I found one of the songs in the drama, the one by singer actor 胡文煊 Hu Wenxuan: 恩宠en chong (Grace). It is on Youtube with pinyin transliteration but no translation into English : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHjTZiy_T1M
As of May 26, it is fully subbed until Ep 15 on WeTV, in raw until Ep 23 on kiss or cool, but available as subbed until 12 on dailymotion where image is distorted. Lots of turnabout moments, some demoniac magic, some treason, a heartless and treacherous crown prince, an illegitimate other prince, some foreign princely "Kun" state that has perhaps an axe to grind with the rigid "Wei" emperor, some undead people... and a pretty girl who does not know who to trust and who to love. ML is maybe not the most handsome of the princes, but not bad looking either. Not boring. Short episodes, so binge-watchable as "dessert candy". Presumably, it will be released sometime after finale of today, as a "movie-edition" one.
I modified the overview of Daoism in the discussion of traditional Chinese culture, to show the hexagram 31 and its interpretations from the Book of Changes, that Mrs Dong referred to in her conversation with Rebecca in Episode 22. If you'd like to have a peek, it's linked above or through this direct link https://kisskh.at/discussions/hou-lang/100789-about-traditional-chinese-culture?page=2
Is this drama being promoted as a romance drama to begin with? I for one did not go into this drama expecting…
Same. I am a sucker for fluff once in a while as dessert, but wasn't expecting much of that sort in a drama about new generation pushed to new times, and TCM, and quite a big dose of realism. Wondering why people crave that much for romance in ALL dramas. Even if there is a mention of romance, it may only be a side story, and perhaps not really satisfying. Even the dramas strongly put forward as romances can end up unsatisfactory for the crowd that craves romance AND Happy End ever After (like in unbelievable fairy tales). I think we should be reasonable and just enjoy other things too. I like the Houlang drama as it is, mostly. Interesting confrontation of very traditional outlooks (gender-based work division) and Daoist faith (Ep. 18 - the Master : "How much help can we provide to patients? ... If we have faith [in ourselves, and/or progress] everything should turn out fine." This is a very Daoist outlook, consistent with the type of TCM he is teaching based on yin and yang interconnections.) I've added an overview of Daoism in "About traditional Chinese culture" discussion, in case someone is interested in the origins of that thinking, the ramifications in sects and places and texts and martial arts. And if you'd like to try coin-based divination with the Yi Jing too, lol, since the hexagrams are one development of the Taoist trigrams and bagua notions. Also pointing to Ken Liu (translator of The Tree Body Problem and gifted SFF writer himself) new translation of the Daodejing "scripture", available on Audible only, at the moment : Taoism looks like it is quite trendy, these days.
New outro? maybe I exited too fast: will go back to listen/watch :-).
Ah yes, now we have the Zhou Shen song "Also Very Worth it" for ep.14 end credits, instead of the Zhou Bichang "Ordinary Identity" like in episode 13. 😊 But the outro songs alternate since the beginning "Also Very Worth it"也很值得 (Eps 2, 4....14) "Ordinary Identity" 平凡身份 (Eps1, 3, ... 13)
I came across this in youtube. I don’t undestand alot of chinese so anyone who speak chinese can help me translate?…
The videos and first post are total gobbledygook interpretation. This is not speculating on what's upcoming. We've already seen those episodes!!! MengMeng never was sexually assaulted or seduced by TZ! I view her as a mentally unstable border nymphomaniac and PTSD sufferer from her previous relationship with a man (men? rapists? it never was clear) who knocked her up carelessly. Why she chose to cling to another male (TZ) is beyond me (unless she has a dangerous neurotic fixation on a male who looks available?). TZ is supposedly just trying to make amends for his early misdiagnosis and to view her as a regressive "child" in need of a big brother figure - or perhaps he is interested by her cute curly head and vapid eyes, since his behavior can be seen as quite ambiguous.
This is a part of the story that really lacks a lot of credibility : how could parents entrust (rather : abandon again) their hysterically ailing child to people who are neither friends nor family, nor trained psychiatrists, especially after these strange parents were so careless that they let her get into serious trouble causing her to be mutilated ? How could the master and his wife accept to take the girl in when she clearly can't be a student/disciple of TCM? They have no connection or training, with mental health care , nor agreement from authorities, nor run a monastery, and accepting to be burdened with her so informally can bring them trouble. Luckily, the rest of the story has many interesting and insightful features. And ZLS, of course.
Some apologies needs to be spoken in words not just assumed that it is done , meng meng storyline doesn't border…
pole? I think you mistyped and meant "pond" ? ( when the heartless "young master" abandoned drunk Cinderella on a bench some episodes back) Actually, Meng Meng's storyline does bother me, because it feels totally unnecessary to the plot and detracts from the realism in the story.
1 episode for tonight and 1 for tomorrow. Well, as the Master said, wine ought to be drunk in moderation; although I'd like to gulp more down like Toutou ;-)
From the observations and character development up until now, I believe that We Geng (RXZ) and Zhao Lusi (TT)…
You mean Wu Gang (playing master Ren). Agreeing with your assessment for this 1/4, first part. Rolling with the waves to see where curre nts will lead to.
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Not boring. Short episodes, so binge-watchable as "dessert candy". Presumably, it will be released sometime after finale of today, as a "movie-edition" one.
If you'd like to have a peek, it's linked above or through this direct link
https://kisskh.at/discussions/hou-lang/100789-about-traditional-chinese-culture?page=2
and as a commenter on Youhug noted : "Congratulations to Houlang for breaking through... 10,000 popularity."
Wondering why people crave that much for romance in ALL dramas. Even if there is a mention of romance, it may only be a side story, and perhaps not really satisfying. Even the dramas strongly put forward as romances can end up unsatisfactory for the crowd that craves romance AND Happy End ever After (like in unbelievable fairy tales).
I think we should be reasonable and just enjoy other things too.
I like the Houlang drama as it is, mostly.
Interesting confrontation of very traditional outlooks (gender-based work division) and Daoist faith (Ep. 18 - the Master : "How much help can we provide to patients? ... If we have faith [in ourselves, and/or progress] everything should turn out fine." This is a very Daoist outlook, consistent with the type of TCM he is teaching based on yin and yang interconnections.)
I've added an overview of Daoism in "About traditional Chinese culture" discussion, in case someone is interested in the origins of that thinking, the ramifications in sects and places and texts and martial arts. And if you'd like to try coin-based divination with the Yi Jing too, lol, since the hexagrams are one development of the Taoist trigrams and bagua notions. Also pointing to Ken Liu (translator of The Tree Body Problem and gifted SFF writer himself) new translation of the Daodejing "scripture", available on Audible only, at the moment : Taoism looks like it is quite trendy, these days.
But the outro songs alternate since the beginning
"Also Very Worth it"也很值得 (Eps 2, 4....14)
"Ordinary Identity" 平凡身份 (Eps1, 3, ... 13)
Btw did you notice Peachey Blossom has posted another OST songs translations after the initial five? The discussion part https://kisskh.at/discussions/hou-lang/100551-gen-z-full-ost-with-eng-subs where they are listed needs to be updated to also list the latest one: "Like I Once Loved" (Yan An) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-3OMG1-KoQ !
I was still wondering about the intro tune. So, this one is 大道如环 Dàdào rú huán (Road like a ring), by 解男 Jie Nan on this "complete OST" playlist https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgCvtouQJsE
This is not speculating on what's upcoming. We've already seen those episodes!!!
MengMeng never was sexually assaulted or seduced by TZ!
I view her as a mentally unstable border nymphomaniac and PTSD sufferer from her previous relationship with a man (men? rapists? it never was clear) who knocked her up carelessly.
Why she chose to cling to another male (TZ) is beyond me (unless she has a dangerous neurotic fixation on a male who looks available?).
TZ is supposedly just trying to make amends for his early misdiagnosis and to view her as a regressive "child" in need of a big brother figure - or perhaps he is interested by her cute curly head and vapid eyes, since his behavior can be seen as quite ambiguous.
This is a part of the story that really lacks a lot of credibility : how could parents entrust (rather : abandon again) their hysterically ailing child to people who are neither friends nor family, nor trained psychiatrists, especially after these strange parents were so careless that they let her get into serious trouble causing her to be mutilated ? How could the master and his wife accept to take the girl in when she clearly can't be a student/disciple of TCM? They have no connection or training, with mental health care , nor agreement from authorities, nor run a monastery, and accepting to be burdened with her so informally can bring them trouble.
Luckily, the rest of the story has many interesting and insightful features. And ZLS, of course.
Actually, Meng Meng's storyline does bother me, because it feels totally unnecessary to the plot and detracts from the realism in the story.