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ChineseFantasy/SpecFic Writer Fan of Jin Yong/Chinese history/mythology/wuxia/xianxia ๐๐๐๐ Author of:- Sword Maiden from the Moon Duology (wuxiaxianxia) Tales of Ming Courtesans (hf) The Green Phoenix (hf) linktr.ee/alicepoonauthor
I finished #Chinesehistorical epic #MingDynasty1566. The actor who plays the Jiajing Emperor made me hate this Ming Emperor with a passion! There may be a little humanity in him, but absolute power kills it, making him a callous megalomaniac brat! He's worse than Zhu Di!
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Have you ever heard this song sung by Teresa Teng? It's rendered from Song poet Su Shi's popular lyric poem called ๆฐด่ชฟๆญ้ ญ: ๆๆๅนพๆๆ. He wrote it at a Mid-Autumn Festival to express his longing to reunite with his brother.
#Chinesepoetry
#Chinesehistory
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Happy Mid-Autumn Festival!
06.10.2025 03:36 โ ๐ 12 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Thanks!
04.10.2025 18:35 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Has #BloodRiver aired yet? Can't wait to see #Gongjun and #ChangHuasen in lead roles!
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#wuxia
#cdrama
I'm holding out great hope for #TalesofDarkRiver or #BloodRiver starring #Gongjun (from #WordofHonor)!!
03.10.2025 21:06 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Yes, I loved the epic Dumas novel too!
03.10.2025 02:14 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Hehe! Guilty as charged! ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ
02.10.2025 22:20 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Glad to hear! I can't wait to see it, as I have a soft spot for historical epics!
02.10.2025 22:16 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0๐ฌ Last year I enjoyed The Count of Monte Cristo so much! In previous years, the most memorable films I saw during French Film Festivals include:
- Hiroshima Mon Amour
- Michael Kohlhaas
- Happiness Never Comes Alone
Ah, audiences never tire of watching quality films!
02.10.2025 19:14 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0I had read Confessions of Catherine de Medici and had learned about the background of this stretch of French history. Marguerite de Valois (Queen Margot) is Catherine's daughter and is apparently maligned by historians! So, badmouthing women in power doesn't only happen in China!!!
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Something never fails to excite me and highlight my annual home visit to Hong Kong, and it's the French Film Festival! This year, I look forward eagerly to watching:
The Queen Margot and Les Parapluies de Cherbourg (my favorite musical).
#movies
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Of the Four Dragons, the Green Dragon of the East (called Ao Guang) is the most talked about, as he's involved in a wrangle with #Nezha because the latter killed his third son Ao Bing! This #myth is retold in #TheHeavenlySword with a follow-up story! The Green Dragon is a baddie here! Curious?
01.10.2025 17:22 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Water Outlaws could be categorized as wuxia, if only
they didn't use genderbending (which is a form of parody) to discredit this Chinese classic.
These novels are all published by the white-dominant corporate publishers. In the grand scheme of things, the POC authors are just pawns. The real problem lies with the white supremacist English book industry.
29.09.2025 22:23 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
When we read fantasy fiction rooted in a foreign culture, we would want to learn about that culture, right? But when readers pick up those Chinese fantasy novels, all they get is ridicule of Chinese historical/literary figures, or ersatz Chinese mythology, or mockery of traumatic Chinese history. ๐
29.09.2025 22:10 โ ๐ 6 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0No, She Who Became the Sun has no "xia" themes. It could be categorized as historical fantasy, though. The problem is the genderbending, which is a parody of Chinese history.
29.09.2025 21:56 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0I read her interview in the Lightspeed Magazine where she called the series "wuxia gangster saga".
29.09.2025 19:51 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Those two series in the main are just urban fantasy loosely connected with martial arts, with faux Chinese settings. For marketing purpose they claim to be wuxia stories.
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Unpopular opinion: I wouldn't count the Green Bone Saga series and the War Arts Saga series as #wuxia stories, as such stories are indigenous to Chinese culture and history and are typically set in real ancient China, have "xia" themes & the main characters are skilled martial artists.
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If you live in Greater Vancouver or happen to visit on Oct. 7, do drop by the Writers for Readers 2025 Event at the Richmond Public Library! Along with other local authors, I'll be at my booth showcasing my #wuxia-myth duology and chatting with readers!
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One interesting highlight of this duology is genderqueer romance involving two much loved #mythology legends, #Nezha & #LanCaihe. Both are androgynous and genderfluid in this story (and in other retellings)! How will it end? Read to find out!
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To celebrate Mid-Autumn Festival (or Moon Festival), what's better than reading the story of Tang Sai'er, the Moon Goddess incarnate who is anathema to evil tyrant Zhu Di! The #SwordMaidenfromtheMoon duology is a mix of #wuxia, #Chinesemythology and #Chinesehistory! Intrigued?
27.09.2025 16:49 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 1Oh, yes, now that you mentioned it! Chen Jianbin played Yongzhen in Empresses and Cao Cao in Three Kingdoms! He's super! Three Kingdoms is worth my time!
23.09.2025 19:15 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Ni Dahong also played Sima Yi in Three Kingdoms (2010)!
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I'm about halfway through the #historical #cdrama Ming Dynasty in 1566 (the drama came out in 2007) and am glad I got round to watching it! Wow, the script is jaw-dropping and acting excellent. The political machinations of the court and officialdom grip you from the start!
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What movie do you consider perfect?
A Touch of Zen ไฟ ๅฅณ, wuxia film directed by King Hu
My recent wuxia-myth duology Sword Maiden from the Moon is a fantasy story about Tang Sai'er, the Shandong rebel leader who dared defy the tyrannical rule of Ming Emperor Zhu Di.
Btw, the 2019 TV series Ming Dynasty paints a good portrait of this vicious self-righteous emperor.
#Chinesehistory
