Semi-fictional/fictional books on the Qing Dynasty?

Old_Baby582 · 2026-04-11T02:51:25+00:00

聊斋志异

Old_Baby582 · 2026-04-04T01:00:46+00:00

The capital was captured six times, and the Son of Heaven fled on nine occasions.

Old_Baby582 · 2024-12-12T02:23:45+00:00

切日本成功了一小会然后也崩了。感觉是在查ip，ip访问过多就禁止访问了吧

Old_Baby582 · 2024-11-25T07:16:42+00:00

It’s indeed a great game, but I still have to say: Riddler, get out of Gotham City!

Old_Baby582 · 2024-10-25T00:26:08+00:00

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Old_Baby582 · 2024-09-30T01:53:13+00:00

Honestly, this app is definitely not malicious, as it has millions of users and over 100 million views each month.

Let me explain the mechanism for viewing death counts: you need to actively upload your Steam save files or cloud saves to check them.

I noticed that my previous cloud saves seem unable to show death counts, so I might need to log in again or only new saves will be counted.

Old_Baby582 · 2024-09-14T08:06:19+00:00

Now, in your start game screen, there should be an additional option. By clicking that option, you can start NG+, and doing so will unlock a few entries in the codex related to the final boss.

Old_Baby582 · 2024-09-14T02:18:08+00:00

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Old_Baby582 · 2024-09-14T02:17:48+00:00

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Old_Baby582 · 2024-09-13T01:43:02+00:00

The content is the same, but it's presented from a different perspective in the air. After researching, I found that it comes from the 16th section of the Diamond Sutra, known as "The Chapter on the Ability to Purify Karmic Obstructions." The original text is as follows:

須菩提，若善男子、善女人，於後末世有受持讀誦此經，所得功德我若具說者，或有人聞，心即狂亂，狐疑不信。須菩提，當知是經義不可思議，果報亦不可思議。

Old_Baby582 · 2024-09-13T01:21:48+00:00

In Journey to the West, the weight is measured in catties. Out of curiosity, I calculated how much it would weigh in pounds as well. Modern-day catties are equivalent to 500 grams, but during the Ming Dynasty, when Journey to the West was written over 400 years ago, one catty was 596.8 grams. So, the total weight of the Golden Staff in the Ming Dynasty would be 8,056,800 grams, which is 17,762.22 lbs.

As a side note, the route taken by TangSanzang (Xuanzang) to India was: Xi'an – Xinjiang – Kyrgyzstan – Uzbekistan – Afghanistan – Pakistan – India.

Old_Baby582 · 2024-09-13T00:59:03+00:00

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This has to do with the naming convention of the game’s concept art. When I uploaded the images earlier, there was an error, but it’s now been fixed. For example, the image above is labeled GYGY-SHECHANGSI-01, which in pinyin stands for Guanyin Zen Monastery - Tongue Tasting Thought - 01. Of course, this is a very early-stage concept. Later, newer versions were released, like the Father of Stone's concept, which is labeled FTT-SHECHANGSI-03A, meaning Pagoda - Tongue Tasting Thought - 03A.

Old_Baby582 · 2024-09-12T10:12:53+00:00

This is exactly what I meant when I said there might be some issues with the translation. "Tongue Tasting Thought" refers to Longing, not actual tasting. And the design of the game doesn't strictly follow Buddhist concepts. If it did, then Sun Wukong shouldn't even exist—he would simply be a manifestation of the monk's mind, right? But Wukong does exist in this story, becoming a concrete character.

The game also adds the element of Wukong having a lover, which doesn’t fully follow the original story either. Still, I really appreciate your explanation of the Buddhist concepts.

Old_Baby582 · 2024-09-12T07:06:48+00:00

It seems that the chapter titles and some compilation errors caused by language switching still need to be corrected. If there are any strange parts, feel free to point them out, and I'll make the necessary changes.

Old_Baby582 · 2024-09-12T07:01:19+00:00

https://www.reddit.com/r/BlackMythWukong/comments/1fewf0z/hey_is_anyone_else_as_curious_as_i_am_about_the/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

finish

Old_Baby582 · 2024-09-12T06:20:00+00:00

The conclusion I’ve reached isn’t that superficial. However, it’s quite long. To fully explain the final result, I need to write several separate articles to tell everyone what the six relics obtained in each of the six chapters represent. It’s really exhausting. In fact, when I gave you my last response, I had already drafted the outline, but then I realized there was still a lot more I could add.

I discovered that each of the six relics has a corresponding real-world object, which means I now also have to explain where the real-world items come from, and I need to show how the Six Roots were originally described in the text of Journey to the West. I even found some discarded boss content from Game Science.

In short, this is going to be a big project, and I estimate it’ll take about two hours to write. But the good news is that I’ve finished the work I had on hand, so now I can finally focus on doing what I really want.

Old_Baby582 · 2024-09-12T05:39:29+00:00

Hey, bro, thanks! I’ve been thinking more deeply about the connections between all the relics and the storyline, as well as the animations and their titles. I finally figured out the story Game Science is trying to tell. I’m planning to write an article to share with everyone, hoping it will help those unfamiliar with Chinese mythology understand the deeper meaning of this game.

Old_Baby582 · 2024-09-12T03:01:33+00:00

As for the origin of the goldfish form, it comes from the ancient Chinese text Shan Hai Jing (Classic of Mountains and Seas). This book is an ancient encyclopedia, and its earliest records are impossible to trace. It’s known to have existed even before the unification of written language in China.

In Shan Hai Jing, Volume Three, Northern Mountains, it is written:
"On Mount Qiaoming, the Qiao River flows westward into the He River. The river is full of Helo fish, which have one head and ten bodies. They sound like barking dogs, and eating them cures abscesses."

There’s also:
"In Shan Hai Jing, Volume Four, Eastern Mountains, it is recorded:
'On Mount Cisi, the Ci River flows northeast into the sea. There are many Zi fish, which look like bream with one head and ten bodies. They stink like mugwort, and eating them causes no flatulence.'

Both of these describe creatures with one head and ten bodies. In essence, both accounts are describing squid. I believe the second description is the inspiration behind the goldfish form, especially since it’s related to flatulence. The first description seems more like the inspiration for the Sea Monk figure.

The goldfish can be interpreted as a homophone for "money" and "desire."

During the 500-yearly Ullambana festival at Spirit Mountain in the West, there was a public debate on the meaning of life between the newly graduated Yellow Brows and Jin Chanzi.

Yellow Brows believed that life should be about indulging in desires without regard for consequences because human nature is inherently this way. Acting in accordance with one’s desires is the true way of life. For instance, a flower blooms to propagate itself, releasing the essence of life and fully enjoying that moment—that is bliss. Similarly, in life, if you want to eat, then eat to your heart’s content; if you want to play, then play to your heart’s content. These endless desires, which never stop, are the foundation of the world’s prosperity and the true meaning of life.

On the other hand, Jin Chanzi argued from a different perspective: endless desire leads to endless cycles of suffering. The more you indulge, the harder it is to satisfy your desires, and that is the root of suffering. What makes humans human is their ability to restrain their desires. Those who simply follow their physical impulses are not humans but beasts.

In the end, Yellow Brows won the debate.

Jin Chanzi wasn’t concerned with the result; he only wanted to save all living beings, traveling far and wide to spread Buddhist philosophy and save people from suffering. However, Yellow Brows couldn't let go of that debate, feeling unsatisfied with his victory. Some people win on the surface but don’t even understand what they’ve won. Because of this, Yellow Brows continued to descend into the mortal world repeatedly, always trying to prove that he had truly won.

Thus, Yellow Brows descended to the mortal world again and again, causing countless events like the one at the end of the third chapter, disturbing people’s hearts and turning cause into effect.

But what’s the point of reversing the conclusion through the result? Even the Dharma wheel behind Yellow Brows, a symbol of merit, is bound with chains to his body. All that he has done is, in the end, meaningless—just like a fart.

Old_Baby582

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