Mailyn

Don't worry. We all do it.

What 'Chinese culture' is that? This drama is only representative of Ming Dynasty culture. Are you saying that you have only seen Ming Dynasty dramas? One can prefer one dynasty over another (for whatever reason) or even compare them, but one dynasty can not be a better representation of Chinese culture than another.

God! Whoever put him (ML) in that pale blue frumpy outfit... Glad that they allowed him to change to a more suitable colour / better fit soon afterwards.

No. Unless it refers to the short clip of the FL's maid complaining about the ML's investigation ruining the FL's investigation into the missing women.

voldermortsunbae: Were you, perhaps, thinking of 'half-sister' when you said she's not a cousin? That is, a concubine from the first family?

If the ML knew who he was and was bowing and scraping to her (as a ploy) I wouldn't mind nearly as much! We see that he has had one memory but...

Do we even know if they were his own words or whether he was reading from a script? And do we know if he was aware (at the time of saying) of the import of his words in relation to his country's infamous past? For instance, back in the 1980's, I met an 18 year old (British) who had never even heard of Hitler! And to this day, I can not get over the fact that she was so ignorant.

Although I understand your thoughts and feelings, one thing about your post bothers me, and that is, that there is, as far as I am aware, no documented evidence to suggest that the Nazis were ever shocked by the Japanese people's 'capacity for raw, inhuman, brutality'. Although your post is thoughtful, this particular statement (which may or may not be your own creation) seems more rhetorical than factual, which may distract from your more grounded insights.

Nazi Germany is widely seen as the benchmark for 20th‑century brutality so the idea that “even the Nazis were shocked” functions as a rhetorical device to emphasize the scale of Japanese war crimes. But rhetorically powerful does not mean historically documented - whatever is circulated online.

Thanks again, for the information.

Thank you.

Thanks very much. I'll have a look. I think I saw the same dog as a puppy in A Dream of Splendour.

Yes!

Thanks. Actually, I have just rewatched 'A dream of Splendour', and I can't say that the same 'dog' stars in that drama too, because it is a puppy, but definitely the same breed if it isn't.

Thank you. I couldn't remember which ones.

Thanks very much. It seems that it has been in a few.

Paws for thought. Can anybody name two other historical dramas that that dog 'stars' in?

I don't know, but its the third drama that Iv'e seen it in. I wondered if it belonged to the director or someone, but I would have to remember the other two dramas and see who directed them.

I haven't seen this drama, but how is it any different to other officials / kings / emperors who had a harem with more than one concubine? In those days it would not be considered cheating even if the emperor 'took' one of the palace maids. Also, (in real life) it was not always because a man could not keep it in his pants but because of the low infant mortality rate. Or are you more angry about the fact that he was (so I have read) an asshole who stole her from his friend?

I agree with you.

Just out of curiosity, did you refer to the character as being 'all used up' because you didn't like her or would you have used the same terminology even if you did like her? That is, were your comments about the character epithetical? I am trying to decide whether you look down on any woman who has had several children and / or their physical appearance after having had many.