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[Mainland Chinese Web Drama 2020] Three Lives Three Worlds The Pillow Book 三生三世枕上书


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2 hours ago, Megan said:

Watching Su Jin with her uncles and I can’t help but wonder....the celestial clan is divided into the sea clans and the celestial tribes, am I correct?

Le Xu called Su Jin a princess in name only, but technically she has the loyalty of the celestial tribes...

 

She has the other tribes loyalty because Sujin is the last of the Sujin Clan who perished in the Ruoshui battle. Otherwise, what did she actually do to earn the title and honour? All were due to the sacrifice of her parents and tribesmen that she was adopted by Tianjun's family and was made a princess.

 

Huh, the present Tianjun doesn't have much imagination with naming either.

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32 minutes ago, MayanEcho said:

 

She has the other tribes loyalty because Sujin is the last of the Sujin Clan who perished in the Ruoshui battle. Otherwise, what did she actually do to earn the title and honour? All were due to the sacrifice of her parents and tribesmen that she was adopted by Tianjun's family and was made a princess.

 

Huh, the present Tianjun doesn't have much imagination with naming either.

Yea, and I think too a fair bit of their loyalty was due to them feeling like it was their only bit of recognition or acknowledgement by the current Tianjun.  Ye Hua pointed it out when he spoke to them before the battle with the Mermaid clan.  Their hearts werent in on another fight because they felt like they as the lesser tribes had born the burnt of the previous fight and other than the naming of SuJin as a princess -they didnt feel that their sacrifices were really recognized.  The fact that Ye Hua was aware of each of their losses and took it to heart was part of the reason the uncles were willing to follow Ye Hua and held him in esteem.

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Regarding the love rivals...Xuan Nu, Su Jin, Zhihe and Jiheng, only the latter ever loved someone before the main lead.

Jiheng loved Minsu because they were always together...

is it possible that Jiheng liked Dong Hua because he was her only visitor?

It is weird. She befriends her bodyguard as a princess and is willing to face punishment for love.

But when she is demoted and exiled, she shuns the biyiniaos and only wants the first emperor.

probably hoping to be promoted or something

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3 hours ago, Megan said:

But when she is demoted and exiled, she shuns the biyiniaos and only wants the first emperor.

probably hoping to be promoted or something

 

Although she's secluding due to her Qiushui poisoning, it was her choice not to integrate with the Biyiniaos. Perhaps, book POV, she's embarrassed to find out Minsu was actually a girl and she didn't want to see her? Minsu may have left or may still be in Fanyin Valley.

 

Whatever her reasons, and her being a court musician, she could have befriended the local bird folks who accepted her in their midst, given that she's with them for quite some time already, and she'd be there too for a few millenia until she's cured. DH is her last piece from her past and was holding to it even if the commitment is next to nil since the care or assistance to her is only due to her father's dying request.

 

Having to wait 10 years for someone's presence is kind of twisted IMO, since it's like putting the onus again to the other person that he's also responsible for her to have company once per decade. 

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2 hours ago, SilverDawn said:

:huh: I thought it wouldn't be out until at least the end of this year... 

 

TQ did say November last year that the 2nd volume of Lotus Steps would be finished on Chinese New Year this year. Four months after and it's ready for launching. :)

 

Read more from TQ's WeChat. There's a preview of Chapter 25.

 

Spoiler

:sad1: For Cheng Yu

:onfirex: For Lian Song

 

...Dong Hua was mentioned for what would be his advice on handling the goddess Zu Ti. And rightly so, since his half-son has started to f*c* up things with his assumptions!

 

1 hour ago, Megan said:

Why is it that in EL that it takes so long for karma to punish the villains? Su Jin and Xuan Nu certainly enjoyed luxury and status for too long

 

Karma doesn't have a timeline when to strike. B) Neither will karma indicate how long it would punish.

 

Su Jin will never be reborn a celestial. Xuan Nu spent 70,000 years of unhappy marriage, she didn't even see her sick child treated and grow.

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37 minutes ago, MayanEcho said:

 

TQ did say November last year that the 2nd volume of Lotus Steps would be finished on Chinese New Year this year. Four months after and it's ready for launching. :)

 

Read more from TQ's WeChat. There's a preview of Chapter 25.

 

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:sad1: For Cheng Yu

:onfirex: For Lian Song

 

 

 

Can someone remind me if vol 2 is the last part of lotus steps novel and when did Tang Qi said she would publish Bodhi fate?

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6 minutes ago, Bai Gun Gun said:

Can someone remind me if vol 2 is the last part of lotus steps novel and when did Tang Qi said she would publish Bodhi fate?

 

Lotus Steps is until Vol 4. By this time Vol 3 should be almost done or already sent for final proofreading/editing and publishing.

 

Bodhi Fate outline is complete according to that Nov 2020 update.

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2 hours ago, Megan said:

Why is it that in EL that it takes so long for karma to punish the villains? Su Jin and Xuan Nu certainly enjoyed luxury and status for too long

 

Karma, as I understand it, is a consequence of action(s) committed. They schemed in pursuit of their desire and suffered the consequence of seeing that all was for naught. No matter what they had: wealth, power status; it didn't make them happy because all (or, the one) they wanted couldn't be obtained. 

 

1 hour ago, MayanEcho said:

Su Jin will never be reborn a celestial. Xuan Nu spent 70,000 years of unhappy marriage, she didn't even see her sick child treated and grow.

 

Xuan Nu suffered since her wedding and Su Jin lost the security of a home and like MayanEcho said, will never be reborn a celestial. 

 

1 hour ago, MayanEcho said:

 

TQ did say November last year that the 2nd volume of Lotus Steps would be finished on Chinese New Year this year. Four months after and it's ready for launching. :)

 

Read more from TQ's WeChat. There's a preview of Chapter 25.

 

 

Oh wow, time flies! Not sure why I thought it wouldn't be out until end of the year. Thanks for sharing the update. :D 

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20 hours ago, SilverDawn said:

Karma, as I understand it, is a consequence of action(s) committed. They schemed in pursuit of their desire and suffered the consequence of seeing that all was for naught. No matter what they had: wealth, power status; it didn't make them happy because all (or, the one) they wanted couldn't be obtained. 

Yeah. But was the wealth and power really necessary for them to have if they would be miserable either way? 

Not to mention the heavenly lord hasn’t received his due karma yet. The guy has been sitting the lap of luxury while Ye Hua does his job. He certainly doesn’t look unhappy. Where is his karma or misery?

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17 minutes ago, Megan said:

Yeah. But was the wealth and power really necessary for them to have if they would be miserable either way? 

Not to mention the heavenly lord hasn’t received his due karma yet. The guy has been sitting the lap of luxury while Ye Hua does his job. He certainly doesn’t look unhappy. Where is his karma or misery?

 

IMO, the wealth, power, and status Xuan Nu and Su Jin enjoyed prior to and during their retribution meant that it doesn't really matter whether the being is rich or poor. Karma has long hands and memory, and all the time for the payback.

 

As for Tianjun, there are still 4 stories in 3L3W to be completed. It would be up to TQ when will he step down for Ye Hua to ascend, and when would be the best time his misdeeds would haunt him back.

 

Keeping in mind that they are immortals with almost infinite lifetime, they cannot really cheat Karma by dying. So it's always there lurking for the right time. The sad thing is that Karmic punishment may not only affect the person meant to receive it, but also those close to him or her.

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1 minute ago, MayanEcho said:

IMO, the wealth, power, and status Xuan Nu and Su Jin enjoyed prior to and during their retribution meant that it doesn't really matter whether the being is rich or poor. Karma has long hands and memory, and all the time for the payback

In other words…the criminals are allowed to enjoy the results of their victories for a long time while the victims suffer for a long time.

what kind of justice system is that?

Actually something about SJ reminds me of JH.

when Ye Hua decided to take on SS’s lightning punishment, SJ clearly didn’t like that, but she can’t exactly protest can she?

When JH plotted to get rid of her competition, and DH sacrificed power/health for FJ’s sake, she didn’t really protest either. 
For girls who claim to love their crush the most, they don’t really show it beyond obsession.

 

also, now that I am watching the episode, wonder what would happen if YH volunteered to take on all of SS’s punishment, including the eye removal…with the excuse that SS is currently pregnant and it was an accident.

Actually he could also have asked to have replacement eyes for his wife too! 

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14 minutes ago, Megan said:

In other words…the criminals are allowed to enjoy the results of their victories for a long time while the victims suffer for a long time.

what kind of justice system is that?

 

It means that Karma chooses the time well when to strike back, it doesn't matter how soon or how long. 

 

Karma is more of the golden rule in nature. Do unto others what you want others to do unto you.

 

Karma is not per se the justice system.

 

For justice to work, it would need corresponding set laws and corresponding penalties and punishments if and ever someone breaks the law.

 

Should justice be swift? Ideally, but not always rightly. What if judgment is passed, when there are other crimes still not revealed? What if in haste, the bigger crime is not addressed? And in principle, you can not sue a person for the very same case he was accused to commit and was already penalised of.

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12 minutes ago, MayanEcho said:

What if in haste, the bigger crime is not addressed? And in principle, you can not sue a person for the very same case he was accused to commit and was already penalised of.

I don’t understand this part 

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2 minutes ago, Megan said:

I don’t understand this part 

 

If there is a case litigated, the person sued can only be punished for that particular case. If he or she has already been fined or jailed for that particular case, it is next to impossible to get him punished again for that same case.

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