nycfoodie

Thank you!

This is one fictional family in a satirical, farcical TV show. From this, you extrapolate their fictionalized experiences to those of all real, historical families in ancient China. Seriously asking, are you seriously asking??

If you wanted to know, you could've easily looked it up yourself in the time it took to write your post. But I'll give you a quick answer: NO!

During this period in Chinese history, Confucianism (and to some extent, other ideologies such as taoism) promoted piety towards parents, elders, ancestors as well as spouses. Harmony is the key family value.

The family was seen as a microcosm (and driver) of society at large. Without the stability of individual family units, social stability
would be precariously ephemeral, if not ultimately impossible.

Of course, you're entitled to your trollish opinion. And I'm entitled to point out that your mommy's basement is warm & cozy this time of year.

I have no problem handling your opinion. I choose to handle it by noting its trollish quality.

For the record, I didn't hurl any personal insults at you. Saying that your mommy's basement is warm & cozy is actually quite the compliment. I could've easily said that it's cold & damp instead.

YAMH >

Why are you even here? Don't you have better things to do than watch boring C-dramas and troll about them? But I guess mommy's basement is warm & cozy this time of year.

The Starry Love

Only 14 emojis? I was hoping for more.

I didn't write what I wrote to p1ss you off. Like CXY, I also didn't even know you exist. Now that I know, I don't care.

I didn't miss your point. I DIS-missed it.

Oh, I see where I touched a nerve. You've given every single CXY drama you've ever watched a 10 (out of 10).

How sweet! Too bad he doesn't care because he doesn't know you exist. It's also cute how you defended him against my relatively innocuous remarks, but again, he doesn't care because he doesn't know you exist.

Actually, according to your food analogy, I said that peaches and peach pies are much better, but I still support both apples and apple pies. Get your facts (& foods) straight.

Oh, by the way, there's nothing ironic about my screenname because you're the one who made the food analogy, not me, remember?

Thanks for playing.
You take the L, but at
least you tried.

I never said he wasn't. All I suggested is that some other Chinese actors are even more outstanding.

Cheyenne7889: "everything is accessible everywhere these days."

Given that a relatively high proportion (approximately one-third) of the global population (much more in the developing world) do not have internet access, this is a profoundly ignorant and provincial claim, stemming from (Westernized) privilege.

The poster to whom I was responding made absolutely no mention of any of these sources. (In fact, she specifically brought up geo-blocking as a barrier to entry, which suggests she doesn't know how to bypass it.) Nor does she seem to differentiate between prestige and idol dramas, let alone know what they are. Her knowledge of Chinese dramas seems to be entirely derivative of her friends' opinions about those with "hotties," which only confirms that she knows nothing about prestige dramas, or even that they exist. Last but not least, AI generated translations are hardly "highly accurate," unless you have bizarre standards for accuracy. Maybe DeepSeek or Alibaba's Qwen will address that.

Confucianism may be "nonsense" by 21st century standards. But a millenium from now, our current values will be considered "nonsense" as well.

The modern equivalent would be high heels and all sorts of other uncomfortable (if not painful) clothing items and accessories.

There are much better Chinese actors than CZY and much better C-dramas than TWOT, but I still support both.

Wang XingYue is much better looking.

Some MDL raters seem to be time travellers.

Wrong Carriage, Right Groom