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I suspect the woman who rescued Mudan in the mountains to be Princess Taiping, Sanlang's aunt. She would be Liu Lingfeng's mother in Strange Tales of Tang Dynasty.

Both titles are used interchangeably and loosely when it comes to light historical dramas/fiction. But to be accurate Wang Ye 王爷 is a Prince or Lord whereas 大王 Da Wang is a King. I believe Wang Ye 王爷 is more widely used in late Ming and Qing dynasties where princes were all mostly titular princes with no real power over their fiefs. Whereas 大王 Da Wang is a real monarch with power over his own domain or fief, so literally a King. Each dynasty went through this struggle of trying to take back power or balance the power of the fief Kings, often but not always the emperor's own brothers. Sometimes when they conquer neighbouring territories, they allow the ruling family to remain as a King with a different surname 外姓王 in return for surrendering for example.

During Tang dynasty, from Xuanzong's reign, the princes were only titular and had right of income from their fiefs but no real power over them. From then on they would be more accurately addressed as Wang Ye 王爷 or Prince. I believe the emperor in FP should be the young Xuanzong before his jiedushi reforms. He was the longest reigning Tang emperor and rose amidst a power struggle. At this time, many of his prince uncles should still have their own fiefs and are therefor more appropriately addressed as 大王 Da Wang. In the context of King Ning, this emphasizes his power and independence. Not to give the plot away completely but Xuanzong created jiedushi and gradually took power away from the 大王 Da Wangs but created military commanders who also became fief lords and also rebelled. The famous An Lushan rebellion which occurred toward the end of his reign was a jiedushi revolt that cost him his beloved Yang Guifei.

I am half kidding. He is among a group of veteran actors who bounce from set to set in support roles.

In the past they were all kings/wang王 of their own fiefs. When Qin Shihuang first unified China, he crowned himself 皇帝 or emperor and from then on there was only one emperor or the king of kings. His brothers/sons are all wang王 which can also be translated as prince. I personally prefer to use king for wang王 but I notice that more than half of the translators these days like to use prince. I think prince implies a person that is clearly a subordinate of the emperor. But throughout Chinese history there were many wang王 that were rebellious and openly defy the emperor to the point the emperor does not dare to intervene with what they do in their own fief. So I think the word king better represents the kind of authority and power they have over their own domains.

He lives in Hengdian and waltzes from set to set to play the big bad guy.

About time!!! And just when I am on holiday!!!

He killed Gao too in the past. Allegedly he went nuts and did it. That’s why his dad was so harsh to him. If he didn’t kill him again he would be changing the past.

I am personally not that familiar enough with WD's original voice but it is bc he did YYM that I know his lines are good. Some actors are pretty good at changing their voices for different roles so maybe that's what he did for the role? Everyone in drama-land tries to graduate to movies bc the pay is better and they get a share of the box-office take, which can be huge if its a hit. I doubt for example we will see Zhu Yilong back making that many dramas now that he has had huge box office success. But not everyone can do it - YM is so bad she barely gets any lines or screen-time in all the movies she has been in. Both her and Liu Shishi in Brotherhood of Blades 1 and 2 could barely be heard. There have been a few dramas that are onset/live recorded - I think both LLTG and TROP. Lusi was trying but she was so soft spoken, you can barely hear her or make out what she is saying. She convinced no one in that that she can pull off movie roles. The women are the ones that have the hardest time with live recording.

I understand how vulnerable she felt but her sheer stupidity left me gasping for breath. I also somewhat blame Mudan who is too kind and gave her much more than she deserved. Instead of making her grateful, it just made her even more insecure . Sometimes its just not smart to be kind to and confide in dumb peasants like that.

Yes, if you dub a movie, its not qualified to compete for awards. You can dub over small bits only if the sound is compromised - I think the limit is 10pct or something like that. The only exception is of course animation. That's also why so many drama actors can't graduate to the big screen, where the big bucks are. They can't speak their own lines well enough or loudly enough to be picked up by the recording.

Let’s face it, she is just plain dumb, too dumb to be anything better than an employee and never a partner.

She didn’t defend herself to keep his secrets. Of course he has to save her it’s just returning the favor.

She should’ve just said - sorry I am just using you for sex.

Movies are never dubbed they are original sound.

I am personally not that against dubbing. Many of the best dramas are dubbed by good VAs including the recent Blossoms. Both LYN and LYX are good at lines and at dubbing themselves so in that case, I am all for it. Ren Jialun's lines are not great even though he dubs himself well enough but I still would rather a VA do it in his case. Cheng Yi doesn't have a great ML voice and his lines are mediocre so in his case I don't care whether he dubs himself or a VA does it. Hu Ge is amazing at lines and dubs himself well so he should never be dubbed by a VA.

Well you can always check the credits that's the best way to know for sure. I am too lazy to bc it scrolls really fast so I usually just google it in Chinese. Idk about Zhenni but the other actors have all dubbed themselves before in past productions so I am sure they can but the lines and the dubbing here is so good that it sounds more like a professional job.

Sometimes they try to dub themselves but the production ends up deciding not to use it. The article above specifically credits VAs for the dubbing, not sure why they would make it up.🤷🏻‍♀️ That said, I know Wang Duo can and has dubbed himself in the past.

I don't know about that site I usually just search for it. And the article I posted above credits the dubbing artists and studio for the main roles.

They invested in very good VAs and the actors actually bothered to learn and deliver their lines properly so they are easy to dub well. Yang Mi used to be one of the worst laziest diva actors in the industry, you can see her in BTS mumbling her lines bc she didn't bother learn them or deliver properly during filming. She just let her VAs clean up her mess. That's why now she is struggling so hard with her line delivery and to dub herself.

Whatever Douban's flaws and biases, the industry itself respects it as the most authoritative rating site. Even when they get much better scores on other sites, it is their Douban rating that they will boast about.