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douqi ([personal profile] douqi) wrote in [community profile] dankodes 2021-01-25 08:34 am (UTC)

Re: 76. 將仲子 - Jiang Zhong Zi

(cn: sexual assault reference)

This is referenced in the title to Chapter 13 of Jin Yong's The Heaven Sword and Dragon Sabre, 不悔仲子踰我墻 (literally: I do not regret that Mr Zhong leapt over my wall). I really hate the context in which the reference occurs, but here goes.

The chapter tells the backstory of Ji Xiaofui, a disciple of the Emei sect. She is stalked by Yang Xiao, a senior member of the Ming Cult, is abducted by him, held prisoner, and sexually assaulted. Somehow this causes her to fall in love with him enough that she names their daughter 不悔 (no regrets).

This is doubly disturbing because the poem itself seems to be from the perspective of a woman who wants to meet with her lover but is afraid of what her family and neighbours might say. Old Master Jin really needed more than a few things drummed into his head about consent.

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