#yue qingfeng

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whats MinSI?

The Ministry of Supernatural Investigation is the most chaotic bunch of bastards in a Ministry you will never see actually ingame because it is a RP faction @gift-of-astralaria and I made up!

The ministry focuses on the daily safekeeping of the New Kaineng and Canthan’s citizens from supernatural dangers such as hostile ghosts, demons, the unexplainable dangers that lurk in every tragic backstory - while staying low profile as possible (order of whispers but cooler)

What the agents of MinSI do on daily basis in New Kaineng:

be gay

do crime in the big city (behind the MinSI’s back)

fight demons, ghosts, trauma and paperwork

certainly be not lawful good ministry agents

agents of division 2:

Yue Qingfeng - Brave leader of this team, despite her pitiful selfworth. Cries easily under stress while carrying prowess and will of a martial arts heroine in combat. The kindest heart of the team.

Vellichor Quill - Toxicologist, cold bastard with a backstabbing vibe, certified freak in the street with the most brain in the team and cunning pragmatism.

Adonis Chrysalism - Face and diplomat of the team. A generally kind person who speaks more smoothly than is healthily advised. Will talk himself into shit - and possibly out. @/gift-of-astralaria

Zhao Xifeng - A blunt goth woman who cares less for  societal norm and more for her ghostly allies. While she can appreciate the living, the dead and their peace are her priority. @/gift-of-astralaria

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For my Silent tale au I found out that if someone were to have there full tounge removed they would have eating difficulties (most of what they est and drink k will enter their lungs.) So I imagine that Shen jiu would see it happen a few times, and after the 5 trip to Mu Qingfeng, for Shen Yuan nearly choking, he decides that he is going to monitor Shen Yuan while he is eatings, so he can eat without problems. This will soon just turn into Shen jiu hand feeding Shen yuan.

The other peak lords start to notice this as well. Yue Qingyuan would give Xiao-Yuan easy to eat sweets and treats, Mu Qingfeng would put medical herbs in Yuan's food as he is unable to taste them, and the others would give him all different treats. Shen jiu would have once had a message sent from Mu Qingfeng that Yuan was at his peak, only to later get told that Liu Qingge had given Yuan a dense meat bun.

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A Guide to Taiwanese Name Romanization

Have you ever wondered why there are so many Changs when the surname 常 is not actually that common? Have you ever struggled to figure out what sound “hs” is? Well don’t worry! Today we are going to go over some common practices in transliterating names from Taiwan. 

With some recent discussion I’ve seen about writing names from the Shang-Chi movie, I thought this was the perfect time to publishe this post. Please note that this information has been compiled from my observations--I’m sure it’s not completely extensive. And if you see any errors, please let me know!

According to Wikipedia, “the romanized name for most locations, persons and other proper nouns in Taiwan is based on the Wade–Giles derived romanized form, for example Kaohsiung, the Matsu Islands and Chiang Ching-kuo.” Wade-Giles differs from pinyin quite a bit, and to make things even more complicated, transliterated names don’t necessarily follow exact Wade-Giles conventions.

Well, Wikipedia mentioned Kaohsiung, so let’s start with some large cities you already know of!

[1] B → P 台北 Taibei → Taipei [2] G → K [3] D → T In pinyin, we have the “b”, “g”, and “d” set (voiceless, unaspirated) and the “p”, “k”, and “t” set (voiceless, aspirated). But in Wade-Giles, these sets of sounds are distinguished by using a following apostrophe for the aspirated sounds. However, in real life the apostrophe is often not used.

We need some more conventions to understand Kaohsiung. [4] ong → ung (sometimes) [5] X → Hs or Sh 高雄 Gaoxiong → Kaohsiung I wrote “sometimes” for rule #4 because I am pretty sure I have seen instances where it is not followed. This could be due to personal preference, historical reasons, or influence from other romanization styles.

Now some names you are equipped to read: 王心凌 Wang Xinling → Wang Hsin-ling 徐熙娣 Xu Xidi → Shu/Hsu Hsi-ti (I have seen both) 黄鸿升 Huang Hongsheng → Huang Hung-sheng 龙应台 Long Yingtai → Lung Ying-tai 宋芸樺 Song Yunhua → Sung Yun-hua

You might have learned pinyin “x” along with its friends “j” and “q”, so let’s look at them more closely. [6] J → Ch [7] Q → Ch 范玮琪 Fan Weiqi → Fan Wei-chi 江美琪 Jiang Meiqi → Chiang Mei-chi 郭静 Guo Jing → Kuo Ching 邓丽君 Deng Lijun → Teng Li-chun This is similar to the case for the first few conventions, where an apostrophe would distinguish the unaspirated sound (pinyin “j”) from the aspirated sound (pinyin “q”). But in practice these ultimately both end up as “ch”. I have some disappointing news.

[8] Zh → Ch Once again, the “zh” sound is the unaspirated correspondent of the “ch” sound. That’s right, the pinyin “zh”, “j”, and “q” sounds all end up being written as “ch”. This can lead to some...confusion. 卓文萱 Zhuo Wenxuan → Chuo Wen-hsuan 陈绮贞 Chen Qizhen → Chen Chi-chen 张信哲 Zhang Xinzhe → Chang Shin-che At least now you finally know where there are so many Changs. Chances are, if you meet a Chang, their surname is actually 张, not 常.

Time for our next set of rules. [10] C → Ts [11] Z → Ts [12] Si → Szu [13] Ci, Zi → Tzu Again we have the situation where “c” is aspirated and “z” is unaspirated, so the sounds end up being written the same. 曾沛慈 Zeng Peici → Tseng Pei-tzu 侯佩岑 Hou Peicen → Hou Pei-tsen 周子瑜 Zhou Ziyu → Chou Tzu-yu 黄路梓茵 Huang Lu Ziyin → Huang Lu Tzu-yin 王思平 Wang Siping → Wang Szu-ping

Fortunately this next convention can help clear up some of the confusion from above. [14] i → ih (zhi, chi, shi) [15] e → eh (-ie, ye, -ue, yue) Sometimes an “h” will be added at the end. So this could help distinguish some sounds. Like you have qi → chi vs. zhi → chih. There could be other instances of adding “h”--these are just the ones I was able to identify. 曾之乔 Zeng Zhiqiao → Tseng Chih-chiao 施柏宇 Shi Boyu → Shih Po-yu 谢金燕 Xie Jinyan → Hsieh Jin-yan 叶舒华 Ye Shuhua → Yeh Shu-hua 吕雪凤 Lü Xuefeng → Lü Hsueh-feng

Continuing on, a lot of the conventions below are not as consistently used in my experience, so keep that in mind. Nevertheless, it is useful to be familiar with these conventions when you do encounter them.

[16] R → J (sometimes) Seeing “j” instead of “r” definitely confused me at first. Sometimes names will still use “r” though, so I guess it is up to one’s personal preferences. 任贤齐 Ren Xianqi → Jen Hsien-chi 任家萱 Ren Jiaxuan → Jen Chia-hsüan 张轩睿 Zhang Xuanrui → Chang Hsuan-jui

[17] e → o (ke, he, ge) I can see how it would easily lead to confusion between ke-kou, ge-gou, and he-hou, so it’s important to know. I’ve never seen this convention for pinyin syllables like “te” or “se” personally. 柯震东 Ke Zhendong → Ko Chen-tung 葛仲珊 Ge Zhongshan→ Ko Chung-shan

[18] ian → ien [19] Yan → Yen I’ve observed that rule 18 seems more common than 19 because I see “yan” used instead of “yen” a fair amount. I’m not really sure why this is. 柯佳嬿 Ke Jiayan → Ko Chia-yen 田馥甄 Tian Fuzhen → Tien Fu-chen 陈建州 Chen Jianzhou → Chen Chien-chou 吴宗宪 Wu Zongxian → Wu Tsung-hsien

[20] Yi → I (sometimes) I have seen this convention not followed pretty frequently, but two very famous names are often in line with it. 蔡英文 Cai Yingwen → Tsai Ing-wen 蔡依林 Cai Yilin → Tsai I-lin

[21] ui → uei I have seen this convention used a couple times, but “ui” seems to be much more common. 蔡立慧 Cai Lihui → Tsai Li-huei

[22] hua → hwa This is yet another convention that I don’t always see followed. But I know “hwa” is often used for 华 as in 中华, so it’s important to know. 霍建华 Huo Jianhua → Huo Chien-hwa

[23] uo → o This is another example of where one might get confused between the syllables luo vs. lou or ruo vs. rou. So be careful! 罗志祥 Luo Zhixiang → Lo Chih-hsiang 刘若英 Liu Ruoying → Liu Jo-ying 徐若瑄 Xu Ruoxuan → Hsu Jo-hsuan

[24] eng → ong (feng, meng) I think this rule is kinda cute because some people with Taiwanese accents pronounce meng and feng more like mong and fong :) 权怡凤 Quan Yifeng → Quan Yi-fong

[25] Qing → Tsing I am not familiar with the reasoning behind this spelling, but 国立清华大学 in English is National Tsing Hua University, so this spelling definitely has precedence. But I also see Ching too for this syllable. 吴青峰 Wu Qingfeng→ Wu Tsing-fong

[26] Li → Lee Nowadays a Chinese person from the Mainland would probably using the Li spelling, but in other areas, Lee remains more common. 李千那 Li Qianna → Lee Chien-na

[27] Qi → Chyi I have noticed this exception. However, I’ve only personally noticed it for this surname, so maybe it’s just a convention for 齐. 齐秦 Qi Qin → Chyi Chin 齐豫 Qi Yu → Chyi Yu

[28] in ←→ ing In Taiwanese Mandarin, these sounds can be merged, so sometimes I have noticed ling and lin, ping and pin, etc. being used in place of each other. I don’t know this for sure, but I suspect this is why singer A-Lin is not A-Ling (her Chinese name is 黄丽玲/Huang Liling).

[29] you → yu I personally haven’t noticed these with other syllables ending in “ou,” only with the “you” syllable. 刘冠佑 Liu Guanyou → Liu Kuan-yu 曹佑宁 Cao Youning → Tsao Yu-ning

There is a lot of variation with these transliterated names. There are generally exceptions galore, so keep in mind that all this is general! Everyone has their own personal preferences. If you just look up some famous Taiwanese politicians, you will see a million spellings that don’t fit the 28 conventions above. Sometimes people might even mix Mandarin and another Chinese language while transliterating their name.

Anyway, if any of you know why 李安 is romanized as Ang Lee, please let me know because it’s driving me crazy.

Note: The romanized names I looked while writing this post at were split between two formats, capitalizing the syllable after the hyphen and not capitalizing this syllable. I chose to not capitalize for all the names for the sake of consistency. I’m guessing it’s a matter of preference.

[sparklecryptid]

lols, now I'm picturing your Zhu Xiang getting suuuuper drugged and standing there weaving on his feet a little and Yue Qingyuan literally physically yoinking someone (SQQ/Shen Yuan?) up and away before they can try and TOUCH him bc he's SEEN the aftermath of their Mu Qingfeng being suddenly touched in the midst of a dissociative episode before and NO NO BAD IDEA.

Mu Qingfang blinks rapidly, trying to dissolve the image of the three copies of Shen Qingqiu that are fading in and out of sight.

Oh, he thinks, somewhat hysterical as he feels lethargy creep up on him. Mu Qingfang sways as he stumbles to his feet. Around him he can hear the concerned voices of the other Peak Lord's but that's secondary to the fact that he has been poisoned.

Again.

"Mu-shidi?" Shen Qingqiu asks and Mu Qingfang tries to turn away, to stumble back to his Peak where he can have one of his students figure out what he's been poisoned with this time.

There's a brief scuffle behind him and Mu Qingfang can hear Yue Qingyuan warn against anyone touching Mu Qingfang while he's in such a state. Warm blossoms in his chest and Mu Qingfang isn't sure whether it's because his sect brother cares so much or if it's because of the poison.

Someone doesn't listen and grabs Mu Qingfang by the elbow when he stumbles.

Mu Qingfang sends Liu Qingge through a wall.

"Oh," Mu Qingfang says, feeling more than a little high, "Fuck."

He's grateful that within the next three seconds he faints.

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Belly Fat Raises Your Risk of Diabetic Kidney Disease

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Belly Fat Raises Your Risk of Diabetic Kidney Disease

Belly Fat Raises Your Risk of Diabetic Kidney Disease February 2017

What to Know

An excess of belly fat ups your risk for numerous health problems, including heart disease, colon cancer, sleep apnea, and type 2 diabetes. For people who already have diabetes, complications such as blindness and heart trouble are more likely with too much abdominal fat. Now, new research offers another very important reason to lose that belly: Abdominal obesity appears to significantly increase your chances of kidney disease, for which people with diabetes already are at a higher risk.

The Study

Chinese researchers conducted two studies to examine the link between belly fat and kidney disease. In one, they recruited 1,016 people with type 2 diabetes. They measured their obesity, in addition to their belly fat and overall body fat. Then they evaluated them for diabetic kidney disease, a chronic condition that worsens over time. The second study involved 279 people with type 2 diabetes. At the beginning, none had kidney disease. The researchers divided the participants into three groups based on how obese they were and tracked them for six years to see how many developed kidney problems.

The Results

In both studies, higher levels of belly fat were linked to a higher risk for diabetic kidney disease. In the first study, researchers found that those with the highest amount of abdominal obesity were about 1½ times more likely to develop kidney disease than those with the least belly fat. In the second study, about 15 percent of the participants developed kidney disease. Both studies showed that belly fat carried this high risk, even after accounting for other factors, such as body mass index (BMI), a ratio of weight to height used to calculate body fat.

Takeaways

Diabetes is the most common cause of kidney disease. If you have an abundance of fat concentrated in your midsection, you have a higher risk for diabetic kidney disease, the study authors conclude. This is true even if you don’t carry much fat elsewhere in your body. You may be able to reduce your risk by losing weight.

“Abdominal Obesity Is More Closely Associated With Diabetic Kidney Disease Than General Obesity.” Jinbo Hu, Shumin Yang, Aipin Zhang, Ping Yang, Xueting Cao, Xiyue Li, Richa Goswami, Yue Wang, Ting Luo, Kun Liao, Qingfeng Cheng, Xiaoqiu Xiao, and Qifu Li. Diabetes Care 2016 Oct; 39(10): e179–e180

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[avaeeeart]

Daily oc posting #48

with ...alternative mcdonalds universe Qingfeng and Ambrose @commander-gloryforge (and thanks @silvesi for the idea ajkfghdgk )

[avaeeeart]

Ministry of supernatural investigation (MinSI) division 2 is full of big boobied freaks (except qingfeng)

adonis & xifeng belonging to @dapper-comedy

[avaeeeart]

reason why you shouldnt meet up with coworkers after work 1) they acting like a hostile divorced couple 2) you can do nothing but watch them either make out or fight

adonis (orange guy) @gift-of-astralaria

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Daily oc posting #46

Qingfeng being team leader of MinSI’s division 2 doesnt make her immune to turbo anxiety. Its part of her 700 episode arc to become less pathetic and whimsy

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oc posting #11

local MinSI agent caught epic failing

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oc posting #10

im nearly forgot to keep up my streak, have a meme

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oc posting #4

im actually behind time but who cares

Qingfeng is actually my youngest oc (not counting physical sylvari age) so far with just 21 years. She’s actually not fitting to the rest of Tyria’s setting, only Cantha, especially with the urban, jadepunk New Kaineng as her role of MinSI’s division 2 leader (a task quite burdening for her young self!). Already struggling to keep up with the busy city life, since she was raised until adulthood in a monastery in the mountains, it be even more strange for her IC to be introduced to the rest of Tyria. Wym half of Kryta doesnt have indoor plumbing or news announced by a holographic reporter?

[avaeeeart]

I nearly forgot my epic gamer streak and this is CopyPaste from Blorbo server

Daily oc posting #52

Lore time,,

Yue Qingfeng had no idea what the hell the MinSI even was (since it's very obscure to majority of the public) when she first arrived in New Kaineng.

Being in the City of neon, she was overwhelmed by the masses of people, the distant rudeness and ever busy lifestyle - since she was born and raised in the mountainside in a martial arts/cultivation sect.

The first few month in new Kaineng were rough - working a customer/food service job, trying to find a cheap apartment, learning that you cant just dash across rooftops to get to work.. Can't even take your sword to work.

So, one day during night shift, while she was taking out the trash behind the food shop in an alley, she witnessed a not so fun murder of a person by an trash digging demon.

Immediately locked into combat, she chased and beat it up with an old frying pan.

That moment she was found by the previous Captain/team leader of MinSI's division 2 - to get interrogated Ofc

Yue Qingfeng : <cry> pls no jail I just beat up the devil

After a long round of questions, mostly to intimidate her to forget that fight, the Captain got interested in her background, it's not usual for the distant, secluded cultivators to abandon their training and move to the city.

Qingfeng, was a rough diamond with her prowess and fighting skills, but the Captain saw her potential and asked her if she wanted to join the MinSI.

Ofc still having no clue what this ministry's task was, it was the better payment that made Qingfeng switch her job

[avaeeeart]

Daily oc posting #42

Raised in a monastery sect in the far mountains to the west of Cantha, Yue Qingfeng is distant to the modern technology and jade of Cantha. Yet, the old ways cannot find hold on her, as she stepped down the mountains and away from her rigorous training to learn about the modern world beyond.

New Kaineng has not treated her kindly - The always rapidly growing city, the hidden demons lurking past the neon lights and the stress of being one of the Ministry of Supernatural Investigation’s division leaders. Between fighting oni and paperwork, there’s no break to catch.

At the age of 21, that is already an impressive resume!