All entries for Saturday 26 March 2005

trivia

the Chinese Shane ~

although always identified as Yang Zongbao's wife, being a female general Mu Guiying is SOOOOOOOO COOOOOOLLLLLLLLLLLLL~

原为穆柯寨木羽之女，武艺超群、机智勇敢，传説有神女传授神箭飞刀之术。因阵前以杨宗保交战，生擒宗保并招之成亲

Mu Guiying is the daughter of Mu Kezaimuyu. She was extrordinary in martial art, smart and brave. In the folks it was widely believed that a godess taught her the unbelievable fighting art of toxophily and flying knives. She confronted Yang Zongbao in one of the battles and captured him alive then get married with him :)

: 26 Mar 2005 21:18 |  Comments (4) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

the Period of Spring and Autumn

Writing about web page http://www.greatchinese.net/

春秋 (前770-前476)

春秋時期，始於「平王東遷」。他得名於魯史《春秋》。

the Period of Spring and Autumn (770–476 BC)

The Period of Spring and Autumn started from the event of Ping the Zhou Emperor moving the capital eastwards. The period is named after the history document of Lu county of the same name.

Today I came across that the activities of translating and foreign affairs in China can be dated back to that period. Although have encounted this term for thousands of times from history books, this is actually the first time I seriously questioned its naming.

BTW, this is a great internet resource as well :)

and there's something irrelevant I want to mention otherwise I will forget it. That is, when Chinese women tried to climb the social ladders, it was either the process that was very bloody or the result was traumatic. Historically, none of the powerful Chinese women survived in the history books without stigma. The tough struggle they made surely made them hysterious when they finally succeed. Or was it just the way people portrayed them, as mad female politicians? That's all for now.

: 26 Mar 2005 20:47 |  Tags: Zp V Academic |  Comments (1) |  Close comments |  Report a problem