#sima yi

[dailyarturiartfgo]

Gray's eyes >>>

I was so happy for this event that I get to see them again!!!

#fgo #fate grand order #gray #waver velvet #reines el melloi archisorte #lord el melloi ii #fate series #fate #sima yi #assassin #rider #caster #sketch #doodle

[incorrect-ironwidow]

sima yi: why does that strategist gao yizhi call you babygirl?

shimin: how about we stop talking for a little while.

(the idea came from here)

#long time no see everyone #how you all doing? #spreading the word of heavenly tyrant i hope! #iron widow #xiran jay zhao #heavenly tyrant #iron widow incorrect #iron widow memes #li shimin #iron triangle #gao yizhi #sima yi

[j-august]

Things people have said about Zhuge Liang: "The Prime Minister's calculations are divine and incomprehensible." "O Governor, you are the sport of one of Zhuge Liang's wiles." 'Sima Yi felt sad at having been tricked. "Zhuge Liang is a cleverer man than I am," said he with a sigh of resignation.' "Zhuge Liang's vile tricks are innumerable." '"The man appears like a god and disappears like a demon. He is too much for me," sighed Sima Yi.' '"His comings and goings are not human," said Sima Yi sadly.' '"While he lived, I could guess what he would do; dead, I was helpless!" said Sima Yi.' 'The people had a saying that "A dead Zhuge Liang can scare off a live Sima Yi".'

Luo Guanzhong, Romance of the Three Kingdoms (trans. C.H. Brewitt-Taylor)

#quote #quotation #Luo Guanzhong #Romance of the Three Kingdoms #Zhuge Liang #Sima Yi #(you will note he shows up a lot here) #and yet somehow Zhuge Liang never managed to conquer the Middle Lands for his boss #tragically let down by his subordinates #and outlived by Sima Yi

[yaka06210]

#dynasty warriors #sima zhao #sima yi #wang yuanji #jia chong #sima shi #Zhang Chunhua

[grand-theft-carbohydrates]

funniest shit i learned this week: absolutely obsessed about the way daddy sima fang vs daddy sun jian named their sons + the hypothetical relationships they had.

lets look at Sun Jian: He was born to a peasant father whos name was never even recorded in history, but he had high hopes for his sons and he named them accordingly:

Sun Ce, styled Bofu -- Ce means "strategy," Fu is a type of military token used to prove that a command has legitimate authority. very ironic the son named "strategy" is the hothead who rushes into things. Sun Quan, styled Zhongmou -- Quan means "right" e.g. "the right to rule", Mou means also strategy. this time it's appropriate, at least! Sun Yi, styled Shubi -- Yi means "to assist," Bi also means..."assist" I guess daddy was trying to get the message across "hey champ. ur like the 3rd son ur NEVER going to inherit. so just be good and help ur bros, ok?" Sun Kuang, styled Jizuo--Kuang means "to revive" as in "to revive the han dynasty." Zuo............also means "assist." (OK DAD. I GET THE MESSAGE. GOD.)

MOVING ON! this is the 8 brothers of the sima clan. notice anything?

ALL their courtesy names ended in Da. No it wasn't common for the time. Their contemporaries were straight up roasting them for it, calling them the "Sima-Eight-Da" it gets better. you see the courtesy names Bo, Zhong, Shu ect? they're used to denote birth order going from eldest-> youngest. this is the fucking equivalent of naming your kids One Two Three Four Five... + tacking on a Da at the end. (Da means achieve/reach btw) im losing my fucking mind over the implications. Sun Jian the barely-educated, peasant-born, Mr "talk softly and carry a HUGE sword," is spending 7 hours a day on babynames.com in between kicking dong zhuo's ass, obsessing over each letter like a 13yo creating their first OC, being all "my precious baby boys are destined for greatness and they need the COOLEST names and COURTESY names to match." and sima fang is like [Ctr+ C] [Ctr + P], and in the end it's HIS ugly kid that ends up unifying china.

#romance of the three kingdoms #sima yi #sun jian #sun quan #sun ce #sun the-other-two #sima 8 da

[simayeeet]

"we're going to have to kill them, zhongli"

"damn"

#why have dolls if you dont play with them #tamest crossover in history #dynasty warriors #sima yi #genshin impact #zhongli

[biopsssihozz]

its either ‘zetian marry me’ or ‘zetian go marry ur bois and pls can all of u stay alive for a sec while i go marry sima yi’

#art #sketch #freehand #wu zetian #xiran jay zhao #iron widow #iron widow fanart #wu zetian fanart #li shimin #sima yi #gao yizhi

[beehunni62]

The Advisors Alliance Translation Post 2: “Husband, don’t cross the river. Husband, nonetheless, crossed the river.”

The Advisors Alliance 大军师司马懿之军师联盟 is a 2017 two-part Chinese TV series depicting the life of Sima Yi, a government official and military strategist who lived during the late Eastern Han Dynasty 东汉 (25 CE - 220 CE) and the Three Kingdoms Period 三国時代 (220 CE - 280 CE). [Wikipedia of the show’s first season]

The second part is titled Growling Tiger Hidden Dragon 虎啸龙吟 and keeps following Sima Yi’s life as he matures and becomes wiser [Link to the show’s second season’s MyDramaList page].

The Weibo account [Link] of the show made a series of posts in the style of small encyclopedias explaining different historical and cultural facts that where included in the series. The user @moononmyfloor compiled the 50 posts and asked me to translate them. This will be an ongoing series where I will do just that.

The posts are not in order of the episodes but I will provide the episode and season number to avoid confusion. If there are any mistakes in translation, do let me know in the comments or privately message me and I will do my best to fix them. Although I tried to stay as close as possible to the original text, I had to take some liberties in some posts to get the meaning across better. On the side, I have included extra information from personal research that explains certain things better.

If it is difficult to read the letters, tap or click on the image to expand it. Without more preamble, here you go.

Extra information:

Yuefu (乐府), literally Music Bureau, are a genre of ancient Chinese folk songs that, either imitate the style of, or are from the Imperial Music Bureau. The latter was an institution in charge of collecting and writing lyrics to folk songs. Yuefu are known for having strict syllabic rules that change from dynasty to dynasty.

《公无渡河》 is also known as Kong Hou Yin (箜篌引). Konghou is an ancient Chinese stringed instrument similar to a harp. A Yin (引), in this context, is another type of ancient music poetry that has a freer syllabic structure and is characterized by long syllables that go well with the melody of the konghou. Below is a picture of the instrument:

Vertical konghou 箜篌 in exhibit at the Gansu Provincial Museum, Lanzhou, China. Taken on May 10, 2013 by Gary Todd [image source].

Allow me to clarify something. The folk song 《公无渡河》 was recorded by Cui Bao in "Notes on Ancient and Modern Times" to be of Gojoseon origin. As such, Koreans consider it to be their oldest surviving folk song.

The Chinese consider it a Chinese Han Dynasty song on account of the tale being set and song created in the Lelang Commandery [108 B.C.E. - 313 C.E.] which is one of the four regions Gojoseon was split into while under Han rule. Koreans consider the residents of Lelang, and the other commandaries, to be Gojosen Koreans who retained a separate culture to the Han Chinese. If you wish to conduct further research into the song, don’t get surprised if you read different names for the characters that appear in the story.

Koreans call the song "Gongmudohaga (공무도하가)” and the ferryman Gwaklijago (곽리자고). The Korean folk tale differs from the Chinese retelling in that the Korean name of Gwaklijago wife, who is credited with creating the actual song, according to certain Chinese and Korean retellings, is Yeo-ok (여옥) rather than Li Yu (丽玉). In Cao Yong and Cui Bao’s retellings, the wife of the drowned drunk man created the song while, in the Korean version, it was the wife of the ferryman who, upon learning about what had transpired from her husband once he came home, created the song on her harp, called in Korean gonghu (공후).

Many Chinese poets have retold the story in their own ways and added, omitted, or reinterpreted content. Some of said poets are Li Bai and Chen Shou of Shu Han. On top is Li Bai's version which lacks strict syllabic structure, a signature of his style and, on the bottom, Chen Shou's more structured one:

This expression 《公无渡河, 公竟渡河》 is often used as an allegory to satirize someone who is heading into clear danger but is too stubborn or obsessed to listen. If this person doesn't listen, then they are sure to run into trouble.

Catalogue (find the rest of the posts):

#chinese culture #chinese history #the advisors alliance #sima yi #history #three kingdoms #eastern han dynasty #korean folklore #li bai #chinese poetry #ancient chinese poetry #ancient china #gojoseon #korea

[alystar00]

Sima Yi: Why are you three holding hands?

Yizhi: Studies show that holding hands can reduce stress.

Sima Yi: Oh, I thought you three were dating or something.

Zetian: We are.

Shimin: We’re also just really fucking stressed

#iron widow #Sima yi #gao yizhi #wu zetian #Li shimin #Yizhi #Zetian #Shimin #Yi

[reflectingstars]

A wholesome family moment!

#dynasty warriors #sima yi #sima shi #zhang chunhua #sima zhao #bell making silly gifs #gif

[merliarsworld]

FGO 7TH ANNIVERSARY CE PICK RE COLLECTION PART 6

#fate grand order #fgo #fate go #fgojp #leondardo davinchi #davinchi #davinchi lily #sima yi #reines el melloi archisorte #billy the kid #lancer artoria #artoria pendragon #da vinchi chan #red hare #percival #jaques de molay

[incorrect-ironwidow]

Shimin: Isn’t it weird that we pay money to see other people?

Sima Yi: Plane tickets?

Yizhi: Concert tickets?

Zetian: Prostitution?

Shimin, holding his broken frames: Glasses.

#i know shimin my baby i got you #iron widow #iron widow incorrect #iron widow memes #wu zetian #li shimin #iron triangle #gao yizhi #xiran jay zhao #sima yi

[vraisetzen]

私説三国志 天の華・地の風 | Shisetsu Sangokushi Ten no Hana Chi no Kaze

by Emori Sonae (江森備)

#and if you noticed book 2 is missing because i couldn't find a HD image of it #but just as well #cover 8 is my favourite #emori sanae #shisetsu sangokushi #romance of the three kingdoms #three kingdoms #liu bei #zhou yu #zhuge liang #zhuge kongming #sima yi #japanese novels #japanese literature #90s books #boy's love #90s boys love #yaoi #they just don't do yaoi this way anymore ;;;;

[yaka06210]

司馬家

#dynasty warriors #Sima yi #Sima Shi #sima zhao #Zhang Chunhua

[grand-theft-carbohydrates]

Sima Yi finally joins the court after spending 10 years draft dodging and pretending to have arthritis (at age 23!). Cao Cao congratulates him for his miraculous recovery.

Suddenly remembered that sima yi comes from a long line of stupidly tall giraffe people. His oldest brother was 1.9m and actually got accused of cheating on a test when he was a kid because no one believed he was only 13. His grandfather was like 2m. Laws of probability and genetics dictate that sima yi was above average height, to his own detriment.

#manga is the best medium for sanguo because the incredible humour of making sima yi look like THEmost npc to ever npc #and then have him come in from behind at the end to sweep the fucking board is UNMATCHED #sanguo #sima yi #cao cao #wips

[simayeeet]

found this pic and immediately thought of sima yi

#when chunhua goes to the market for a few things #dynasty warriors #sima yi #the implication of sima yi having drawn chunhua himself or commissioned someone #idk if i want to believe sima yi being a good artist but i could see it #he was a writerman according chunhua's maid killing anecdote