Post by TheBo on Mar 23, 2004 7:56:03 GMT -5
Hey, I recognized something on the Sat a.m. ep. When Min and Yeun-seng are discussing whether they should take a dip in the hot springs, Yeun-seng says if you just wash your face and hands once, people start asking you if you're 'the yangguifei' incarnate.
I happen to be reading The Tale of Gengi (Japanese @1007, supposed to be the 'oldest novel still recognized today as a masterpiece'--in translation, of course), and that conversation rang a bell. Sure enough, in the first chapter, there is a reference to this person. The footnote says:
"The beauty Yokihi (Chinese Yang Guifei) so infatuated the Chinese Emperor Xuanzong (685-762) that his neglect of the state provoked a rebellion, and his army forced him to have her executed. Bai Juyi (772-846) told the story in a long poem, 'The Song of Unending Sorrow' (Chinese 'Changhenge'...)..."
Another instance of how the Chinese influenced everyone in that area of the world.
Bo
I happen to be reading The Tale of Gengi (Japanese @1007, supposed to be the 'oldest novel still recognized today as a masterpiece'--in translation, of course), and that conversation rang a bell. Sure enough, in the first chapter, there is a reference to this person. The footnote says:
"The beauty Yokihi (Chinese Yang Guifei) so infatuated the Chinese Emperor Xuanzong (685-762) that his neglect of the state provoked a rebellion, and his army forced him to have her executed. Bai Juyi (772-846) told the story in a long poem, 'The Song of Unending Sorrow' (Chinese 'Changhenge'...)..."
Another instance of how the Chinese influenced everyone in that area of the world.
Bo
