#character: shen hui zhao

[movielosophy]

Perfect Match | The way he looks at her 😍

[talk-danmei-to-me]

Working out Qjj side characters

I’m using the character guide at the end of vol 3. Characters I am clueless of are crossed out.

Let’s go!

Cen Yu

Chen Yang - he suffers, gets drunk with Qiao Tianya and pretends not to notice when Cezhou are banging. Probably responsible for keeping Xiao Chiye alive.

Ding Tao - the cutie patootie of qjj. Fell of a roof once whilst writing about Cezhou’s epic sexual tension. Baby that might grow up to be an actor if he decided guarding isn’t for him.

Fei Sheng

Fei Shi - I think he got battered with a shoe? Or is he besties with the shoe batterer?

Fengquan - shady eunuch #525

Fu Linye

Fuman - eunuch that Xiao Chiye was pally with until he threw him under the bus for regicide. These eunuchs do be eunuching.

Ge Qingqing

Gu Jin

Hai Liangyi - Work is just pain and suffering for him. Probably will only feel peace when he’s dead.

Han Cheng - Whiny little bitch boy.

Han Jin - the cleverer one.

Hua Hewei - I literally did not know this was her name when reading but she is the queen of manipulating boys mummy issues for personal gain. One day a eunuch will 100% fuck her over.

Hua Xiangyi - The dowager’s niece, getting pimped out for the cause.

Ji Gang - Shen Zechuan’s second favourite person. No Shizun fucking here.

Kong Qiu - Not to be confused with Kong Ling. has good vibes with Hai Liangyi. They’re probably the only decent people in court at this point.

Li Jianheng - Playboy emperor, listening to his dick got him stabbed. Should’ve listened to whoever it was who told him to get rid of Mu Ru. I want to say Hai Liangyi?

Li Jianyun - he’s dead.

Liang Cuishan

Mu Ru - Got pimped out to a eunuch, banged the emperor then stabbed him.

Pan Lin - May have beaten someone at a party with a shoe or is the father of a man who chose a shoe as a weapon.

Pan Xiangjie - see above.

Qi Huilian - Dead. Taught Shen Zechuan everything he knows.

Qiao Tianya - Shen Zechuan’s assistant. Has to put up with Cezhou banging whilst getting drunk with Chen Yang. Will play the Qin with pretty boys.

Tantai Hu - Nearly got sacked for disrespecting Xiao Chiye’s wife.

Wei Huaigu

Wei Huaixing

Xi Dan - banged his sister in law. Helping Shen Zechuan get that dowry.

Xi Hongxuan - decided it was a good idea to take the emperor to a brothel. Worst hangover ever. Dead.

Xue Xiuyi - Clever man buying children from brothels so he can take over the world.

Xue Xiuzhuo

Yao Wenyu - pretty boy playing a qin

Yu Xiaozai

Jiang Qingshan

Yang Cheng

Xiao Fangxu - Xiao Chiye’s dad

Xiao Jiming - Xiao Chiye’s brother

Xiao Xun - Xiao Chiye’s nephew

Lu Yizhi - Xiao Chiye’s sister in law

Zhao Hui - he hates Chen Yang.

Zuo Qianqiu

Qi Zhuyin - boss bitch. Good at military stuff. Exasperated by the shenanigans of her father.

Qi Shiyu - Qi Zhuyin’s dad. Likes women.

Lu Guangbai - BABE!!!!!! Also sad boy gone awol.

Lu Pingyan - father of a sad boy.

Kong Ling - Literally was having the worst day ever this volume.

Lei Changming - Bandit

Lei Jingzhe - Cleverer bandit

Zhou Gui - Worst host ever. Famously managed to offend both Shen Zechuan (talking about his mother) and Xiao Chiye (sending him a woman) in less than a 24 hour period. Kong Ling would like for him to stop talking.

According to my calculator I have a grasp of 72% of characters.

I’ve retained more than I thought.

[web-novel-polls]

Favorite Web Novel Men Tournament

[Last Checked: February 5th, 2025 - Please check the original post for updated information]

Rules:

Must canonically be male or male-adjacent (includes canon trans men!)

Must be from a web novel or WN-adjacent

One character per response

Submit as many responses as you want 

Tournament Tag: #wn men tournament

No Propaganda

Bracket A: Non-Danmei

*Cédric Riester from When the Third Wheel Strikes Back

*Jesse Venetiaan from When the Third Wheel Strikes Back

*Park Moondae (Ryu Gunwoo) from Debut or Die

*Yoo Joonghyuk from Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint

Bracket B: Danmei

A-Tai (Tengla Isai) from Tianbao Fuyao Lu

Bai Sheng from Hui Tian

Bian Yanmei from Thousand Autumns

Cang Ji from Nan Chan

Chang Geng from Sha Po Lang

Cheng Qian from Liu Yao: The Revitalization of Fuyao Sect

Chen Xing from Dinghai Fusheng Records

Cui Buqu from Peerless: Wushuang

Fang Juexia from Fanservice Paradox

Fei Du from Mo Du / Silent Reading

Feng Xiao from Peerless: Wushuang

Feng Xin from Heaven Official’s Blessing

Fu Shen from Golden Stage

Fu Wenduo from The Earth is Online

Gu Jianshen from Want to Ascend? Then Fall in Love

Gu Yun from Sha Po Lang

He Xuan from Heaven Official’s Blessing

He Yu from Case File Compendium: Bing An Ben

Jing Lin from Nan Chan

Jun Wu from Heaven Official’s Blessing 

Kong Hongjun from Tianbao Fuyao Lu

Lan Sizhui from Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation

Lan Wangji from Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation

Li Jinglong from Tianbao Fuyao Lu

Lin Jingheng from Can Ci Pin

Lu Bixing from Can Ci Pin

Lu Feng from Little Mushroom

Luo Binghe from The Scum Villain’s Self-Saving System

Lu Xu from Tianbao Fuyao Lu

Mo Rigen from Tianbao Fuyao Lu

Mo Xi from Remnants of Filth

Murong Lian from Remnants of Filth

Nie Huaisang from Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation

Original Shen Qingqiu (Shen Jiu) from The Scum Villain’s Self-Saving System

Pei Tingsong from Fanservice Paradox

Peony from Unlucky Clover

Qin Jiu from Global Examination

Shen Qingxian from Want to Ascend? Then Fall in Love

Shen Wei from Guardian: Zhen Hun

Shen Zhuo from Hui Tian

Shi Qingxuan from Heaven Official’s Blessing

Song Qingshi from Mistakenly Saving the Villain 

Tang Mo from The Earth is Online

Wei Wuxian from Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation

Wenren È from Devil Venerable Also Wants to Know

Wu Xingxue from Unseen Immortal of 300 Years

Xiang Shu from Dinghai Fusheng Records

Xiao Fuxuan from Unseen Immortal of 300 Years

Xie Qingcheng from Case File Compendium: Bing An Ben

Xue Meng from The Husky and His White Cat Shizun

Yan Zhengming from Liu Yao: The Revitalization of Fuyao Sect

Yin Hanjiang from Devil Venerable Also Wants to Know

Yu Shengyan from Thousand Autumns

You Huo from Global Examination

Zhao Yunlan from Guardian: Zhen Hun

Zhou Zishu from Faraway Wanderers

^ Spoilers Warning!

*Dealer's Choice (Brackets are not final. I'm just dividing them as Danmei vs. Non-Danmei for right now. It'll probably be divided by popularity later)

[reinaka42]

忘川风华录 Cheat Sheet - THREE KINGDOMS

Character list for the music project/game Wang Chuan Feng Hua Lu

Cheat sheet created solely for my own convenience

All images etc taken from the game's official website

Info taken from Wikipedia

Mao-mao not included, sowwy

曹植 | Cao Zhi | Tào Thực

192 – 232

Poet, son of the warlord Cao Cao, author of Luo Shen Fu

Extremely unfavoured by his family

Song: Duo Qing An

Also appears in: Kuang Gu Hui Xiang

In-game rarity: 天

赵云 | Zhao Yun | Triệu Vân

Died 229

Military general, subordinate of Liu Bei and his state Shu Han

Song: N/A

Also appears in: Kuang Gu Hui Xiang

In-game rarity: 天

曹丕 | Cao Pi | Tào Phi

187 – 226

Older brother of Cao Zhi, son of Cao Cao, first monarch of Cao Wei after the state's foundation was laid out by his father

Song: N/A

Also appears in: Kuang Gu Hui Xiang

In-game rarity: 地

甄姬 | Zhen Ji | Chân Cơ

183 - 221

First wife of Cao Pi, post-humously honoured as first empress of Cao Wei

Song: Duo Qing An

Also appears in: Ci Qi Ying Qi, Kuang Gu Hui Xiang

In-game rarity: 地

嵇康 | Ji Kang | Kê Khang

223 – 262

Poet, musician, composer of Guang Ling San

One of the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove

Song: Zhu Lin Jian

Also appears in: Kuang Gu Hui Xiang

In-game rarity: 地

阮籍 | Ruan Ji | Nguyễn Tịch

210 – 263

Poet, musician, composer of Jiukuang, friend of Ji Kang

One of the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove

Song: Zhu Lin Jian

Also appears in: Kuang Gu Hui Xiang

In-game rarity: 地

[thegloryofgeekdom]

I’m usually a bit dubious about the amnesia trope but it WORKS so well here, I’m enjoying this more open emotionally available Shen Hui Zhao and glad we get see what his character could have potentially been if all the bad shit with his Mom and sister didn’t happen.

He’s clearly suffering from the guilt of losing his sister and feeling responsible and even worse that his mother also blamed him. He definitely feels like he either doesn’t deserve to love someone or that he is protecting himself from further heartbreak by trying to limit emotional connections. Probably both tbh. Hao De definitely has her work cut out for her.

I’m excited to see their development once his memory returns. Let’s see how long that austere mask can last when he’s constantly reminded of how loyal, sweet and dedicated she has been to him during his amnesia.

Ke Ying as Hao De and Liang Yong Qi as Shen Hui Zhao PERFECT MATCH 五福临门 (2025)

[randomleafoflove]

Miscellaneous information for my Wen Xiachen AU.

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霞 – xia – red clouds 晨 – chén – morning, dawn, daybreak

霞晨 – Xiachen

为什么 – Wei Shen Me – why, for what reason (Wei Ying’s sword)

雯 – Wén – multi colored clouds, last name of Xiachen’s disciples

Fengmi – plentiful or abundant silk

Xilei – to admire thunder

Laniao - chattering bird

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Jin Laniao - mother of Wen Xiachen, concubine to Wen Ruohan, older shu sister of Jin Guangshan, died of complications during a miscarriage.

Jin Fengmi - Jin Laniao’s dowry servant, born into a long line of shu children and barely recognized as a member of the Jin clan, was almost wed to a non-cultivator but chose to disfigure herself instead, weak cultivation but manages to use hers in ways most cultivators don’t (assassin/spy)

Wen Xilei - Wen Xiachen’s guard and head of security, Wen Ruohan’s informant

A-Lin - one of the first five street kids thrown into Wen Xiachen’s isolation/sense deprivation cells, fanatically loyal

Zhao Zhuliu – 13 years older than WWX, married Wen Shao, very dry wit, extremely loyal

Wen Xiachen, shijie – 12 years older than WWX. Wen Xu almost managed to drown her just after Jin Laniao died, she was eight, he was five. Instead of death, she got the memories of a dead depressed millennial, and has been abusing the knowledge of the characters of MDZS, as well as the miscellaneous knowledge of the modern world

Wen Shao er-shijie – 11 years older than WWX – name means excellent, harmonious. Embroiders Xiachen’s clothes, married Zhao Zhuliu, pregnant with third child by canon, no humor, one of the second batch of street kids that experienced Wen Xiachen’s isolation/sense deprivation cells

Wen Tui san-shijie – 10 years older than WWX – name means to retreat, to withdraw. Cheat’s at weiqi, will have a wife at some point

Wen Pinde si-shixion – 8 years older than WWX – name means moral character. Patient until roused, extremely protective, married a mid-ranking Wen maiden

Wen Quwei wu-shijie – 7 years older than WWX – name means fun, interest, delight, taste, liking, preference. Plays every instrument, wants to figure out musical cultivation, no time for romance (ace), ran away from the brothel she was born to

Wen Zhu & Wen Ji liu-shijie and qi-shijie – 6 years older than WWX – Zhu and Ji both mean pearls. Zhu deals in poisons, Ji practices healing cultivation, their father died before they were born, they were a happy surprise to the family, hence pearls

Wen Lingchang, A-Hui ba-shixiong – 4 years older than WWX – name means live long and prosper. Sickly as a child, clumsy, knows fan dancing

Wen Wuxian, A-Ying jiu-shidi

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Jin Laniao’s dowry: Jin Fengmi, three tea farms, seven rice farms, one silk farm, a mountainous orchard, 100 cattle, 70 pigs, 40 horses, 200 chickens, 20 goats, 30 sheep, and enough jade and gold to shame an empress.

What Wen Xiachen inherited: Jin Fengmi, three tea farms, seven rice farms, one silk farm, a mountainous orchard, 60 cattle, 35 pigs, 50 horses, 170 chickens, 25 goats, 50 sheep, and enough jade and gold to shame an empress

What Wen Xiachen did with it: figured out smoked tea and bought more tea farms and a smokery, and fallow land for tree cultivation. Sent one of her “pets” to manage it, gets monthly reports. Started trying to increase the rice yield by cross breeding fat rice grain strain with numerous rice grain strain. It is slow going, but shows promise. Took one look at the silk manufacturing and commissioned a talisman that stopped live animals entering the mulberry grove to let the silkworms eat in peace. It tripled the silk output, and she buys new farms every so often. She has become the Lan sect’s main silk provider. The orchard was on the eastern end on Qinling mountain range and had mainly plum trees. Xiachen would have preferred apples or pears, but made do with plums, and started to cultivate sweeter plums. It was still a work in progress. The sheep and goats were taken to the tree cultivar areas and kept there to keep grass and hey down and to fertilize the soil, because they all had tag talismans that alerted one of the workers if they stepped outside the fenced area or were in any way injured, so there was no particular need to keep them where one could see them. And she started husbandry projects for all the animals, bigger and more milk for the cows, stronger bulls, speed and stamina for the horses rather than strength, size for the pigs and chickens, and finer hair for the sheep and goats. The tea business and silk farms were turning in a hefty profit by the time A-Ying was brought to the fold, so his impression of Xiachen’s finances is slightly screwed, she just doesn’t like shark fin and abalone and sees no point in hiring a seamstress to embroider her clothes when A-Shao would do it willingly. The chores are for character building and understanding the struggles of non-cultivators.

[sasamelons]

Oooh, triple identity AU? 👀 Any more detail on that you're willing to divulge?

Hmmm there are many things I could say about this one. It started as a canon AU where Shen Wei has decided to distance HPS from the SID and so first meets fresh-on-the-job Zhao Yunlan in his new vigilante identity, and then grew at least two whole new themes/subplots which is why it's now two fics.

So it's really a hodge-podge of things I'm trying to wrap my brain around right now, but I can share 2 snippets:

1

For all the times he had imagined this moment, now that it is here, he is at a loss for what to do or say. Thankfully, it seems that Kunlun doesn’t have that problem. He saunters over towards Shen Wei with his practiced confidence, so dear and familiar that any doubt Shen Wei might have had about this man’s identity vanish instantly.

“Oh, hello,” Kunlun says as he tilts his head, a twinkle dancing playfully in his eyes.

“Hello,” Shen Wei manages to reply.

“I haven’t seen you around before,” Kunlun’s grin widens, a coquettish slant to his lips.

Still breathless, Shen Wei lets out a huff of a laugh. Of course this is how Kunlun greets him after ten thousand years, with a joke and a flirtatious smile.

“So did you just move in? Or are you here to visit someone?” The other man continues.

Shen Wei blinks, the question catching him off guard. “I…” he starts. Came to see you, he thinks, but some long-ingrained instinct catches the rest of his sentence before it trips off his tongue. The other man’s words jar in his head, not quite fitting together right; they no longer sound like a joke — or, if they are, then they aren’t one that Shen Wei is in on. Involuntarily, a familiar wariness creeps in, honed by years of dealing with Dixing and Haixing officials alike, employed reluctantly but by necessity as he navigates all his new lives, so constant that it has become second nature.

2

“Did you come up with anything on what I asked you to look into?” Zhao Yunlan asks once the door has closed firmly behind them.

“Yang Haoran’s sister said he went back to Dixing. The same for Lin Lei and Xu Xiaolin, she said.”

“Did she say anything else?”

Da Qing shakes his head. “She didn’t want to talk to me at all. Closed the door in my face right after.”

“What about the neighbours?”

“No one would talk. Look, this ‘old coworker’ thing isn’t going to work. People were getting suspicious. We have to let it go, or bring them in formally for questioning.”

“And say what, the SID is investigating itself?”

Da Qing flops onto the chair and sulks. “Maybe you’re being too suspicious. The file does say they were all sent back to Dixing when their identities were revealed, and Chief Liu was fired for that same reason.”

“And yet we can’t find any trace of the old chief. She might as well have disappeared. No, it’s not that simple.” Zhao Yunlan leans back on his chair and puts his palms behind his head. The case file he had been provided with had been appallingly short for such a major incident, and had shown clear signs of having been redacted even if it contained no thick black lines. Da Qing had left the SID’s employ the day Zhao Yunlan had moved out from his father’s house and followed him to his cramped university dorm, thereby missing the last few years of Zhao Xinci’s tenure and any interaction with the second SID Chief entirely. As such, he has zero insights into Liu Hui’s character, or why Zhao Yunlan has inherited a husk of a department with a grand total of one existing employee — Lin Jing, who had only been on the job for a few months himself.

“And then there’s Lao Chu,” Zhao Yunlan continues to muse. “If Liu Hui’s problem was that she was conspiring with Dixing and harbouring illegal criminals, then why would Xingdu Bureau insist we take on Lao Chu?”

[huaschengs]

❃ Eastern and Southeastern Asians Facecast Help❃

Note: :D hi,  I’m tired of people casting the wrong facecast for characters in creations. So, I made a list. 

Please stop interchanging East Asians and Southeast Asians (whether between the two or within).

Even with this list and other sources, please be sure to double-check every faceclaim you use in your creations/works, thank you.

List posted 10/6/2020

Updated 12/25/2020

Disclaimer: 

Please let me know if there are any errors. 

 The creator of this list doesn’t have that much knowledge of South Asian celebrities and models. Please refer to other lists, thank you.

I didn’t include people from all Southeast Asian countries.

Thai:

Baifern aka Pimchanok Luevisadpaibul (พิมพ์ชนก ลือวิเศษไพบูลย์)

Bass aka Suradet PiniwatSuradet Piniwat (สุรเดช พินิวัตร์) 

Ben aka Benjamin Brasier (เบญจมินทร์ เบรเซียร์)

Bright aka Vachirawit Chiva-aree (วชิรวิชญ์ ชีวอารี)

Captain aka Kongyingyong Chonlathorn (ชลธร คงยิ่งยง)

Copter aka  Panuwat Kerdthongtavee (ภานุวัฒน์ เกิดทองทวี)

Diary (ไดอารี่)

From RedSpin

Dome aka Woranart Ratthanaphast ( วรนาถ รัตธนภาส)

FahProud (ฟ้าพราวด์) 

From RedSpin

First aka Nattapat Kapilkarn (ณัฐภัท กปิลกาญจน์)

Frung aka Narikun Ketprapakorn (นรีกุล เกตุประภากร)

Gulf aka Kanawut Traipipattanapong (คณาวุฒิ ไตรพิพัฒนพงษ์)

Gun aka Napat Na Ranong (ณภัทร ณ ระนอง)

Jackie aka Jackrin Kungwankiatichai (จักริน กังวานเกียรติชัย)

Jam aka Charattha Imraporn (ชรัฐฐา อิมราพร)

James aka Teeradon Supapunpinyo (ธีรดนย์ ศุภพันธุ์ภิญโญ)

Jaylerr aka Kritsanapoom Pibulsonggram (กฤษณภูมิ พิบูลสงคราม)

Joong [or Chen] aka Archen Aydin Winphakun (อาเชน วิรภากุล)

Kaownah aka Kittipat Kaewcharoen (กิตติภัทร แก้วเจริญ)

Kayavine aka Kay Lertsittichai (เค เลิศสิทธิชัย)

Kim or Kimmon aka Varodom Khemmonta (วโรดม เข็มมณฑา)

Lay aka  Talay Sanguandikul (ทะเลสงวนดีกุล)

Lisa aka Lalisa Manoban (ลลิษา มโนบาล)

Birth name: Pranpriya Manoban (ปราณปริยา มโนบาล)

Lotte aka Thakorn Promsatitkul (ฐกร พรหมสถิตกุล)

Mark Prin aka Prin Suparat (ปริญ สุภารัตน์)  

Mew aka Suppasit Jongcheveevat (ศุภศิษฏ์ จงชีวีวัฒน์)

Minnie aka Nicha Yontararak (ณิชา ยนตรรักษ์)

Namfah aka Thunyaphat Phatrathinchaicherin (ธัญญภัสร์ ภัทรธีรชัยเจริญ)

Natty aka Ahnatchaya Suputhipong (อานัชญา สุพุทธิพงศ์)

Nine aka Kornchid Boonsathitpakdee (กรชิต บุญสถิต์ภักดี)

Noey aka Warattha Imraporn (วรัฐฐา อิมราพร)

Paris aka Paris Inthonkomansut (พาริส อินทรโกมาลย์สุต)

Pavel aka Naret Promphaopun (นเรศ พร้อมเผ่าพันธ์) 

PearPunch (แพร)

From RedSpin

Pepe (เปเป��)

From RedSpin

Perth aka Tanapon Sukhumpantanasan (ธนพนธ์ สุขุมพันธนาสาร)

Peter aka Cholapatr Jeepetch (ชลพัชร จี้เพชร)

Piglet aka Charada Imraporn (ชาราฎา อิมราพร)

Pimmy (พิมมี่)

From RedSpin

Plan aka Rathavit Kijworaluk (รัฐวิทย์ กิจวรลักษณ์)

Porsche aka Sivakorn Adulsuttikul (ศิวกร อดุลสุทธิกุล)

Porsche aka Nishapang Suksawatnachok (ณิชชาพัณณ์ สุขสวัสดิ์นำโชค)

From RedSpin

Praew aka Narupornkamol Chaisang (ฤภรกมล ฉายแสง)

Ryu aka Vachirawich Aranthanawong (วชิรวิชญ์ อรัญธนวงศ์)

Sorn aka Chonnasorn Sajakul (ชลนสร สัจจกุล)

Tae aka Darvid Kreepolrerk (ดาวิชญ์ กรีพลฤกษ์)

Taew aka Natapohn Tameeruks (ณฐพร เตมีรักษ์)

Tee aka Thanapon Jarujittranon (ธนพล จารุจิตรานนท์)

Third aka Lapat Ngamchaweng (ลภัส งามเชวง)

Title aka Kirati Puangmalee (กีรติ พวงมาลี)

Tor aka Thanapob Leeratanakajorn (ธนภพ ลีรัตนขจร)

Toto aka Thanadech Ophatthanyakorn (ธนเดช โอภาสธัญกร)

Vietnamese:

Amee (Trần Huyền My)

Annie (Nguyễn Thị Thu Thủy)

Bảo Anh (Nguyễn Hoài Bảo Anh) 

Bích Phương (Bùi Thị Bích Phương)

Chi Pu (Nguyễn Thùy Chi)

Cody (Võ Đình Nam)

Duc Ung (Ứng Văn Đức)

Erik (Lê Trung Thàn)

Grey-D (Đoàn Thế Lân)

Hoàng Yến Chibi

Hong Phu (Huýnh Hồng Phú )

Ivone (Bui Diệu Linh)

J (Phạm Tiến Đạt)

Key (Võ Trần Thái Trung)

Kha Ngan

Khoi My (Trần Khởi My)

K.O. (Nguyễn Thái Sơn)

Lana Condor (Trần Đông Lan)

Liz (Ngụy Thùy Linh)

Lục Huy (Lục Quang Huy)

Min (Nguyễn Minh Hằng)

Minh Hằng (Lê Ngọc Minh Hằng)

Minh Hoang (Nguyễn Minh Hoàng)

Miu Lê (Lê Ánh Nhật)

Nicky (Trần Phong Hào)

Phuong Ly (Phương Ly)

Quang Huy (An Quang Huy)

Rosy (Mai Huyền My)

Sơn Tùng M-TP (Nguyễn Thanh Tùng)

Soobin Huangshan (Nguyen Hoang Son)

Thanh Hằng (Phạm Thị Thanh Hằng)

Tóc Tiên (Nguyễn Khoa Tóc Tiên)

Toof.P (Nguyễn Lâm Hoàng Phúc)

Tùng Maru (Hồ Lê Thanh Tùng)

Yori (Lê Võ Huỳnh Nga)

Zino (Ngô Nguyên Bình)

Korean:

Ahn Hyo-seop (안효섭)

English name: Paul Ahn

Arden Cho

Bae Ju-hyun aka Irene (배주현)

Bae Suzy [or Suzy] aka Bae Su-ji (배수��)

Byun Baek-hyun aka Baekhyun (변백현)

Cho Mi Yeon aka Miyeon (조미연)

Cho Seo Young aka Ireh (조서영)

Choi Choong Hyup aka Baron (최충협)

Claudia Kim

Han Eunji aka Mia (한은지)

Han Sung Min (한성민)

Heo Yoorim aka Aisha (허유림)

Jamie Chung

Jang Eun Seong aka Dosie (장은성)

Jang Woo-young aka Ace (장우영) 

Jeon Ji-woo aka Jiwoo (전지우)

Jeon Jung-kook aka Jungkook (전정국)

Jeon So-min aka Somin (전소민)

Jeon So-yeon aka Soyeon (전소연) 

Jo Serim aka Onda (조세림) 

Jung Jae-hyun aka Jaehyun

Legal name: Jung Yoon Oh (정윤오)

Jung Ho-seok aka J-Hope (정호석)

Jung Sung Chan aka Sungchan (정성찬)

Kang Seul-gi aka Seulgi (강슬기)

Ki Hong Lee

Kim Dong-young aka Doyoung (김동영‬)

Kim Gun Hak aka Leedo (김건학)

Kim Ho-sung aka Lou (김호성)

Kim Jennie aka Jennie (김제니)

Kim Ji Soo aka Jisoo (김지수)

Kim Jin Seok (김진석) / Kim Woo Jin (김우진) aka BM

English name: Matthew Kim  

Kim Jong-in aka Kai (김종인)

Kim Jung-woo aka Jungwoo (김정우) 

Kim Nam-joon aka RM (김남준)

Kim Seok-jin aka Jin (김석진)

Kim Sihyeon aka Sihyeon (김시현)

Kim So-hyun (김소현)

Kim Soo-hyun (김수현)

Kim Tae-hyung aka V (김태형)

From BTS

Kim Tae-hyung aka J.Seph (김태형)

From K.A.R.D

Kim Tae-yeon aka Taeyeon (김태연)

Kim Ye-rim aka Yeri (김예림)

Kim Yoo-jung (김유정)

Kim Young Jo aka Ravn (김영조)

Kwon Bo-ah aka BoA (권보아)

Lee Chae-young aka Chaein (이채영) 

Lee Dong-hyuck aka Haechan (이동혁)

Lee Gun Min (이건민) aka Seoho

Legal name: Lee Seo Ho (이서호)

Lee Ji-eun aka IU (이지은 )

Lee Je-no aka Jeno (이제노)

Lee Keon Hee aka Keonhee (이건희)

Lee Min Hyung aka Mark (이민형)

English name: Mark Lee

Lee Sun-bin (이선빈)

Lee Sung-kyung (이성경 )

Lee Tae-min aka Taemin (이태민)

Lee Tae-yong aka Taeyong (이태용)

Min Yoon-gi aka Suga (민윤기)

Moon Chae-won (문채원)

Moon Geun-young (문근영)

Moon Tae-il aka Taeil (문태일)

Na Jae-min aka Jaemin (나재민)

Na Go Eun (나고은)

Noh Yoon Ho aka Ayno (노윤호)

Park Chae Young aka Rosé (박채영)

Park Hee Jun aka Ziu (박희준)

Park Ji Eun (박지은) 

Park Ji Min aka Jimin (박지민)   

Park Ji-sung aka Jisung (박지성) 

Park Jiwon aka E:U (박지원)

Park Shin-hye (박신혜)

Park So-dam (박소담)

Park Soo-young aka Joy (박수영)

Park Su-jin aka Swan (박수진)

Pony or Pony Park aka Park Hye-min

Seo Su Jin aka Soojin (서수진)

Seo Ye-ji (서예지)

Seo Young Ho aka Johnny (서영호)

English Name: John Suh 

Son Dong Ju aka Xion (손동주)

Son Seung Wan aka Wendy (손승완) 

Yeo Hwan Woong aka Hwanwoong (여환웅)

Chinese:

Bai Jingting (白敬亭)

满族

Bai Lu (白鹿)

汉族 

Cai Xukun (蔡徐坤)

汉族  

Cai Zhuo Yi aka Joey Chua (蔡卓宜)

Cao Lu (曹璐)

苗族

Cheng Mengchen aka Shen Mengchen (沈梦辰)

土家族

Curly G (希林娜依·高)

维吾尔族 

Deng Lun aka Allen Deng (邓伦)

汉族 

Dilraba Dilmurat (دىلرەبا دىلمۇرات)

Mandarin Chinese: 迪丽热巴/ 迪力木拉提

维吾尔族  

Dong Sicheng aka WinWin (董思成)

汉族 

Gulinazhaer Baihetiyaer aka Gulnazar (古力娜扎) (گۈلنەزەر بەختىيار)

Mandarin Chinese: Gulinazha/Guli Nazha (古力那扎尔·拜合提亚尔)

维吾尔族  

Fan Bingbing (范冰冰)  

汉族

Fan Chengcheng  (范丞丞)

汉族

Fernanda Ly (利献灵)

Gao Yuanyuan (高圆圆)

汉族 

Guan Xiaotong (关晓彤)

满族 

Huang Guanheng aka Hendery (黄冠亨)

汉族 

Huang Renjun aka Renjun (黄仁俊)

朝鲜族 

Jia Fu aka Fingal (付嘉)

汉族

Jia Nailiang aka Jerry Jia (贾乃亮)

汉族

Jike JuanyiJike Junyi aka Summer (吉克隽逸)

Other name:  王隽逸   

彝族

Jing Tian (景甜)

汉族 

Li Bingbing (李冰冰)

汉族 

Li Qin (李沁) 

汉族 

Li Xiaolu aka Jacqueline Li (李小璐)

汉族 

Lin Xinru aka Ruby Lin (林心如)

汉族

Liu Shishi aka Cecilia Liu (刘诗诗)

回族

Liu Yangyang aka Yangyang (���扬扬)

汉族 

Liu Ying (刘颖) aka Ying Er (颖儿)

汉族 

Lu Han (鹿晗)

汉族 

Luo Yunxi aka Leo Luo (罗云熙)

汉族 

Ma Sichun aka Sandra Ma (马思纯)

回族 

Madina Memet (مادىنا مەمەت )

Mandarin Chinese: 麦迪娜 or 麦迪娜·买买提/ 买地娜·买买提

维吾尔族

Meng Ziyi aka Zoey (孟子义)

汉族

Merxat (米热夏提▪亚里坤)

维吾尔族

Ni Ni (倪妮)

汉族 

Ouyang Nana (欧阳娜娜)

汉族 

Qian Kun aka Kun (钱锟)

汉族 

Song Yuqi aka Yuqi (宋雨琦)

汉�� 

Song Weilong (宋威龙)

汉族 

Song Zuer aka Lareina Song (宋祖儿)

汉族 

Sun Li (孙俪)

汉族 

Sun Bohao (孙博豪)

Tang Yan aka Tiffany Tang (唐嫣)

汉族 

Tang Wei (汤唯)

汉族 

Ten aka Chittaphon Leechaiyapornkul (เตนล์ ชิตพล ลี้ชัยพรกุล)

Li Yong Qin (李永钦)

Ethnically Chinese 

Tian Yitong (田依桐)

Tong Liya (佟丽娅)

锡伯族 

Father: Tong Jisheng (佟吉生) of Xibe ethnicity from Xinjiang 

Mother: Mao Haiying (毛海英) of Han ethnicity from Gansu

Wang Chuanyi aka Kingone Wang (王传一)

Wang Jiaer aka Jackson Wang (王嘉尔)

Wang Likun aka Claudia Wang (王丽坤)

满族

Wang Yibo aka Yibo (王一博)

汉族 

Wang Yifei aka Faye (王一菲)

汉族 

Wang Yiren aka Yiren (王怡人)

Wang Ziyi (王子异)

Wang Zhuocheng (汪卓成)

汉族

Wu Qian aka Janice Wu (吴倩)

汉族 

Wu Tianming aka Constance Wu (吴恬敏)

Wu Xize aka Caesar Wu (吴希泽) 

汉族 

Xiao Dejun aka Xiao Jun (肖俊)

汉族 

Xiao Zhan aka Sean Xiao (肖战)

汉族 

Xu Ke (徐可)

徐可 

Yang Mi (杨幂)

汉族 

Yang Wei Ling Hua (杨魏玲花)

蒙古族

Yang Zhiying aka Katherine Yang (杨之楹)

Yang Zi aka Andy Yang (杨紫)

汉族 

Ye Shuhua aka Shuhua (叶舒华)

Yu Shuxin aka Esther Yu (虞书欣)

汉族 

Zhao Liying (赵丽颖)

汉族 

Zhang Liyin (张力尹)

彝族

Zhang Xinyuan (张辛苑)

汉族 

Zhang Yixing aka Lay/Lay Zhang (张艺兴)

汉族

Zheng Shuang (郑爽)

汉族 

Zhou Dongyu (周冬雨)

汉族 

Zhong Chenle aka Chenle (钟辰乐)

汉族 

Zhou Jieqiong aka Kyulkyung (周洁琼)

汉族

Zhu Zhengting (朱正���)

Japanese:

Abe Haruno aka Haru (阿部春野)

Adachi Yuto aka Yuto (足立湯と)

Alice Hirose- Hirose Arisu (広瀬 アリス)

Aragaki Yui (新垣 結衣)

Hamada Asahi aka Asahi (浜田朝光)

Hirai Momo aka Momo (平井 もも)

Hirokawa Mao aka May (廣川茉音) 

Honda Hitomi aka Hitomi (本田仁美) (ほんだ ひとみ)

Ishigami Kuniko (石神 国子)

Kanemoto Yoshinori aka Yoshi (金本芳典)

Katsuno Rise aka Remi (勝野莉世) 

Kiritani Mirei (桐谷 美玲)

Birth name: Sayasa Matsuoka (松岡さや紗)

Komatsu Nana (小松 菜奈)

Lyrica Okano

Minatozaki Sana aka Sana (湊崎 紗夏)

Miyawaki Sakura aka Sakura (宮脇咲良)

Mori Koyuki aka Yuki (もうりこゆき)

Myoui Mina aka Mina (名井 南)

English name: Sharon Myoui

Nakagawa Taishi (中川大志)

Nakamoto Yuta aka Yuta (中本悠太)

Okamoto Tao (岡本 多緒)

Osaki Shotaro aka Shotaro (大崎将太郎)

Sasaki Nozomi (佐々木 希)

Satoh Takeru (佐藤 健)

Shimabukuro Satsuki  (島袋 さつき) aka Meisa Kuroki (黒木 メイサ)

Takahashi Juri aka Juri (高橋朱里) (たかはし じゅり)

Takata Mashiho aka Mashiho (高田ましほ)

Takei Emi (武井 咲) 

Watanabe Haruto aka Haruto (渡辺春虎)

Yabuki Nako aka Nako (矢吹奈子) 

Yamashita Tomohisa aka Yamapi (山下 智久)

Yamada Ryosuke (山田 涼介)

Filipino:

Angel Locsin

Birth name: Angelica Locsin Colmenares

Charo Ronquillo 

Coco Martin

Birth name: Rodel Pacheco Nacianceno

Daniel Padilla

Devon Seron

Gabbi Garcia

Birth name: Gabriella Louise Ortega Lopez

Janine Tugonon

Birth name: Janine Mari Raymundo Tugonon

JC de Vera

Julie Anne San Jose

Birth name: Julie Anne Peñaflorida San Jose

Manuel Jacinto

Rita Daniela

Birth name: Rita Daniela De Guzman Iringan

Sam Concepcion

Birth name: Samuel Lawrence Lopez Concepcion

Teresita Marquez  

Birth name: Teresita Ssen Lacsamana Márquez

Yūn/Yūki Mago

Birth name: Laya

Indonesian:

Jelita Septriasa aka Acha Septriasa

Maudy Mikha Maria Tambayong aka Mikha Tambayong

Muhammad Tulus aka Tulus

Nikita Purnama Willy aka Nikita Willy

Rachel Amanda Aurora

Rizky Febian Adriansyah Sutisna aka Rizky Febian  

Sherina Munaf

Shireen Sungkar

Yunita Rachman aka Yura Yunita 

Malaysian: 

Amber Chia 

Jordan Rodrigues

Yunalis binti Mat Zara'ai aka Yuna

Mixed: 

Aarif Rahman aka Li Zhiting (李治廷)

Of Arab, Malay, and Chinese descent

Awkwafina aka Nora Lum 

Of Korean & Chinese parentage

Mother: Korean, Father: Chinese

Bambam aka Kunpimook Bhuwakul (กันต์พิมุกต์ ภูวกุล) 

Of Chinese descent, one of his grandma is Chinese.

Belle aka Jin Hyeon Ju (진현주)

Of Korean and Filipino parentage

Mother: Filipina, Father: Korean

Brenda Song 

Of Thai & Hmong parentage

Chanmina aka Otomonai Mina (ちゃんみな)

Of Japanese and Korean parentage

Mother: Korean, Father: Japanese 

Elaiza Ikeda

Of Filipino and Japanese parentage

Mother: Filipino of Spanish descent, Father: Japanese

Haley Tju

Of Chinese and Indonesian descent

Hari Won  aka Lưu Esther 

Of Vietnamese and Korean parentage

Mother: Korean, Father: Vietnamese 

Hashimoto Tenka (橋本 甜歌)

Of Japanese and Chinese parentage

Mother: Chinese, Father: Japanese

Heart Evangelista aka Love Marie Payawal Ongpauco-Escudero

Filipina-Chinese

Lucas aka Lucas Wong/Huang Xuxi (黄旭熙)

Of Thai & Chinese parentage

Mother: Thai, Father: Chinese

Manika aka Manika Grace Ward

Part Filipino, Japanese, Chinese, Malaysian, and Spanish

Nichkhun aka Nichkhun Buck Horvejkul (นิชคุณ หรเวชกุล)

Mother: Chinese, Father: Thai/Chinese descent

Takahashi Yu (高橋 ユウ) 

Of Filipino and Japanese parentage

Mother: Filipino, Father: Japanese

Tomo aka Visava Thaiyanont (วิศว ไทยานนท์)

Of Thai & Japanese parentage

Mother: Japanese, Father: Thai

Yuki Anggraini Kato 

Of Japanese and Indonesian parentage

More resources: 

https://kprofiles.com/

https://mydramalist.com/

https://www.celebsfacts.com/

https://ethnicelebs.com/

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Nirvana in Fire Character Reference Sheet Roughly in the Order Those Characters Are Introduced

For @howdydowdy, as promised, and for anyone else who, like me, is terrible at names and needs some kind of “Who?? Ohhh right. That guy.” reminder.

Basically, my Nirvana in Fire Journey started with me watching half the first episode, being wildly confused, realizing I was in over my head re: names and thus deciding to go back to the beginning and watch it again But Taking Notes This Time. I watched the whole show with a notebook and pen at my side. I figured I may as well spare you all the labour by typing it up. 

As more information was revealed, I often added it to a character’s initial note, but by and large I’m leaving those extra notes out so you can experience the joy and confusion and anguish of New Information yourself. The exception to this is generally a person’s name, title, and position. E.g. Duke Qing’s name, Bai Ye, isn’t mentioned until a number of episodes after he’s first mentioned, if I recall correctly, but knowing that the person named “Bai Ye” is the same person called “Duke Qing” is exactly why I took these notes for myself in the first place.

Basically this isn’t intended to be a character guide that lays out exactly who a person is, their relationships to the other characters, and their place in the story, but rather something you can look at whenever someone mentions a name that jogs your memory just enough for you to be able to place to person. Which is why the notes tend to be either the context in which the person was introduced or the relationship through which they’re introduced.

Some names and notes are inherently spoilers, but hopefully by virtue of the fact that this is broadly in the order a character is first mentioned/introduced, you can avoid spoilers simply by not scrolling down too far. For those persons where their name or an alter ego comes in significantly after their initial introduction and is a spoiler, they are listed a second time starting with the “new information” and with the note in italics indicating their original entry (there aren’t a lot of these, don’t worry).

I will readily admit that some of my handwritten notes are just a name and then a blank space because apparently I just never actually added a note for them. I haven’t bothered adding those people here. Yes it’s because I’ve forgotten entirely who they are, but I’m pretty sure that means you’ll be okay if you immediately forget who they are too. (That being said, I get the sense there are actually relevant people missing from this list. As the show carried on and introductions became less frequent, remembering them became less difficult.)

The List

Lin Xie –> Commander of the Chiyan Army

Lin Shu –> “Xiao-Shu” –> Lin Xie’s son –> Mei Changsu --> Chief of the Jiangzuo Alliance --> Su Zhe

Lin Chen –> Young Master of Langya Hall –> NOTE: The “Lin” of Lin Chen and the “Lin” of Lin Xie & Lin Shu are both written and pronounced differently. These people are not related.

Northern Yan’s 6th Prince –> Now Northern Yan’s Crown Prince

Minister Xu –> Da Liang’s envoy to Northern Yan

Prince Yu –> Xiao Jinghuan –> 5th Prince of Da Liang

Xiao Xuan –> Emperor of Da Liang

Empress Yan --> Prince Yu’s adoptive mother

Consort Yue --> Crown Prince’s mother

Grand Empress (Dowager) --> Emperor’s grandmother

Xiao Jingxuan --> Crown Prince of Da Liang --> metonym is “Eastern Palace”

Zhuo Dingfeng --> Master of Tianquan Manor

Zhuo Qingyao --> Eldest son of Zhuo Dingfeng --> guy on the horse and later the guy helping the old couple on the boat and later also the guy who calls Xie Yu “father-in-law” (I am telling you this specifically because I am not bad at faces but this guy added so much confusion to my life that was cleared up the moment I realized these people were the same person. And also because my mother is terrible at faces and for like 15 episodes every time he showed up in another random place I would say “that’s horse and boat guy” and she would say “wait what? really???” So I’m assuming at least one other person will share in this struggle)

Xie Yu --> Marquis of Ning

Qin Banruo --> Prince Yu’s strategist

Duke Qing --> Prime Minister --> Bai Ye

Ji Ying --> member of Double Sword Sect

Li Gang --> member of Jiangzuo Alliance

Fei Liu --> Mei Changsu’s bodyguard

Yan Yujin --> Son of Empress Yan’s brother

Xiao Jingrui --> Eldest son of Xie Yu

Mu Nihuang --> Commander of the army in Yunnan --> Princess of Yunnan’s House of Mu 

Xie Bi --> Second son of Xie Yu & Xiao Jingrui’s younger brother

Mu Qing --> Mu Nihuang’s younger brother

Xia Dong --> An officer of the Xuanjing Bureau

Nie Feng --> Xia Dong’s late husband --> Vanguard General of the Chiyan Army under Lin Xie

Meng Zhi --> Commander of the Imperial Guards

Xuan Bu --> From Da Yu --> stronger than Meng Zhi

Gao Zhan --> Emperor’s chief eunuch 

Fei Changshi --> Prince Yu’s guy out looking for Mei Changsu

Prince Jing --> Xiao Jingyan --> 7th Prince of Da Liang

Concubine Jing --> Mother of Prince Jing

“Xiao-Xin” --> Attendant to Concubine Jing

Grand Princess Liyang --> Xie Yu’s wife & Emperor’s sister

Eunuch Zheng --> Eunuch who is mean to Tingsheng

Prince Qi --> late Crown Prince of Da Liang --> Xiao Jingyu

Tingsheng --> servant boy caught reading

“Lao-Wei” --> Mu Qing’s subordinate of some kind

Wei Zheng --> member of Chiyan Army at Battle of Meiling (and survived)

Sima Lei --> member of Royal Guard --> Consort Yue’s preferred suitor for Mu Nihuang

Liao Tingjie --> Son of the Marquis of Zhongsu --> Empress Yan’s preferred suitor Mu Nihuang

Baili Qi --> Mu Nihuang suitor from Northern Yan --> A favourite of the 4th Prince of Northern Yan

Lady/Madam Zhuo --> Zhuo Dingfeng’s wife

Xie Qi --> Zhuo Qingyao’s wife & Xie Yu’s daughter & Jingrui’s sister

Consort Hui --> bullied by the Empress

Young Lady Zhen (I think is what my handwriting says) --> servant being sneaky at late dowager empress’s palace

“Wu-momo” --> older servant with the Bad Wine

Consort Chen --> now dead --> son was a rebel

3rd Prince of Da Liang --> Xiao Jingting --> Prince Ning --> disabled

6th Prince of Da Liang --> no ambition 

9th Prince of Da Liang --> too young to fight for throne 

Former Crown Princess --> late Prince Qi’s late wife

“Qi-momo” --> Grand Princess Liyang’s senior attendant

Gong Yu --> window lady who works with Mr. Shisan --> a musician

Mr. Shisan --> member of Jiangzuo Alliance --> connection to Lin family

Minister Lou --> Lou Zhijing --> Minister of Trade/Finance/Revenue/other words that mean “money” --> Knows about the corpse well --> Crown Prince’s faction

Zhang Jing --> Owner of corpse well house (Lan Mansion) at the time the corpses ended up in the well

Shi Jun --> Servant at corpse well house at relevant time --> has record book

Magistrate Gao --> Gao Sheng --> The Capital Magistrate

Princess Xuanji --> ruler of a previous dynasty --> founded the “Hong Court”

Minister Qi --> Qi Min--> Minister of Justice --> Prince Yu’s faction

Minister He --> He Jingzhong --> Minister of Personnel --> Prince Yu’s faction

Minister of Public Works --> Prince Yu’s faction

Minister Chen --> Chen Yuanzhi --> Minister of Rites --> Crown Prince’s faction

Minister of Defence --> Li Lin --> Crown Prince’s faction

Bai Xun --> Duke Qing’s brother

Lie Zhanying --> Staff Officer under Prince Jing

Qi Meng --> One of Prince Jing’s men --> fights Fei Liu and commits Great Offence

“General Bian” --> One of Prince Jing’s men

Shen Zhui --> Acting Minister of Finance

Princess Qing He --> Shen Zhui’s mother

Cai Quan --> Works at Ministry of Justice --> Did well-received report on the Bing case 

Han Zhiyi --> Works at Ministry of Justice --> worked on Bing case

Zhang Jianzhen --> Works at Ministry of Justice --> worked on Bing case

Wei Yuan --> Works at Ministry of Justice --> worked on Bing case

Yuan Shiying --> Works at Ministry of Justice --> worked on Bing case

Qin Yue --> Works at Ministry of Justice --> worked on Bing case

Tong Lu --> Vegetable cart guy --> brother of one of the corpse well girls 

Qiu Zhe --> Son of Count (Duke?) Wen Yuan

He Wenxin --> Son of Minister He --> dislikes Qiu Zhe 

Grand Prince Ji --> Emperor’s youngest brother --> Owns hot springs

Yang Liuxin --> A dancer

Hong Xinzhao --> Has “understanding girls”

Xinliu & Xinyang --> Brothel sisters --> their younger brother was murdered by Qiu Zhe

Princess Consort --> Lanjin --> Prince Yu’s wife

Zhou Xuanqing --> renowned scholar

Li Chong --> former Imperial Tutor --> former teacher to Lin Shu

“Brother Zhao” --> Canal transport guy --> Jiangzuo Alliance

Lin Xiangru --> famous literary envoy

Marquis Yan --> Yan Que --> Yan Yujin’s father & Empress Yan’s brother

Lin Yueyao --> Prince Qi’s mother --> Consort Chen

Zhen Ping --> Jiangzuo Alliance --> sword challenger

Xia Qiu --> An officer of the Xuanjing Bureau

Xia Chun --> The most senior of the officers of the Xuanjing Bureau

Prince Jingli --> Consort Hui’s son

Yuwen Xuan --> Prince Ling --> A prince of Southern Chu

Yuwen Nian --> “Niannian” --> A princess of Southern Chu --> student of Yue Xiuze

Yuwen Lin --> King of Southern Chu --> Yuwen Nian’s father

Ouyang Chi - Head of CApital Patrols

Xia Jiang --> Head of the Xuanjing Bureau

Li Chongxin --> Schoolteacher assassinated by Zhuo Dingfeng 

Jun Niang --> former member of “Hong Court” under Princess Xuanji

“Miss Liu” --> Granddaughter of former Chief Secretariat Liu Cheng

Wei Qi --> The general at Jiaxing Pass --> was Xie Yu’s lieutenant for years

Su Tianshu --> Chief of Yaowang Valley --> 7th on the Langya Rich List

Su Xuan --> Su Tianshu’s adopted son --> Wei Zheng

Yun Piaomiao --> Su Xuan’s wife 

Concubine Xiang --> Prince Yu’s birth mother

Zhu Yue --> Head of the Review Court --> Prince Yu’s brother-in-law

Cheng Zhiji --> Elder Master of Feng Hall --> 75 years old

Princess Linglong --> A princess of the Hua Kingdom --> Princess Xuanji’s sister --> Concubine Xiang

Grand Princess Jinyang --> Lin Shu’s mother & Lin Xie’s wife --> Emperor’s sister

Yao Zhu --> Official Fan’s servant who knows The Secret

Official Fan --> Harbouring Xia Jiang

[the-archlich]

So you’ve done your ideal roster for Shu, what about Wei, Wu, and other?

I have received a couple variations on this question.

For each faction I had to ask myself what story I’m trying to tell. Some characters are there because of their achievements; others are there because of the way they would act as foils to other characters. It’s also important to understand that in any given story, you’d see a lot of NPCs who also have importance.

Wei’s story is probably the most straightforward one. It’s all about the Cao’s conquests; pretty simple. Most of the characters are there to support that, while some are included for personal reasons.

Jin’s was the hardest to cut down, in large part because DW only gives them 13 characters and I decided to stick to that restriction. I decided that story would need to focus on the rise of the Sima family and their unification of the former Han empire. This ultimately meant that a lot of people who I wanted to make playable (like Dowager Guo and Xiahou Xuan) got cut - to keep the numbers limited most of the Sima family’s enemies got put in the NPC category. The remaining ones are the people I thought were absolutely essential to the overall narrative.

Wu’s was also very difficult. They also got less characters than Wei and Shu (though not as few as Jin) and have the longest continuous story to tell. While I originally considered restricting that story to a limited span of time that ultimately just didn’t satisfy me. So I focused on having a broad group of characters who could be used to tell every part of the kingdom’s story. Longevity was often an individual’s best friend.

For Others the question was which groups interacted with at least 2 of the 3 main factions. This immediately excluded a lot of groups (like the Nanzhong leaders or Liu Yao’s army); longevity was often a factor in choosing which individuals would best represent those groups. None of these were easy decisions; characters who could reasonably be put in this category but later joined one of the main factions were also favored.

I’m constantly second-guessing these lists, BTW. I’m always asking myself “Okay this person was IMPORTANT but is this a perspective we need to get the story from? Or could their importance be represented as an NPC? Why does this character need to be PLAYABLE instead of just important?” But that’s contradicted by the question of “Will this character actually seem appropriately important if they aren’t playable? Would I just be asking ‘If this person is so important why aren’t they playable?’ Is playability a measure of importance?”

WEI

Cao Cao

Cao Pi

Lady Bian

Guo (Nuwang)

Cao Jie

Xiahou Dun

Xiahou Yuan

Cao Ren

Cao Xiu

Cao Zhen

Xiahou Shang

Xun Yu

Xun You

Jia Xiu

Zhong Yao

Zhang Liao

Yue Jin

Yu Jin

Zhang He

Xu Huang

Zang Ba

Man Chong

Guo Huai

JIN

Sima Yi

Chen Tai

Wang Ji

Guanqiu Jian

Wen Qin

Deng Ai

Zhong Hui

Du Yu

Sima Zhou

Hu Fen

Hu Lie

Zhang Hua

Jia Chong

WU

Sun Quan

Lady Wu

Bu Lianshi

Zhang Zhao

Zhou Yu

Lu Meng

Cheng Pu

Jiang Qin

Ding Feng

Zhu Ran

Lu Fan

Lu Xun

Quan Zong

Sun Luban

Lu Ju

Zhu Yi

Lu Kang

Zhuge Ke

Teng Yin

Wu Yan

Zhuge Jing

OTHER

Yuan Shao

Yuan Tan

Tadun

Shen Pei

Yuan Shu

Sun Jian

Liu Biao

Huang Zu

Zhang Xiu

Wen Ping

Lu Bu

Chen Deng

Ma Chao

[sifeng]

Chinese Drama Villains

Villains are just as essential to a story as a hero. If you have a weak villain that has no personality beyond evil, and no reasoning behind their actions besides “because they’re evil”, then no matter how good your hero is, the story still won’t be compelling.

Today, I will compare 7 different villains from four different kinds of dramas - wuxia, xianxia, harem and revolutionary era. The eight villains can also be grouped into three different categories based on why they do what they do - for love, for power, and a struggle internally.

The eight villains I will be analyzing are as follows:

Sui He (穗禾) played by Wang Yifei (王一菲) from Ashes of Love (香蜜沉沉烬如霜) - Xianxia

Xian Fei (娴妃) played by She Shiman (佘诗曼) from The Story of Yanxi Palace (延禧攻略) - Harem

An Lingrong (安陵容) played by Tao Xinran (陶昕然) from Empresses in the Palace (甄嬛传) - Harem

Hua Fei (华妃) played by Jiang Xin (蒋欣) from Empresses in the Palace (甄嬛传) - Harem

Yang Kang (杨康) played by so many different people but from the most recent one its Chen Xingxu (陈星旭) from The Legend of the Condor Heroes (射雕英雄传) - Wuxia

Zhou Zhiruo (周芷若) played by so many different people but from the most recent one its Zhu Xudan (祝绪丹) from Heavenly Sword and Dragon Sabre (倚天屠龙记) - Wuxia

Feng Manna (冯曼娜) played by Tao Xinran (陶昕然) from Rookie Agent Rouge (胭脂) - Revolutionary Era

They can be grouped into the three categories I mentioned before in this order:

For Love - Sui He, Hua Fei, Zhou Zhiruo (kind of)

For Power - Xian Fei, An Lingrong

Internal Struggle - Yang Kang, Zhou Zhiruo (kind of), Feng Manna

Let’s analyze each category separately. Also sorry Yang Kang is the only guy villain here, but lets be real, in recent dramas haven’t the villains always been ladies?

For Love

This group is the easiest to determine what their motivation is: love. For all three, they are the second female leads (arguably) and cannot get the leading man because he obviously belongs to the female lead. 

Sui He (穗禾) played by Wang Yifei (王一菲) - Ashes of Love (香蜜沉沉烬如霜)

For Sui He, love is one of two factors that causes her to do the things she does. The other factor is because she wants to please the Heavenly Empress to keep her position as the leader of the Bird Tribe. But evidently, it seems that love is her primary motive, as the scene in which she completely breaks down is when Xu Feng (male lead) reveals he never loved Sui He and only wanted to see if she really killed Jin Mi (female lead)’s parents. When she looses leadership of the Bird Tribe, yeah, she’s sad, but not as sad as the aforementioned scene.

Hua Fei/Nian Shilan (华妃/年世兰) played by Jiang Xin (蒋欣) - Empresses in the Palace (甄嬛传) - the one in hot pink

Hua Fei’s motive is just love. She already has power within the harem (she’s tied with the Empress), and her family is super important and powerful as well. The only thing she wants is the Emperor (male lead)’s love. When the emperor is more interested in the new concubines, Shen Meizhuang and Zhen Huan (female lead), Hua Fei is ready to destroy them. She gets Shen Meizhuang out of favor by tricking her into thinking she was pregnant, and while she tries, on many occasions, to get Zhen Huan out of favor as well, it seems her ideas don’t work. 

Zhu Xudan (祝绪丹) as Zhou Zhiruo (周芷若) in Heavenly Sword and Dragon-Slaying Sabre (倚天屠龙记)

Zhou Zhiruo could technically be in two categories here, but let’s just talk about how her love for Zhang Wuji (male lead) affects her decisions. After Zhang Wuji leaves her at the altar after Zhao Min (female lead) intrudes on their ceremony and offers to help Zhang Wuji find his godfather only if he leaves with her, Zhou Zhiruo sheds the mask of innocence that she wears. She uses her unorthodox Nine White Bone Claws to try to kill Zhao Min, and this isn’t her first attempt to kill Zhao Min. She tried once to stab her in the stomach while she was sleeping, but got caught by Yin Li, who she had to kill instead. She then tried to make Zhang Wuji kill Zhao Min by pretending that Zhao Min had killed Yin Li and stolen the swords. The reason for her attempted assassinations is she is jealous that Zhang Wuji likes Zhao Min (though some of her other evil actions are for a different reason).

So What Do These Three Have in Common?

Love leads these three female villains into killing at least one person. For Sui He, she kills the Water and Wind Immortal, for Hua Fei she succeeds in giving Zhen Huan a miscarriage, and for Zhou Zhiruo, she is forced to kill Yin Li to silence her. Love drives these three into a frenzy, and they are willing to do anything or kill anyone to get the love of their respective male leads. 

Some Others in this Category:

Zhao Sese (赵瑟瑟) - Goodbye My Princess (东宫)

Su Jin (素锦) - Eternal Love (三生三世十里桃花)

Chun Fei (纯妃) - Story of Yanxi Palace (延禧攻略) - kind of an exception though since she loves the second male lead

For Power

This type of villain is seen commonly in harem dramas, and some heroines even have this as their motive (Zhen Huan, Wei Yingluo). Their basis for their horrible actions is primarily so they can gain power, usually so they can be above those who had previously stepped all over them.

Xian Fei/Hui Fa Na La Shu Shen (娴妃/辉发那拉·淑慎) played by She Shiman (佘诗曼) - Story of Yanxi Palace (延禧攻略)

Xian Fei had once been a kind and unfavored concubine who didn't bother to play in court politics (but then again, in the beginning only Gao Guifei cared at all). But after her family’s fall from power (of which she cannot do anything for), she changes dramatically. She starts by killing Jia Pin, and making all sorts of ploys to bring Wei Yingluo’s downfall. While she doesn’t hate the emperor, her motives for getting higher in the court have nothing to do with him. Her ending, while not as bad as some of the other ones, is rather tragic, as she becomes an empress that is isolated and given no real power, similar to how she started out.

An Lingrong (安陵容) played by Tao Xinran (陶昕然) - Empress in the Palace (甄嬛传)

Like Xian Fei, An Lingrong starts out weak, unfavored but still good-hearted. She is grateful for the friendship of her two friends, Zhen Huan and Shen Meizhuang, even though the emperor could care less about her. She actually starts out at the lowest title possible for a concubine and stays there for like eighteen episodes. As her power grows a little stronger, she begins to develop an inferiority complex, and she believes Zhen Huan is trying to sabotage her (even though she’s not). She ends up betraying her two good friends in the beginning and going to the empress to become her minion. Throughout this development, her title grows and grows as does her father’s importance in the court. As her power grows, her personality shifts from kind and innocent to jealous and eager to gain more power. 

Some Others in this Category:

 Hong Shiguang (洪世光) - My Amazing Boyfriend (我的奇妙男友)

So What Do These Two Have in Common?

They both start out weak and unfavored, though Xian Fei’s rank is considerably higher than An Lingrong’s. While An Lingrong doesn’t need a tragedy to get her power hungry quest started, she does require assistance at first from Zhen Huan. The two ladies both use subtle plots and schemes to bring down their competitors, and both kill somebody. Xian Fei straight up chokes Jia Pin (though not with her own hands of course) and An Lingrong causes Zhen Huan’s miscarriage by giving her an ointment whose scent causes miscarriages. Both rise considerably in power, and loose their old personalities, replacing them with a desire for power and revenge. 

Internal Struggle

This is my favorite type of villain, and also the most complex. This group of characters have some sort of struggle internally, usually on whether to do what others say, or do what seems to be easiest. They are the most emotional of these villains because even though they seem to be tough and strong on the outside, inside they have no clue what to do.

Yang Kang (杨康) played by Chen Xingxu (陈星旭) - Legend of the Condor Heroes (射雕英雄传)

Honestly, while watching the 2003 and 2017 versions and reading the novel, I felt really bad for Yang Kang, but he definitely does do things we as watchers cannot forgive. His struggle is between whether he should accept his fate as a normal Song peasant or continue being the Jurchen Prince he once was. His real father, Yang Tiexin was a Song peasant, as was his mom, Bao Xiruo. After Yang Tiexin was supposedly “killed”, Bao Xiruo married Wanyan Honglie, a Jurchen Prince, so Yang Kang could have a good life. When Yang Tiexin was revealed not to be dead, Bao Xiruo and Mu Nianci (Yang Kang’s love interest) both convinced him to accept his father was Yang Tiexin, and escape the city to live a peasant life with his real family. He refused, and Wanyan Honglie decided to run after the reunited family, this led to the deaths of Yang Tiexin and Bao Xiruo. Their deaths, as well as Yang Kang’s new struggle of “who am I?” leads him to Mu Nianci, and he finally accepts he is Yang Tiexin’s son, and a normal Song peasant. But, life as a Song peasant obviously is not as comfortable as life as a Jurchen Prince, and he constantly switches and back and forth from Song peasant to Jurchen Prince. When he discovers the reason Bao Xiruo and Yang Tiexin were separated in the first place was Wanyan Honglie; Mu Nianci, Guo Jing and Huang Rong all tell him to kill Wanyan Honglie. He is about to, but cannot do so, because well, duh, this dude raised him. For eighteen (something) years, he thought he was Wanyan Kang, and not Yang Kang.

This brings me to why he’s a villain - the things I said before, that doesn’t make him a villain, it makes him a human. But what does make him a villain is when he is willing to betray his true country (Song) for Jin, and when he then lies to Mu Nianci. 

Is he allowed to not be willing to leave the comfort of the palace? Yes. Is he allowed to not have the guts to kill Wanyan Honglie? Yes. Is he allowed to help Wanyan Honglie once in exchange for Wanyan Honglie raising him? Yes, even twice. But, is he allowed to betray his country and the person who loves him the most just for some title and some riches? No. Sure, he can stay in the palace as a Jurchen prince, but the fact that he used Mu Nianci’s connections to get information about Song army advancements and then TOLD THEM TO WANYAN HONGLIE is unacceptable. 

But I do think it ought to be said - Guo Jing, Huang Rong and Mu Nianci were being way too cruel when they asked Yang Kang to kill Wanyan Honglie. That’s like asking you to kill this man who did nothing but be nice to you and raise you as a parent should for your entire childhood. Who is cruel enough to do that? 

Feng Manna (冯曼娜) played by Tao Xinran (陶昕然) - Rookie Agent Rouge (胭脂)

I also felt really bad for Manna, especially in the beginning. In the beginning, her best friend is Lan Yanzhi, and they’re really close - that is until Yanzhi decides to betray Manna. Yanzhi decides to help the Nationalist Party by infiltrating Manna’s house and revealing how Manna’s parents are Japanese spies. Yanzhi does make the Nationalists promise that in her infiltrating the house, these actions will not hurt Manna (but of course they do). Yanzhi’s spying causes the death of Manna’s parents and the destruction of the friendship the two girls had.

So, doesn’t Yanzhi seem like the villain here? Well, two reasons she isn’t, what Manna does after these first few episodes, and because Yanzhi was helping her country (ooooh, I should do an antihero analysis too! Yanzhi would fit so perfectly). After the death of her parents, Manna can only rely on San Ge, the person she loves the most. And eventually, she is forced to go and help the Japanese, something she does with joy, and she really (really really really) wants to capture Yanzhi and torture her too. She ends up being a huge spy for the Japanese, and when she does capture Yanzhi, she unleashes all sorts of torture on her (mental, physical, all the sorts). Her willingness to betray her country just because of a broken friendship does paint her as a traitor, but you do have to consider the fact that she has no where else to go. Her parents were traitors, and so who will believe that she’s a hero? Another factor that makes her a villain is the fact that she believes her parents were correct, she believes that they’ll go to heaven, even though they were evil and wicked. While of course, we, as children (usually), see our parents as good people no matter what they do, Manna should have seen this situation in context.

But now that I write this, Manna is a very pitiful character, and if this story was told from her point of view, Yanzhi would 100% be the villain. Out of the people on this list, Manna has the most reason to do what she does, and while its not correct (what she does), she really had no other option.

Zhou Zhiruo (周芷若) played by Zhu Xudan (祝绪丹) - Heavenly Sword and Dragon Slaying Sabre (倚天屠龙记)

We’ve already seen how love impacts Zhou Zhiruo’s decisions and her evil, but another factor that causes her transformation is the pressure her master, Miejue put on her before her death. Miejue made Zhou Zhiruo promise not to ever love Zhang Wuji, and even to kill him. She made her the new leader of Emei, but also said that if Zhiruo disobeyed her, then Miejue would never get to experience peace in the afterlife. Zhiruo, who loves Zhang Wuji, but also Miejue doesn't know what to do.

On the Island, she steals the two swords, and while she tries to kill Zhao Min, her master had told her to kill Wuji. She cannot bring herself to do that (meaning she has disobeyed her master and that Miejue will not find peace in the afterlife). She then gets the Nine Yin Manual, and practices the Nine White Bone Claw skill, though she only learns the inferior unorthodox version. Zhiruo kills Yin Li, and pushes all the responsibility onto Zhao Min, continuing to pretend she too is a victim. After being left at the altar, she decides to follow through with Miejue’s orders and becomes the true leader of Emei. She shuts up one of the Emei students who used to talk trash about her by continuously hitting her with her blows until the student finally accepts Zhiruo is truly the leader. 

So What Do These Three Have in Common?

They’re being told to do one thing, but they cannot. Yang Kang is told to be a Song peasant, since he’s supposed to be one, but he would rather be a prince. Manna is told she should be sincere to her country, but the only people who will accept her are the Japanese. Zhiruo is told to forget her love for Zhang Wuji, but she loves him too much. This kind of struggle leads them to do cruel things out of confusion or anger. These are the most complex villains, with motives that go beyond just one thing. They do bad things because they cannot live up society’s expectations of a good person, and go the opposite way instead.

So What Makes a Good Villain?

The ones I’ve included as analysis are all good villains, but my favorite, in terms of how complex he is, is Yang Kang. He are real, human, and his motives go beyond just one reason. Manna was also really complex, and also she had just a great transformation. She is kind of forced into the role of a villain because there’s no where else to go. Honestly, though she does some bad things, people in that show (Rookie Agent Rouge) all do bad things, even good guys, so she’s a great reflection of how cruel society can be. She’s a victim, and because no one was willing to help her, or because she wasn’t wiling to accept the truth, she turned into the villain. My least favorite type of villains is the “do it for love” type, since, realistically, few people would go to the point of murder for love. 

One of the reasons I feel like Manna is such a good villain, is because Tao Xinran played her role so well. Jiang Xin’s Hua Fei was also SO GOOD! You can see that behind that mask of power and sass, she’s just a little girl who wants to be loved by the one she loves. So, while writing is very important, I think acting is very important as well. You have to create a good character, with human traits and realistic motives, and also an actor or actress has to be able to play out these traits. 

[movielosophy]

Perfect Match | Their first meeting

[arlothia]

Meme Time!

Oh my goodness @terribleteej​ started a tag meme!! Run for your lives!!!! :P

Your Top Ten Fictional Characters!

From Movies, TV Series, Books, it don’t matter!

LET’S DO THIS THING!!! (in no particular order and yes I most definitely am cheating!!!!)

The Lord of the Rings Bundle© - Aragorn and Sam

The Untamed Bundle© - Wei Wu Xian, Lan Zhan, Lan Xichen, Ah Yuan, Jiang Cheng, Jiang Yanli, Wen Ning, Wen Qing, and Nie Huaisang

Joy of Life Bundle© - Fan Xian, Wu Zhu, Ruoruo, Wan’er, TENG ZI JING, Haitang Duo Duo, Fei Jie and all of Fan Xian’s 3rd Bureau Bros!!!!

Brandon Sanderson’s Cosmere Bundle© - Kaladin, Kelsier, Vin, Rock, The Lopen®, TenSoon, Sazed, Spook, Adolin, Renarin, Dalinar, Jasnah, Nivani, Sil, Wax, Wayne, and Hoid

Nirvana in Fire  Bundle© - Mei Chang Su, Jingyan, Fei Liu, Lin Chen, Nihuang, Consort Jing, and MENG DA GE!!!!!!!!!!

Detective L Bundle© - Luo Fei and Ben Jie Ming

Guardian Bundle© - Shen Wei/Ye Zun, Zhao Yunlan, and Lau Chu

Goblin Bundle© - Kim Shin and Grim Reaper

Mad Dog Bundle© - Choi Kang Woo, Kim Min Joon, Cheetah, and Park Moo Shin

Mr. Sunshine Bundle© - Eugene Choi, Go Ae Shin, Kudo Hina, Gu Dong Mae, Kim Hui Sung, Major Kyle Moore, Il Shik, Chun Shik, Im Jung Soo, Haeng Rang, Haman Daek, and Do Mi

What can I say? It’s so hard to pick just one when there are SO many amazing characters in each fandom!!!!

[web-novel-polls]

Modern Web Novel Character Submissions

[Last Checked: February 5th, 2025 - Please check the original post for updated information]

Rules

Must be from a web novel set in modern times (futuristic settings may also be accepted)

One character per submission

Submit as many responses as you want

Tag: #modern wn character tournament

Submissions

No Propaganda

Bai Sheng from Hui Tian

Fei Du from Silent Reading: Mo Du

He Yu from Case File Compendium: Bing An Ben

Jiang Ting from Breaking Through the Crowds

Luo Wenzhou from Silent Reading: Mo Du

Qin Jiu from Global Examination

Shen Wei from Guardian: Zhen Hun

Shen Zhuo from Hui Tian

Xie Qingcheng from Case File Compendium: Bing An Ben

Yan Xie from Breaking Through the Crowds

You Huo from Global Examination

Zhao Yunlan from Guardian: Zhen Hun

Lee Jihye from Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint

Submission: She's awesome and I love her 

Wiki Link 

You Zhengping from Mr. Melancholy Wants to Live a Peaceful Life

Submission: fell in love with husband at first sight and is so cringefail about it. most of his brain is taken up with loving his husband juice. is the most powerful guy in his world, but is married to the most powerful guy in the universe, and he wants to take care of his husband so bad it makes him look stupid 

Yu Hua from Mr. Melancholy Wants to Live a Peaceful Life

Submission: most overpowered guy in the world decides he'd rather be just a guy and live a normal life with his husband. everyone is like: wow this infamous powerful guy must want to like control the whole universe and is secretly planning world domination which is why he's flown under the radar and kept his identity secret. meanwhile yu hua is just like: I want to have an office job with no overtime so I can cook dinner for my husband :) 

Dealer’s Choice 

(I would owe you my life if you submitted propaganda for these characters)

Cha Eugene / Cha Yu-jin from Debut or Die

[No propaganda prepared yet]

Cheongryeo of VTIC from Debut or Die

"Emotions, tears. I have sold everything. / When people stand, they want to sit, and when they sit down, they want to lie down. Personal circumstances, inevitable stories… It was just an excuse to speak and sell it at a low price."  - Cheongryeo, Debut or Die, Chapter 92 [VTIC Cheongryeo sunbae-nim: Call me if you feel like dying ^^]  - Cheongryeo to Park Moondae, Debut or Die, Chapter 93

I want to beat him up so bad in a good and bad way idk how to explain it. He’s such a bastard

Kim Raebin from Debut or Die

[No propaganda prepared yet]

Lee Sejin / Bae Sejin from Debut or Die

"Due to such an excessive schedule, I stopped acting as a child actor due to health problems. I think it was hard for a 12-year-old to handle a schedule where he couldn’t sleep 3 hours a day"  - Lee Sejin, Chapter 70 

Lee Sejin / Keun Seijin from Debut or Die

“What can I say… It’s my conscience calling? I want to join the three-person group, but my inner self cried that it wouldn’t be fair if I brought someone brave.” “So, I decided to show the three scaredy-cats how to overcome it!”  - Keun Sejin to Park Moondae, Debut or Die, Chapter 87

[No propaganda prepared yet]

Park Moondae / Ryu Gunwoo from Debut or Die 

[No propaganda prepared yet]

Seon Ahyeon/Ahyun from Debut or Die 

[No propaganda prepared yet]

Dealer’s Suggestion

Here’s some examples of novels that would likely be accepted as “modern,” including more futuristic novels. I haven’t finished any of these nor started most of them, so if I’m wrong, I’m wrong 👍

Can Ci Pin 

Fake Slackers

Fanservice Paradox

Fight the Landlord, Fall in Love

Global Examination 

Green Plum Island

Guardian 

I’m Not a Regressor 

Itinerant Doctor

Lie Huo Jiao Chou / Drowning Sorrows in Raging Fire

Mist [Unlimited]

Mo Du / Silent Reading 

Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint (Characters like Kyrgios Rodgraim, while beloved, probably won’t be accepted without good reasoning) 

Reborn with an Old Enemy on the Day of our Marriage 

Sa Ye / Act Wildly 

The Cult Leader in the Clergy Academy 

The Earth is Online

The King’s Avatar

The S-Classes That I Raised

[fuyonggu]

Biography of Liu Yin (Huayang Guozhi)

I had thought that the character Liu Yin in Legend of Jiang Wei was fictional, but I discovered he had a short bio in Huayang Guozhi. Here it is.

柳隱，字休然，蜀郡成都人也。少與同郡杜禎、柳伸並知名。隱直誠篤亮，交友居厚，達於從政。數從大將軍姜維征伐，臨事設計，當敵陷陣，勇略冠軍。為牙門將，巴郡太守，騎都尉。遷漢中黃金圍督。景耀六年，魏鎮西將軍鍾會伐蜀，入漢川，圍戍多下。惟隱堅壁不動。會別將攻之，不能克。後主既降，以手令敕隱，乃詣會。晉文帝聞而義之。咸熙元年，內移河東，拜議郎。武帝踐祚，以為西河太守。在官三年，以年老去官。乞骸還蜀。卒於家，時年八十。長子充，連道令。次子初，舉秀才。

Liu Yin, styled Xiuran, was a native of Chengdu in Shu commandary. As a young man, he was well-known, along with his fellow commandary natives Du Zhen and Liu Shen. He was forthright and earnest, sincere and bright, and generous to his friends, so he was successful in his career. He followed Grand General Jiang Wei many times on his northern campaigns; he was skilled at improvising plans and able to break through the enemy formations, and his bravery and cunning made him a champion among the army. He was appointed as General of the Standard, Administrator of Ba commandary, and Cavalry Commandant. Later on, he was appointed as Garrison Commander of Huangjin in Hanzhong commandary.

In the sixth year of Jingyao (263 AD), Cao-Wei's General Who Guards The West, Zhong Hui, campaigned against Shu-Han. Zhong Hui entered the Hanzhong region, where most of the local garrisons surrendered to him. Only Liu Yin held fast to his defenses and would not be dislodged. Zhong Hui's subordinate generals attacked him, but they could not capture his garrison. After Liu Shan surrendered, he sent Liu Yin a handwritten order commanding him to stand down, and only then did Liu Yin present himself to Zhong Hui. When Sima Zhao heard of this, he respected Liu Yin.

In the first year of Xianxi (264), Liu Yin moved to Hedong, where he was appointed as a Consultant Gentleman. After Sima Yan established the Jin dynasty, he appointed Liu Yin as Administrator of Xihe. Liu Yin was in that office for three years, and then resigned his post on account of his old age. He asked that his remains be sent back to the Shu region. He died with his family; he was seventy-nine years old.

His elder son, Liu Chong, became Prefect of Liandao. His younger son, Liu Chu, was nominated as an Abundant Talent candidate.

[nameless-spy]

“Alice Goodnight” Lyrics & Translation (UPDATED)

Note: The Chinese lyrics here are in simplified characters, while the lyrics in the Alice Good Night MV use traditional characters. They are the same words and have the same pronunciation, the only difference being the way they are written. If you would like the traditional version, please drop me a message. (Lyrics under the cut/in my tumblr page)

CHINESE LYRICS

(VERSE 1)

看流星划过天边

找梦的起点

亿万光年的疲惫

就为了爱的许愿

你却紧抱伤悲, 不想睡, 更不想被看见

(CHORUS)

Alice good night, good night

迷雾漆黑 我会陪你穿越

Alice good night, good night

把希望拼图一片片找回

别再怕, 星移物换, 昨是今非我在你身边

Alice good night, good night

我就在身边

(VERSE 2)

陪星月登上山颠

守护夜的静美

乘着风悠游林间

感受爱的抚慰

别再哭闹追悔, 要面对

有爱的新世界

(CHORUS)

Alice good night, good night

迷雾漆黑 我会陪你穿越

Alice good night, good night

把希望拼图一片片找回

别再怕, 星移物换 , 昨是今非我在你身边

Alice good night, good night

我就在身边

Alice good night, good night

迷雾漆黑 我会陪你穿越

Alice goodnight, goodnight

把希望拼图一片片找回

~END~

HANYU PINYIN LYRICS

(VERSE 1)

Kan liu xing hua guo tian bian

Zhao meng de qi dian

Yi wan guang nian de pi bei

Jiu wei le ai de fu wei

Ni que jing bao shang bei, bu xiang shui, geng bu xiang bei kan jian

(CHORUS)

Alice good night, good night

Mi wu qi hei wo hui pei ni chuan yue

Alice good night, good night

Ba xi wang pin tu yi pian pian zhao hui

Bie zai pa, xing yi wu huan, zuo shi jin fei wo zai ni shen bian

Alice good night, good night

Wo jiu zai shen bian　

(VERSE 2)

Pei xing yue deng shang shan dian

Shou hu ye de jing mei

Cheng zhe feng you you ling jian

Gan shou ai de fu wei

Bie zai ku nao zhui hui yao mian dui

You ai de xin shi jie

(CHORUS)

Alice good night, good night

Mi wu qi hei wo hui pei ni chuan yue

Alice good night, good night

Ba xi wang pin tu yi pian pian zhao hui

Bie zai pa, xing yi wu huan, zuo shi jin fei wo zai ni shen bian

Alice good night, good night

Wo jiu zai shen bian

Alice good night, good night

Mi wu qi hei wo hui pei ni chuan yue

Alice goodnight, goodnight

Ba xi wang pin tu yi pian pian zhao hui

~END~

ENGLISH DIRECT TRANSLATION

(VERSE 1)

Watch shooting stars draw across the sky

Finding the start of a dream

Billions and millions of light-years of tiredness

Are for the lies of love

You tend to embrace sadness, not wanting to sleep, and furthermore, not wanting to be seen

(CHORUS)

Alice good night, good night

Fog and darkness, I will go through them with you

Alice good night, good night

Finding back the puzzle pieces of hope, one by one

Don’t be scared, even when the stars shift and things change, no matter right or wrong, I am by your side

Alice good night, good night

I am by your side

(VERSE 2)

Company the moon and stars to climb up the mountain top

Take in the stillness and beauty of the night

Ride the wind through the forest

Feel the solace of love

Don’t cry over regret anymore, you have to face

A new world that is full of love

(CHORUS)

Alice good night, good night

Fog and darkness, I will go through them with you

Alice good night, good night

Finding back the puzzle pieces of hope, one by one

Don’t be scared, even when the stars shift and things change, no matter right or wrong, I am by your side

Alice good night, good night

I am by your side

Alice good night, good night

Fog and darkness, I will go through it with you

Alice good night, good night

Finding back the puzzle pieces of hope, one by one

~END~