Water Margin (水浒传), also known as Outlaws of the Marsh and All Men Are Brothers in English translation, is one of the greatest classic Chinese novels published during the Ming Dynasty. The story was set in North Song dynasty in the 12th century, depicting 108 outlaws who gathered on a mountain area against some corrupted officials and unjust laws. Rongyu […]
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Yuan Shuipai (袁水拍, 1919 – 1983) was one of China’s great contemporary poets with his best works being 400 satirical poems. The following is his famous Tiger’s Decree, depicting a self-appointed dictator in a jungle world, composed about half a century ago: I, the tiger, Declare to the world: My peace policy Is consistent. Protect the forest Is my holy […]
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Dream of Nanke (南柯梦) is one of the four Kunqu Opera dramas about dreams, written by Tang Xianzu (1550-1616) of Ming Dynasty. While Peony Pavilion is the best known among the four, Dream of Nanke is the most mind-blowing, exploring time, space, multi-worlds and the meaning of life. A Chance Meeting in a Buddhist Temple One day military officer Chunyu […]
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Game of Hunting (猎场), China’s latest TV series, is like a cyclopedia of contemporary Chinese business culture. The story is about China’s recently emerged executive recruitment business, written and directed by legendary Jiang Wei (姜伟), starring China’s top-ranking actor Hu Ge (胡歌) and supported by some of China’s best actors and actresses. The story tells a young university graduate’s endeavour […]
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As folklore goes, during Ming Dynasty, there was a talented and good-looking young scholar named Zhou Wenbin living in beautiful lake city Hangzhou, and Zhou Wenbin had a friend named Zhu Zhishan who was like a celebrity watcher and feared by many elite families. During a Lantern Festival in the lunar January 15, Zhishan visited Wenbin and the two brought wine to appreciate […]
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A love story about a pair of white butterflies is one of the most enduring Chinese legends that has been told for hundreds, probably thousands, of years in China. As the legend goes, the butterflies were initially humans, one is named Zhu Yingtai and another is called Liang Shanbo. Zhu Yingtai was an academically talented teenage girl. After a decade […]
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When the Wind Begins to Blow Lyrics: Haiyan (the author of the drama); Music: Meng Ke; Singer: Hu Ge (the actor playing the leading character Mei Changsu) 变幻 风云几卷 A sudden change of life, storms full of volume 乱世起惊澜 A troubled time, a terrifying wave 血仍殷 何人心念 Blood is still hot, memories are not lost 烈火清平愿 Justice for Red Flame, […]
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Jingrui, Mei Changsu’s friend, found himself a deeply troubled man. His mother, the emperor’s sister, was pursued by a masked assassin, and they suspected it had something to do with a letter left to her by Marquis Xie, who recently died in a work-related accident in a labour camp. It was an open secret about a verbal agreement reached between the […]
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After returned to the capital, the emperor installed Prince Jing as the new Crown Prince. In the meanwhile, Layang Info Centre’s CEO Lin Chen also arrived in the capital after received Mei Changsu’s express mail delivered by pigeon. Lin Chen and his father were the only two people under heaven who could deal with Fire Frozen Toxin. He presented two options for […]
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While the emperor, Prince Jing and Royal Guards Commander Meng Zhi went for a spring hunting excursion, back in the capital, a demoted Prince Yu received a letter of his biological mother, late Princess Linglong of the doomed Hua Kingdom. The letter was handed to Lady Qin by Linglong’s sister Princess Quanji, who created the spy network Red Sleeve Seduction […]
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While Mei Changsu was forced fed with a poisonous drug by Xia Jiang at Royal Discipline Committee, Lady Xia, Xia Jiang’s disciple, was summoned by the emperor. Duke Ji, the emperor’s brother, reported to the throne he saw Lady Xia instructing several kung fu men to take fugitive Wei Zheng onto a horse-drawn carriage. “Now I’ve realised who is really behind […]
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In the ancient city Chengdu, the provincial capital of Sichuan, 30 bronze Chinese chess pieces were recently unearthed from a tomb dating back to the period between Tang and Song dynasties about a thousand years ago. Chinese Chess is one of the two major traditional Chinese chess games, along with Go (Weiqi or Game of Siege), and usually has 32 pieces. The earliest […]
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