Jianghu is the world of martial artists/fighters. Someone in the Jianghu is usually bound either by his clan's…
Maybe... but without the pretense of religious elements, LOL. And some of them are definitely a lot more like the Storm Troopers - the cannon fodder, that is, LOL.
There's no innate sense of good or evil in cultivation - that falls to the cultivator's reasons and actions. And they also don't have any kind of special same-same sabers (though famous and named swords exist).
...And in xianxia, they use their swords to fly on, as long as they have cultivated to a high enough level. Never seen Luke Skywalker riding his Jedi saber, right? :D
Jianghu is the world of martial artists/fighters. Someone in the Jianghu is usually bound either by his clan's…
Jianghu is the whole setup - basically the paralel world of fighters who either try to do good, or try to live lawlessly (and were suprimed by the first class, LOL). ETA It's not a different realm, though some clans might live in seclusion and have secret cultivation places. They're right among the regular people, usually, or very close by, though there are some settings where they're elusive and little seen LOL.
I doubt there was ever an actual Jianghu as they present it in the wuxia/xianxia stories and dramas, but they're supposed to have lived in a world they themselves governed and where they were usually left alone to manage (unless they became either way too raucous and disrupted the regular world's affairs, and then maybe some Emperor would take measures to curb their enthusiasm or strategically ignored them because he couldn't beat them hahaha~). But the Jianghu is now more of a cultural term - the underworld, or the world outside of rules, where might is right as long as you can wield a sword and aim to be the top cultivator in the world.
The cultivators are the martial artists living in the Jianghu and always trying to face out with other cultivators and see who was better. A cultivator is another term for the "follower of the way" or daoist/taoist (dao is "the way" to make sense of the world and maybe conquer it or at least try to understand as much of it as possible.) Now daoism is more of a philosophical concept, but in the Jianghu, it's the only way one can grow (cultivate) into someone always better. A daoist / cultivator would aim to grow his inner energy / qi and get more and more powerful.
Xianxia and Wuxia stories can get quite larger than life with the concepts of cultivation LOL, but that's generally the main idea. Those guys you see flexing and sending invisible waves to topple their adversaries have cultivated lots and lots of qi, therefore they're dangerous and awesome (but it's hard so most of the NPCs of the Jianghu are just disciples / beginners / cannon fodder.)
In NiF, everybody (but MCS) has at least a bit of cultivated qi and are at least a tiny bit of good fighters. Some are way better than others - like Liu Fei, Xia Dong and Meng Zhi. Some, while good soldiers, aren't as good at cultivation itself - like Xiao JingYan for example.
NiF is not really about the Jianghu and cultivation, anyway... I hope you're enjoying it! :D
(And if you want to watch something with lots of Jianghu involvement and great and famous fictional cultivators - then maybe The Blood of Youth and Mysterious Lotus Casebook could start to show you how it goes :D)
Nihuang is his daughter (I'm presuming adopted, in order to get her clan closer to the throne). BUT she's also…
IMHO wherever they set these kind of things up, it was always political. Some clans would be richer, some would be more military-inclined. And if the Emperor wanted money flowing his way and/or his borders guarded, he'd have to use political marriages. Those are kind of cheap and useful (unless one gets thrown out by his relatives, eventually, LOL).
Also, what is the relationship between the Emperor and Nihuang? I'm cinfused by how they're connected. Why does…
Nihuang is his daughter (I'm presuming adopted, in order to get her clan closer to the throne). BUT she's also a Commandery Princess, which means she's a soldier, too. Her clan is usually on the border, fighting invaders. She's not a pretty flower sitting calmly in a palace waiting for marriage. Quite a lot of Imperial sons and daughters weren't, LOL, but it also depends on the dynasty and what happened at the time.
You have to keep in mind that an Emperor had a whole harem of wives, some more important than others. Usually there's an Empress (not always), some Noble Consorts, then the regular Consorts, then the Concubines of several ranks (IIRC about 5 ranks, but I could be wrong) and even officially married persons who never visited the Emperor's bed, usually come through some political alliance. An Emperor could have dozens of children, ALL of different ranks and importance in the succession, and then they could adopt whomever they wanted and was needed at the time. Their mothers and their mothers' respective clans were of paramount importance to the royal children. Depending on who was up and who was down, some could grow up basically in noble poverty, while others could become Crown Princes and inherit the empire.
Sorry, another question. When Chang Su talks about being a "jianghu" man and showing how he's "in charge" of "the…
Jianghu is the world of martial artists/fighters. Someone in the Jianghu is usually bound either by his clan's rules (and only marginally by the official non-Jianghu's world order) or clanless, in which case he could be a rogue / bandit or someone who's a loner.
MCS is not a cultivator / martial artist anymore, since he had to give up everything just to survive. But he is the one everyone in the Jianghu is listening to, because of who he is, first, and then because of what he can do.
The Langya Clan / Sect is part of the Jianghu and is supporting MCS. Xia Dong (and basically all the Xia Clan) are also part of the cultivation world, but on the outside, since they chose to serve the Emperor. Fei Liu is definitely a cultivator, too, and one of great talent, too - and he's following MCS. All the hidden agents and masters who help MCS are part of the Jianghu too - including the guy who loses the fight to the three kids, LOL.
yess, they are indeed died at the same place. Bo Young died before Da Eun. And Su-oh witnessed all that. You will…
She went to check on JeongWoo then returned to the barn. She didn't expect to see BoYeong there, because the guys were supposed to move her already (and their parents already had). But while she was cleaning up things, NaDeun and her lover the doctor came in and NaGyeom had to hide again until after the murder.
The barn was the only hidden place NaDeun knew of, as she had recently transferred from Seoul to the small city, and her friends (JeongWoo and the gang) showed her the place. NaDeun didn't expect anyone to be there, as the boys were supposed to go get drunk at JeongWoo's house that night.
SuOh was also hidden in the barn through both events and witnessed everything.
Is it being considered a successful series? It is such an excellent drama.
It started with 2.6 (18th) national ratings on MBC and is currently up to 8.6 (3rd) on its 13th ep. I'd say it's totally a success, particularly considering that it's a mystery/thriller, not a romcom (those and the weekenders get higher ratings if they're at least a bit good, thrillers not so much), and that young people don't even watch dramas on TV usually but stream them, instead.
Thank you for the article! This is quite informative and interesting, and there's a lot more than the usual (and well-known) stories like the gumiho and red thread of fate, and the magpie bridge :D
In particular, that Sunny Doll is a surprise - I even watched My Personal Weatherman and never knew that doll had such a backstory :D
For more gumiho - check out Gu Family Book (and all the others like My Girlfriend is a Gumiho, or The Fox in the Screen).
For more Grim Reapers - Black. Definitely that one, LOL.
For more soulmates (and red threads) - A Tale of Thousand Stars.
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There's no innate sense of good or evil in cultivation - that falls to the cultivator's reasons and actions. And they also don't have any kind of special same-same sabers (though famous and named swords exist).
...And in xianxia, they use their swords to fly on, as long as they have cultivated to a high enough level. Never seen Luke Skywalker riding his Jedi saber, right? :D
I doubt there was ever an actual Jianghu as they present it in the wuxia/xianxia stories and dramas, but they're supposed to have lived in a world they themselves governed and where they were usually left alone to manage (unless they became either way too raucous and disrupted the regular world's affairs, and then maybe some Emperor would take measures to curb their enthusiasm or strategically ignored them because he couldn't beat them hahaha~). But the Jianghu is now more of a cultural term - the underworld, or the world outside of rules, where might is right as long as you can wield a sword and aim to be the top cultivator in the world.
The cultivators are the martial artists living in the Jianghu and always trying to face out with other cultivators and see who was better. A cultivator is another term for the "follower of the way" or daoist/taoist (dao is "the way" to make sense of the world and maybe conquer it or at least try to understand as much of it as possible.) Now daoism is more of a philosophical concept, but in the Jianghu, it's the only way one can grow (cultivate) into someone always better. A daoist / cultivator would aim to grow his inner energy / qi and get more and more powerful.
Xianxia and Wuxia stories can get quite larger than life with the concepts of cultivation LOL, but that's generally the main idea. Those guys you see flexing and sending invisible waves to topple their adversaries have cultivated lots and lots of qi, therefore they're dangerous and awesome (but it's hard so most of the NPCs of the Jianghu are just disciples / beginners / cannon fodder.)
In NiF, everybody (but MCS) has at least a bit of cultivated qi and are at least a tiny bit of good fighters. Some are way better than others - like Liu Fei, Xia Dong and Meng Zhi. Some, while good soldiers, aren't as good at cultivation itself - like Xiao JingYan for example.
NiF is not really about the Jianghu and cultivation, anyway... I hope you're enjoying it! :D
(And if you want to watch something with lots of Jianghu involvement and great and famous fictional cultivators - then maybe The Blood of Youth and Mysterious Lotus Casebook could start to show you how it goes :D)
This has one of the best endings of a drama I've seen - yes, it's hopeful.
You have to keep in mind that an Emperor had a whole harem of wives, some more important than others. Usually there's an Empress (not always), some Noble Consorts, then the regular Consorts, then the Concubines of several ranks (IIRC about 5 ranks, but I could be wrong) and even officially married persons who never visited the Emperor's bed, usually come through some political alliance. An Emperor could have dozens of children, ALL of different ranks and importance in the succession, and then they could adopt whomever they wanted and was needed at the time. Their mothers and their mothers' respective clans were of paramount importance to the royal children. Depending on who was up and who was down, some could grow up basically in noble poverty, while others could become Crown Princes and inherit the empire.
MCS is not a cultivator / martial artist anymore, since he had to give up everything just to survive. But he is the one everyone in the Jianghu is listening to, because of who he is, first, and then because of what he can do.
The Langya Clan / Sect is part of the Jianghu and is supporting MCS. Xia Dong (and basically all the Xia Clan) are also part of the cultivation world, but on the outside, since they chose to serve the Emperor. Fei Liu is definitely a cultivator, too, and one of great talent, too - and he's following MCS. All the hidden agents and masters who help MCS are part of the Jianghu too - including the guy who loses the fight to the three kids, LOL.
This is a plan that's been brewing since forever.
The barn was the only hidden place NaDeun knew of, as she had recently transferred from Seoul to the small city, and her friends (JeongWoo and the gang) showed her the place. NaDeun didn't expect anyone to be there, as the boys were supposed to go get drunk at JeongWoo's house that night.
SuOh was also hidden in the barn through both events and witnessed everything.
DaEun wasn't raped, her older lover killed her.
Don't miss that one.
Also, Nobody Knows.
In particular, that Sunny Doll is a surprise - I even watched My Personal Weatherman and never knew that doll had such a backstory :D
For more gumiho - check out Gu Family Book (and all the others like My Girlfriend is a Gumiho, or The Fox in the Screen).
For more Grim Reapers - Black. Definitely that one, LOL.
For more soulmates (and red threads) - A Tale of Thousand Stars.