#yan yu

[sannyo-appreciation-posts]

Sannyo meets Yan Yu

From the Touhou fan shooter: "Chaos of Black Loong"

A Smoking Dragon who's actually a dragon

[the-archlich]

My translation of the Romance describes Yan Yu as "a man without a shred of merit" who only got his job by fawning over Huang Hao. Is that a fair assessment?

That may be true of the fictional character but the real man is more complicated than that.

Little is recorded about him, but we do know a few things. SGZ 43.4 has this passage discussing the men who succeeded Ma Zhong in Nanzhong.

Zhāng Biǎo was at the time a famous scholar, whose reputation for refinement surpassed Zhōng. Yán Yǔ showed ability for achievement and in affairs was meticulous and diligent. They continued [administering the south] after Zhōng, but their authority and merits both did not match Zhōng.

So, Chen Shou at least thought Yan Yu possessed an appreciable amount of ability, charges of corruption notwithstanding.

[kdram-chjh]

Cdrama: The Double (2024)

Xiao Heng: "I don't indulge in romance" 😄 #thedouble #wangxingyue #wujinyan #cdrama

Watch this video on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VlHUqPYW_xY

[cnladies]

YU YAN 喻言 | Chinese New Year 2025

Yu Yan: more photos here Chinese New Year 2025: more photos here

[anne-bsd-bibliophile]

- Meng Xi Shi, Thousand Autumns vol. 5

Art by _Konia_; reposted with permission.

[eaion]

Bonus - Meanwhile Shen Qiao's face (with the longest eyelashes you've ever seen):

[zhoudadudugongjin]

If I had a penny for every time Liu Tao played a hot girlboss wife/gf to a flimsy gremlin of a scholar-strategist malewife, who also has a deeply homoerotic friendship with a sad little man he's trying to help become the crown prince I would have two pennies. Which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice.

Oh and there's also Guy played by Wang Jinsong who has a long and complicated history with the aforementioned asshole father:

Anyway the point of this post is that if you have seen either Nirvana in Fire or The Advisor's Alliance you should definitely check out the other because you would definitely probably enjoy it very much.

[swiftletinthecloud]

THE DOUBLE 墨雨云间 (2024)

@asiandramanet july bingo: animation (in/sp)

[minjaefreedom]

it's so funny how yujin is like my dad doesn't even care i'm at this stupid revenge birthday party and then it immediately cuts to marquis yan showing up outside ready to cause an international incident just to pull him out of there

[jianghushenanigans]

A Nirvana in Fire version of the new alignment chart gifted to us by Wallace & Gromit this Christmas

(by me, @nemainofthewater, and @luzzeagain with a special shoutout to @zhoudadudugongjin for making a post with screenshots of all the characters, the true mvp here)

[chineseredcarpet]

Yu Yan and her studio share hanfu photoshoot

[movielosophy]

The Story of Pearl Girl | The door is opened

[rhiangalaxy]

Shen Qiao and his kids disciples! (and a lil' bonus with YW's disciples)

[ID: A Thousand Autumns Digital Drawing. The first image depicts Duan Ying, who is smiling and waving to the audience. He is to the left of Yuwen Song, who is peaking out with a wary expression from behind Shen Qiao, holding onto his clothing. Shen Qiao has a cheerful expression; smiling with his eyes closed, with his hands on Song's head and Shiwu's shoulder. To Shen Qiao's right is Shiwu, whose hands are clasped together looking at the others with an excited expression. The second image depicts a chibi version of Bian Yanmei and Yu Shengyan with Shen Qiao's arms around them. Yanmei looks pleased, whilst Shengyan looks flustered. End ID]

[actualbird]

oedipus' lab rat

[gabrielokun]

[anne-bsd-bibliophile]

The way I remembered Yan Wushi's disciples' names is because they both have "yan" in them:

Yan Wushi

Bian Yanmei

Yu Shengyan

The earlier the "yan" in their name appears, the higher their status in Huanyue sect. The character for "yan" in each of their names is different, so it probably doesn't work the same way in Chinese. But I have to find tricks like this to remember who is who in danmei because there are so many characters!