Mailyn

The scholar has actually shown sharp insight and moral clarity. Your insult ‘learned man’ says more about your bias than about the scholar’s abilities, and the ridicule embedded in that phrasing (which also happens to be an ad hominem fallacy in this case) is nothing but a persuasive tactic meant to sway readers emotionally rather than logically.

I thought the outfits, props, and subs were bad, too. And what was that with the FL making fish-like expressions? At first I thought that she was retching!

Thanks for the extra info. To be honest, I miss bits of what I am watching because I am focussed on translating the Chinese subs when available rather than the Eng subs as I am learning Mandarin - with a historical bias.

I don't know if it is just me but the first ten minutes of this drama, which does not seem to follow the synopsis, were so bad that I dropped it straight away. I thought that it was a budget web drama - not a 45 minute drama. Perhaps I need to try again or look at other episodes to see if there is a change or some improvement before editing my post.

It is currently on Kisskh

Presumably the subtitles (for this drama) on Kisskh are the same as those on IQIYI - a mix of good and bad subs?

Re subtitles...

Since when has respecting a grandfather (especially in Asian culture) been the same as respecting the Japanese equivalent of the Nazis. Actually, I don't see how a Kamikaze pilot can be considered a Nazi-like monster / war criminal. Many of my relatives were soldiers/airmen in both WWI and WWII and I am fairly certain that some of them caused the deaths - directly or indirectly - of foreign soldiers and perhaps even civilians. Can I not say that I respect those family members? What about the pilot of the Enola Gay? Was he a war criminal or a monster? However, his "We are here today thanks to them." should have been flagged. Afterall, it WAS Japan that started the war (on that front) so how the actor could think (if that is what he meant) that these pilots saved Japan is beyond me But that just makes him stupid not a supporter of the Japanese 'Nazis'.)

The script of which may or may not have been written for him. (Is it known?)

@Wildflower Parenthetically, what do you think about the controversy about Vanessa Redgrave playing the part of the FL in Playing For Time (1980)

My first thought was that you were saying that you, too, had not heard of him - but then I realised that you meant that there are now two of us who can not believe it. Sorry.

Time makes people forget and many young people are not brought up with the same knowledge of events as elders and even if they are, the seriousness of said events is in many cases not delivered with the same emotional impact. To not know about Hitler in 2026 is not as bad as not knowing about him in the 1980's when the history was still fresh and in everybody's minds. For instance all of my family members who were brought up during the war years are now dead. I certainly do not regale my grandchildren with stories about the war (learned from my elders) but I would make sure that they knew basic history and were not ignorant of the excesses of that time. But this is irrelevant. She was uneducated and came from uneducated parents who were probably not impacted by the war years. She was probably taught in school but didn't pay attention in class. (To give some perspective, she also thought that stars were only about a mile or so from Earth!) I just wonder how ignorant this actor was when he was supposedly paying his respects to his grandfather.

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Yes. I agree. On another note: Have you considered just how many scripts of Chinese historical dramas abound with such illogical thinking in scenes where a character is being punished / rebuked / ridiculed / vilified, revenged upon. etc.
P.S. I am definitely the overlord and not the servant of my four-legged boys.

Question re episode 10.

It certainly raises many questions. One possible reason for her murder is that she could potentially recognise her daughter. Is it possible that the two matriarchs from the two families are working together? Or that the General's 'mother' knows the origin of the younger sister (if the adopted daughter is the missing second daughter)? The one knowingly gives up the legitimate daughter to be killed as the wife for a dead son. For this arrangement to have been put in place a certain understanding had to have been reached. Just why does his 'mother' hate the wife so much given that she is willing to tolerate and entertain the two concubines? Does she have a son somewhere who is yet to be seen?

https://kisskh.co/Drama/Glory-in-Shadows

You are quite right. Military men (or other men, come to that) were probably not taught how to handle the inner chambers battlefield which was both caused and governed by women.

JieJie
This is a textbook example of drawing a broad conclusion from insufficient evidence. Your premise is unproven, and your conclusion doesn’t logically follow from it.

1. Your argument takes one alleged failure (not protecting one person) and uses it to conclude global incompetence (must suck at guarding anything else). This is the core fallacy driving your statement.

2. Even if the premise were true, your conclusion does not logically follow. Guarding one person ≠ guarding everything else. So your reasoning that “A happened, therefore B must be true” is structurally invalid. (Non-sequitur fallacy).

3. Your statement uses ridicule (“can’t even look after a woman,” “must suck”) to attack the general’s competence. This is not a pure ad hominem fallacy because it does attempt an argument, but the insulting tone functions rhetorically like one in that it seeks to persuade others.

If it is the adopted sister playing the long game - and she killed the FL's mother (though why would she do that?) that would mean that she killed her own mother.

Thanks for your reply. Yes, I get that. I might have a quick look at it (purely out of curiosity) but I would be surprised if it highlighted the geopolitical reasons for the invasion and occupation - what with Chinese censorship and all.