Yao Lu by 非天夜翔 Fei Tian Ye Xiang, which has the great fortune to have Zhou Shen’s 《天地为念》 for its ongoing donghua title song. what a beautiful, meditative song; what an ethereal, gently sorrowful melody. extra brownie points because I maintain that Zhou Shen and 锦鲤 Jin Li (the voice of Kong Hongjun) are counterparts of each other in their respective industries, and also because I’m ride or die for both of them

"most untranslatable ever"

(category shout-out to — you guessed it — @presumenothing)

Winner: oh ABSOLUTELY 《金牌助理之弯弯没想到》 Jin Pai Zhu Li zhi Wan Wan Mei Xiang Dao by 非天夜翔 Fei Tian Ye Xiang and 传奇火箭队 The Legendary Rocket Team

I consider myself fairly proficient in audiodramas on 猫耳FM as a medium/genre now; I’m familiar with the ways script adaptation dovetails with post-production, the roles the voice directors and producers and casts play, the different twists that can happen with 报幕, what names to keep an eye out for while checking out the production team... so when I say that this audiodrama knocked me flat on the ass when I first listened to it, I really do mean that I was in no way prepared for the chaos that was to come. where do I even begin to describe it? the speed? the unhinged energy? the unending 吐槽 / roasts? the brilliant comedic pacing? the extremely 洗脑片尾曲？whatever the hell this is?

this audiodrama is not only the most untranslatable ever due to the high concentration of internet and culture-specific slang, but also apparently the most impossible to explain ever. idk. listen to this AD and lose your mind

Most Brilliant Moment of Backstabbery

Winner: ch. 116 of 《无双》 Wu Shuang by 梦溪石 Meng Xishi

I described 《无双》 Wu Shuang as “a book about roasting your rival first, saving your dynasty second,” but perhaps didn’t do justice to the sheer lengths these two will go to one-up each other. I’d like to take this moment to recognize a certain flamboyant demonic sect leader (that is somehow not Yan Wushi) for not just habitually backstabbing (gently, for funsies) his love interest but also getting some frontstabbery (once, with great intention) in as well. truly, no one out here is doing it like Feng Xiao

honorable mention: 《不小心救了江湖公敌》 Bu Xiao Xin Jiule Jianghu Gong Di by 六木乔 Liu Muqiao, for the sheer quantity of backstabbing that occurs. maybe this is simply what happens when all of your characters are professional evildoers at fluctuating levels of retirement

Best Comfort Media

Winner: 《哏儿》 Gen’er by 南北逐风 Nan Bei Zhu Feng

earlier this year, I went around asking various people: what makes a book, movie, or other text comfort media for you? listening to the answers, it occurred to me that I don’t really have texts that I turn to on a semi-regular basis to re-read or re-watch. especially because my favorite books tend to be the ones that rip my heart out through my throat, the idea of choosing a “comfort read” from among them seems somewhat, er, misguided

and then I ran into 《哏儿》 Gen’er, which is the only text I’ve chosen to carry over from last year’s danmei awards because the second season of the AD aired this year. this webnovel/AD is also, genre-wise, the outlier in this year’s awards — no magic, no speculative elements, not a single sword in sight, just slice-of-life, daily trials and tribulations, characters balancing budgets and bantering backstage and discussing art over hotpot. the cast and characters of 《哏儿》 feel real and lived-in in a way that is so deeply precious to me; at times throughout the year, I would simply cue up the beginning of S2E2 to listen to the first fifteen minutes or so to quiet down. the ongoing discussions threaded throughout the narrative about the roles of traditional culture and art in modern society, how to adapt traditional forms to contemporary values and preferences, and the ever-relevant question of how to get other people to care about things you love... 《哏儿》 hits different, hits real close to home, asks thought-provoking questions in a gentle, lighthearted manner in a way that is totally unique among the danmei works I’ve read, so here I am, conferring this new, foreign honor upon it. it’s a first for both of us!

Most Ambitious Scope

Winner: 《问鹿三千》 Wen Lu San Qian by 光合积木 Voicegem, 吼浪文化 Houlang Studio, and 斗木獬编剧工作室 Doumuxie Screenwriting Studio

I know, I know — very bold of me to give this award to an audiodrama that’s still airing, that we don’t know if it’ll ever be completed, but I still have to take a moment to yell about this completely original episodic gufeng AD, because like... wow. there is no answer key; there is no original work; there is no blueprint to work off of, no pre-existing fanbase of readers to appeal to. this entire project with its xuanhuan scope will succeed or fail based on its merits alone, and what scope it has, too — from the five voice actor songs (I guess everyone in 光合积木 can sing too??? sure that’s fine I guess) to penning scripts that play specifically to the voice actors’ strengths, to engaging with thorny dynamics of family and relationship and devotion and misalignment, I think it’s real gutsy of the 《问鹿》 creative team to embark on such a vast and ambitious project, and carry it off as well as they did. now it’s just 乖巧坐等更新.jpeg hours, fingers crossed they come back for a season 2

Best Work I Was Songbaited Into

Winner: 《小蘑菇》 Xiao Mo Gu by 一十四洲 Yi Shi Si Zhou

Definitely the first thing that even put 《小蘑菇》 Xiao Mo Gu on my radar was 奇然’s 《风过荒野》 appearing in my YouTube algorithm. The song’s arrangement is haunting, lyrical, and so unlike any other AD song I’ve ever heard. The second season’s 《极光入夜》 is also transcendent in lyrics, composition, and the fact that both of the main voice actors can sing 哎呦还让人活吗—and don’t even get me started on the beautiful piano and string covers they work into the soundtrack! 声罗万象请受我一拜！

let’s put it this way: I actually went out of my way to translate the 《小蘑菇》 songs (here and here) for how hard they go. one day I’ll get over the lines “玫瑰静默凋谢” and “审判是我于你的吻别” but today will not be that day

honorable mention: 《督主有病》 Du Zhu You Bing by 杨溯 Yang Su, for having the opposite energy of the 《默读》 AD asdlfskdfjs no less than FIVE original songs composed for a THREE season AD. I was on the fence about listening to this AD until I heard 远皓ZIL’s 《燃灯》, which immediately joined my playlist before I’d even read the book. Again, the lyricism, the arrangement, the melancholy, deeply thoughtful atmosphere of the song got me interested in exactly what kind of maddeningly angsty plot could result in these lyrics:

我愿抚拂前尘燃着灯做你归途的引 / I would brush away the dust of our past and light a lamp, and be what guides you back

只求你破迷津渡极乐回首看我在等 / I only pray that you break free from the labyrinth and deliver paradise, to look back and see me waiting

我匍匐入尘埃叩长阶奉上所有虔诚 / I crawl through the dirt, pressing my forehead to the stone steps of the long stairway, offering up all of my piety

只为听你亲将相思说那纸情书太薄 / just to hear you say, yearning for me, that this love letter is too thin

不载残生颠簸无你我苦不可脱 / it cannot carry what’s left of our tumultuous lives — without you or me, life would be bitter with no escape

Audiodrama Adaptation with the Strongest First Episode

Winner: 《督主有病》 Du Zhu You Bing by 杨溯 Yang Su

Adaptation is a delicate and tricky practice; how do you accommodate for the limits of production, the requirements of medium, when it comes to translating a work across dimensions? And particularly when it comes to AD’s, how can you capture a listener’s attention within the first few episodes, to bait them into the story and make them willing to pay money to unlock what happens next?

this award has to go to 珞玉 Luo Yu and 子穆木 Zi Mumu for their adaptation of 杨溯 Yang Su’s novel 《督主有病》 Du Zhu You Bing. The book itself runs chronologically, from the two main characters first meeting each other as children, the months they spend together, their sudden (and deeply traumatic) parting, and then resumes the narrative the next time they meet each other seven years down the line, attempting to kill each other (in their defense, it was dark, and neither of them were sure if the other survived the massacre that separated them in the first place). Episode 1 “故人来” of the AD begins with that reunion as Shen Jue, disposing of a body, finds an injured assassin just outside the palace walls. They grapple in the dark until they recognize each other, and the way post-production editing fills in their backstory through a quick, tantalizing flashback and brings the listener back out of it by overlapping young!Xiahou Lian and present!Xiahou Lian saying the same lines (“shaoye, remember: don’t look back, don’t say anything—”)... well done, well played, I sure paid money to listen to the rest of this AD

Audiodrama Adaptation with the Strongest First Ten Minutes

Winner: 《海中爵》 Hai Zhong Jue by 七药 Qi Yao

haha I think I’m hilarious, but while 《督主》 has the strongest first episode I would also like to shout out how good the first ten minutes of 《海中爵》 Hai Zhong Jue are. seamless transition from baby Hailian to adult Hailian, from quiet lullaby to sea battle, and establishing Hailian’s sass, competence, kindness, and swashbuckling swagger as well as introducing Fang Tinglan (and his shamelessness asldfksj). credit has to go to the director 齐杰, the scriptwriter 虾仁猪心@一梦还江月, and the post-production editor 时柒@丶为之奈何 for pacing the opening scene so well, and an extra special shout-out to 梅梅 (韬韬你是最棒的) for the funniest little “bye~~~” as he throws someone off a boat

Most Heartwrenching Line Delivery in an Audiodrama (aka the Knifiest Award, audio edition)

Winner: S1E7 of the 《默读》Mo Du audiodrama

I can yell for years about how talented voice actors are, but there are specific moments while listening where I have to pause for a second or ten and silently mouth “damn”

杨天翔 Yang Tianxiang’s performance as Fei Du in season 1, episode 7 of the 《默读》 Mo Du audiodrama knocks it out of the goddamn solar system with the plaza broadcast scene — this was a scene that I was pretty eh on in the novel, but after listening to it in the AD... 当! 场! 封! 神! with Yang Tianxiang’s measured delivery, the slow excavation of the depth of Fei Du’s anguish, the forced steadiness of his voice when he says “你们如果都这么狠心，为什么以前还要表现出好像很在乎我们的样子?” / “If all of you were always this cruel, why did you pretend to care about us so much in the beginning?” underlaid by the devastatingly quiet, melancholy piano backing of 《以沫》 that then kicks into the sequence that culminates in 何忠义 He Zhongyi’s “等我回来!” / “Wait for me to come home!”... (silently screams into a paper bag) I’m not okay and I haven’t been okay for months

Honorable Mentions:

S2E2 “也恨相逢” of 《督主有病》 Du Zhu You Bing by 杨溯 Yang Su: specifically for 梅梅’s line “少爷，这是我的命” / “shaoye, this is my fate.” for a scene that didn’t even exist in the original novel... hot damn wow

E12 “绝不复寡“ of 《师弟还不杀我灭口》 Shidi Hai Bu Sha Wo Mie Kou by 子鹿 Zi Lu: 锦鲤 has the range and this AD proves it! While he spends most of the AD being generally the comedic, satirical commentary, Zhong Yan/Qin Mingxi absolutely begging, tears in his voice, for Gu Xuanyan to leave him to die in this scene? look I’m not immune to this trope either

S1E13·上 of 《问鹿三千》 Wen Lu San Qian by 光合积木 Voicegem, 吼浪文化 Houlang Studio, and 斗木獬编剧工作室 Doumuxie Screenwriting Studio: (cups hands around mouth, yells) 马! 老! 师! it’s hard to explain the heartbreaking context of the line I have in mind without giving away the entire story, but 马正阳’s throat-scraping scream of “我要你爱我” / “I want you to love me!” is wince-inducing from the sheer force of the raw anguish in it

wooooo and that’s a wrap! thanks for tuning into the 2022 danmei awards :)

looking forward at my reading list, I’m not sure I’ll be doing a 2023 round since my reading is taking me in different directions and I simply might not have enough candidates to fill out a whole awards post next year (and I suspect I’ll have gone so far off the map that people won’t even have the faintest idea what I’m talking about anymore asldkfajsd)

it’s been fun!!! catch you all in the new year!!

#came for the mushroom stayed for the mushroom #saving your kingdom while burnt out: the imperial intrigue steampunk wuxia light mecha alternate historical novel #voice(bear) appreciation hours #《督主有病》#《无双》 backlog #guess who walked into and out of the abyss while y'all weren't looking #新年快乐送你们一篇博君一笑

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Wang Chuan Feng Hua Lu (忘川风华录) Masterpost

Wang Chuan Feng Hua Lu (忘川风华录) is a Vocal synth (Vocaloid and SynthV) music project. It consists of songs themed around different figures throughout Chinese history. The project is a collaboration between different artists and creatives, with music and videos featuring prominent traditional Chinese elements. The project's title translates to "The Records of Magnificence of the Wangchuan" - In Chinese mythology, "Wangchuan" (or River of Forgetting) is a river in the Underworld that can rid one of their past life's memories, similar to the river Lethe.

A mobile game adaptation has also been developed by NetEast. Unfortunately, I haven't played it so I can't give much insight on it. However, I assume that its premise is similar to that of the idea behind the project as a whole: all these historical figures meeting each other in the Underworld after they died. Maybe.

You can find all the songs on Bilibili. The official Weibo can be found here. The game's website, which includes all characters appearing so far in the game, can be found here, and its Weibo can be found here.

(If you prefer YouTube, I've also put together a handy playlist. Please know that most of these videos are reposts though, so please watch the original Bilibili MVs if you can!)

This blog is where I will be posting everything I feel like I need to say about the songs in this project. A lot of it is lifted from my Twitter account but will be in much more detail. Note that I probably won't touch collab songs, or songs that don't focus solely on the project's own characters.

Disclaimer: I do not speak Chinese, nor am I an expert on Chinese history. Therefore, I cannot reliably translate the lyrics to these songs, nor my words should be taken as gospel. I am merely a nerd gushing about my hyperfixation.

Playlist

多情岸【Duo Qing An】 ➼ B link

洛阳怀【Luo Yang Huai】 ➼ B link

易水诀【Yi Shui Jue】 ➼ B link

山河令【Shan He Ling】 ➼ B link

簪花人间【Zhan Hua Ren Jian】 ➼ B link

栖凰【Qi Huang】 ➼ B link

心上秋【Xin Shang Qiu】 ➼ B link

祖龙吟【Zu Long Yin】 ➼ B link

如见青山【Ru Jian Qing Shan】 ➼ B link

竹林间【Zhu Lin Jian】 ➼ B link

天下局【Tian Xia Ju】 ➼ B link

青鸟衔风【Qing Niao Xian Feng】 ➼ B link

木兰行【Mu Lan Xing】 ➼ B link

好字唯之【Hao Zi Wei Zhi】 ➼ B link

不可道【Bu Ke Dao】 ➼ B link

水叙湖风【Shui Xu Hu Feng】 (collab) ➼ B link

是非【Shi Fei】 ➼ B link

风起甘露【Feng Qi Gan Lu】 (collab) ➼ B link

谓剑【Wei Jian】 ➼ B link

万象霜天【Wan Xiang Shuang Tian】 (New Year event song) ➼ B link

千秋梦【Qian Qiu Meng】 ➼ B link

易安难安【Yi An Nan An】 ➼ B link

惊鹊【Jing Que】 ➼ B link

高歌破阵【Gao Ge Po Zhen】 (collab) ➼ B link

不赴【Bu Fu】 ➼ B link

西行【Xi Xing】 ➼ B link

大航海家【Da Hang Hai Jia】 ➼ B link

牡丹乱【Mu Dan Luan】 (collab) ➼ B link

倾国【Qing Guo】 (collab) ➼ B link

相虎【Xiang Hu】 ➼ B link

补天裂【Bu Tian Lie】 ➼ B link

此期盈期【Ci Qi Ying Qi】 (1st anniversary song) ➼ B link

破云来【Po Yun Lai】 ➼ B link

归钓吟【Gui Diao Yin】 ➼ B link

始见千秋【Shi Jian Qian Qiu】 ➼ B link

临川浮梦【Lin Chuan Fu Meng】 ➼ B link

将军行【Jiang Jun Xing】 ➼ B link

妄语人间【Wang Yu Ren Jian】 ➼ B link

数风流【Shu Feng Liu】 (2nd anniversary song) ➼ B link

问剑春秋【Wen Jian Chun Qiu】 ➼ B link

起战令【Qi Zhan Ling】 ➼ B link

人间应又雪【Ren Jian Ying You Xue】 ➼ B link

旷古回响【Kuang Gu Hui Xiang】 ➼ B link

墨隐侠声【Mo Yin Xia Sheng】 ➼ B link

桃源故人【Tao Yuan Gu Ren】 (3rd anniversary song) ➼ B link

*Note: The anniversary songs are probably for the game's anniversaries, as the project itself is more than 5 years old.

Albums

Vol 1: 溯洄【Su Hui】 Includes character songs from Duo Qing An to Zhu Lin Jian. Features human vocals.

Vol 2: 踏浪【Ta Lang】 Includes character songs from Tian Xia Ju to Jing Que.

Vol 3: 数风流【Shu Feng Liu】 Includes character songs from Bu Fu to Wang Yu Ren Jian, an unreleased song titled 燕双归【Yan Shuang Gui】, and the two anniversary songs.

Visual character guide:

#忘川风华录 #wang chuan feng hua lu #wcfhl #chinese music #vocasynth #vocaloid #synthv #vocaloid project #synth v project #synthesizer v #vocal synths #long post #this is the culmination of a 3 year brainrot #i will try my best

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wangsejabin · 1 year

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Chapter 90

Because of this incident, Pan'er and Yue Wangfei had inexplicably gained an extra level of intimacy.

As they walked that way, Yue Wangfei said quietly, " Prince Chu and our prince are not very close, but I didn't expect him to greet me today."

Pan'er had a different thought in mind, probably because of her keen sensibilities, but she felt that Prince Chu's sudden stop was because of her. But Prince Chu did not do anything other than glance at her and ask her a question knowingly.

However, it was not easy to say such things to Yue Wangfei, so she could only say shyly, "I stay within the Eastern Palace and rarely see outsiders, especially men, so I am a bit flustered by the sudden sight of them."

Yue Wangfei smiled understandingly and felt that Su Liang Di was a frank and honest person, and had long since cast away any prejudice she had against her.

By this time, the two of them had already reached the children, and as they were talking to them, Pan'er looked back.

Prince Chu and the Seventh Prince were no longer there, and she was instantly relieved.

"Okay, all sweaty from playing, there's many bodies of water in this Western Garden, you can't leave your lackeys behind when you go for walks, you have to bring them along with you before you can come out, tell Mother in advance before you go anywhere, got it?" Pan'er's words were deliberately addressed to Wanyin and Zong Lin, she was not worried about Zong Yue, the boy had always known what was proper.

"Understood Mother."

The Yue Wangfei also felt that Pan Er's words made sense and told Zong Zhi and Shu Li to listen and to do the same in the future.

Both children answered in the affirmative, and seeing that it was getting late, they turned their heads and walked back.

In front of the Pavilion of the Lotus Wind and the Hui Lu, Pan'er and Yue Wangfei made an appointment to go out for a walk next time, and the children of the two families also agreed to play with each other, and then went their separate ways.

Pan'er had not walked so much for a long time, and her legs were a little sore, so Xiang Pu kneaded her legs, while Zong Yue and Wan Yin went to the study to practise their writing. Before they went out, they had agreed that they would each write two big words when they returned from playing.

The child did not follow Pan'er in anything, except for her reluctance to do embroidery and practice calligraphy, and her writing truly was atrocious. However, at her age, there was no need to worry too much, but Pan'er thought to herself that her daughter would have to be better than herself.

When dinner was about to be served, the Prince came back.

After having dinner together, Pan'er forgot to tell the Prince about the encounter with Prince Chu today because of the children's interruptions.

Pan'er thought that Yue Wangfei had probably said something out of the ordinary because she was so desperate for help, and given her character, she would not mention it again if she missed it this time. At this point, she was a little glad that Prince Chu and the Seventh Prince had appeared and interrupted the conversation, otherwise she would have had a headache thinking about how to answer the other party.

What Pan'er hadn't expected though was that the Yue Wangfei apparently didn't give up so easily.

It was also when she was leading the two children back to Juren Hall that she happened to meet Side Consort Guo, who made a couple of barbed remarks, and Yue Wangfei was defeated by her mouth and suffered a lot of anger. She originally thought she would just remain calm, but Shu Li was still young and although she was usually shy and reserved, she did not want her mother to suffer such anger, so she complained to the Prince of Yue.

The couple inevitably had a big fight, and when she returned, she was so angry that she became dizzy and wept.

So she came uninvited the next day to find Pan'er.

Pan'er was a little surprised by her sudden visit, but seeing her face even worse than yesterday, and the look in her eyes, she already had some idea of her intention.

After the palace maids had served tea, she dismissed everyone and passed the tea in front of Yue Wangfei , saying, "Wangfei, have some tea first."

Yue Wangfei drank the tea, taking the time to calm herself down, but the moment she opened her mouth, she still let her intention wash away the feigned calmness.

She gave a brief account of what had happened last night, and then mocked herself, "I'm not afraid that you will laugh at me, Su Liangdi, but at first my Prince and I were in love for a while. ...

"...... When my mother in law took a fancy to her and wanted to choose her to give to my prince, I had a bad feeling in my heart,we were both from the capital, although she was of high rank and my family was of low rank, I had heard a few rumors about her. You can say I'm not confident, say I'm small-minded, I remember when you were pregnant with Zong Yue and Wan Yin, we also met twice in the Kunning Palace, at that time I really didn’t want to let her enter the door. Unfortunately, I couldn't resist the 'rules' of the palace and the 'filial piety' ......

"...... When she entered the house, it was true that there was less and less room for me to stand in the house. I hate my own lack of courage, and thought it would be just as well to live like this, just enduring it, but the children are getting older, I sometimes see my children put up with it in front of her children, I want to slap myself. I also know that I have come abruptly today and asked abruptly, but I don't want to worry my parents there at my maternal home, and there is no one around to say these things ......"

The princess of Yue said, while dropping tears.

Pan'er sat by the side, not knowing what to say.

In fact, she felt that Yue Wangfei was making things difficult for herself and as a woman of the royal family, if she couldn't even manage to think it through herself, Pan’er was afraid that the life would be unbearable for her. Inevitably, she was reminded of when she was waiting for the crown prince's other children to be born, and she had been pretending that nothing was wrong, but she was still a little uncomfortable in her heart after all.

She had been reluctant to know the Prince's movements in the backyard because she didn't want to face it directly, and she was also putting her head in the sand, but he did come to her most often, especially since the birth of the third child, and he came almost every day, sometimes not, so she just assumed...

She just pretended he was busy in his study.

But when the truth came out, she couldn't continue pretending.

Was it difficult? Of course it was, but not as hard as she thought it would be. On the contrary, she felt relieved, as if some things were still going the way they had in her previous life, which gave her a sense of security.

The days still had to pass, and after two minor tantrums with the prince, which seemed to be genuine, he seemed to understand a bit where her anger lay. He talked about how jealous she was, how she didn't tolerate people, how others knew about it, and how he still came more often to her place.

Was she happy? She seemed a little happy, but not as happy as she thought she would be, and why not, she didn't know. She just didn't want to explore the issue too much, she always felt that if she thought about something too much, her convictions would collapse.

So how could she instruct others on something she didn't even understand?

But looking at the teary-eyed Yue Wangfei, Pan'er also had mixed feelings, not only because of the other party, but also because of herself, because of the Crown Princess, because of this situation where wives and concubines are destined to be on opposite sides.

Just now, when Yue Wangfei cried to her, she wondered if she was like this in the Crown Princess's heart, too.

"In fact, this matter, I really don't know how to go about it with the Crown Princess, after all, the situation is different, the status is different, my words might not be useful. Just like you are the main consort, the person you are opposite of is a side consort, a concubine. I am also a concubine, my position is obviously different from that of the main wife."

"No, you misunderstand," Yue Wangfei panicked a little, wiping her tears as she said hastily, "I'm not trying to get you to speak for me or anything, I just want to learn from you, learn how to please men, I think my prince favours her because I'm not as pleasing as she is ...... I see that you are so pleasing to the prince, so I ...... I don't really mean anything else, I just ......"

I know you don't mean anything else, but you've already embarrassed me a bit.

Pan'er sighed in her heart, suppressing some messy thoughts, and instead looked squarely at the Yue Wangfei once more.

She must have loved Prince Yue very much, otherwise why would she have degraded herself, reduced herself to ask a concubine and condescended to such a level, there must have been some firm conviction that drove her to do so.

If one looks at it this way, it seems that she did not love the crown prince as much as she thought she did. As soon as this thought surfaced, it was immediately dismissed by Pan'er, who felt that she had to stop Yue Wanfei's tears now, otherwise she might be drowned in them.

It was the first time Pan'er had ever seen someone so good at crying. This was not meant to be derogatory, after all, she had seen all kinds of tears in her previous life, including her own, and none of them had been so genuine.

"It's actually quite simple to please someone, whatever he likes, you do."

"Whatever he likes, I'll do it?" Sure enough these words interrupted the tears of Princess Yue, she murmured, seemingly a little confused, "That's all?"

Pan'er nodded, that was all.

She tried to imagine herself in the position of the Crown Princess and added, "For example, if he doesn't like you to be jealous, you shouldn't be jealous, jealous women are sometimes ugly and make themselves look hideous and aggressive, men are bound to dislike them."

"A jealous woman is ugly, with a hideous face?" Yue Wangfei went to touch her own face, she had been jealous a lot, and she knew she must have looked ugly then, and he had said she was becoming less and less herself, but she was herself, who else could she be?

"But jealousy can still be controlled?"

"Naturally, it's not easy to control, but slowly and consciously, I think it can get better. For example, whenever I feel jealous and want to act out, I just think about how I have nothing to complain about if even the Crown Princess is not jealous."

Obviously Pan'er's teasing tone made it very difficult for Yue Wangfei to accept. She even wondered a little if it was a deliberate perfunctory remark, but when she saw the bitter smile that didn't show at the corner of Pan'er's mouth, she didn't think so again and hesitated.

"When you're not jealous anymore, you can calm down, take time to think about what he likes about you and what you should do to make him like you."

"Make him feel guilty, make him miss you, make him believe what you say, make him gradually be swayed by you, make him ......" Pan'er felt that she was no different from that Guo side consort of the Yue Mansion, the difference being that that person was too arrogant and she was not.

So what qualifications did she have to judge people, what qualifications did she have to instruct the Yue Wangfei, who is the main wife?

In fact, there was another sentence that was most pertinent, but Pan'er did not want to say it. Because this sentence is too out of the dangerous a concept to say, just don't fall in love.

As long as you don't love him, you can be good at everything you need to be good at to uphold your status, you can calmly fight for favour and use tricks to make him like you more because of how understanding and how thoughtful you are.

Something roared in her ears, it was the last words that Empress Chen had said before she was imprisoned in the cold palace in her previous life--

"...... Do you think he really favours you? You are wrong, he only has his kingdom and his nation in his heart, he is doting on you for the sake of his kingdom and nation, you think you have really won? You're wrong! I will wait, I will see you lose like I did ......"

"...... You think that bitch really loves you? No, she doesn't love you, I'm the only one who loves you the most ......"

......

Outside the door, the Crown Prince stood there with his hands behind his back, surrounded by minions cowering with their heads hanging.

Only Fu Lu stood a little closer, but hearing how Su Liang Di was pointing out the Yue Wang Fei inside, he was also in a cold sweat. You have nothing to do with the affairs of the House of Yue, why are you getting involved?

As he watched the Prince's face grow darker and darker until he turned to leave, his heart thumped and he knew something big was about to happen.

#yingchong

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eyenaku · 2 years

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Ji ji fu ji ji

#‼️mutual #get tone-d

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corduroyserpent · 2 years

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tag 9 people you’d like to get to know better!

thanks for the tags @squeeegs and @jiangwrongcurator 💖💖💖

Three ships: it’s difficult to pick just three but Tianxi (Tianlang-jun/Su XIyan), Ranwan (Mo Ran/Chu Wanning), & Zosan (Roronoa Zoro/Sanji)

First ever ship: Percabeth (Percy Jackson/Annabeth Chase) probably! and i still love them together so much 🥺

Last song: The Moon Will Sing by The Crane Wives (i have it on repeat while writing a certain fic)

Last movie: Glass Onion! i really enjoyed it

Currently reading: just started my yearly reread of The Raven Cycle + The Dream Thieves by Maggie Stiefvater (very exciting bc now the story is finished!!), i’m also slowly working my way through The Thrawn Trilogy by Timothy Zahn (currently on Dark Force Rising), and i’m rereading Heaven Official’s Blessing by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu because i’m in a Hualian zine and i like to brush up on canon for stuff like that

Currently watching: i’m about to start s2 of The Mysterious Benedict Society!! i was quite literally obsessed with those books as a kid and i loved how they adapted s1 so i’m very excited

Currently consuming: uhh water? i should probably go eat something tbh

Currently craving: SOUP!!!

tagging – @livingmeatloaf, @naamah-beherit, @goatpunch2, @beloved-fool-clown, @dumbkatsu, @lazuilis, @d20owlbear, @nedsseveredhead, @curiosity-killed (but only if you want to!! feel free to ignore otherwise asdfghjk💕)

#tag meme #anyone else who wants to do this feel free!! even if i didn't tag u

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taisuiartgallery · 1 year

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Guidepost

General Tags:

Art

Digital Art

Traditional Art

Fic

Video

Animatic

Memes

Comics

Crossover

Spoilers

Full list of more specific tags under the cut:

Character Tags:

Because there are So Many Characters, I've taken a page from E. Danglar's book and sorted them by region.

Southern Wan (Jinping)

Xi Ping

Zhou Ying

Wei Chengxiang

Bai Ling

Xi Yue

Pang Jian

Old Madam Xi

Xi Zhengde

Cui Jinjin

Zhao Yu

The Karma Beast

Chen Baishao (Jiangli)

Southern Wan (Xuanyin)

Zhi Xiu

Lin Chi

Wen Fei

Luo Qingshi

Zhang Jue

Lin Zongyi

Yao Qi

Chang Jun

Princess Duanrui

Su Zhun

Zhao Yin

Li Fengshan

Southern Wan (The Southern Mines)

Lü Chengyi

Liang Chen

Southern Wan (Other)

Zhao Qindan

Xu Rucheng

The Heart Demon

Western Chu

Qiu Sha

Hui Xiangjun

Yu Chang

Xuanwu

Zhuoming

Xiang Rong

Tao-er-nainai

Southern Shu

Wangge Luobao

Northern Li

Xie Chu

Kunlun's Third Elder

Wu Lingxiao

Accompanying Plant Tags:

Reincarnation Wood

Snow Shuffler

Late Autumn Red

Eternal Spring Brocade

Heartless Lotus

Item/Weapon Tags:

Tai Sui Qin

Zhaoting

The Law Breaker

The Unbound Furnace

Discard the False and Keep the True

Ship Tags:

Xi Ping/Zhi Xiu

Xi Ping/Zhou Ying

Zhi Xiu/Xi Ping/Zhou Ying

Wei Chengxiang/Zhao Qindan

Xi Ping/Yu Chang

Lin Chi/Hui Xiangjun

Qiu Sha/Hui Xiangjun

Qiu Sha/Hui Xiangjun/Lin Chi

Lin Chi/Wen Fei

Miscellaneous Tags:

Zhou Ying's Cat

The Sea of Stars

The Dragon Vein

Scenery

Fic Tags:

Gen Fic

Story Arc Tags:

(Any drawing/comic of a specific scene will have the relevant arc tagged. Tags for early arcs aren't necessarily spoiler-free.)

Midnight Song

The Dragon Bites Its Tail

Fragrant Jade Miasma

Demon Country

The Mountain Falls

Indignant Cicadas

Traveler Abroad

Unbound Knife

Eternal Flame

The Storm Begins

Flower in the Mirror

Tomb of the Sage

A Life of Regret

Conclusion

The Extras (Overall)

Antiquity Extra

New Capital Extra

Western Chu Extra

Frost and Snow Extra

Jinping Extra

Bonus Secret Info

For those of y'all that scroll all the way to the bottom of this tag list, here's an extra fun fact: this blog is run by ya girl Andromeda Grassbreads. You can find me TaiSuiposting over on my meta blog @morethanwonderful.

#organization #not art

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zhufree · 7 months

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Night Tide-Chap94

After the meal, the group didn’t linger any longer. They got into their cars and headed towards the village. Chao Xin led the way, followed closely by Su Chang driving behind, and Xiang Wan naturally moved to the passenger seat beside Chao Xin. Recognizing Chao Xin’s nervousness, Xiang Wan didn’t talk much, only occasionally handing her a bottle of water. Regardless of the circumstances after…

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kdram-chjh · 2 years

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Full Version | I fell into an ancient drama and fell for the Prince | [A...

Cdrama: Affairs of a Drama Queen (2022)

Watch this video on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjeoYiojOeY

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nemainofthewater · 7 months

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Completed 'Surname' Polls

This is where I take several characters from different Chinese media (mostly cnovels and cdrama) and run a poll on which one is the 'best'. What does best mean? It's up to you! Whether you love them, are intrigued by their characters, love to hate them, or they're your '2 second blorbos whose personality you made up wholesale', these are all reasons for you to vote for your favs!

NB: the surnames are not exactly the same in all the cases, as often they will be a different character. I am, however, grouping them all together otherwise things got more complicated.

This post is for the polls which have finished running and can no longer be voted in (since I have realised that I'm quickly approaching the limit for hyperlinks in the original masterlist).

If you want to see the currently live polls, they can be found here

Finished polls: Cao/Wei/Guo/Chen/Ye/Qiao/Yu/Xue/Tang/Jiang/Su/Gao/Mei/Lin/Wu/Sun/Liu/Di/Zhang/Ying/Mo/Li/Song/Yan/Xiao/Pei/Hua/Xie/Mu/Qi/Shen/Lan/Fang/Luo /Huo/Xu/Wang/Ming/Fan/Yuan/Feng/Bai/Jin/Meng/Yun/Zhao/Wen/Zhou/Yang/Shang/Yue/Sheng/Ouyang/Lu/Ling/Hu/Gu/Ding

Shi/Hong/Zhu/Yi/Cheng/Zhan/Xia/Cui/Chu/Lei/Ma/Liang/Jing/Zhi/An/Nie/Hao/Qin/Han/Guan/Zhuge/Jia/Ning/Xiang/Huang/Fei/Ruan/Dong/He/Baili/Long/Duan/Zhen/Wan/Qiu/Dongfang/Du/Bi/Jiao/Zhong/

#best surname #masterlist #poll

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hunxi-after-hours · 2 years

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introducing the candidates for danmei awards 2.0 (2022)

I’m hard at work on (procrastinating on the writing of) this year’s danmei awards, so I figured I’d introduce all of the candidates since I’ve gone pretty far off the map at this point and don’t expect anyone to recognize most of these titles asdlfkads (别问，问就知北极圈的冷)

a table of contents!

《小蘑菇》 Xiao Mo Gu by 一十四洲 Yi Shi Si Zhou

《不小心救了江湖公敌》 Bu Xiao Xin Jiu Le Jianghu Gong Di by 六木乔 Liu Muqiao (有声漫画 audiomanhua season 1)

《无双》 Wu Shuang by 梦溪石 Meng Xishi

《问鹿三千》 Wen Lu San Qian by 光合积木 Voicegem, 吼浪文化 Houlang Studio, and 斗木獬编剧工作室 Doumuxie Screenwriting Studio

《师弟还不杀我灭口》 Shidi Hai Bu Sha Wo Mie Kou by 子鹿 Zi Lu

《默读》 Mo Du by priest

《督主有病》 Du Zhu You Bing by 杨溯 Yang Su

《海中爵》 Hai Zhong Jue by 七药 Qi Yao

《哏儿》 Gen’er by 南北逐风 Nan Bei Zhu Feng

《杀破狼》 Sha Po Lang by priest

《金牌助理之弯弯没想到》 Jin Pai Zhu Li zhi Wan Wan Mei Xiang Dao by (nominally) 非天夜翔 Fei Tian Ye Xiang and (mostly) 传奇火箭队 The Legendary Rocket Team

#1: 《小蘑菇》 by 一十四洲 (full length crash course here)

genre(s): apocalyptic science fiction

mediums: original novel on JJWXC, audiodrama by 729声工厂 / 729 Voice Studio on 猫耳FM

in a world where genetic mutations threaten to destroy humankind and a man-made aurora dances across the sky each night, a sentient mushroom goes undercover in a human city to recover a part of himself that was stolen. a book that investigates humanity and personhood, sentience and benevolence, the role of order in a lawless world, how to face despair and the end times with dignity and meaning. also, mushroom-based comedy

#2: 《不小心救了江湖公敌》 Bu Xiao Xin Jiule Jianghu Gong Di by 六木乔 Liu Muqiao (有声漫画 audiomanhua season 1)

genre(s): wuxia

mediums: manhua on bilibili comics, audiomanhua by 回声漫响工作室 Huisheng Manxiang Studio on 猫耳FM. both ongoing

when Liu Jianghe, a feared demonic sect leader, turns up half-dead on Lu Qingyun’s doorstep, the reclusive jianghu doctor reluctantly saves Liu Jianghe’s life. but Liu Jianghe’s enemies are almost as numerous as his secrets, and soon, the two are dragged into the turmoil of jianghu intrigue and conspiracy. Lu Qingyun has his own hidden past, Liu Jianghe his own mysterious motivations, and neither of them are held back by something as silly as moral scruples. an audiomanhua about the vortex of jianghu politics, in which every single character is a villain

#3: 《无双》 Wu Shuang by 梦溪石 Meng Xishi

genre(s): wuxia, political intrigue

mediums: original novel on JJWXC

a few years after the end of 《千秋》 Qian Qiu, unrest returns to the newly-founded Sui Dynasty as domestic intrigue and foreign plots threaten to fracture the hard-won peace. Feng Xiao, an unbelievably handsome government official who moonlights as the sect leader of the demonic Fajing Zong, finds his unexpected match in the frail wandering Daoist Cui Buqu. But beneath Cui Buqu’s waning health are more secrets than Feng Xiao can guess at, and the fate of the Sui Dynasty rests on these two setting aside their rivalry long enough to work together. a book about roasting your rival first, saving your dynasty second, and maybe, just maybe, falling in love in the process

#4: 《问鹿三千》 Wen Lu San Qian by 光合积木 Voicegem, 吼浪文化 Houlang Studio, and 斗木獬编剧工作室 Doumuxie Screenwriting Studio (full length crash course here)

genre(s): wuxia, xuanhuan

mediums: audiodrama on 猫耳FM, ongoing

an intricate, interlocking serial narrative following four intertwining stories: a famous zither master investigating a new, mysterious rival, a cat yao impersonating a prince and the assassin sent to kill him, the obsessive quest of an emperor searching for a lost dao and the person who lived inside it, and two spirits seeking their forgotten pasts. oh, and a former king-turned-talking-rabbit. an audiodrama about fate and loyalty, devotion and trauma, memory and grief, love and loss

#5: 《师弟还不杀我灭口》 Shidi Hai Bu Sha Wo Mie Kou by 子鹿 Zi Lu

genre(s): xianxia, transmigration

mediums: original novel on 长佩 Changpei, audiodrama by 米波文化 Mibo Culture on 猫耳FM. AD trailer 1 translated here, AD trailer 2 translated here.

when college student Zhong Yan is drawn into the world of the xianxia novel he just finished instead of studying for his exams, his sympathy for the book’s antagonist lands him a near-impossible mission: stop the antagonist from killing more people, or risk the consequences of failure. now, if only he hadn’t transmigrated as the antagonist’s useless shixiong, who is also the witness of his first murder...

a book about how kindness can change the path of fate, often when you aren’t paying attention. also, an audiodrama about 锦鲤 letting loose asldkfajsdf

#6: 《默读》 Mo Du by priest

genre(s): crime fiction, detective fiction

mediums: original novel on JJWXC, audiodrama by 729声工厂 on 猫耳FM (currently banned), donghua and live action adaptations in progress that will never see the light of day because this book contains trenchant commentary about social issues and cycles of violence perpetuated by wealth and power (and therefore too transgressive for the censors rip)

ETA 12/23/22: the 《默读》 AD has returned! more of it has likely been censored, but I’ll take what we can get.

when a series of complex cases begins to shake Yan City, police inspector Luo Wenzhou must team up with Fei Du, the cryptic heir of a business empire, to uncover what may be a larger, decades-spanning conspiracy tying the crimes together. at the same time, a mysterious radio station releases reviews of classic novels in Western literature that all feature plots, events, themes, and crimes that bear uncanny resonances to the cases they are investigating. a book about the dark side of modern society, and the slow, grueling path out of the abyss and toward the light

#7: 《督主有病》 Du Zhu You Bing by 杨溯 Yang Su

genre(s): wuxia, political intrigue

mediums: original novel on 长佩 Changpei, audiodrama by 米波文化 Mibo Culture on 猫耳FM

the unlikely childhood friendship of a court official and an assassin must weather the rise and fall of regimes as well as grasping reach of their own backgrounds if they are to reach a distant, elusive happy ending. a book where the question “can things get worse?” is responded to with a hearty “always!”

#8: 《海中爵》 Hai Zhong Jue by 七药 Qi Yao (full crash course here)

genre(s): PIRATES, secondary world fantasy, political intrigue

mediums: original novel on 长佩 Changpei, (free!) audiodrama by 株木琅玛工作室 Zhumulangma Studio on 猫耳FM, audiodrama ongoing

when a smooth-talking, deep-pocketed rival ship’s captain offers him a deal he can’t refuse, Hailian reluctantly agrees to assassinate someone for the mysterious Fang Tinglan. drawn into the complex tangle of Fang Tinglan’s schemes, Hailian must navigate intrigue, betrayal, and his own lost past to find his way to some place he can call home. a book about fighting and falling in love at the same time

#9: 《哏儿》 Gen’er by 南北逐风 Nan Bei Zhu Feng

genre(s): contemporary, entertainment industry

mediums: original novel on 长佩 Changpei, audiodrama by 音熊联萌 VoiceBear Alliance on 猫耳FM

in a few days, Ye Ling will graduate from the illustrious Tsinghua University with a master’s degree in thermal engineering, so in a few days, he’ll no longer have the time to pursue his extracurricular dreams of performing 相声 xiangsheng / crosstalk, a form of traditional Chinese stand-up comedy. but when the brash, bold, and charismatic Xie Shuangchen barges into his life, Ye Ling’s heart is swayed — and what if he decides to pursue his dreams? what if this is what he’s meant to do? a book about making it as working artists in Beijing while falling in love. also book about 相声 xiangsheng and Chinese opera, and adapting classical forms to the modern era

#10: 《杀破狼》 Sha Po Lang by priest

genre(s): political intrigue, alternate history, steampunk wuxia

mediums: original novel on JJWXC, audiodrama by 729声工厂 on 猫耳FM, live action adaptation trapped in censorship hell

from the moment the powerful fuel 紫流金 ziliujin was dug out of the ground, the path of history was destined to change. in an aging and weakening Liang Dynasty, two young men come of age as the kingdom’s foremost general and the court’s most capable minister. but malevolent forces both external and internal, domestic and foreign threaten to destroy them before they can save the dynasty they inherited. a book about saving your kingdom while extremely burnt out by the traumatic events of your youth. also, steampunk mechas and navigating the industrial revolution in the middle of war

#11: 《金牌助理之弯弯没想到》 Jin Pai Zhu Li zhi Wan Wan Mei Xiang Dao by (ostensibly) 非天夜翔 Fei Tian Ye Xiang and (mostly) 传奇火箭队 The Legendary Rocket Team, aka Fuck the Rocket according to their subtitles

genre(s): contemporary, entertainment industry

mediums: original novel on JJWXC, (free!) audiodrama by the 传奇火箭队 The Legendary Rocket Team on 猫耳FM

so full disclosure, I never read the original novel, and the 《弯弯》 audiodrama should be considered a lot of things but a faithful adaptation? lol absolutely not (their own words)

this is actually a 网配 wangpei audiodrama from 2015, and the energy on it is utterly unhinged. it is simultaneously a love letter to and satire of 非天夜翔 Fei Tian Ye Xiang’s novel 《金牌助理》 Jin Pai Zhu Li, a novel that follows the misadventures of hapless aspiring musician Xiao Yi as he finds a day job to pay the bills while struggling to make it in Beijing. said day job? working as a personal assistant to the extremely frosty, extremely handsome superstar actor Lu Zhou. absolute hijinks ensue

this audiodrama is far ahead of its time, and also completely upends traditional adaptation by rewriting the script satirically and cranking up the speed. I screamed; I laughed; I definitely missed a turn while driving. words can’t really describe this production for its sheer insanity, so I’ll just link it above and call it a day

#let's go let's go let's GO #came for the mushroom stayed for the mushroom #saving your kingdom while burnt out: the imperial intrigue steampunk wuxia light mecha alternate historical novel #voice(bear) appreciation hours #《督主有病》#《无双》 backlog #guess who walked into and out of the abyss while y'all weren't looking #not pictured here: the fact that I immediately turned around and re-read liehuo this year #still taking award category recs if anyone else wants to throw their hat in the ring!

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The Mystic Messenger from Heaven: Tale of Purple Lotus

During ancient times, the world was divided into four realms, the Heavenly Realm under the command of Gods and Goddesses, the Immortal Realm at Mount Penglai, the Void Realm or the Demon Land, and Xulan the main city of the Mortal Realm. The three realms continue to live in peace, while the Void Realm continues its vicious work at the Yao Huo Forest, the forest that divides the Demon Land and the Mortal Land. Mortal Emperor Gong Lei asked for the assistance of the Immortals from Mount Penglai and the Demon Realm got furious and continued to cause havoc in the mortal realm. At that time, the sprout of the Purple Lotus was expected by the Gods and Goddesses in the Heavenly Realm.

The war of Mortals, Immortal between the Void Realm was worsened when the previous Demon King, Qingshan was killed by the most powerful immortal from Yunhui Sect, Guo Fang with his divine sword from heaven, causing the son of the late Demon King to get revenge because of what happened to his late father, Wei Zhou planned to steal the most powerful item from the heaven to resurrect his father. He ordered one of his men to go to the banquet at the heavenly realm to celebrate the success of the Immortal and Mortal realms in defeating the Void realm.

The Gods and Goddesses together with the Immortals were all gathered to witness the ceremony of seeing the purple lotus sprout. All of them were mesmerized by what they saw. A color purple lotus sprouted at the sacred Fuhua Tree of the Heavenly Realm; the flower manifested its powerful essence around the heaven which caused the flowers around the world to bloom.

At the Demon Land, the son of the late Demon King continues to mourn because of the death of his father. His men came back as soon as he learned about the Purple Lotus. Upon hearing words from his men, the new Demon King planned to attack the Heavenly Realm and steal the said flower.

Shang Lu, was anxious about the safety of the heavenly flower, he felt uneasy and didn’t want to let his guard down while the ceremony was not yet over.

The High God Shang Lu, instructed his successor and the Chief God, Dong Mei to take care of the newly sprouted Purple Lotus until its reincarnation as the next Chief, God. The said flower is believed to be the most powerful item of the heavenly realm.

10, 000 years ago, the Purple Lotus was taken by the Demon King during the war between the Heavenly Realm and Void Realm. The previous Chief, God, Dong Mei together with the four main Gods and Goddesses, Tao Tai, Xue Fen, Su Xiang, and Qianfan, take all of their original beings to protect the Heavenly Realm from the massive destruction. The immortals from the Rain Society were given their mission from heaven to recover the heavenly flower from the possession of Wei Zhou. One of the powerful immortals from the sect, Guo Fang, led the fight against the men of the Demon King. They successfully brought back the heaven item and temporarily hid it in the Sacred Hall of Chang Ying and sealed it with his divine blood.

The next 4,000 years later, the Goddess of Moon, Renxiang ordered her mystic messenger Zheng Hu to go down to the mortal realm to retrieve the Purple Lotus that was under the care of Immortal Wan Xiang, leader of Yuhui Sect (Rain Society).

“Greetings mystic messenger of heaven Zheng Hu.”

“I, Zheng Hu, mystic messenger from heaven have received an order from the Goddess of the Moon, Renxiang to retrieve the heavenly flower to ensure its safekeeping from the hands of the Blood Cult (Xuejiao) of Void Realm.”

“The Blood Cult was kept on attacking the innocent people of Xu Lan, Reports were verified by my men when they encountered the bloodthirsty demon from the void during their visit to Yang Chun Palace.”

“I’m glad I arrived earlier than expected. Where did you put the Purple Lotus?”

“Come, let me guide you to Changying Hall.”

Wan Xiang and Zheng Hu went to Changying Hall to retrieve the Purple Lotus. Meanwhile, the Blood Cult was planning to steal it from the hand of Zheng Hu. The Blood Cult Leader, General Zou Shuren ordered his men to track down the route of Zheng Hu to heaven and to ambush him from his way to heaven.

“The Demon King, Wei Zhou ordered to retrieve the Purple Lotus, hence all you must do everything to get it by all means from the hands of Zheng Hu! I don’t care if you are going to kill him. Just make sure that we’ll able to get it. Understand?!

“Yes, General!”

“All hail to Void Realm!” General Zhou Shuren shouted.

“All hail to Void Realm!” all of the demons shouted.

At the Heavenly Realm, the Chief God, Donghai was waiting for the arrival of Zheng Hu. The God of Winter, Mao Yi, approached him to discuss the preparations to be made after the messenger brought back the Purple Lotus to the heavenly realm.

“I already deployed my emissary, Feng Zexian to receive Zheng Hu after he completed his mission. As you saw from your vision, the Blood Cult was planning to steal the heavenly flower from our messenger.”

“I hope that the leader of the phoenix tribe along with our heavenly messenger will be able to protect the heavenly item.”

“Feng Zexian is the Phoenix Queen; she can protect the Purple Lotus. Let’s hope for the positive outcome of Zheng Hu’s mission.”

The goddess of the moon, Renxiang appeared during their conversation.

“Chief, God, Zheng Hu was already on his way.” Renxiang.

“Did he already meet Feng Zexian?” Mao Yi.

“He’s still on his way to meet the Phoenix Queen at the East Gate.” Renxiang.

On his way to meet Feng Zexian, the messenger suddenly sensed a demonic figure following him at the Peach Blossom Forest. Upon realizing that it was the men from Blood Cult he got ready himself to fight them and to protect the Purple Lotus.

“Zheng Hu! Hand over the Purple Lotus.” Ma Xia, is one of the official demons from Blood Sect.

“Never!” Zheng Hu.

“Then, I don’t have a choice but to kill you!” Ma Xia.

Ma Xia drew his sword and aimed it at Zheng Hu, using the cloud sword, Zheng Hu subdued the demonic power from the weapon of his opponent. The battle between the two powerful beings continues, nobody wants to surrender. Meanwhile, Feng Zexian got bored and she decided to go to Peach Blossom Forest. On her way to the forest, the Phoenix Queen sensed the energy from the cloud sword.

“Zheng Hu.” Feng Zexian.

During the battle between the messenger and the demon official, the Purple Lotus was almost lost fortunately, Zheng Hu saved the flower but he got injured by the demonic power.

“Hand over the flower and I will spare your life,” Ma Xia.

“I will never give you the Purple Lotus.” Zheng Hu.

“Then, Die!!!” Ma Xia.

The demon was hit by a fireball from the Phoenix Queen, the messenger was able to temporarily recover his energy with the help of an elixir given by Feng Zexian.

“Zheng Hu, are you okay?” Feng Zexian.

“Yes.” Replied of Zheng Hu.

The Phoenix Queen used her peach blossom sword to fight the demon. The demon was no match to the prowess of Feng Zexian and he was subdued by the phoenix arrow. After subduing their enemy, they both come back to the Heavenly Realm carrying the Purple Lotus. Chief, God was relieved when they arrived safely at the realm and asked the messenger if he successfully retrieved the powerful flower, and Zheng Hu showed it to his majesty.

“I’m glad that you are safe, especially the Lotus.”

“On my way here, I had a battle with a demon official named Ma Xia. Fortunately, the Phoenix Queen arrived and I was able to regain my strength. The Phoenix Queen and I subdued the demons on our way and were able to protect the Purple Lotus.”

“I’m sure that demons from the void already know that the heavens ruined their plan. It is important for us to ensure the safety of the next Chief God.”

“I will protect the flower until it transforms into her form.”

“I already deployed heavenly guards to Yan Shun Garden. You will be going to supervise and ensure the safety of the Purple Lotus.”

“Rest assured that I will protect the next successor of heaven.”

The next full moon will be the day when the Lotus will transform into human form. Gods and Goddesses were all gathered to witness the birth of the new Chief, God.

Flowers of the earth started to bloom and the stars from the sky shone brighter. The 12 zodiac spirits were also preparing to be born along with the purple star.

At the Bureau of Constellation (Mortal Land)

It is an auspicious day for both the Emperor and Empress. The Empress was on her way to give birth to a crown successor.

A beautiful light from the sky the moon and stars shine brightly, there is a big dipper and other star constellations. The constellation mage saw a bright light among the stars and he was fascinated that it transformed into a dragon.

“Your Majesty, please use your strength the baby is coming out.”

“Ahhhhhhhh……I can’t do it anymore…Ahhhhhhhhhhhh.”

While waiting for the Empress to give birth, it is remarkable from the face of the emperor that he was worried about both of his wife and child.

“Please be at ease Your Majesty, Her Majesty was doing her best to deliver your child safely.”

“How can I relax at this moment?”

“Your child and the Empress will be alright your Majesty.”

The emperor sighed and prayed for the safety of his wife and child.

After an hour of pain, the Empress successfully delivered her child. His Majesty rejoiced and was relieved when he heard a cry from the delivery room.

“The Empress had given birth to a prince.”

The Constellation Bureau congratulates both the emperor and empress for giving birth to a prince with a dragon zodiac spirit.

“Congratulations Your Majesty, The Prince was born during the birth of the Next Chief God and was blessed to be one of the Zodiac Spirit.”

“Are you saying that our son was chosen to have an important duty by the heavens?” Empress.

“Yes, Your Majesty, the prince has the spirit of Azure Dragon. One of the mythical creatures and among the 12-Zodiac Spirit.”

“Indeed, that we received a blessing from heavens.” Emperor.

“Congratulations to you, our Majesties.”

The Purple Lotus transformed into a beautiful Goddess. All of the Gods and Goddesses together with the Immortals rejoiced. The Chief, God named her Yi Xing Hua/Li’er.

That day the heavenly realm had already proclaimed the next successor of Chief, God Donghai. At the void realm, Wei Zhou was devastated because of his unsuccessful plan. He was extremely mad because of what happened to his demon official during the battle between Zheng Hu and the Phoenix Queen.

“Arrrrrrrrrrggggg! You’ll pay for your boldness, Zheng Hu! I will make sure to kill all Gods and Goddesses including the Immortals at Mount Penglai. I will redeem our honor! Hahahahahahahaha… Argh”

His demonic power is on rage. The Demon King was planning to kill the successor of heaven to resurrect his father.

“Yu Rong!”

“Yes, My Lord.”

“You have a mission to fulfill.”

“Say it My Lord and I will do it for you.”

………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

At Mortal Realm (After 19 years)

The Emperor and Empress made a banquet to welcome the Crown Prince after 10 years of seclusion at Wangling Temple. Chaoxiang was born with a dragon spirit which made him more significant to his parents’ eye. He had a great talent and was under the care of High Immortal Fu Shuren where he spent his 10 years seclusion to become Immortal.

“Let us all welcome the Crown Prince Chaoxiang.”

Upon his entrance, the sound of gong was all around the palace, as he was welcomed by his father and mother.

“Greeting your Majesties.”

“No need for formality my son. Me and your father miss you so much.” Empress.

“I am glad that I was given a chance to finish my training from High Immortal Fu Shuren.”

“We all know that you will never fail us.” Emperor.

#fantasy #story #wuxia #tobecontinue

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desserts - translated comics (m - v)

complete your dining experience on a lovely note with these assorted treats.

artist names beginning with a - j / k-l / w-z

💝 = all / special l 🎐 = gavin l 🌟 = kiro

🦋 = lucien l 🦈 = shaw l 🌹 = victor

mai a / 麦啊

🌟 highschool au

🌟 life with agent savin

🌟 pet names

🌟 two children

🌟 the button

mai cha xue zhang / 麦茶学长

💝 when she turns small

💝 crush on a table mate series:

gavin l kiro l lucien l victor

🌟 bubble gum

🌟 dazzling

🦈 date in the rain

miaoooooo / 喵哦哦哦哦哦

🎐 sub-menu

mi li xuan shi / 米粒玄师

🌹 the little things

_minnnk / _minooooa

💝 these three years

💝 crossing into the new year

💝 mature men vs young men

🌹 with you, victor

🌹 a sick victor

🌹 just a normal cocktail party

🌹 traces

🌹 if victor’s a player

nan feng jing nian chui / 南风经年吹

🎐 sub-masterlist

ni ni cam / 霓霓cam

🎐 new years

🎐 q&a

🎐 checking his backpack

🎐 borrowing the commander

🦋 sorry

🦋 overtime

🌟 drawing

🦈 is it true?

🦈 snippets of shaw

🦈 if only we could prolong this moment

🦈 scent of honey peaches

norelle-n

🎐 sub-menu

notlight111

💝 sub-menu

one wan zi gan / one丸子乾

💝 sub-masterlist

pockycity

💝 sub-menu

ren shi jun / 人士▲菌

🎐 surprise attack

🎐 gav

🎐 always wanted to do this

qian li pi li pa la / 千里噼里啪啦

💝 if they were in a boy band

🦈 hug

🦈 how shaw feels

🦈 lollipop

🦈 beat him

🦈 shaw’s hair

🦈 asleep

🦈 second anniversary

qian li quan quan / 百里犬犬

💝 the wish tree

🎐 dogvin

🎐 gavin during the city stroll

🎐 gavin’s daily journey

🎐 bai qi

🌟 new spring date

qian si jin tian ye xiang jie li xian sheng de ling dai / 浅祀今天也想解李先生的领带

🦋 online class

🦈 indirect kiss

🌹 drawing game

qing lai yi wan xiao chao rou / 请来一碗小炒肉

🎐 firecracker stall

🎐 food preferences

qiu tian de ai se / 秋天的哀色

💝 adorable pets

🌟 life with a kiro nendoroid series

part one l part two l part three

🌟 memorable s2 kiro scenes

🌟 no regrets

ruo an nan / 若安楠

🎐 liar

🎐 jade ring

🎐 little wolf gavin

🎐 hair

🎐 happy birthday

shan ye meng long / 山也朦胧

🦈 after a business trip

shi tou dan la la / 石头��啦啦

🎐 can’t use his evol properly

🎐 after work

🎐 reflex

🎐 surprise

shu qiu a / 书秋啊

💝 sub-masterlist

shui huo / 水火

💝 kfc

song shu na ge yu ya / 松鼠那个鱼呀

💝 beach

💝 hearts

🎐 graduation

🎐 cool down

🎐 fishing

🎐 together

🎐 smiles

🎐 famiglistimo

🎐 sleepy wolfvin

🎐 greenie should be...

su mei bing gan / 酥莓饼干

💝 sub-masterlist

tailless bear

🎐 sub-masterlist

tang xu / 唐絮

🎐 competitive game date

🎐 one more line

🎐 life with a pet

🌟 no more

🌹 after a quarrel

🌹 is this one sweet?

🌹 life with victor

tao hua zhi he / 桃花纸鹤

💝 halloween

🎐 comfort

🎐 kfc commercial

🎐 first encounter

🎐 protection money

🎐🦈 pretty accurate

🎐🦈 the wrong kid

🎐🦈 the strongest

🎐 surprise

🌟 reading comments

🦈 shaw’s special ability

🦈 shoujo manga protagonist

🦈 misunderstanding

🍒 return to the menu 🍒

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Annals of Taihe 22 (498

[From WS007. Xinye falls on 11 February and Wan 20 March, and on 7 April the imperial forces defeat a southern army commanded by Cui Huijing and a certain Xiao Yan. When Xiao Luan dies later the same year, the Emperor decides to call off further southern campaigns.]

[Taihe 22, 7 February 498 – 27 January 499]

22nd Year, Spring, 1st Month, guiwei, New Moon [7 February], a court banquet with the crowd of subjects at the Acting Palace of Xinye.

On dinghai [11 February], took Xinye. Captured Xiao Luan's General who Assist the State and Grand Warden of Xinye, Liu Ji, and beheaded him at Wan.

On wuzi [12 February], Luan's Defence Master of Huyang, Cai Daofu abandoned the city to escape and flee.

On xinmao [15 February], Luan's Defence Master of Zheyang, Chenggong Qi, and Army Master Hu Song, abandoned the city to escape and flee.

On renchen [16 February], Luan's General who Assists the State an Defence Master of Wuyin, Huang Yaoqi, General of the Straight Chamber and Tower Army Master, Bao Ju, and Grand Warden of Nanxiang, Xi Qian put to use each other to escape and flee. Yaoqi and Bao Ju were captured and sent off by the people of the army.

On gengxu [6 March], travelled to favour Nanyang.

2nd Month, yimao [11 March], advanced to attack Wan's northern city.

On jiazi [20 March], took it. Luan's General of the Best of the Army and Grand Warden of Nanyang, Fang Boyu, tied behind his back, set out to surrender.

On gengwu [26 March], the Chariot Drove to favour Xinye.

On xinwei [27 March], decreed to consider the people of Rang who had been at the head of returned to great obedience last or first were to be as if the same, and be given remittance of 30 years, and to label where they resided as “Returned to Righteousness District[s]”. Those who had surrendered next be given remittance of 15 years.

3rd Month, renwu, New Moon [7 April], greatly routed Luan's General who Pacifies the North, Cui Huijing, and Gentleman of the Yellow Gates, Xiao Yan's army at Dengcheng, the beheaded and captured numbered more than 20 000 miscreants.

On gengyin [15 April], travelled to favour Fancheng, observed the troops [at the?] Xiang and Mian, honoured the military, and then turned back.

A special amnesty for the the Two Jing, and Luyang commandery.

The General who Garrisons the South, Wang Su, attacked Luan's Yiyang.

Luan dispatched general Pei Shuye to rob Woyang.

On yiwei [20 April], decreed Generals Zheng Siming, Yan Xujing, Yuwen Fu, and others, and their three armies to maintain and aid.

On xinchou [26 April], travelled to favour Huyang.

On yiwei [error for yisi (30 April) or dingwei (2 May)?], stayed at Biyang.

On wushen [3 May], decreed that the people of the various commanderies of Jing province who first surrendered or where second to adhere, were to be remitted similarly to Rang county.

On xinhai [6 May], travelled to favour Xuanhu.

Summer, 4th Month, jiayin [9 May], the officials with martial duties who had accompanied the campaign were advanced in rank three steps, the civil officials two grades, the outer officials one step.

On gengwu [25 May], issued out from the provinces and commanderies 200 000 troops, and delimited the middle ten days of Eight Month for them to assemble at Xuanhu.

The King of Zhao commandery, Qian, passed away.

5th Month, bingwu [30 June], decreed that those on the campaign who personally mourned, the Fourth Grade and below, and the those whose duties were humble and many [?] where to be furnished silk, each proportionally.

6th Month, gengshen [14 July], decreed the various kings, generals, and soldiers lost in battle were to have added generous conferrals.

Autumn, 7th Month, renwu [5 August], a decree said:

We, due to lacking virtue, just now when stilling chaos truly relied on the crowd of the peerless to triumphantly purifying the southern Xia, and should pledge in person to reward results so as to motivate flourishing achievements. The private treasury of the Empress readily can be reduced by half. The maids and attendants of the Six Palaces, the men and women of the Five Undertakings, likewise cause them to be reduced by half. For the intimates that are with the military [?], for every three parts rationalize one.

This Month [3 August – 1 September], Xiao Luan died, his son Baojuan was usurpingly installed.

8th Month, xinhai [3 September], the August Heir-Apparent came to court from the Imperial City.

On renzi [4 September], Xiao Baojuan's Servant Courts and Visits, Deng Xue, held close his Qixing commandery to belong inside.

The Chile and Shuze [?] led each other to turn to rebellion. Decreed the General who Pacifies the North, the King of Jiangyang, Ji [to be] Commander-in-Chief of the Various Army Affairs of the Northern Chastisement so as to chastise them.

On renwu [4 October?], the state of Gaoli dispatched envoys to court to present.

9th Month, jihai [21 October], the Emperor, since Xiao Luan had died, and it was courteous not to invade the mourning, therefore decreed to turnabout the banners.

On gengzi [22 October], carried on to command a northern invasion against the rebellious miscreants.

On bingwu [28 October], the Chariot Drove to issue out from Xuanhu.

Winter, 10th Month, jiyou, New Moon [31 October], a special amnesty for death by cutting off and downwards.

11th Month, xinsi [2 December], favoured Ye.

12th Month, jiayin [4 January], as the King of Jiangyang, Ji, had settled the Chile therefore decreed to turn around the host.

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