happy gushiwensday saturday! we got curious about the subject of last week's poem by Li He, so we went looking for poems written by Su Xiaoxiao herself.
travelling with Ma Haolan at West Lake
(attributed to) Su Xiaoxiao
According to a Ming-dynasty story, the spirit of famous fifth-century poet & courtesan Su Xiaoxiao visited Ma Haolan and his friend when they were visiting West Lake (centuries later) and wrote this poem in response to theirs:
they came here for singing and dancing once
we turn back, and all those talents are just dust
young lords, for whom is your virtue green as fragrant grass?
on Cold Food the pear blossoms open without being told
you call at the palace door, ranks of clouds attending
I'll wait on the balcony, visiting the rain
only the northern crane will carry my feelings
the pines and cypresses of Xiling stand in their gloom
i feel like this is a pretty rough translation... i'm really sleepy today and we had to do a lot of contextualizing research since gushiwen didn't provide any notes
和马浩澜游西湖诗
苏小小
此地曾经歌舞来,风流回首即尘埃。
王孙芳草为谁绿,寒食梨花无主开。
郎去排云叫阊阖,妾今行雨在阳台。
衷情诉与辽东鹤,松柏西陵正可哀。
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Ten characters, ten fandom, some tags
Tagged by @jaggededges123
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Garak
Legend of Ruyi - Keliyete Hailan
Beyond Evil/Monster - Lee Dong-sik
Big Eden - Pike Dexter
No End(webcomic) - Wight/Jonah Reid
MDZS - Wen Ning
erha - Xue Zhengyong
Legend of Haolan - Queen Li
X-Files - Fox Mulder & Dana Scully (they come as a set)
SVSSS - Tianlang-jun
Tagging: @tehri, @crimsonrainseekingflower, @livingmeatloaf and whoever else feels like it
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Who are known as the best stylists in cdramas? Who are some costume designer/stylists that have caught your attention?
There isn't so much styling directors/costume designers who are considered "good", as much as consistent or well known (because they've had very prominent works, but doesn't mean all their work has been well received). Huang Wei is probably seen as one of the more consistent ones (though she's gotten some criticism recently for similar costumes across the dramas she's done). Fang Sizhe (costume) and Zhang Shuping (hair/makeup) are very well known names, but not necessarily always considered good (they did do Rise of Phoenixes, which won a lot of praise for costumes). Other well known names include Shirley Chan (陈顾方), Chen Tongxun (陈同勋), Yee Chung-man (奚仲文), Song Xiaotao, Ru Meiqi.
(Mentioning just the historical works)
Huang Wei: Shen Yin, My Journey to You (reported), Wu Geng Ji, A Dream of Splendor, Till the End of the Moon, Back From the Brink, The Legend of Xiao Chuo, Immortality, One and Only, Ever Night, Tribes and Empires, THe Longest Day In Chang’an. She also worked on Journey of Flower with JoyBell Chan (陈乐勤).
Fang Sizhe: Immortal Samsara (costume designer, Shirley Chan was styling director), A Journey to Love, Rise of Phoenixes (costume), Mysterious Lotus Casebook (costume, Shirely Can styling director),, Who Rules the World, Story of Kunning Palace, Stand By Me (costumes), Love and Redemption (costumes), Novoland Pearl Eclipse (with Shirley Chan), Eternal Faith, Bu Bu Jing Xin
Zhang Shuping: Eternal Love of Dream, Love and Destiny, The Rebel Princess (one of the costume designers), Ruyi’s Royal Love In the Palace, War of Flowers, Lost Love In Times, Ming Dynasty
Shirley Chan: In addition to the ones mentioned above, she also worked on Bu Bu Jing Xin, Chinese Paladin 1 & 3, Love and Redemption, Under the Power, Nobel Aspirations, Swords of Legends, Listening Snow Tower
Yee Chung-man: Best known for Curse of the Golden Flower, also did Novoland: Eagle Flag and The Golden Hairpin
Chen Tongxun: Best known for Legend of the Demon Cat, also did Legend of Zhen Huan (Empresses In the Palace), The Emperor’s Love, The Legend of Shen Li, Legend of Dugu, Joy of Life, The Untamed, The Wolf,, The Blue Whisper, The Sword and Brocade
Song Xiaotao: Chinese Paladin 1 & 3, Imperial Doctress, Untouchable Lovers (costume, not hair), Wu Xin: The Monster Killer, Palace, Winter Begonia, Story of Yanxi Palace, Legend of Haolan, The Ingenious One, Royal Feast
Ru Meiqi: Nirvana In Fire, Jin Yong’s Wuxia Universe, White Cat Legend, Thousand Years of Love
JoyBell Chan: Eternal Love of Dream, The Romance of Tiger and Rose
For newer names, Xi Jingkai and Tan Limin are the Goodbye My Princess costume designers and won some love there, though haven't had anything prominent since. Yi Xiaoya did Love Between Fairy and Devil and got some attention for that. Han Guangren got some attention with Word of Honor and recently did The Blood of Youth. I liked Li Yuling’s work with Serenade of Peaceful Joy. I also liked The Glory of Tang Dynasty team (Hou Yunyi and Guan Yue).
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Team TBR Challenge Review/Rant: The Legend of Hao Lan
(This is the synopsis from Wiki) Betrayed by her family and her first love, Li Haolan finds herself in desperate circumstances. Her father, State Censor Li He, arranges marriage between her and the far-older Yu Ping, who treats his other wives brutally. When she tries to circumvent this fate by begging her first love, Prince Jiao, to marry her, Li Haolan’s stepmother, Gao Min, orders her killed…
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𝓣𝓱𝓮 𝓒-𝓓𝓻𝓪𝓶𝓪 𝓡𝓮𝓿𝓲𝓮𝔀 𝓟𝓸𝓻𝓽𝓪𝓵
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𝓯𝓲𝓷𝓪𝓵 𝓻𝓮𝓿𝓲𝓮𝔀
Ancient Love Poetry [ xianxia ] Zhou Dongyu + Xu Kai -> 8
Couple of Mirrors [ thriller, minguo ] Zhang Nan, Sun Yihan -> 7.25
Delicious Romance [ rom-com ] Li Chun, Zhang Hanyun, Wang Ju -> 9.8
Empresses in the Palace [ historical ] Sun Li + Chen Jianbin -> 9.8
Legend of Haolan [ historical ] Wu Jinyan -> 9
My Journey to You [ wuxia ] Yu Shuxin + Zhang Linghe -> 6.7
Rattan [ magical realism ] Jing Tian + Zhang Binbin -> 8
Sword Snow Stride [ wuxia ] Zhang Ruoyun -> 8.25
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𝓹𝓪𝓻𝓽 𝔀𝓪𝔂 𝓻𝓮𝓿𝓲𝓮𝔀
Ashes of Love [ xianxia ] a microrant : Yang Zi + Feng Lun -> N/A
Immortal Samsara [ xianxia ] episode 1-16 : Yang Zi + Cheng Yi -> 5.5
Serenade of Peaceful Joy [ historical ] episode 1-10 : Wang Kai + Jiang Shuying -> N/A
Ten Miles of Peach Blossoms [ xianxia ] episode 1-25 : Yang Mi + Mark Zhao -> 5.5
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Finally got around to watching Legend of Haolan, which I'd been meaning to watch because it has the same actress who played Wei Yingluo in Yanxi Palace, and I loved her. But that was then. Now I'm uncontrollably gay for Queen Li.
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