"Nirvana in Fire"/"Lang Ya Bang" Group Read: Discussion Post for Chapters 26 - 29

[x_los]

Week 7 of the "Lang Ya Bang" book club, chapters 26 - 29. This discussion will draw to a close, and the next session will open, on June 20th.

I'll be doing a weekly post with thoughts on this community. Feel free to join in/discuss. If you'd like to join the Discord, contact superborb for an invite.

Chinese text: https://sj.uukanshu.com/book.aspx?id=17338
English translation: https://merelhyn.tumblr.com/post/641747965727358976/the-langya-list-epubpdf

SPOILER POLICY: I personally don't give a fuck or even like to give unearned credence to the concept, so since I'm writing the post, anything's fair game.

(If anyone is interested in dankodes running further poetry content during or after NiF, please let me know what you'd be keen to discuss. I'm happy to work with you on that. I'll probably ask this again once NiF draws to a close.)

Comments

Chapter 27

[x_los]

‘Half of a quarter hour’ This sounds very weird. Just say ten minutes.

‘Unwedded girl of the royal family’ This is a little confusing, because Nihuang isn’t, really.

So like, is palpable killing intent of this kind often found in traditional wuxia? I think of it as more of a xianxia intensification. Also I do feel this needs a gloss in an English tl, as it’s really not a concept at large in English-first texts.

Re: Chapter 27

[superborb]

It's literally of a 'princely' family. Noble is probably the better term.

Killing intent is standard wuxia. (I assume it influenced or was influenced by whatever gave rise to the killing intent that is an anime trope.)