#tsin

[wawa-pi-wawa-pi-wawa]

tsin yaka wawa "kʰapa-ukuk tatis-tsəqw"

it nectar time

[cuprohastes]

Space Law!

There was a sign on the wall in three of the Universal languages used in the sector:

[Do not tell the Humans something is Impossible]

Ipsquib read it in two of the Universal languages he knew how to read and then said to Atrix Attomyar Denoue, “What the heck?”

Atto, in Passable Tsin, said: “You know the Humans. You tell them they can't do something, and it just encourages them.”

Ipsquib, pondered this. “Like... doing things that aren't physically possible, like that one EVA guy who forgot his suit who ran outside a space station nude to talk to their friend?”

Atto thought about it. “Pretty sure that's just made up,” she said, “But yeah I guess, or more worsely, they're rules lawyers.”

“Eh?”

“Remember that legal case on Epsilon Eridani - The one with the jewellery?”

“The Glitter Band?”

“Yeah. They caught someone stealing it, but it belonged to their family before the Intercine, and it was stolen, but because the other side won they upheld it as owned by the thieves, but then the regime fell and... anyway, everyone had a claim to it.”

“Right. I still don't follow it. How did it work out?”

“One of the human lawyers,” said Atto, “Managed to prove the entire species didn't exist and thus by the wording of the law, it could never have been owned by any party, and therefore it must be an artifact of a non-native species, and as the only representative of a non-native species in the courtroom, he awarded it to the family of the original owners. Nobody could figure out how to legally prove them wrong.”

Ipsquib paused and thought about that for a moment. “OK, that's… Ugh. Humans.”

“Yeah. The uh, Diogenese defence they call it. The Galactic Federated worlds would ban it, but they're terrified the Humans will come up with something worse.”

[leroibobo]

last post reignighted old memories, here’s some more navajo country/place neologisms that i know (exclusively asia this time, would do all continents but then the post would be too long; also, again, i'm not too knowledgeable here, please correct me if you know navajo at all):

some of the neologisms have patterns. not everything that fits into a category follows the pattern, but it's good to get them out of the way. also, "bikéyah" can mean land, homeland, country, and continent. in most names the implication is "country", but i'll use "land" for clarity.

the color blue in navajo culture is associated with the south, so the name for south asians, naakaii dootłʼizhí, literally means "blue traveller". i'm not entirely sure what the "traveller" in the name refers to, but if i had to guess, it's shorthand to indicate that south asians would have to travel to get to the navajo country, as there may not have been an easy translation/neologism for “south asian”. naakaii is also used to refer to spaniards and by extension mexicans, and naakaii łizhinii (black travelers) to black people in the americas.

bangladesh - Haʼaʼaahjí Naakaii Dootłʼizhí Bikéyah (eastern land of the south asians)

pakistan - Eʼeʼaahjí Naakaii Dootłʼizhí Bikéyah (western land of the south asians)

sri lanka - Naakaii Dootłʼizhí Bikéyah Dah Naaʼeełígíí (land of the south asians if you go up (?))

east asians are binááʼádaałtsʼózí, literally "their eyes are narrow".

japan - Binááʼádaałtsʼózí dineʼé bikéyah (land of the east asians)

korea - Binááʼádaałtsʼózí Dineʼé Bikéyah Yázhí (small land of the east asians; add náhookǫsjí (northern) or shádiʼááhjí (southern) at the front to get north/south korea respectively)

thailand - Binááʼádaałtsʼózí Chʼídadeeldlóóhí Bikéyah (east asians' land of the elephants. elephant is literally "its nose is a roper/lassoer"; animal name construction like that is common for pretty much all languages, english has prairie dog where navajo has dlǫ̀ǫ̀ for example)

add dootłʼizhí (blue) to that to get southeast asians. (not sure why thailand's not here, maybe it was coined earlier?)

cambodia - Shádiʼááhjí Binááʼádaałtsʼózí Dootłʼizhí Bikéyah (southern land of the southeast asians)

vietnam - Tábąąh Binááʼádaałtsʼózí Dootłʼizhí Bikéyah (beach/sandy land of the southeast asians, probably referring to its place on the map)

chinese people are tsiiʼyishbizhí diné, literally "the people with braided hair", a reference to queues. this was coined by code talkers.

china - Tsiiʼyishbizhí Dineʼé Bikéyah (land of chinese)

hong kong - Shádiʼááhjí Tsiiʼyishbizhí Bikin Haalʼá (southern city of the chinese whos' houses [are ordered differently from each other?])

taiwan - Tsiiʼyishbizhí Dineʼé Bikéyah (small land of chinese)

navajo doesn't have an "r" sound so i'm guessing "ásáí" (arab) is a loan fit to navajo best as possible.

jordan - Náálíníbąąh Ásáí Dineʼé Bikéyah (land of the arabs along the white(?) [something])

saudi arabia - Ásáí Dineʼé Bikéyah Ntsaaígíí (big land of the arabs)

yemen - Shádiʼááhjí Ásáí bikéyah (southern land of the arabs)

not everyone who lives in a place may have the ascribed characteristics in a name, whether it's being arab or having narrow eyes, so this is your reminder that these names are meant to be fairly basic, and etymology isn't always perfectly reflective of everything a concept encompasses in any language (like how i'm using "navajo", which is an exonym, and not diné). besides, it's not like the borders created by european colonists were any more sensitive.

everything else i know, other than the ones i wrote on the previous post:

bhutan - Iiʼniʼ Tłʼiishtsoh Bikéyah (land of the thunder dragon)

indonesia - Kéyah Dah Ndaaʼeełí Łání (the many islands (literally floating lands))

iran - Tsiikʼi Déíbaalí Bikéyah (land of those who have flowing hair? if i got the translation right, i have no idea what this is referring to. i know that long hair is an important part in navajo culture but something tells me that's not the case/there's more to it than that here)

iraq and/or syria - Honoojítah Tooh Dineʼé Bikéyah (land of the people of the [something] river[s?]; probably a reference to the tigris and euphrates rivers)

lebanon - Gadtsoh Dineʼé Bikéyah (land of the people of great/big cedars)

mongolia - Chʼah diʼilii bikéyah (land of those who wear furry hats)

oman - Bidiltłish Shizhahí Bikéyah (land of those who's sword is [something], probably a reference to the flag)

tajikistan - Dziłtah Hóteelnii Bikéyah (land among the broad mountains)

uzbekistan - Naakʼaʼatʼą́ąhnii Bikéyah (land of cloth. maybe a reference to the silk road?)

[figureskatingcostumes]

Tsin Nam Nicole Chan's free program costume at the 2018 Junior Grand Prix Amber Cup (in Kaunas).

(Source: yanablumka)

[radiomogai]

some concepts that would fall under this umbrella would be (the aesthetic of) school, school buses, backpacks, (school) lanyards, lockers, headphones, phones, friendship, partying, being a loner, not fitting in, chaos, rebellion, causing trouble, getting into fights, freedom, experimenting with yourself, teenage fashion, teenage room decor, teenage music (i.e. music that teenagers typically like,) "cringe" teenage interests, typical teenage interests in general, teenage aesthetics, etc.

here are the teschoin equivalents of...

-in nature: TSIN

femininity/masculinity: teschinity

feminine/masculine: teschoine

person: schonager

partner: peer/teschor

transfem/transmasc: transtesch

trans woman/man: transscho

teschoin is pronounced as teh - show - in!

pasted from under the cut for archival purposes

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★ teschoin

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some concepts that would fall under this umbrella would be (the aesthetic of) school, school buses, backpacks, (school) lanyards, lockers, headphones, phones, friendship, partying, being a loner, not fitting in, chaos, rebellion, causing trouble, getting into fights, freedom, experimenting with yourself, teenage fashion, teenage room decor, teenage music (i.e. music that teenagers typically like,) "cringe" teenage interests, typical teenage interests in general, teenage aesthetics, etc.

here are the teschoin equivalents of...

-in nature: TSIN

femininity/masculinity: teschinity

feminine/masculine: teschoine

person: schonager

partner: peer/teschor

transfem/transmasc: transtesch

trans woman/man: transscho

teschoin is pronounced as teh - show - in!

[coffeenewstom]

Kretisches Kaffeetagebuch: die verlassene venezianische Siedlung Voila

Kaffeegestärkt machen wir uns weiter auf unsere Fahrt durch das östliche Lassithi-Gebirge, einem der weniger bewohnten Landstriche Kretas. Dass das nicht immer so war beweist das verlassene Mittelalterdorf Voila. Die ehemalige Festung Voila liegt einen Kilometer vom Dorf Chandras entfernt, auf dem wunderschönen Armenochantrades-Plateau von Ziros im Schatten der modernen Windrädern. Man erreicht…

[tyriq-edits]

Research Notes for the Consort of Peace (Part 1)

The different dynasties/Periods of chinese history

Below the cut you will find the first part of my research notes for my Megop AU based on the ancient chinese tale of Wang Zhaojun [here]. Unfortunately it is rather difficult to get access to peer reviewed books about ancient China where I'm from. So for this part a huge chunk of my research unfortunately relies on different documentaries and Youtube videos. If i got anything wrong in my research please feel free to tell me.

Xia Dynasty: 2100 - 1600 BCE 

Probably very likely or even most definitely mythical -> the archeological record shows no proof of them ever having existed.

Before them china was ruled by so called “legendary sage emperors”

A guy named Yu had been commissioned by them to find a way to manage to floodings of the Yellow river -> managed to do that and founded the xia dynasty (Madsen 0:34)

Shāng Dynasty: 1600-1050 BCE

Capital near Zhengzhou (Tsin 1)

Bronze artifacts (Madsen 0:58)

Warlike in nature → Similar to the Mycenaeans in ancient Greece. 

Technology regarding Bronze smithing improved throughout this dynasty

Probably invented writing/earliest form of chinese writing attributed to them (Madsen 1:10) 

Jiǎ gǔ wén -> Oracle Bone inscription (Madsen 1:20) -> Writings on bones and turtle shells for divination

Women had a lot more rights during this time and were politically and militarily engaged → Example Fu Hao (Zhao 2022, 3:20)

Ended in a period of decadence and replaced by the Zhou (Madsen1:35)

Cool fact: Shang King Wu Di (Husband of Fu Hao) would travel around his kingdom disguised as a commoner to understand the troubles of the common people better (Zhao 2022, 5:00)

Zhōu Dynasty: 1050 - 256 BCE

Divided into 2 periods: Western Zhōu (1050-771 BCE) and Eastern Zhōu (771-256)

Eastern Zhōu happens at the same time as the Spring and Autumn Period (770-475 BCE) and the Warring states Period (475-221 BCE) 

Capital Western Zhou: Hao (near Xi’an)

Capital Eastern Zhōu: Luoyang (in the province of Henan)

Confusius creates the idea of confucianism around this time (the  -> Huge influence on chinese culture (Tsin 1)

Main rule of Confucianism: “do not do unto others what you would not want others to do unto you” but “felial Piety”/devotion to the family is equally if not even more important

Idea of Mandate of Heaven is created (Madsen) → Joshua Mark however claims the Mandate of heaven was created under the Shang Dynasty, the Zhou just developed it further (Mark, Han 3)

Mandate of Heaven: A king could only rule if he acted just -> He had the heaven’s favour and was granted the right to rule by the heavens. But the heavens could take that right away from him if he acted unjustly.(Madsen 1:51) → The ruler HAD to look after his people in order to keep the mandate of heaven. 

Kinda like the “Gracie dei” in western medieval kingdoms except your god given right as a king came with conditions 

There will be signs by the heavens before hand -> natural disasters (Madsen 1:55)

Book of Songs was written around this time (taken from personal university class notes)

Functioned under a complex feudalistic system → Decentralised government (Epimetheus 1:50)

The Zhōu decline was long and painful starting with the Spring and Autumn period

In the end China broke into many different kingdoms and states (Zhōu being but one of them)

Warring States Period: 475-221 BCE

The Zhou were, according to Cartwright: “No longer dominant in military terms, the Zhou were forced to rely on armies of other allied states, who on occasion took the opportunity to forward their own territorial claims. For this reason, the Zhou king was compelled to sometimes make the military leader of another state the military leader of the Zhou alliance.” (2) → The greatest of these military leaders received the title of Hegemon. 

By the 4th century BCE 100 smaller states had been “consolidated by conquest” (Cartwright 2) into 7 major states: Chu, Han, Qi, Qin, Wei, Yan and Zhao. 

“In each state, the ruler declared himself king and independent of the Zhou empire.” (Cartwright 2)

Basically everyone was fighting everyone at all times. 

It also marked the beginning of China’s use of a cavalry in the military as well as the chineses’ entry into the iron age through the use of iron swords and crossbows (Cartwright 3)

There were still cultural developments despite the constant wars (Cartwright 5)

Metalworking developed (Iron)

 agricultural revolution (Iron tools)

cities grew in size

large defensive walls

 towers were erected

Multi-storey citygates to impress visitors

Rulers’ Palaces became more extravagant 

Marketplaces → Trade

Industrialised pottery and weapon production 

Town planning (Grid pattern similar to Roman and Greek Colonies in the West)

Introduction of bronze coins with a hole in the middle

Philosophy → Writings and contemplation on Confucius, Daoism, Legalism, War Tactics (Sun Tzu)

Qin Dynasty: 221-206 BCE

Before the rise of the Qin Dynasty, the Qin had remained “one of the few states which remained loyal to the Zhou” (Cartwright 4)

Several Qin rulers had received the title of Hegemon from the Zhou kings during this time (Cartwright 4).

Qin conquered all the other nations at the end of the warring states period. 

Reunited China into one nation

Rulers of previous dynasties were called kings (Wáng 王)

the Qin ruler (Qin Shi Huang) invented a new title for himself -> Emperor (Huáng Dì 皇帝）(Madsen)

Qin Shi Huang was known for his brutality and draconian rule

Qin Shi Huang “understood that the Zhous's policy of a decentralized government had contributed to its fall and so established a centralized state which decreased the power of the aristocracy, eliminated the borders between different states, and operated according to the precepts of the philosophy of Legalism”. (Mark, Qin 2)

He forced a unified writing systems onto those he conquered and had hundreds of historians executed and historical records burned ->he wanted to unite the people of China under one shared identity and for the “history of China to start with him”.

But his bookburnings had other reasons → Scholars would write tracts criticising Qin Shi Huang’s rule and comparing it with more benevolent rulers of the past Zhou dynasty and saying Qin Shi Huang was ignoring the mandate of heaven by not caring for his subjects correctly (turning them into slaves) (Mark, Qin 5)

People who tried to hide the history books and writings of past dynasties were also executed (Mark, Qin 5)

But not only history books were burned also “any works expressing the concepts from the period of the Hundred Schools of Thought should also be destroyed including the standard educational texts known as the Four Books and Five Classics from the Zhou Dynasty. Anyone speaking on such topics should be killed and any officers or officials who heard of such conversations and did not report them should be likewise.” (Mark, Qin 5) 

Only medicine and science books were spared. (Mark, Qin 5)

→ Had scholars executed by burying them alive in a mass grave (Madsen 3:40)

“Shi Huangdi suppressed all freedom of speech, had the legal codes rewritten to adhere more closely with his own personal vision.” (Mark, Qin 6)

“A one hit wonder of a dynasty” (Montgomery) 

Joshua Mark: “213 BCE, his need to control every aspect of his subjects' lives, and fear of rebellion, had turned China into a police state in which freedoms were severely limited and the peasant class was reduced to a level of conscript slavery” (2)

Under Qin Shi Huang China saw the first version of the Great Wall (protection against the invading Xiongnu), the Grand Canal, introduction of state coinage, highway constructions, and the terracotta army in his tomb. (Mark, Qin 2) 

Joshua Mark: “His early reign seems, at first glance, a model for any monarch in true leadership and care for his people but Shi Huangdi only interpreted the Mandate of Heaven in terms of his own power and self-importance; his subjects were a means to an end, not an end in themselves. Those who worked on the wall, the canal, and other public projects, if they even were initially paid, quickly became conscripts taken from their homes to labor for scraps of food and communal lodgings.” (Qin 4)

“He encouraged science and discouraged letters” (Mark, Qin 4)

Joshua Mark: “The people's lives under the Qin became harsh, narrow, and more uncertain (..) because government officials could take anyone they wanted to work on the emperor's projects, no matter their social class or occupation. Only the emperor's men were allowed weapons so there was no armed resistance possible and, even if arms had been available, Shi Huangdi's network of spies, secret police, and informants would have revealed a plot before it had a chance to be put into action”. (Qin 5)

Shi Huangdi became increasingly more paranoid as time went on leading to more and more restrictive laws → Scared of usurpation and assassination → Grew obsessed with the idea of immortality → Sent officials to find the elixir of immortality

Qin Shi Huang famously died after swallowing mercury, believing it’d turn him immortal. 

Shi Huang’s chief advisor Li Siu changed the emperor’s will after his death → Shi Huang intended his “commanding eldest son Fusu” as his heir → Li Siu feared Fusu would replaced him as chief advisor and made the “spoiled, coddled, youngest son” Hu Hai as he was “easy to manipulate” (Mark, Qin 8)

“He (Hu Hai) was famous for his bad temper, ordering the death of anyone who brought him bad news, and his lasting legacy is the origin of the saying “Don't kill the messenger” regarding a negative reaction to receiving unwelcome information.” (Mark, Qin 9)

The Qin Dynasty officially fell under the rule of Qin Shi Huang’s grandson Ziying who was unable to stop the rebellion of Liu Bang of Han and Xiang Yu. 

Liu Bang of Han had accepted the surrender of Ziying and treated him well. 

Xiang Yu however had Ziying and his entire family executed. 

Han Dynasty: 206 BCE - 220 AD

Existed around the same time as the ancient Roman Republic and Empire and the Diadochi all the way up to the reign of emperor/empress Elagabalus. → Even traded with the roman empire → See the Roman Silk ban of 14 AD.

This is the dynasty during which Wang Zhaojun lived during the reign of emperor Yuan

The majority of Chinese people are part of the Han ethnic group, which receives its name from the Han dynasty. (Mark, Han 2)

Divided into the earlier Western and later Eastern Han Period (named after the location of the capitals)

Western Han: 206 BCE - 9 AD

Xin Dynasty: 9 AD - 25 AD → Regent Wang Mang declared the Han Dynasty is over and created the VERY brief XinDynasty after which the Han resumed (Mark, Han 1)

Eastern Han: 25 AD - 220 AD

Joshua Mark: “(The Han Dynasty) established the paradigm for all succeeding dynasties up through 1912 CE.” (Han 1)

Founded by Liu Bang, a commoner (born a peasant, worked as a sheriff) → Later called Emperor Gaozu → Liu Bang straight up rolled Nat20 on every single Charisma and Deception Check and faked his way onto the throne.

Liu Bang and Xiang Yu, after defeating the Qin dynasty, turned on each other → Liu Bang finally gained the upper hand by kidnapping Xiang Yu's concubine, Lady Yu, who was the great love of his life, and luring the Chu forces into a hopeless situation at the Battle of Gaixia (202 BCE). Lady Yu committed suicide and Xiang Yu, after burying her, fought his way out but was pursued and killed himself rather than be taken. Liu Bang then established the Han Dynasty, ruling as the Emperor Gaozu (r. 202-195 BCE)” (Mark, Qin 9)

Liu Bang later executed and demoted his other generals upon the request of his wife empress Lu Zhi → known as one of China’s most cruel women (Montgomery). 

Capital was moved from Luoyang to Chang’an (Mark, Han 3)

“With no experience in government, Gaozu had to rely on earlier models and so adopted the decentralized government of the Zhou and the Legalism of the Qin (though the latter was implemented more benevolently). The decentralized state was divided into 13 administrative districts known as commanderies (also as jun) and awarded ten kingdoms to members of his family whom he expected to rule justly” (Mark, Han 3)

According to Poulpart: “Liu Bang created a new governmental structure composed of three actors with overlapping functions, guaranteeing that one would not dominate the other. This system was relying on a chancellor (chengxiang), who was responsible of the cases that would be managed by the emperor, a supreme Commander (taiwei) responsible of any military action or decision, and an imperial counsellor (yushi dafu) at the helm of the bureaucracy and administrative system.” (1)

As a former peasant Liu Bang understood how commoners had felt under the Qin rulers → Lowered Taxes for commoners, redistributed wealth, made some of the rules less strict (Mark, Han 3)

Liu Bang opened up bureaucratic positions for people of all social classes (Mark, Han 3) → His successor emperor Wen of Han would later take this idea further and introduce the imperial state exam → An Exam people of all social classes could take in order to become imperial civil servant 

During the Han period Confucianism was the state religion → According to Confucianism’s ideas the state system of the chinese emperors was superior to every other form of civilisation → Han Emperors used this as explanation for expansionist politics (especially under emperor Wu of Han) → It was their mission given to them by the Mandate of Heaven (Poulpart 1)

Confucianism grew in popularity even amongst commoners but they still practised their own local cults (Poulpart 2) → Confucianism was mostly popular and important within the higher social classes (Poulpart 2)

The Han Dynasty was a period of lots of scientific and artistic advancements, marked by Confucianism and the creation of the silk road under emperor Wu. (Mark, Han 2)

The Hans invented the water wheel, the compass, the seismograph, musical theory and paper (Mark, Han 2)

Creation of the silk road -> Trading routes would reach up to the Roman Empire

The Han also “encouraged literacy and the study of history” (Mark, Han 2) → Sima Qian, the chinese Herodotus, lived during the Han Period

Iron, copper and Salt were regulated by the government → Government held a monopoly on those markets (Poulpart 2) → The Han-Xiongnu wars were partly the reason for that monopoly 

Chinese Mythology underwent development during this time → Think Nezha, the Queen mother of the West, Guanyin, Chang’e, the Jade Emperor etc. (Mark, Han 2) → Many of these figures have existed since the Shang Dynasty

Wars with the Xiongnu (A distinct ethnic group from the mongolian Steppe)

Xiongnu wars lasted for 200 years → Will talk about these in more detail in the Xiongnu section

After Liu Bang’s death his wife Lu Zhi was in charge through several puppet rulers (Mark, Han 3) → She was then executed and Emperor Wen of Han took over. 

Wen’s son Emperor Jing saw that the decentralised government was not working well → centralised the Han empire (Mark, Han 4)

Reigns of Wen and Jing = Golden Age 

After Jing came Emperor Wu → Expansionist policies, made everyone (nobles and commoners) equal under the law code, gave commoners better opportunity to become government officials, adopted Confucianism as the state philosophy (Mark, Han 4)

Expansion into Korea and Vietnam ( → the Trung Sisters Rebellion) and more wars against the Xiongnu (Successful) & establishment of the Silk road  (Mark, Han 4)

After Wu → Emperor Zhao → Emperor Liu He → Emperor Xuan → Emperor Yuan (The one from Wang Zhaojun’s tale)

Emperor Yuan (Or Yuandi) → Big supporter of Confucianism → Because of this (filial piety) he gave powerful positions to his wife’s family members → This and “failure to check the power of his eunuch secretaries” lead to the fall of Western Han and rise of the Xin dynasty

Yuan’s son, Emperor Cheng continued his father’s mistake until his cousin Wang Mang seized power and declared himself Emperor in 9 AD. (Encyclopedia Britannica 1) →Xin Dynasty

Wang Mang was meant to act as a regent to Cheng until he came of age → did not give the power back to Cheng when he was an adult

Joshua Mark: “Wang was a Confucian scholar and idealist who believed that a single, strong ruler with a clear vision and the freedom to do as he pleased would be more effective than one who took counsel and had to discuss policy with others before implementing it.” (5) → Wang Mang was kinda useless as a ruler → “The people grew frustrated with his ineptitude and a mob overran the palace, hacked him to pieces, and used his head as a kickball” (Mark, Han 5)

Emperor Xuan → Reestablished the Han Dynasty → Weak and was soon deposed during the Red-Eyebrow-Rebellion (Mark, Han 6)

Emperor Guangwu → Moves capital to Luoyang → Begin of the eastern Han period → created reforms to avert another Xin situation (Mark, Han 6). 

“the Han ruling house fairly quickly devolved into a series of monarchs who cared more about indulging their pleasures than ruling a country” (Mark, Han 6) → The emperors left country affairs to their Eunuchs.

By 130 AD the imperial court had become corrupt by Eunuchs who held all the power (Mark, Han 2)

At the same time the Han were spending money on expansionist policies into Korea, Vietnam and on wars against Xianbi (A Nomadic group from the mongol steppe like the Xiongnu and Huns)

Famines, Floods and taxes 

The Han Dynasty ended after General Cao Cao defeated the yellow turban rebellion, tried taking over control of the empire. After his defeat via his fellow military commanders, the kingdom was split into three different realms. (Mark, Han 2)

Three Kingdoms: 220-264 

After the Fall of the Han Dynasty

Romance of the three kingdoms takes place around this time

Basically summarised as “Warring States Period 2: Electric Boogaloo”

Jin Dynasty: 265 - 420 

Very shortly lived Dynasty

Descendants of the generals who usurped the imperial throne

It was of the three kingdoms of the previous era, the Wei Kingdom which prevailed and re-unified China (Madsen 5:00)

United China but their reign was marked by wars and violence (Epimetheus 3:30)

Palace intrigue → Civil war 299 - 301 AD

Jin Dynasty fell at the hands of Xiongnu tribes who “settled in the north of china and proved hard to govern” (Madsen: 5:20)

Xiongnu attacked both of China’s capital cities Luoyang and Chang’an

“Many people fled to the south of Nan Jing where the Jin had set up a government in exile” (Madsen 5:30)

Period of the Northern and Southern Dynasties: 386-589 

Northern Wei and the Southern Qi empires

Often considered a dark age of Chinese history (Epimetheus 3:40)

“Dominated by warlords who raided the lands and by barbarian invasions” (Epimetheus 3:48)

Buddhism increased in popularity (had been around in China since the Han Dynasty however) (Madsen: 5:40)

At the end the Wei and Qi kingdom had around 9000 buddhist temples combined (Madsen: 5:48) → Many rulers openly supported Buddhism

Sui Dynasty: 581 - 618 

Had only 2 reigning emperors

Was able to unify China again

Instead of following the rules of Confucius, the Sui emperors tried to act upon Buddhist principles. (Madsen 6:30)

Their “structural changes which paved the way for a more long-lasting successor, the Tang Dynasty” (Cartwright, Sui 1)

Reinstalled the rule of ethnic han chinese (Epimetheus 3:53)

Integrated the barbarians that had invaded China during the previous period (Epimetheus (4:10)

After 1 million men were taken to Korea for military service → Rebellions arose in China during this time → Rebellion lead by Sui Emperor’s cousin Li Yuan overthrew the Sui → Renamed himself emperor Gaozu (Like Liu Bang of Han)

Tang Dynasty: 618 - 906

The second golden Age

Most C-Dramas i watch tend to take place around this period

Arts flourished around this time → Especially Poetry

Tea became more popular → Tea ceremonies (Madsen 8:10)

The story of Yan Gufei (another one of the 4 beauties of China) is set during this time

Internal stability

Scientific advancement

China’s population grew to 80million (Epimetheus 4:20)

The imperial exam of the han was picked up again and modified → Meritocracy (Madsen 7:30)

Surprisingly tolerant of foreigners for an ancient civilisation → Chang’an was cosmopolitan (Madsen 7:40)

All three religions of China (Daoism, Confucianism and Buddhism) thrived during the Tang

Towards the end they began persecuting Buddhists and were deposed after several rebellions (Epimetheus 4:50)

Five Dynasty Period: 907-960: 

China broke again

There is once again war between everyone

Song Dynasty: 960 - 1279 

Divided into Northern Song(960-1127) and Southern Song (1127-1279) (Tsin 1)

Scientific advancements and military development

Started out with a strong economy but was militarily a lot weaker than previous dynasties (Madsen 8:40)

Mass printing and gunpowder was invented during this period (Epimetheus 5:05)

First Paper currency

Southern Song started after Jurchens attacked the capital city and took the Emperor and several officials hostage → The north of china was lost to the Jurchens → New emperor crowned in the south where the Song remained until 1279 (Madsen 8:50)

Tea houses and night markets became popular around this time

Storytellers within these tea houses (Madsen 9:10)

Art in the form of poetry and landscape paintings flourished during southern Song (Madsen 9:20)

North of China during this time was ruled by the Jurchens who after a while took over the chinese imperial system, language, writing system and way of life (Madsen 10:00)

Yuan Dynasty: 1279 - 1368 

Mongol Invasion → Genghis Khan’s grandson Kublai Khan 

Moved the Capital city to Dadu (Today Beijing)

Taken from class notes: Around this time the novel became popular → The Mongol emperors did not care for poetry → They preferred theatre → Journey to the West style stage play  → Was written down as a novel → entered the “mainstream”

The Yuan controlled the entire silkroad from China to Europe (Epimetheus 5:30)

Diversity in culture (Epimetheus 5:40)

But Marco polo did note that there was “ethnic tension” in China → Different ethnic groups were placed in different taxation groups (Madsen 13:30) 

“A chinese could land with a hefty fine if he fought a mongol, but a mongol could get away scot free if he killed a chinese” (Madsen: 13:40)

The Mongols kept chinese advisors however and adopted the idea of the chinese emperor being “the son of heaven” (Madsen 14:00)

More Europeans visited China around this time (Like Marco Polo)

Just like the Mongol empire as a whole, this period was very short lived

Ming Dynasty: 1368 - 1644

Founded by a commoner (Taizu) after a successful rebellion against the Mongols

Taizu was a harsh ruler → Went after literati (kinda like emperor Qin but with a bit less executions)

The Imperial exam remained under his rule however → one had to study the 4 great Books → Confucius Analects, Mencius, Doctrine of the Mean and the Great Learning (Madsen 15:30)

Another golden age

Construction of the famous forbidden city in 1406-1420

Ming Vases were a popular exported good

Literature and Art flourished

The great Wall of China was expanded to keep the Mongols out

Problems with Pirates 

Chinese age of exploration → Explorers went as far as east africa and returned with Giraffe’s to the emperor’s court (Madsen 16:00)

Foreign merchants were limited to outposts but could not really go deeper inside China (Madsen 16:40)

Some emperors had around 10’000 concubines around this dynasty (allegedly)

Famine lead the end of the Ming Dynasty

Qing Dynasty: 1644 - 1912

The Manchu ethnic group ruled China after crossing the great wall (Madsen 17:00)

All men in china were ordered to get the Manchu Hairstyle to show their loyalty to the new Dynasty (Madsen 17:10)

Period of stability followed

Most on the information i could find on the harem system came from this period

Not nearly as glamorous as depicted in C-Dramas (shocker)

“Started as a golden age, ended in disaster” (Epimetheus 5:50) → Opium wars

Fell after the Chinese revolution and the establishment of the Republic of China

The life story of the last Emperor of China is honestly a hot mess. 

After the fall of the Qing Dynasty some Consorts and Concubines had to become prostitutes to survive 

Sources: 

Cartwright, Mark: Warring States Period, World History Encyclopedia, 2017 https://www.worldhistory.org/Warring_States_Period/ 

Cartwright, Mark: Sui Dynasty, World History Encyclopedia, 2017. https://www.worldhistory.org/Sui_Dynasty/

The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica. "Yuandi". Encyclopedia Britannica, 16 Apr. 2024, https://www.britannica.com/biography/Yuandi, Accessed 22 March 2025.

Epimetheus: All China’s Dynasties explained in 7 minutes, Youtube, 2018 https://youtu.be/fFNzX3tYTXU?si=eZd4uWgxxgJTlufI 

TSIN, Micheal: China - Timeline of Historical Periods, Asia for Educators, Columbia University, 1995 https://afe.easia.columbia.edu/timelines/china_timeline.htm 

MADSEN, Jared: All of China’s Dynasties in ONE Video - Chinese history 101, youtube, 5th August 2022https://youtu.be/Fz_uQNQBK0g?si=Dm4_3DoomfgN7jZo 

Mark, Joshua: Han Dynasty, World History Encyclopedia, 2020. https://www.worldhistory.org/Han_Dynasty/

Mark, Joshua: Qin Dynasty, World History Encyclopedia, 2020. https://www.worldhistory.org/Qin_Dynasty/

MONTGOMERY, Lazlo: The Han Dynasty (Part 1), in: the chinese history podcast, Ep. 18 https://open.spotify.com/episode/1umFA07mSPCuPyCCcAKiK4?si=pe4iHig8QFOO6_-kv9XTzg 

Poupart, Jean-Baptiste: Han Dynasty, Academia https://academia.edu/resource/work/40640987 

Zhao, Xiran Jay: China’s forgotten Warrior Queen – Fu Hao, Youtube, 2022.

https://youtu.be/U0luii3sKjQ?si=MDSuCUOqVKn20TIN

[rbtura]

Definite vote on typewriter keys. I think putting a lock pick in my mouth would remind me of the dentist

ROUND ONE: Typewriter keys vs. Lock pick

Propaganda:

Typewriter keys:

I have a typewriter and the keys are TEMPTING

They are round. They are shiny. They have letters like alphabet soup stuff. Some have fractions on them! Or punctuation! And when they’re on a typewriter and you hit them, they make a VERY nice clicking sound.

Lock pick:

Six of crows

Kaz did it. You can too. Escape the inescapable prison.

[oh-he-grows]

Quick little garden tour:

the wildflowers are immaculate despite the heat and drought

peppers of all shapes and sizes- Txorixero, Jigsaw, Chinese 5-color, Tsin Tsin, Poblano, Jalapeno. in the background is my onion bed (overtaken by weeds that were impossible to deal with) and behind that is the pea/spinach/carrot bed which is dried up. I've plucked plenty of peas and pinach pods and i'm drying them elsewhere for seed saving.

herb bed, with blank spots filled in by zinnias and a bitter melon chives, parsley, thyme from left to right

cranberry beans, which have just started producing pods

the watermelon patch between the beans and tomatoes, with another zinnia that i'm too kind to tear up, and the wild tomato jungle strung up with a semi-florida weave

a 4x4 section entirely dedicated to lemongrass because I love thai curry, with a wall of zinnias and gifted tomato plants, then zucchini on the right side

the last-finished garden bed where I tried to plant bare-root strawberries but it's been so hot and dry only a couple survived. I replaced the bare space with some late-started exotic peppers. also in containers are some perennials, succulents, and crispy ass lavender

the sunflower bed is doing great with regular sprinkling

the left half of my garden which is still missing about 12 yards of compost, but we'll get to that before the next growing season. next to the wildflowers are two owari satsumas that i keep meaning to plant but really i'm too lazy so they've stayed in their pots next to the wildflowers. I have a meyer lemon and a calamondin orange in the same situation just off-camera.

[levunalangs]

T’owal T’uesday #18

I finally made a new T’owal font! I’ve been meaning to for ages but font-making can be a bit of a pain and there were some minor details of the writing system I was still undecided about. But as I’ve been working on the font for Valya, I found a shortcut that made making glyphs so much faster, so I put that project on pause for a few days to make this font. It’s much simpler than the Valya one, since there are far fewer glyphs to make!

Here’s a bunch of random bits of text thrown together, typed in the new font! I’m calling the font Tsin Tsyon, which translates literally to “by hand,” since it’s a script-ish sort of font. I figure at some point I can make a few different fonts, so I can use different styles for T’owal text! There will probably be an equal-weight font kind of like Arial, and maybe a serifed one like Times New Roman.

The very top (underlined bit) is the name of the font. After that is the T’owal text from this post (“Conlang Conflict / Team Let’s Have a Bouba”), and then the text from T’owal T’uesdays 16, 15, 14, 10, and 9.

There are still some things to work out with this font—particularly, deciding some details with how the punctuation will work. I’ll keep you updated!

[a-dragons-journal]

Hapxì Na'viyä

Peu lu fwa lu hapxì na’viyä?

Lu sätare - hu na’vi, hu ayioang, hu ayewll, hu kifkey. Kìng azam, kehe, azazam, mìkam swirä azazam, Na sanhì a virä ka taw txonä, Ke’aw slä ‘awsiteng, ayhapxì fì’uä a’aw. Lu fwa omum futa nga man, Ketsran len, ketsran tsengne nga kä.

Lu temrey, mì lora kifkey atìzevakxnga’. Tìng Eywa’evengìl awngaru nìwotx ‘ut a kin awnga fte rey, Slä nìteng tìng fayut ayevengur. Krro nga lu stxeli swiräru alahe. Sa’nok Anawm tstunkem ke si ‘evengur a’aw nì’ul to ‘eveng alahe. Peyä ayeveng temrey fa tìtxur sì tìkanu feyä. Na rey Eywamì, na terkup Eywamì. Fwa ‘aku sre’ sì tsin peyä livu fwa po ska’a.

Lu fwa rey ‘awsiteng hu fraswirä. Fwa tsaheyl si ulte kame, Fwa tireapängkxo Eywahu sì kifkeyhu. Kawkrr ke kämunge ‘uti nì’ul to ‘u a ngal kin. Leioae si fraswiräru na smuk.

Lu loran sì tìtxur, tul ulte spä, Ta’leng aean, zekwä avol, Mikyun sì kxetse fte pivlltxe, Sanhì fte nivrr na kifkey, Kuru fte kivame tsawti.

Peu lu fwa lu hapxì na’viyä? Pefya slu fko hapxì na’viyä? Wo oel ngati, ma Sa’nok Anawm; Wìntxu ‘evengur ngey teyngta pefya tätxaw kelkune.

(English translation:)

What is it to be Na’vi?

It is connection - with Na’vi, with animals, with plants, with the world. A hundred threads, no, a thousand, between a thousand creatures, Like stars that spread across the night sky, Divided yet together, parts of one thing. It is to know that you belong, No matter what happens, no matter where you go.

It is survival, in a world beautiful and cruel. Pandora gives us all we need to live, But also gives these things to all her children. Sometimes you are the gift to another creature. The Great Mother does not do favors for one child more than another. Her children survive by their own strength and intelligence. As we live in Eywa, so we die in Eywa. To remove her teeth and claws would be to destroy her.

It is to live together with all creatures. To bond and to See, To commune with Eywa and with the world. Never take more than you need. Respect all creatures as your siblings.

It is grace and strength, running and leaping, Blue skin, eight fingers, Ears and tail in order to speak, Bioluminescence to glow like the world, Kuru to See it.

What is it to be Na’vi? How does one become Na’vi? I reach for you, O Great Mother, Show your child how to return home.

[cuprohastes]

OK, New Plan.

Space piracy isn't a thing. It's not economical, practical or something anyone can pursue for any length of time.

Anyway, the ship had been captured by space pirates, and they'd dropped the temperature in the passenger modules down to a few ticks under the freezing point of water: The Atrix passengers were all huddled up, torpid, protecting their little guys, and the Thotari Pirates were planning on pillaging the cargo and personal possessions while things were quiet.

They'd checked the manifest: 12 Atrix passengers, and four crew, also Atrix. Easy pickings.

So it was a little bit of a surprise when they cracked the door to the passenger module and one of the Atrix turned out to be somewhat genetically human.

It was holding a hot beverage in one hand and used the other to grip the first Thotari Contract Pirate around their scrawny neck, dragging them off their feet.

Then it used that individual to beat the others until they snapped their contract markers and sat their asses down.

Everyone knows the Thotari take contracts very seriously. Snapping the marker was as good as surrender: No Thotari with any self respect would work unpaid.

The Pirate Executive Officer, employed for her bulk and experience took personal umbrage regarding this whole mess and thundered onto the ship, with several large sharp weapons, and some very cool looking armour, determined to perpetrate terminal events to the Human's biology.

The Human took one look and threw it's drink in her face. Then gave her a vicious kicking while the bitter alkaloids in the toxic concoction caused the PEO to collapse with uncontrollable spasms.

According to the logs, the Human took time out and poured another cup of coffee, turned the heat up, glared at the rest of the Thotari until they snapped their contract markers rather than deal with any of that and walked onto the Pirate's ship.

At which point they called the Pirate's backer up, and spent a half hour explaining in horrifying detail what they would personally do to that individual, and how much worse it was going to be if they didn't stop this inane crap.

The Thotari picked up their PEO and hooked her up to their ship's medical bay, said 'no hard feelings it's just business' and left.

---

"How was your trip?" asked Dave The Human.

"Pretty quiet," said Phalanges Mitten, AKA Dave. "Glad to be back, though. You wouldn't believe how hard it is to take a decent nap on those haulers - And don't get me started on the Coffee!"

[bboan]

Revolusi Cina dan Dr. Sun Yat Sen

Dr. Sun Yat Sen

Dr. Sun Yat Sen adalah seorang revolusioner yang bercita-cita membebaskan Tiongkok dari penindasan. Perjuangannya dimulai di Honolulu, saat ia berusia 18 tahun, dengan menyadarkan rakyat mengenai penderitaan mereka di bawah pemerintahan Manchu. Di sana, ia mengkritik praktik-praktik tradisional dan keyakinan agama yang dianggapnya sebagai takhayul, bahkan menghancurkan arca yang disembah penduduk. Aksi ini membuatnya dikucilkan dan meninggalkan tanah kelahirannya pada tahun 1884, bersamaan dengan pecahnya Perang Tiongkok-Prancis. Meski Tiongkok memenangkan perang, mereka harus menyerahkan wilayah Annam kepada Prancis melalui Perjanjian Tien Tsin pada 1885. Kekalahan diplomatis ini memicu tekad Dr. Sun Yat Sen untuk menggulingkan Dinasti Qing.

Walaupun tengah menuntut ilmu kedokteran di Amerika, Dr. Sun Yat Sen tidak menghentikan aktivitas politiknya. Ia mendirikan organisasi revolusioner, Hung Chung Hsiu, untuk mempercepat jatuhnya pemerintahan Manchu. Pada 1895, ia kembali ke Tiongkok untuk menghimpun dana dari komunitas Tionghoa perantauan (overseas Chinese). Kemudian, pada 1905 di Jepang, ia mendirikan T'ung Meng Hui (Chinese Revolutionary Alliance) untuk menyebarkan gagasannya, yakni "Tiga Prinsip Rakyat" (San Min Zhu Yi): nasionalisme, demokrasi, dan kesejahteraan rakyat.

Aliansi Revolusioner T'ung Meng Hui

Pada tahun 1906, Dr. Sun Yat Sen mengunjungi Penang dan mendirikan cabang T'ung Meng Hui di sana. Melalui organisasi ini, ia terus berpidato kepada komunitas Tionghoa perantauan tentang perlunya menggulingkan pemerintahan Manchu, yang ia anggap sebagai kekuatan asing dari suku Manchu yang mendominasi etnis Han. Dalam pidatonya di Penang tahun 1907, ia menekankan bahwa bangsa Manchu menindas rakyat Tionghoa dan tunduk pada kekuatan asing seperti Inggris, Prancis, Rusia, dan Jepang. Ia menyerukan perlunya bangkit melawan penindasan untuk mencegah Tiongkok jatuh sepenuhnya ke tangan negara-negara asing.

Puncak perjuangannya terjadi pada Revolusi Xinhai, yang dimulai pada 10 Oktober 1911 (Double Ten) dengan pemberontakan di Wuchang. Revolusi ini memproklamasikan berdirinya Republik Tiongkok pada 1 Januari 1912. Wilayah republik baru ini hanya mencakup Tiongkok Selatan, sementara Tiongkok Utara tetap berada di bawah kendali Kaisar Pu Yi dari Dinasti Qing. Revolusi Xinhai menandai berakhirnya kekuasaan dinasti kekaisaran terakhir di Tiongkok setelah lebih dari 2.000 tahun pemerintahan kekaisaran.

Revolusi ini lahir dari ketidakpuasan rakyat terhadap Dinasti Qing yang gagal mempertahankan kedaulatan negara dari pengaruh asing. Kekalahan dalam Perang Opium dan Perang Tiongkok-Jepang, serta serangkaian perjanjian yang merugikan, membuat rakyat kehilangan kepercayaan pada pemerintahan Qing. Selain itu, upaya reformasi seperti Reformasi Seratus Hari dianggap terlambat dan tidak cukup untuk mengatasi masalah sosial dan ekonomi yang parah.

Setelah Dinasti Qing runtuh, Sun Yat Sen meletakkan dasar bagi Republik Tiongkok yang modern, berbasis pada prinsip-prinsip nasionalisme, demokrasi, dan kesejahteraan rakyat. Namun, transisi menuju republik tidak berjalan mulus. Setelah Sun Yat Sen wafat pada tahun 1925, Tiongkok mengalami gejolak politik akibat perebutan kekuasaan antara Kuomintang (KMT) dan Partai Komunis Tiongkok (PKT). Meskipun demikian, Revolusi Xinhai tetap dikenang sebagai tonggak penting dalam sejarah Tiongkok, membuka jalan bagi era baru tanpa pemerintahan kekaisaran.

Berikut beberapa peninggalan dari peristiwa Revolusi Xinhai :

1. Republik Tiongkok: Pendirian Republik Tiongkok pada tahun 1912 sebagai hasil dari Revolusi Xinhai menandai berakhirnya sistem kekaisaran yang telah berlangsung selama lebih dari dua milenium. Sistem republik menggantikan kekuasaan dinasti, meskipun pemerintahan republik ini menghadapi banyak tantangan, seperti konflik internal, perang saudara, dan ancaman dari kekuatan asing.

2. Konstitusi Republik: Salah satu warisan penting dari era ini adalah upaya untuk membentuk sistem pemerintahan berbasis konstitusi. Konstitusi sementara 1912 merupakan dokumen penting yang mengatur struktur dasar pemerintahan republik, meskipun implementasinya mengalami kendala karena konflik politik yang terus berlangsung.

3. Kuomintang (KMT): Partai Nasionalis Tiongkok atau Kuomintang, yang didirikan oleh Dr. Sun Yat Sen, menjadi salah satu kekuatan politik utama selama periode ini. KMT berperan dalam menyatukan Tiongkok melalui Ekspedisi Utara dan memerintah negara hingga awal Perang Saudara Tiongkok.

Sumber :

https://www.jstor.org/stable/24572067

[theater-kid-throwdown]

EDIT AUG 1: SUBMISSIONS ARE NOW CLOSED.

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(I’ve quadruple checked at this point but am still a little anxious, so please let me know if I made any mistakes in the form! thank you)

Submissions are, in fact, finally open! Please read the rules below! But first, taglist :]

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Thank you very much to all who have expressed interest thus far! Now, onto the rules.

Submission rules

-For the sole purpose of avoiding unnecessary conflict, I will not be accepting submissions from controversial media including: Hazbin Hotel/Helluva Boss, Harry Potter, Dream SMP and South Park. I will not state my own opinions on these, I am simply doing this because I want this tournament to be free from drama. Well, that kind of drama, at least (ha-ha. I’ll see myself offstage.)

-only fictional characters please! No real people. Characters who are live action/played by real people are fine as long as the character themself is a fictional concept, of course!

-I’ve decided that OCs will not be allowed either. I’m sorry, but this is mostly to avoid feelings getting hurt and because it would be unfair to pair smaller creators’ characters against ones from widely viewed media.

-Please don’t spam. It will not do any good for anyone.

Submissions will close at the end of July. Go ahead and Submit your blorbos, folks!

[zaobitouguang]

珂拉琪/Collage Lyrics - 這該死的拘執佮愛

[I haven't seen translations of any 珂拉琪 songs out there, so I wanted to make some as a learning material for Taiwanese. I am not a native Taiwanese speaker, so this is my best attempt at a translation! If you have any corrections/suggestions let me know, but please be kind. You can listen to this song from their first album MEmento MORI here.]

你的心 親像花 lí ê sim, tshin-tshiūnn hue Your heart is like a flower 無人應 隨蔫去 bô lâng ìn, suî lian-khì Nobody responds and it soon withers 你愛的人 誠固執 lí ài ê lâng, tsiânn kòo-tsip The person you love is so stubborn 予伊的夢 伊提袂起 hōo i ê bāng, i the̍h bē khí They(1) can't lift up the dream you give them

你是一个 如此溫柔的人 lí sī tsi̍t ê, lû-tshú un-jiû ê lâng You're such a gentle person 你應該 愛你值得愛的人 lí ing-kai, ài lí ta̍t-tit ài ê lâng You should love the person you deserve to love 但是 頭前有我欲行的路 tān-sī, thâu-tsîng ū guá beh kiânn ê lōo But there's a road I have to walk ahead of me 毋知你敢會了解 m̄ tsai lí kám-ē liáu-kái I don't know if you can understand

是按怎拆開你的 心肝內底 sī-án-tsuánn thiah-khui lí ê sim-kuann lāi-té How do [I] open up your heart 會看著 暗淡的愛流成水 ē khuànn-tio̍h, àm-tām ê ài lâu sîng tsuí To see this dark love flow into water 當我越頭離開時 心內亂雨紛飛 tǹg guá ua̍t-thâu lī-khui sî, sim-lāi luān-ú-hun-hui When I turn my head to leave, [my] heart is thick with rain

因為你 的眼神 in-uī lí ê gán-sîn Because of the look in your eyes 戇戇咧望 真毋願 gōng gōng teh bāng, tsin m̄-guān [I] stupidly look, [and I'm] not willing

Chorus: 若是你 會當看著𪜶佇咧彼搭 nā-sī lí, ē-tàng khuànn-tio̍h in tī-leh hit-tah If you can see where they are 咱就會使 做伙搝彼陣落水的人 lán tio̍h ē-sái, tsò-hué giú hit tīn lo̍h-tsuí ê lâng Then we'll be able to pull those people out of the water together 伊寫的彼條歌 是拆破生死的紙 i siá ê hit tiâu kua, si thiah-phuà senn-sí ê tsuá This song that they wrote is paper that tears life from death 敢講你 真正攏無感覺 攏無感覺 kám-kóng lí, tsin-tsiànn lóng bô kám-kak, lóng bô kám-kak Do you truly have no feeling? Have no feeling

是按怎拆開你的 心肝內底 sī án-tsuánn thiah-khui lí ê sim-kuann lāi-té How do [I] open up your heart 會看著 暗淡的愛流成血 ē khuànn-tio̍h, àm-tām ê ài lâu sîng hueh To see this dark love flow into blood 當我無閣咧注神 磕袂著就想著你 tng guá bô-koh teh tsù-sîn, kha̍p-bē-tio̍h tō siūnn-tio̍h li When I'm not paying attention any more I tend to think of you

但是你 的眼神 tān-sī lí ê gán-sîn But the look in your eyes 無彩工 準拄煞 bô-tshái-kang, tsún-tú-suah A waste of work, forget about it

[repeat chorus]

猛獸亂使 侵門踏戶 bíng-siù luān-sú, tshim-mn̂g-ta̍h-hōo Wild beasts wreak havoc, trampling through people's homes 厝邊頭尾 寸草無生 tshù-pinn-thâu-bué, tshùn-tsháu-bû-sing Around the house, not a blade of grass grows

[repeat previous section]

(1) Taiwanese does not have gendered pronouns, so I'm translating the pronoun 伊 i as "they". This song also uses the plural they, 𪜶 in.

New Vocabulary:

隨 suî - immediately

蔫 lian - to wither

固執 kòo-tsip - stubborn

提 thê - to lift

如此 lû-tshú - like this

溫柔 un-jiû - tender, gentle

值得 ta̍t-tit - to deserve

暗淡 àm-tām - dark

流 lâu - to flow

越頭 ua̍t-thâu - to turn one's head

離開 lî-khui - to leave

眼神 gán-sîn - look in one's eyes

彼搭 hit-tah - there, that place

搝 khiú - to pull

拆破 thiah-phuà - to tear

生死 senn-sí - life and death

血 hueh - blood

注神 tsù-sîn - to pay attention

磕袂著 kha̍p-bē-tio̍h - often, apt to

無彩工 bô-tshái-kang - to work to no avail

準拄煞 tsún-tú-suah - whatever, forget about it