#guo huai

[basslinegrave]

old man acquired

[torikobako]

真・三國無双7(衣装は8) - 郭淮

咳すごいのに反動が一番おっきい武器が得意だったり、ごつい長物も振り回せるタフな病弱っこ郭淮さん好き。

[yakarmi]

SPOILERS FOR THE IMPERIAL UNCLE!!!

*Me rooting for Prince Huai to end up with Yun Yu the entire novel*

Yun Yu at the end, after Prince Huai confesses to him: Actually, we’re related. So no. We can never be together.

Me: ……………..

Betrayal.

I’m getting over it. I like Liu Tongyi. Just…. 😭

[unforth]

So I'm reading The Imperial Uncle by Da Feng Gua Guo and really enjoying it so far, and also

Prince Huai is such a smart ass, I kinda love him.

Just. Grow a dagger in his arm, let it spawn little baby daggers. 🤣

[reinaka42]

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:

PRE-QIN | QIN | WESTERN CHU | HAN | THREE KINGDOMS | JIN | NORTH & SOUTHERN DYNASTIES | TANG | FIVE DYNASTIES & TEN KINGDOMS | SONG | YUAN | MING | QING | DREAM

[bi4bihankking]

Hell Followed With Us Summary:

Sixteen-year-old trans boy Benji is on the run from the cult that raised him—the fundamentalist sect that unleashed Armageddon and decimated the world’s population. Desperately, he searches for a place where the cult can’t get their hands on him, or more importantly, on the bioweapon they infected him with.   But when cornered by monsters born from the destruction, Benji is rescued by a group of teens from the local Acheson LGBTQ+ Center, affectionately known as the ALC. The ALC’s leader, Nick, is gorgeous, autistic, and a deadly shot, and he knows Benji’s darkest secret: the cult’s bioweapon is mutating him into a monster deadly enough to wipe humanity from the earth once and for all.       Still, Nick offers Benji shelter among his ragtag group of queer teens, as long as Benji can control the monster and use its power to defend the ALC. Eager to belong, Benji accepts Nick’s terms…until he discovers the ALC’s mysterious leader has a hidden agenda, and more than a few secrets of his own.

The Imperial Uncle Summary:

Prince Huai, uncle to the young emperor, is the chief of all poisons, the evil manipulator, the greatest of malignant tumors... or so people say.

But no matter--the imperial uncle has a plan. He will sabotage the conspiracy against the throne and make his loyalty known to all. His plan will wipe his reputation clean and put an end to the rumors.

Maybe then Prince Huai can start mending the other facets of his life. Perhaps, he can even be worthy of the paragon of virtue he yearns for...

[liberty-or-death]

An Introduction to Cu Ci 楚辞 (A combined meta between 2HA, Blood of Youth, SHL, MDZS/CQL and Thousand Autumns)

If you’re familiar with Chinese historical media, you might have been familiar with the following terms. 

九歌 (Jiu Ge/Nine Songs -  Chu Wanning’s qin (2HA), Luo Qingyang’s Blade (Blood of Youth), 

天问 (Tian Wen/Heavenly Questions) - Chu Wanning’s Whip, SHL’s opening song

怀沙 (Huai Sha/Embracing Sand) - Chu Wanning’s third weapon

招魂 (Zhao Hun/Summoning Spirits) - MDZS audio drama insert song, spell used in 2HA, mentioned in the opening of CQL episode 1.

国殇  (Guo Shang/National Matyr) - Luo Qingyang’s sword skill

礼魂 (Li Hun/Cermonial Spirit) - Luo Qingyan’s spirit.

东君 (Dong Jun/Eastern Gentleman) - a character in Blood of Youth 

渔夫 (Fisherman) - Wen Kexing quotes a line from this.

离骚 （Encountering Sorrow/Li Sao) - Briefly quoted in Thousand Autumns 

But did you guys know that it all these come from the same source? 😂😂

These are various works by the Qu Yuan 屈原, who was a poet and statesman of Chu 楚 during the Warring States period.  And yes, this is the same Chu 楚, as that of Chu Waning’s surname.  I’m guessing it was a shout out to the poet. 

 Qu Yuan was known for his patriotism and various contributions to Chinese classical poetry.  The above are part of the Cu Ci 楚辞 (Songs of Chu), a collection of poems 

I’ll talk about these various parts in detail but could you imagine how excited I was to learn that the inspiration behind Chu Wanning and Luo Qingyang came from the same source? 😍😍 

[shookethdev]

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NAKU 🫵

[the-archlich]

How important was Mount Dingjun from a strategic perspective? It seems like Shu's victory at Mount Dingjun, one of the few (or only) battles they won during their Hanzhong campaign, was a big enough strategic win to force Cao to retreat and win the entire campaign for Shu--but Mount Dingjun didn't seem to matter at all during Cao Zhen's, Cao Shuang's, or Zhong Hui's invasions of Hanzhong. Why did Dingjun matter so much at first but not at all later?

I think this map helps a lot. (To Establish Peace)

At the start of the campaign in 217, Liu Bei's only route to advance was through Yangping. There, the road split into two branches: the Lianyun Road through San Pass to Chencang and the Baoye Road through Yegu to Mei. Nanzheng controlled the merger of the Mian and Han rivers, and passage down the latter.

In 217, Liu Bei advanced to Yangping. Xiahou Yuan and Zhang He encamped at Guangshi to prevent his advance, and he was unable to break their defensive line throughout 218. Zhang Fei was sent to secure the Liangyun Road but was defeated by Cao Hong, entirely ending the western operations.

If you look closely, you can see that Mount Dingjun is south of the Mian River (interchangeable with the Han at that point), while Xiahou Yuan's defenses were to the north. Liu Bei relocated from Yangping to Mount Dingjun in hopes of outflanking Xiahou Yuan and Zhang He, since he couldn't gain the road. Xiahou Yuan challenged the position but was killed.

Zhang He and Guo Huai regrouped the survivors and maintained the defensive line along the Han/Mian River. They stretched in a belt from Guanshi to Baozhong to Nanzheng. Encamped at Mount Dingjun, Liu Bei decided not to challenge them.

Cao Cao had been waiting at Chang'an. His forces had been victorious throughout 218 so there had been no need for him to get involved personally. Once Xiahou Yuan died, he advanced to reinforce the defenses. The two armies faced each other for several months but no decisive battle took place and Cao Cao withdrew north to the Wei.

So, Mount Dingjun was important because Liu Bei was maneuvering around Xiahou Yuan's specific position. Subsequent campaigns in the area didn't operate along exactly the same lines, so this specific position wasn't really relevant again. Shu's main defense in the region was concentrated on the fortified Yangping Pass, since that was the route any invading army needed to take.

[titteringturtles]

告五人 Accusefive - 果然你還是 Guo Ran Ni Hai Shi (Fly to the Flame)

Track 5 of Somewhere In Time, I Love You

Title translation: Of course, it's still you

Kill me quickly, the way you're used to 趕快殺了我 用你擅長的方式 Gan kuai sha le wo yong ni shan chang de fang shi

Each kiss cuts a scar on my heart 吻在心上刻下一把痕 Wen zai xin shang ke xia yi ba hen

[Pre-chorus]

I loved you to death and never met someone so spoiled 我赴死的愛上了你 你的腐朽已成奇蹟 Wo fu si de ai shang le ni ni de fu xiu yi cheng qi ji

My devotion was nothing but a slight breeze through the grass 我的絕對不過微風吹撫青草地 Wo de jue dui bu guo wei feng chui fu qing cao di

[Chorus]

I am just a fruit fly that's not afraid of being obliterated 我是一隻不怕灰飛煙滅的果蠅 Wo shi yi zhi bu pa hui fei yan mie de guo ying

Facing your cruel heart is truly just right 面對你的壞不過剛好而已 Mian dui ni de huai bu guo gang hao er yi

And that's beautiful to me, something that other people wouldn’t understand 那對我來說便是美麗 別人無法明白的東西 Na dui wo lai shuo bian shi mei li bie ren wu fa ming bai de dong xi

I can see it, your true heart 我看得見 你的真心 Wo kan de jian ni de zhen xin

Pre-chorus x1

Chorus x1

[mejomonster]

Huai Dao, chapter 5: apparently An Yining's dads Chief Mo and An Jie are from another priest novel as a cameo (also LOVE that a priest couple are now dads in this one, thats fun, thats like a "where are they now" reveal. Does that make this novel a sequel technically in the same universe? Not as much as Qi Ye and Tian Ya Ke id reckon, more like just a shared universe... im now imagining Modu is also in the shared Priest Crime Novels universe). Can u imagine if Guo Changcheng showed up middle age in like... Lie Huo Jiao Chou? Cause thats the feeling i now have (except u know lhjc is not quite universe compatible to zhenhun...).

Anyway. An Jie is indeed very charming and sharp and dilf material. So i looked up his and chief mo's novel: 逆旅来归 ni lu lai guai, listed as A Retourning Journey on novelupdates.com. apparently veraluctranslations has translated up to chapter 52 if youre also interested in An Yining's dads (or priests unusual crime novels featuring rebirth wooh): https://veraluctranslations.wordpress.com/projects/a-returning-journey/

Im actually. Surprised to discover id actually bookmarked the novel in chinese before. When i looked it up i realized it was in my saved stuff. So i guess i was planning to read it anyway.

[eyenaku]

Ji ji fu ji ji

a o e i i er ai ei ao ou an en ang eng ong i ia iao ie iu ian in iang ing iong u ua uo uai ui uan un uang ueng ü üe üan ün a o e er ai ao ou an en ang eng yi ya yao ye you yan yin yang ying yong wu wa wo wai wei wan wen wang weng yu yue yuan yun b ba bo bai bei bao ban ben bang beng bi biao bie bian bin bing bu p pa po pai pei pao pou pan pen pang peng pi piao pie pian pin ping pu m ma mo me mai mei mao mou man men mang meng mi miao mie miu mian min ming mu f fa fo fei fou fan fen fang feng fu d da de dai dei dao dou dan den dang deng dong di diao die diu dian ding du duo dui duan dun t ta te tai tei tao tou tan tang teng tong ti tiao tie tian ting tu tuo tui tuan tun n na ne nai nei nao nou nan nen nang neng nong ni niao nie niu nian nin niang ning nu nuo nuan nü nüe l la le lai lei lao lou lan lang leng long li lia liao lie liu lian lin liang ling lu luo luan lun lü lüe g ga ge gai gei gao gou gan gen gang geng gong gu gua guo guai gui guan gun guang k ka ke kai kei kao kou kan ken kang keng kong ku kua kuo kuai kui kuan kun kuang h ha he hai hei hao hou han hen hang heng hong hu hua huo huai hui huan hun huang z za ze zi zai zei zao zou zan zen zang zeng zong zu zuo zui zuan zun c ca ce ci cai cao cou can cen cang ceng cong cu cuo cui cuan cun s sa se si sai sao sou san sen sang seng song su suo sui suan sun zh zha zhe zhi zhai zhei zhao zhou zhan zhen zhang zheng zhong zhu zhua zhuo zhuai zhui zhuan zhun zhuang ch cha che chi chai chao chou chan chen chang cheng chong chu chua chuo chuai chui chuan chun chuang sh sha she shi shai shei shao shou shan shen shang sheng shu shua shuo shuai shui shuan shun shuang r re ri rao rou ran ren rang reng rong ru rua ruo rui ruan run j ji jia jiao jie jiu jian jin jiang jing jiong ju jue juan jun q qi qia qiao qie qiu qian qin qiang qing qiong qu que quan qun x xi xia xiao xie xiu xian xin xiang xing xiong xu xue xuan xun

[xie-wentian]

Idk why I do this, but I always unintentionally call characters nicknames that just stick with me. Dynasty warriors 8 empires and 9 Empires is no different.

Zhong Hui is Tsundere Bean

Guo Huai is Precious bean or just “bean”

Sima Yi is Psycho Bean

Sun Quan is usually “YOU DUMBASS!” (Mainly cause he always insists on fighting the lightning bears by himself)

Sun Ce is goofball

Sun Ce and Sun Quan as a duo are Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum

I’m pretty sure I have other nicknames for other characters but I can’t recall what they are rn.

[bookofjin]

What was Guo Zhang's relation with Empress Jia and Guo Huai?

He was a relative of Empress Jia's mother, but his father's name is not recorded, so the precise relationship cannot be known for certain.

To start with the simple stuff first, Empress Jia was the daughter of Guo Huai郭槐 and granddaughter of Guo Pei郭配, and Pei was the younger brother of the famous Guo Huai郭淮.

Guo Zhang郭彰 is described in his very short biography in JS040 as “Empress Jia's 從舅,” which I believe should translate to “mother's uncle”. Taken literally, this would make him Guo Huai郭淮's younger brother.

Pei Songzhi has attached a quote from 晉諸公贊 to Guo Huai's biography in SGZ, which gives some brief biographical data on Huai's two younger brothers Pei and Zhen, and their sons (Huai's nephews). However Zhang is not mentioned at all, so either he has been omitted, or the designation of 從舅 in this case should be more loosely understood as “older maternal relative”.

The courtesy names given by 晉諸公贊 could potentially be a clue. Huai and his brothers have seniority courtesy name. Huai淮, Boji伯濟; Pei配, Zhongnan仲南; Zhen, Ji'nan季南. As a rule, bo伯 indicates the older brother, zhong仲 the middle brother, and ji 季, the youngest. Pei and Zhen's sons all have courtesy names starting with tai泰 as a generational marker.

According to JS, Guo Zhang's courtesy name was Shuwu叔武, where shu叔 is also a seniority marker, designating him as the third oldest among his brothers. It's possible therefore that there were four brothers in total, Huai, Pei, Zhang, and Zhen. However I'm not sure if this is possible chronologically since Huai was active during the Jian'an era and Zhen lived into the 290s.

[simayeeet]

Warriors Orochi Headcanons and Stuff That Don't Make Sense to Me Now Ramble Bullshit Dump

things i wasn't able to put together coherently back when i played the games now strung together in a sleepy retrospect

For gods, everyone immortal/mythological/divine in WO is weirdly too weak AND FOR SOME REASON IT TAKES ANCIENT CHINESE/JAPANESE/OTHER WARRIORS TO MAKE A DENT IN THEIR PROBLEMS.

It really doesn't make sense for the Mystic Faction to seem so weak to the point they need humanity to fight for them. You're made up of Chinese and Japanese gods that have founded human civilization. With the Greek and Norse pantheons now becoming canon, they look even more weaker.

But even they seem weak with how Zeus gets betrayed by Ares, Ares fucks up things, Odin fucks up, Loki kills him, things get all fucked. Odin dies without much fanfare. But then again WO4 probably shouldn't be allowed to count, but I like the concepts it had however.

Sure, yeah, it's a game with the plot of "humanity is strong with its friendship and bonds", but I just think you shouldn't downplay the deities for their sake. But I'm basically asking for a WO game of only the original characters in there. Which I want. Please cut out the Warriors.

Ugggggh, though I headcanon that all the deities cannot use their full potential out of risking their already unstable realms. Which brings me to question: why is it unstable? Is it because of time fuckery they have to do to get their human fighters? Something something with Orochi I'm going to have to guess from what I remember of WO3 + Ultimate.

It would be interesting to explore how good and evil need each other to exist, maintaining ying and yang. Especially with the Asian pantheon characters with them covered in the symbols and all. Fine too deep for a Musou game.

I also want to know more??? about the WO deities and other original chars??? Why??? is there no ingame lore on them??? Besides the basic mythos, but WO could definitely give them little personalities and more bonds with each other. Why must it be about the humans? I mean, some interactions are interesting but man do I wish to know why does Taigong Wang look like a twink when he was a super old super smartass Chinese minister. Which brings me to:

Why do the deities even look like the way they are? Is this their weakened forms? Are they what they choose to look like? Well, I suppose all of them choose to look hot. Makes sense. I'd do too. It would be cool for them to have "true" forms. Or even partial transformations. Like an Arrancar from Bleach. Some part of them had to be sealed away so that they can keep the worlds stable.

Misc questions lightning round

For a human cast where 65% of the historical chars died of illness, they sure never asked the local GOD OF MEDICINE TO HELP THEM (Guo Huai??? Why aren't you cured when Shennong is right there??? Sure it might take time, but maybe if the WO power scaling weren't shit, he could just delete the illness)

Are??? Nuwa and Fuxi??? related in this world??? Or not??? I'm pretty sure whether or not if you confirmed them being siblings or not, it wouldn't matter because they are both gay (im kidding) (maybe not) (tbh all the deities ae a bit fruity)

Why does Kaguya know how to time travel? She's not a god of time. She's a moon princess from myth. I'd like to know the ingame lore about her power origins.

What is even the power scaling of WO? Fuxi is considered stronger than Nuwa, but then there's Susanoo and Yinglong who can compete with him. Where is Nuwa on this scale? She has to be at least his equal as, yk, his successor. Where would Shennong be on the scale too? Even if he's the medicine god, he has to be able to have equal power in his field if not for fighting. SHOULDN'T THEY BE WITHIN EACH OTHER'S LEVEL TO EVEN HAVE THEIR TITLES? Taigong??? Sun Wukong??? Daji??? What is their power????

Play Warriors Orochi 3 Ultimate

[bi4bihankking]

The Imperial Uncle Summary:

Prince Huai, uncle to the young emperor, is the chief of all poisons, the evil manipulator, the greatest of malignant tumors... or so people say.

But no matter--the imperial uncle has a plan. He will sabotage the conspiracy against the throne and make his loyalty known to all. His plan will wipe his reputation clean and put an end to the rumors.

Maybe then Prince Huai can start mending the other facets of his life. Perhaps, he can even be worthy of the paragon of virtue he yearns for...

My Tender Matador Summary:

Centered around the 1986 attempt on the life of Augusto Pinochet, an event that changed Chile forever, My Tender Matador is one of the most explosive, controversial, and popular novels to have been published in that country in decades. It is spring 1986 in the city of Santiago, and Augusto Pinochet is losing his grip on power. In one of the city's many poor neighborhoods works the Queen of the Corner, a hopeless and lonely romantic who embroiders linens for the wealthy and listens to boleros to drown out the gunshots and rioting in the streets. Along comes Carlos, a young, handsome man who befriends the aging homosexual and uses his house to store mysterious boxes and hold clandestine meetings. My Tender Matador is an extraordinary novel of revolution and forbidden love, and a stirring portrait of Chile at an historical crossroads. By turns funny and profoundly moving, Pedro Lemebel's lyrical prose offers an intimate window into the mind of Pinochet himself as the world of Carlos and the Queen prepares to collide with the dictator's own in a fantastic and unexpected way.