Mailyn

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.

Thanks for your reply. I might just look at a couple of episodes just to see how it handles (if it does) the geopolitical reasons for the invasion.

Yes, I get it now. Thank you.

I am not worried - but I must admit that it is a tad unhealthy for young people to be so swayed. I am glad that you aren't. Enjoy!

Oh! I'll kook it up. Thank you.

Yes. he is a good boy, isn't he. We will see, though, if he really is, won't we? Many of the characters in this drama are far too easily manipulated!

Yes. Someone else told me the same thing - saying that the link above is fake. I shall look later.

No. I must have missed something because although the dead husband blackmailed her with it, I don't know what the significance of the bracelet is - even though I have theories.

To be watched alone? Or do you mean solely on account of...? (I don't think that I could watch anything that screams 'misnomer' or 'whitewash' in the title.

Is it very political? Any drama about Tibet which is historically framed as "Tibet’s peaceful liberation" will probably whitewash the invasion and occupation of said country.

I am not even sure that she has a motive as such (that would imply that it was planned) - other than a need to impose her own standards on her offspring. Many patriarchs / matriarchs ruin their families because of their views on filial obedience, etc. Hopefully, she will see the error of her ways. But you could be right. There could be more to it.

Thank you. I will. It is very easy to ignore things in early episodes - which one needs in later ones to figure out what is happening.

I was responding to Starryeyes0803 about her comment. This was not my theory. Sorry. This was just a random guess of hers not based on anything in the drama itself.