Mailyn

The fake guy is (probably) the Yang brother who was sent to the temple. (We learned this during the Madame Yang trial.)

If you mean to say that your country has a traditional tea culture - why is it surprising?

It was quite easy to work out who caused madam Yang's death after learning that the Yang brother had been sent off to a temple. The arrival of the beggar confirms it. (Unless these are all red herrings.)

spoiler re ep 28:

Not necessary in the sense that season one had a happy ending and was not left unresolved in any way (that I remember). So, you could watch season two with the leads already married as a stand-alone drama BUT... if there are references to things that happened in the first season, you won't know what they are talking about (unless it is explained). Better to watch Season 1 first as it is worth watching IMO.

Not at all. I don't take any drama seriously because it is not real. My comments are directed at your use of ridicule and false logic to sway other people especially when you yourself have misrepresented the facts. If my students did the same, I would comment thusly.

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.