Cannot believe Li Lianhua spent the entire show trying to accomplish one last thing, only to find out the truth behind what he thought was true. He wanted to neatly tie up all the strings he had left in life, then exit it. He's the ghost haunting the narrative, except he's still alive, and both the people who hate and love him refuse to let go of the memory of Li Xiangyi. Even when in the end he actually does die, after he sends a letter to Di Feisheng and asks him to fight someone else, and leaves his worldly possessions to Fang Duobing, he still has people chasing after him and asking him to please just come back and live. He was a ghost haunting the narrative when he was still alive and he's haunting the narrative even after he's dead.
Today is the 5th day of the 5th lunar month, the Dragon Boat Festival (端午節).
Just yesterday I found my Chinese textbook for second grade of high school and came across this ancient text from 〈漁父〉 in 《楚辭》, written by 屈原.
I especially like the second line, "顏色憔悴,形容枯槁" (Looking haggard, appearing withered".) or Looking weathering to death.
(English translation is taken from here)
It is interesting to note that the word "顏色" in ancient Chinese refers to a person's look and appearance (人的神情、氣色), while in modern Chinese it only means "color";
However, in Japanese, the same Kanji "顔色 (かおいろ,kaoiro)" still retains its original meaning.
In Chinese, we now use "臉色"、 "氣色" or "神色" to express a person's look and appearance.
p.s. I clearly remember that when I studied this ancient text, it was the time when DIR EN GREY came to Taiwan for "mode of DUM SPIRO SPERO", but my parents did not let me go to the LIVE at that time ☹️☹️☹️
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