A cup of thoughts

I was reading the article about the release of Da Mo Yao on koala’s playground about how it was FINALLY coming out. The writer stated that the renamed version was called the Sun Moon Legend.

The chinese characters are 星月传奇.

星 means star

月 means moon

传奇 means legend

so the correct translation should be “Star Moon Legend”

if it were to be called Sun Moon Legend it should be written as 日月传奇。 Like how it was in the Swordsman with the Sun Moon Holy Sect “日月神教“

pervertasiandrama replied:

Do you know Mandarin? There is suppose to be a bu bu jing xin 2, but im sad it’s not historical but modern :(( What is Da Mo Yao about?

Yes, I’m chinese. :)

Unfortunately, the ban seems pretty confirmed. There are 2 reasons:

Main reason: Tang Ren started filming even before the drama got approval from authorities 

Secondary reason: Extensive twisting of history and historical characters - The historical changes are numerous, with the most significant being taking General Huo Qu Bing, a legendary warrior and hero, and converting him into a lovesick puppy who ultimately elopes with his love and abandon his country. In history, he is known to have died in battle at a young age. Tong Hua does not negate his death, but write that the death is faked so that he can run away. This angers many Chinese netizens who feel that it is belittling a heroic figure and over exalting the ideal of love as the be all and end all of life, when in reality politics will always be more important, especially in the past.

Personally, I think the ban is excessive, as this is after all fictional. However, I do agree TH has sort of exploited the historical characters she used in her story. The book would have been equally amazing if she had simply made up completely fictional characters, then all this would’ve been avoided. 

Right now, some people are calling for Tang Ren to change the characters’ names so that the drama will be approved, but there are also many who say this is but a superficial and meaningless gesture, as the historical context will still imply the history referred to and drawn upon.

I’m not sure where this will ultimately go, but things dont look good for fans.

TH's characterization is based much in a fictional context (seriously...wolf girl), so how is it that this is now banned?

Chinese banning logic=incomprehensible.

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