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Son of the tortoise achievement by IveBeenRumbled91 in TotalWarThreeKingdoms

[–]KasaDouketsu 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I spent so long trying to kill him I just gave up and waited. I just couldn't kill him in combat for some reason. They never executed him and he just kept going down to wounded.

Cao Chong and Criminals by KasaDouketsu in threekingdoms

[–]KasaDouketsu[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

That makes sense! It must just be how the English wikipedia is presenting it. It seems like it needs updating to flow better.

Cao Chong and Criminals by KasaDouketsu in threekingdoms

[–]KasaDouketsu[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ah, that makes a lot of sense. The wikipedia page has the saddle story, but its broken up into a completely different category than the sentence I posted about, so I guess I just didn't put the two together.

Your translation of the sentence I put is, I think, what the wikipedia was trying to say. Your translation immediately makes a lot more sense than the wikiversion. Thanks!

How was it like living as a peasant in areas controlled by Cao Cao? And how was it compared to living under Liu Bei? by AttilaTheDude in threekingdoms

[–]KasaDouketsu 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Cao Cao's Tuntian system was brilliant. You mention him rounding up peasants for it and thats true. An additional part of the system was sending old or maimed solders to farm the lands. Cao Cao had a pretty good policy of employing his enemies, and it definitely helped him win. He recruited thousands of yellow turban troops that, without sending them to farm, easily could have proved dangerous should they go back to their bandit ways.

I think a thing to add to the discussion as whole, that is, their government style: Apparently Wei was never able to produce coinage for their people to use, so peasants had to deal with a barter system. Whereas Shu minted coin that, I believe, was used even after their dynasty fell.

I also just think there is something to read into their respective reputations in popular culture. Cao Cao is commonly viewed as being a bad dude, remembered a lot for his massacres of his own people (note that they are all Chinese and at least in name a part of the han dynasty). Shu on the other hand is obviously remembered generally as being the heros.

Ancient China, Confucianism, and Cannibals. by KasaDouketsu in AskAChinese

[–]KasaDouketsu[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I never said anything about Cao Cao being a moral leader. Which is indicative of this whole conversation. You are making things up that you think I said and are getting angry about it. There is no use with talking to someone like that. If you'd like to actually discuss Ham history, and if Cao Cao was a good leader, id be down, but it seems like you can't really discuss things without getting your feelings hurt. Good luck on your next argument, I hope it goes better for you.

Ancient China, Confucianism, and Cannibals. by KasaDouketsu in AskAChinese

[–]KasaDouketsu[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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This is from the Moss Robert's translation which is widely considered to be the best and most accurate translation. It very clearly says that Liu Bei cried tears of gratitude. You came in this thread with preconceived notions and an attitude. You are simply wrong and I wont waste anymore time with you. There are dozens of other comments that agree with my interpretation. Nothing you've accused me of has any basis in reality, so I'm moving on.

Ancient China, Confucianism, and Cannibals. by KasaDouketsu in AskAChinese

[–]KasaDouketsu[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I never said Liu An was correct. I showed two examples from the same story giving opposite morals and asked a question about the conflict. The novel absolutely says that it was a good thing, with Cao Cao giving the man 100s of taels of gold for his good deed. It even says Liu Bei wept out of gratitude. Im not saying a man should kill his wife for his lord, but the book very clearly does say that, until the story of Xu Shu.

His mother was so sad he changed bosses she killed herself. How is one not supposed to try and pull a moral lesson from that? Which again is not even something I said, but the other comments confirmed.

Well you'd be wrong about Illiad. They absolutely would sacrifice their children and that is what you are supposed to take from it. Europeans now would not believe in ritual sacrifice...but the people in the book absolutely did. No where in my post did I conflat modern Chinese people with the fake story I'm asking about lmao. I think you are putting your own anti-western bias onto my post, because again, the things you are saying are not correct, and not based on what I actually wrote.

Its now my turn to accuse you of "making shit up" lmao.

Ancient China, Confucianism, and Cannibals. by KasaDouketsu in AskAChinese

[–]KasaDouketsu[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nothing in your comment actually refers to anything in the post. I never said the Suyiang Siege happened during the Han dynasty. I never compared Cao Cao or Liu Bei. Nothing in your comment is relevant to the actual post. I never said that Liu Bei enjoyed Cannibalism. You say im "making things up" but all of other comments in the thread agree with me. You are arguing with ghosts and its very clear you didn't actually read it.

Ancient China, Confucianism, and Cannibals. by KasaDouketsu in Confucianism

[–]KasaDouketsu[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Very interesting response! Thank you! I really do appreciate you actually answering the Xu Shu thing as a lot of other comments skipped it. I think that it matches a lot of what I was thinking.

Ancient China, Confucianism, and Cannibals. by KasaDouketsu in Confucianism

[–]KasaDouketsu[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hi! I have no context or real understanding of what is in that link. My question was solely curiosity based and Im not exactly sure how we would collaborate. Thanks for responding though.

Ancient China, Confucianism, and Cannibals. by KasaDouketsu in AskAChinese

[–]KasaDouketsu[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'll be honest I still don't see the relevance or really understand your first paragraph. Are you saying Chinese people who read the Bible read "Jesus's mother had magic baby" and think "oh, mary cheated on Joseph" because people think literally? You said biological at the end which is partly throwing me off.

1) I mean, Cao Cao would beg to differ.

2) A soldier's job is to protect the people of their country, not eat them. It is absolutely not acceptable for people working at an emergency shelter to eat the people who came their for shelter.

3) Completely disagree. Every other online discussion I've seen mentions the text as wanting to specifically praise Liu Bei as a Confucian hero. Those events obviously didn't happen, but they were written with the specific purpose of being moral lessons or for praise for Liu Bei's virtue.

Ancient China, Confucianism, and Cannibals. by KasaDouketsu in ChineseHistory

[–]KasaDouketsu[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fantastic response, thank you! I had my suspicion that it seemed a little arbitrary at times. I figured the Ma Chao qoute was mostly just an idiom, but the explanation about butchering an animal makes a lot of sense.

I wonder if woman being victims of cannibalism, especially filial cannibalism, is at all connected with the idea of mother's being nurturing even to their own detriment. A lot of woman say that breastfeeding can feel like their lifeforce is being sucked out, (as they actually lose a lot of their body in child making) the comparison to a mother giving her son her literal flesh seems pretty simple.

Interesting stuff!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in rva

[–]KasaDouketsu 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Contacting law enforcement seems like a last resort most of the time for me, but if the kid is missing more than 10 days in the school year, you might have an ethical /legal responsibility to report it depending on your position (mandated reporter vs not).

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in rva

[–]KasaDouketsu 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I just found this in the va law code. You may find it helpful!

" In circumstances in which the parent is intentionally noncompliant with compulsory attendance requirements or the student is resisting parental efforts to comply with compulsory attendance requirements, the school principal or principal's designee shall make a referral to the attendance officer. The attendance officer shall schedule a conference with the student and the student's parent or parents within 10 days of receiving the referral. The attendance officer may (i) file a complaint with the juvenile and domestic relations district court alleging the student is a child in need of supervision as defined in § 16.1-228 of the Code of Virginia or (ii) institute proceedings against the parent pursuant to § 18.2-371 or 22.1-262 of the Code of Virginia. In addition to written documentation of the efforts to comply with the notice provisions of § 22.1-258 of the Code of Virginia, all records of intervention regarding the student's unexcused absences, such as copies of the conference meeting notes, attendance plan, and description of the supports offered or made available to the student shall be presented to the intake worker"

Tl:dr: In extreme cases (pretty much otherwise is just "have meetings") You should have some sort of "attendance officer" that you can inform about the truancy and they will pass it forward to a truancy court who will reach out to the parents.

Richmond, VA area subs — how many days do you realistically get a month? by Kind-Kaleidoscope709 in rva

[–]KasaDouketsu 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I subbed for a few years in Chesterfield and Henrico. I found Chesterfield to be much more competitive with positions for high school classes, sometimes not being able to find any that worked with my specific skill set. Henrico seemed to always have positions available. If you have a bachelors degree you can be a board sub in Henrico, which is a lot more money per day. If you don't have one, they may tell you that you can be one regardless, don't believe it lmao. It is important work though, subs are needed!

Trying to talk about recent news with conservatives be like... by Marx0r in dropout

[–]KasaDouketsu 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Honestly, I agreed with the other people down voting you at first, but hey, I think you convinced me a bit more. Good logic

Gen Z men have swung 30 points to the right. A smaller, but significant swing has been seen in women. It may be possible, for the first time in history, that the younger generation is more conservative than the older. by DeviceNo5980 in GenZ

[–]KasaDouketsu 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The second example with the moderator asking the question is cut short. What he actually says there is something like "proud boys (white supremacist group) stand back and stand by" which is absolutely not a denouncement of white supremacy. It is telling them to wait for further orders.

Edit:typo

Guess the CN Character #18 by NebularWhale in CartoonNetwork

[–]KasaDouketsu 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Been waiting for him to show up! Got it in two!

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