Podcasts about condor heroes

Le dernier film du grand Tsui Hark sort in extremis en France, ce mois de mars. Malgré une sortie limitée à une trentaine de séances sur tout le territoire, Yannick Dahan tient cependant à vous parler de ce nouveau film d'arts martiaux en costume commandé par Pékin et subverti par l'ancien nabab de Hong-Kong. LEGENDS OF THE CONDOR HEROES: THE GALLANTS est une nouvelle adaptation de la trilogie du Condor, romans populaires de Louis Cha (Jīn Yōng pour les puristes), qui se concentre sur 6 petits chapitres de cette grande épopée et offre à Tsui Hark l'occasion de renouer avec le film d'arts martiaux après DRAGON GATE.LEGENDS OF THE CONDOR HEROES: THE GALLANTS est sorti dans les salles françaises le 5 mars 2025.Retrouvez toutes nos émissions sur http://www.capturemag.frPour nous soutenir, il y a deux adresses :PATREON : https://www.patreon.com/capturemagTIPEEE : https://www.tipeee.com/capture-magLISEZ CAPTURE MAG !Toutes nos revues sont disponibles dans les librairies, les magasins de produits culturels et sites marchands.Akileos : https://bit.ly/AkilsCMLibrairies indépendantes : https://www.librairiesindependantes.com/product/search/?query=capture+magEn MP3 sur Acast : https://bit.ly/3v6ee7sSur SPOTIFY : https://spoti.fi/3PJYnF3Sur DEEZER : https://bit.ly/2wtDauUSur APPLE podcasts : https://apple.co/2UW3AyO#legendsofthecondorheroes #tsuihark #zhanxiao Hébergé par Acast. Visitez acast.com/privacy pour plus d'informations.

*《驅魔黑修女》(Dark Nuns):宋慧喬11年後再回歸影壇掂唔掂?這部戲是續集?*《門逃》(Heretic): 拆解宗教本質課題有趣，無奈...*《射雕英雄傳：俠之大者》(Legends of the Condor Heroes): 徐克再次魔改，是進步定退步?驅魔黑修女Dark Nuns簡介導演:權洫載主演:宋慧喬、全余贇、文友辰尤尼亞修女（宋慧喬 飾）遇上被十二惡靈之一上身的熙俊（文友辰 飾），驅魔神父來不及前來迎救，但惡靈已越發強大，生死一刻之際，她唯有打破修女不能執行驅魔儀式的神聖規條！她與米凱拉修女（全余贇 飾）合作，為拯救熙俊無所不用其極，甚至犯禁使用最危險、最黑暗的儀式驅魔......惡靈面前，究竟修女能否以黑制黑、戰勝惡魔...門逃 Heretic簡介導演: 史葛貝克、拜仁伍茲主演: 曉格蘭特、蘇菲戴卓爾、嘉兒伊絲特巴恩斯姊妹和帕克斯頓 姊妹是一對年輕的 摩門教傳教士,因為傳教而意外踏進 列特先生的家,沒想到對方設下一連串的恐怖考驗,甚至把她們困在地牢裡,更發現 內裡的驚人秘密!與世隔 絕的二人必須絞盡腦汁才能逃出,否則將招致殺身之禍 ......面對列特先生的質疑與假設,真實與虛假變得含糊不清,她們的信仰會動搖嗎?到底什麼是唯一真正的宗教...射雕英雄傳：俠之大者Legends of the Condor Heroes: The Gallants簡介導演:徐克主演:肖戰、莊達菲、梁家輝、張文昕、巴雅爾圖、阿如那、蔡少芬、胡軍、吳興國恩怨情仇的江湖，權勢角力的戰亂時代，郭靖（肖戰 飾）童年離別家鄉，逐漸煉就可改變局面和命運的龐大力量，雖受高人賞識和器重，得傳天下絕世武功「九陰真經」和「降龍十八掌」，卻惹來各方嫉忌，成為眾矢之的，郭靖不亢不卑，懷赤子之心，與黃蓉（莊達菲 飾）在鐵騎箭雨和硝煙旌旗中，力挽狂瀾，保護南宋邊關。雕海蒼穹，勇者無懼，俠之大者，力拔山河，成就武林傳說...**************************************Cinespot 動映地帶: http://www.cinespot.com/Cinespot's Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/cinespothkYoutube: https://www.youtube.com/user/kantorates/videosIG: https://www.instagram.com/cinespot_hkFind us on Apple Podcast / Spotify!#驅魔黑修女 #門逃 #射雕英雄傳俠之大者 #金庸 #武俠 #肖戰 #legendsofthecondorheroes #宋慧喬 #darknun #heretic #恐怖 #驚慄 #懸疑 #影評 #港產片 #粵語 #廣東話 #碟評 #免費電影 #電影推薦 #电影解说 #香港 #電影 #影評 #Cinespot #動映地帶 #Kantorates驅魔黑修女, 門逃,射雕英雄傳俠之大者, 金庸, 武俠, 肖戰, legendsofthecondorheroes, 宋慧喬, darknun, heretic, 恐怖, 驚慄, 懸疑, 新年, 荷里活, 港產片,影評, 粵語, 廣東話, 碟評, 免費電影, 電影推薦, 电影解说, 香港, 碟評, 影評, 電影,Cinespot, 動映地帶, Kantorates

This week on NAFC, Zea's recording might be corrupted, but trust us—she was definitely here, adding her usual flair even through the glitches. Mox kicks things off by dissecting every wild action sequence in the latest season of Castlevania Nocturne, then sharply contrasts it with the massive letdown that was the new Legend of the Condor Heroes. And because he can't resist a trip down memory lane, he also drops some nostalgic thoughts on the indie classic Recettear. Meanwhile, Izzy, still hobbling around from his leg injury, is wading through his never-ending movie and game backlog. He's deep into Undying—so engrossing he can't seem to put it down—and he throws in his takes on Paddington and Smile 2. Gibbs, ever the oddball, shares his quirky viewing experience of Jeopardy, where one contestant's last name left him uncomfortably unsettled. And just when you thought things couldn't get any more offbeat, the crew jumps headfirst into a review of Nosferatu. Expect plenty of sharp insights, awkward pauses, and the kind of banter that only NAFC can deliver. Support us on Patreon!

In May 2023, Chinese dramas the wuxia drama Ingenious One 云襄传 ft Chen Xiao and Mao Xiao Tong and the smaller budget fantasy drama Back from the Brink 护心 ft Hou Ming Hao and Zhou Ye are currently airing. More importantly, the highly anticipated season 2 of Joy of Life or 庆余年 has finally started filming 4+ years after the airing of the first season. From initial photos, most of the main cast has returned including Zhang Ruo Yun, Li Qin, Song Yi, Guo Qi Lin etc though Xiao Zhan's return remains a mystery. He was just cast as Guo Jing in a movie remake for Legend of the Condor Heroes. Elsewhere, Yang Mi has finally parted ways with JiaXing Media or Jay Walk Studios which she was a primary stakeholder of after helping start the company in 2012.

‘The man in the bed looks at her. An enormous force seems to be pulling him into a world behind him, a world whose gates will soon be shut forever. She strokes his forehead gently.'In the eighty ninth episode of the Translated Chinese Fiction Podcast we are enfolding ourselves within Cocoon, the dreamlike and sometimes upsetting dual-bildungsroman and return to realism by post-85 author Zhang Yueran. Lost with me (yet ever so far away) somewhere in the low-hanging fog is the book's translator, Jeremy Tiang. All time is one time, you poor thing; so join us, that we may better navigate it.-// NEWS ITEMS //Meta news: We're not blocked!(?)A new Condor Heroes film is in the worksREAD: an excerpt of Cloudland by Wu Ming-yi-// WORD OF THE DAY //(茧 – jiǎn – cocoon)-// MENTIONED IN THE EPISODE //Scar literature - Cultural Revolution trauma writingChinese writers at the Iowa Writers' Workshop (a long history)The Crow Road & The Wasp Factory by Iain BanksThe Promise Bird by Zhang Yueran-// Handy TrChFic Links //Help Support TrChFic // Episode TranscriptsINSTAGRAM

This episode was originally released May 29, 2021 * Stay tuned for our new season starting on January 25, 2023! *Learn more about Yilin's new upcoming book, The Lantern and the Nightmoths Yilin Wang (she/they) is a Vancouver-based writer, editor, Chinese-English translator, educator, and cultural consultant who was longlisted for the 2020 CBC Poetry Prize and a finalist for the Far Horizons Award for Short Fiction. Her work engages with topics such as Chinese folklore, martial arts literature (wuxia), diaspora identities, gender expectations, migration, and cultural reclamation. Some of Yilin's work translating the Chinese revolutionary feminist Qiū Jǐn's 秋瑾 poetry was recently featured on NüVoices' website.In 2018, Yilin spent months travelling around China for research, leading to the launch of the #LiteraryJianghu Project to promote engagement with wuxia and related Chinese literary traditions.Yilin chats with NüVoices chair Joanna Chiu about the fascinating themes and genres of their work, and about the day-to-day realities and power politics of being a creative writing and translation professional in North America. For further reading from Yilin on racism in Canadian literature, see her Carte Blanche essay here.  Recommendations:  Yilin: The wuxia series Legend of Condor Heroes, translated by Anna Holmwood and Gigi Chang and Grace Lau's debut poetry collection The Language We Were Never Taught to Speak.  Joanna: China: The Novel, by Edward Rutterfurd for an immersive narrative approach to learning about 19th century Chinese history, and Yilin's website!

Explore culture, manga design, mummy oreos (?!), and more with Ian Hauck, head of adult and reference services at Troy Public Library's main branch. Books discussed: "Between Us: How Cultures Create Emotions" (Mesquita, 2022); "A Hero Born" (first book in the "Legends of the Condor Heroes" series, Yong, 2019); "Lovesickness" (Ito, 2011; young adult manga); and "The Immortal King Rao" (Vara 2022). Ian also discusses manga publishing practices with producer Brea Barthel. For more info, see thetroylibrary.org.

2021 has been a long year. One thing that remained constant was Takshashila's love for books. Rohan Seth talks to Nitin Pai and Manoj Kewalramani to discuss their reading lists for this year.Follow Rohan on Twitter: https://twitter.com/thesethistFollow Manoj on Twitter: https://twitter.com/theChinaDudeFollow Nitin on Twitter: https://twitter.com/acornYou can check out Takshashila's courses here: school.takshashila.org.in/NOTE: We won't have episodes on 30th and 31st December 2021, due to New Year's Eve.Here are the books mentioned in this episode:The Alexandria Quartet by Lawrence DurrellThe Legend of the Condor Heroes by Jin YongOnce an Eagle by Anton MyrerThe Dandelion Dynasty Series by Ken LiuAll Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria RemarqueA Time to Love and a Time to Die by Erich MariaDeath: A Life by George PendleThe Jeeves Collection by P.G. WodehouseThe Origin of Satan by Elaine PagelsFrom Rebel to Ruler: One Hundred Years of the Chinese Communist Party by Tony SaichTiananmen Square: The Making of a Protest by Vijay GokhaleThe Long Game: How the Chinese Negotiate with India by Vijay GokhaleThe Fractured Himalaya: India Tibet China 1949-1962 by Nirupama RaoSmokeless War: China's Quest for Geopolitical Dominance by Manoj KewalramaniA Collection of Essays of Mao ZedongThe Strategy of Denial: American Defense in an Age of Great Power Conflict by Elbridge A. ColbyThe Long Game: China's Grand Strategy to Displace American Order (Bridging the Gap) by Rush DoshiStronger: Adapting America's China Strategy in an Age of Competitive Interdependence by Ryan HassWanderers, Kings, Merchants: The Story of India through Its Languages by Peggy MohanThe Second World Wars: How the First Global Conflict Was Fought and Won by Victor Davis HansonLiberalism: The Life of an Idea by Edmund FawcettHow Innovation Works by Matt RidleyJugalbandi: The BJP Before Modi by Vinay SitapatiRethinking Chinese politics by Joseph FewsmithNehru, Tibet and China by AS Bhasin'sDavid Shum's Red RouletteChina's Western Horizon: Beijing and the New Geopolitics of Eurasia by Daniel MarketSuperpower Interrupted by Michael ShumanIn the Dragon's Shadow: Southeast Asia in the Chinese Century by Sebastian StrangioPradeep Chhibber, Ideology and Identity: The Changing Party Systems of IndiaZealot by Reza AslanHumankind: A Hopeful History by Rutger Bregman (Nitin's Book of the Year)You can listen to this show and other awesome shows on the new and improved IVM Podcast App on Android: https://ivm.today/android or iOS: https://ivm.today/iosYou can check out our website at https://www.ivmpodcasts.com

Steve and Rodney talk about a recent English translation of Legend of Condor Heroes, the classic martial arts novel by Jin Yong (Louis Cha). Please forgive the way we mangle pronunciation.

The second half of Gigi Chang and Shelly Bryant's discussion about translating Jin Yong's legendary wuxia series Legends of the Condor Heroes from Chinese to English is here! Guest host and NüVoices member Cathy Tai moderates the conversation.First, Cathy brings listeners up to speed on the Condor Heroes and Jin Yong's significance to the contemporary wuxia genre and Chinese pop culture. From there, Gigi and Shelly discuss the challenges of translating a text accurately while taking into account readers' cultural assumptions and social norms, the male gaze in wuxia, and how non-Han Chinese characters are depicted in the Condor Heroes book series.  If you missed part 1, please see the previous episode on your podcast platform! 

In a special two-part podcast, Gigi Chang and Shelly Bryant discuss their work translating Jin Yong's legendary wuxia series Legends of the Condor Heroes from Chinese to English, a revered martial-arts and fantasy odyssey among Chinese language readers around the world. Guest host and NüVoices member Cathy Tai moderates the conversation. In this episode, Gigi and Shelly talk about the challenges of bringing Condor Heroes to life in English (such as translating elaborate fifity-page fight scenes), wuxia's cultural significance of Chinese pop culture, and the life of Jin Yong—author of the Condor Heroes. Stay tuned for part two! 

Jin Yong, sometimes known by his English name Louis Cha, was the most popular and influential "wuxia" or martial arts fantasy author who ever lived. Indeed, he was one of the bestselling author in any language of all time. But his books are almost entirely unknown outside of the Chinese-reading world. Part of that is due to the extreme difficulty of translation: although he wrote in the 1950s and '60s, most of his novels have not been translated into English.A second problem is that, despite the wuxia label, his novels are also generally historical fiction. Typically, a fictional protagonist moves through a specific period in Chinese history interacting with both other fictional characters and real historical figures. Readers unfamiliar with that history are much less likely to understand or enjoy the narrative.Here we discuss two of his novels in particular: "The Condor Heroes," three out of four volumes of which now have a good, modern English translation; and "The Book and the Sword," Jin Yong's debut novel set in the mid-18th century that just so happens to be about Uyghur Muslims resisting an oppressive central Chinese government in the Empire's northwestern periphery...

This week, Liberty and Patricia discuss Feral Creatures, Bad Witch Burning, The Guide, and more great books. Pick up an All the Books! shirt, sticker, and more right here. Follow All the Books! using RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify and never miss a beat book. Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW: Feral Creatures by Kira Jane Buxton Bad Witch Burning by Jessica Lewis The Guide by Peter Heller Radical Friendship: Seven Ways to Love Yourself and Find Your People in an Unjust World by Kate Johnson Seeing Ghosts: A Memoir by Kat Chow Both Sides Now by Peyton Thomas Tunnel 29: The True Story of an Extraordinary Escape Beneath the Berlin Wall by Helena Merriman Belly of the Beast: The Politics of Anti-Fatness as Anti-Blackness by Da'Shaun L. Harrison WHAT WE'RE READING: For the Love of April French by Penny Aimes Murder Book: A Graphic Memoir of a True Crime Obsession by Hilary Fitzgerald Campbell  MORE BOOKS OUT THIS WEEK: Best Debut Short Stories 2021: The PEN America Dau Prize by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah (Compiler), Kali Fajardo-Anstine (Compiler), Beth Piatote (Compiler) The Women of Troy by Pat Barker The Last Debutantes by Georgie Blalock  Presumed Guilty: How the Supreme Court Empowered the Police and Subverted Civil Rights by Erwin Chemerinsky  After the Sun by Jonas Eika and and Sherilyn Nicolette Hellberg (translator) Hero of Two Worlds: The Marquis de Lafayette in the Age of Revolution by Mike Duncan Burden Falls by Kat Ellis Someone Should Pay for Your Pain by Franz Nicolay  Beyond the Mapped Stars by Rosalyn Eves  Red Crosses by Sasha Filipenko, Brian James Baer and Ellen Vayner (translators)  Vampires, Hearts, and Other Dead Things by Margie Fuston Where I Left Her by Amber Garza The Scoundrel's Daughter by Anne Gracie Twenty-Five to Life by R.W.W. Greene More Than I Love My Life by David Grossman, Jessica Cohen (Translator) The Eyes of the Forest by April Henry  The Love Songs of W.E.B. DuBois by Honorée Fanonne Jeffers Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence by Anna Lembke The Failed Promise: Reconstruction, Frederick Douglass, and the Impeachment of Andrew Johnson by Robert S. Levine  Real Estate: A Living Autobiography by Deborah Levy The Second Rebel (The First Sister trilogy) by Linden A. Lewis Something Wonderful: Stories by Jo Lloyd 1,001 Voices on Climate Change: Everyday Stories of Flood, Fire, Drought, and Displacement from Around the World by Devi Lockwood  Bombshell: A Hell's Belles Novel by Sarah MacLean  Night Bus by Zuo Ma and Orion Martin (translator) Erin's Diary: An Official Derry Girls Book by Lisa McGee    Hush-a-Bye by Jody Lee Mott Kid del Toro (Lil' Libros) by Chogrin Muñoz and Pakoto Martinez The Chinese Question: The Gold Rushes and Global Politics by Mae Ngai God, Human, Animal, Machine: Technology, Metaphor, and the Search for Meaning by Meghan O'Gieblyn  Perhaps the Stars (Terra Ignota) by Ada Palmer  The Madness of Crowds: A Chief Inspector Gamache Mystery by Louise Penny  Malefactor (War with No Name) by Robert Repino  The Pariah by Anthony Ryan Child in the Valley by Gordy Sauer Edie in Between by Laura Sibson A Million Things by Emily Spurr  Dinosaur Therapy by James Stewart and K Roméy Small Altars by Keli Stewart The Ten Equations That Rule the World: And How You Can Use Them Too by David Sumpter Life in the City of Dirty Water: A Memoir of Healing by Clayton Thomas-Muller When the Summer Was Ours by Roxanne Veletzos  A Heart Divided (Legends of the Condor Heroes) by Jin Yong, Gigi Chang (Translator), Shelly Bryant (Translator) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week, Jenn discusses speculative fiction on the edges of SF/F. Follow the podcast via RSS here, Apple Podcasts here, Spotify here. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. To get even more SF/F news and recs, sign up for our Swords and Spaceships newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Books Discussed She Who Became The Sunby Shelley Parker-Chan A Hero Born(Legend of the Condor Heroes) by Jin Yong The Talented Ribkinsby Ladee Hubbard See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Yilin Wang (she/they) is a Vancouver-based writer, editor, Chinese-English translator, educator, and cultural consultant who was longlisted for the 2020 CBC Poetry Prize and a finalist for the Far Horizons Award for Short Fiction. Her work engages with topics such as Chinese folklore, martial arts literature (wuxia), diaspora identities, gender expectations, migration, and cultural reclamation. Some of Yilin’s work translating the Chinese revolutionary feminist Qiū Jǐn’s 秋瑾 poetry was recently featured on NüVoices' website.In 2018, Yilin spent months travelling around China for research, leading to the launch of the #LiteraryJianghu Project to promote engagement with wuxia and related Chinese literary traditions.Yilin chats with NüVoices chair Joanna Chiu about the fascinating themes and genres of their work, and about the day-to-day realities and power politics of being a creative writing and translation professional in North America. For further reading from Yilin on racism in Canadian literature, see her Carte Blanche essay here. Recommendations: Yilin: The wuxia series Legend of Condor Heroes, translated by Anna Holmwood and Gigi Chang and Grace Lau's debut poetry collection The Language We Were Never Taught to Speak. Joanna: China: The Novel, by Edward Rutterfurd for an immersive narrative approach to learning about 19th century Chinese history, and Yilin's website!

This week on the Film at Lincoln Center podcast, join a conversation with Wong Kar Wai, cinematographer Christopher Doyle, and actress Brigitte Lin from the 46th NYFF in 2008, moderated by J. Hoberman. Watch Ashes of Time Redux in our Wong Kar Wai retrospective, available nationwide: filmlinc.org/wong A film whose complicated production took such a toll on Wong that he wrote and shot Chungking Express during its editing process, Ashes of Time Redux is a hallucinatory wuxia like no other. First released in 1994 and then re-edited and re-scored in 2008, Wong’s time-slipping picaresque takes loose inspiration from Jin Yong’s novel The Legend of the Condor Heroes, focusing on a lovesick, embittered mercenary (Leslie Cheung), who acts as an agent for other swordsmen of fortune. Working with regular production designer William Chang, cinematographer Christopher Doyle, and a superb ensemble (Brigitte Lin, Maggie Cheung, Tony Leung, and Jacky Cheung), Wong constructs an intricate, enigmatic vision of ancient warriors ensnared by the play of time and memory. An NYFF46 selection.

"The Wizard" Pike is set to take Flemington by storm, Massimo has a mortgage on the Farnley, and This'll Testya, Condor Heroes & Long Beach are set to sizzle. The Perth Racing Guru Terry Leighton and BJ Ryan cover it all on the latest edition of your WA Racing Podcast.

"The Wizard" Pike is set to take Flemington by storm, Massimo has a mortgage on the Farnley, and This'll Testya, Condor Heroes & Long Beach are set to sizzle. The Perth Racing Guru Terry Leighton and BJ Ryan cover it all on the latest edition of your WA Racing Podcast. // Chapter Markers // • 0:00 Intro/WA Racing News • 13:38 Saturday's Preview • 21:29 Race 1 • 26:48 Race 2 • 33:15 Race 3 • 41:27 Race 4 • 45:35 Mastermind • 48:17 Race 5 • 55:06 Race 6 • 1:04:05 Race 7 • 1:13:51 Race 8 • 1:22:42 Get Out Steaks • 1:24:41 Race 9 • 1:35:49 Betfair Best Betting Proposition of the Day • 1:37:18 Maddie • 1:39:00 Sign Off

So now you know the main differences between Wushu and Kungfu. However, you will still get people who will use the terms interchangeably. And as a consequence, their martial arts journey will be long and difficult. There is no point in arguing about it. What matters is that you now know and that you have, or are in the process of, deciding where you stand in all of this. Wushu is more about the sport side of things and is a great pathway in China, if your career involves physical activities like being a stuntman, policeman, bodyguard or just being a career fighter. Kungfu on the other hand can be a lonely path, that unless involves operating a dojo or being a village doctor, rarely is directly about the money. The author Jin Yong a.k.a. Louis Cha from 'Legends of the Condor Heroes' did a great job in liberating the Kungfu way of life from ignorance and superstition. While a lot of what he wrote was totally made-up nonsense, before he came along, many of the Chinese Kungfu masters were seen as charlatans or sorcerers meddling in witchcraft. Feared by the peasantry and seen as fools by the nobility. And that was just the Kungfu masters who kept their hands clean. So take my advice: Stay on the Wushu side of things. Enjoy the show and don't go looking backstage. Live in the limelight and avoid the shadows. It's just a bunch of old-timers playing mahjong.

'We Han Chinese outnumber the Jurchen by more than a hundred to one. If the Imperial Court decided to employ honest and loyal men, our great Empire would prevail. With one hundred of our men against one of their worthless soldiers, how could the Jin army win?' In the thirty third episode of The Translated Chinese Fiction Podcast, we are looking at Legend of the Condor Heroes (射雕英雄传 / Shèdiāo Yīngxióng Chuán), the magnum opus of Wuxia grandmaster Jin Yong. Our guest is one of the translators working to bring it into English, Gigi Chang. Condor Heroes is a huge entry in Chinese literature (both highbrow and lowbrow), and pop culture in general. In this first episode of the podcast's Wuxia season, I begin to get to grips with this absolute behemoth of genre fiction.   // NEWS ITEMS // Paper Republic's Sunday Sentence 一周一句 Deng Anqing's Forty Days    // WORD OF THE DAY // (忠肝义胆 / Zhōng Gān Yì Dǎn / Loyal liver, righteous guts)   // MENTIONED IN THE EPISODE // Mobikes 'Qi Blasts' in Street Fighter President Deng Xiaoping as Wuxia nerd The Assassin, dir. by Hou Hsiao Hsien Paper Swordsmen: Jin Yong and the Modern Chinese Martial Arts Novel JG Ballard's Miracles of Life, Yao Xueyin's Li Zicheng 姚雪垠 李自成, Ma Ka-fai's new book 马家辉 鸳鸯六七四    // Handy TrChFic Links // Buy Me a Coffee Bonus Shows on Patreon  The TrChFic Map INSTAGRAM // TWITTER // DISCORD // MY SITE  

Dr. Vicki Ronn joins us on this episode to talk about the Mythopoeic Society, their conference, and their awards. She and Jared discuss Tolkien's "old cat lady." Jared asks about the (supposed) newly established Inklings at Oxford. Dr. Ronn mentions what is next on her reading list, the book referred to as the "Chinese LOTR," called Legends of the Condor Heroes. Check out mythsoc.org for more information about the Mythopoeic Society.

In a podcast taped live for the Asia Society of Switzerland in Zurich, Kaiser is joined by Kristin Shi-Kupfer, director of the Research Area on Public Policy and Society at the Mercator Institute for China Studies (MERICS) in Berlin, and Evgeny Morozov, contributing editor at the New Republic and author of The Net Delusion: The Dark Side of Internet Freedom and To Save Everything, Click Here: The Folly of Technological Solutionism. They discuss the shifting narratives about the relationship between technology and authoritarian politics, and how these shifts have been affected by China’s rise as a technology power. 6:48: What we got wrong about China’s censorship regime15:28: Was the internet ever meant to set us free?25:20: Two competing visions for the internet39:55: The role of the private sector versus the state51:42: What role does the internet play in society?Recommendations:Kristin: The Romance of the Three Kingdoms podcast. Evgeny: An essay in the most recent version of the New Left Review, Automation and the future of work—1, by Aaron Benanav. Kaiser: The audiobook version of A Hero Born: The Definitive Edition (The Legend of the Condor Heroes, volume 1), authored by Jin Yong and translated by Anna Holmwood.

You know... A funny thing about people that say martial arts is all bullshit, is that they are some of the biggest consumers of martial arts literature and artwork. After having been told countless times about all the fantasy stuff and how it's not real, it amazes me that afterward I still get asked if any of it is actually real? I usually answer that a lot of it is written by people who don't do or know any martial arts for people like themselves to enjoy. And I try to leave it at that. But then now you must be wondering: If I've left it at that, why do I write so many articles and have a podcast series? I do it because I enjoy sharing my experiences. And by sharing, I continue to grow as a martial artist, walking the path to wherever it leads me. A path both like Baguazhang 八卦掌 always circular and like the I-Ching 易經 always changing. It's never static. And as it evolves, I find in the method of podcasting a way to bring clarity to some of the confusing aspects surrounding the experience of living Baguazhang 八卦掌 every single day. Remarkably those daily experiences, which to me can be quite ordinary, I'm finding it easier and easier to discuss with others on the martial arts path versus those who are not, because non-martial artists can't relate to my world without using references from Wuxia 武俠. For me, like so many other western martial artists married into the Chinese community, the unwritten yardstick tends to be 金庸 Jin Yong's Wuxia 武俠 novels like Legend of the Condor Heroes 射鵰英雄傳. If it's not the Kungfu 功夫 then it's the Qigong 氣功. There's always something that makes one never being able to measure up. Until of course, somebody like me comes along and thinks: Okay. So his stories are what I'm being measured against. So let's read his stuff... Bullshit. Bullshit. Not real. These characters piss me off. What kind of story is this. You're kidding me, right? Hey, this stuff is pretty good. Lightness Kungfu, what's that? I wonder if any of it can be done in the real world? And then a magical thing happens. At least that's the way I want to portray it: That impossible yardstick disappears. It disappeared because the truth is that when we are living our martial art, we are literally writing our own Wuxia story albeit set in the here and now. Every training session, every fight, every direct or indirectly related experience is building the legend that is your story.  And something internal also happens. Maybe it's an internal martial arts thing, but by reading those novels we become a part of it and it becomes a part of us. The deeper allusions make sense to us in a way not understood by those who don't do martial arts. And we become the translator of the finer points. Those finer points, once deeply grasped accelerates our own chi cultivation in ways few of us can truly comprehend except place a milestone that reads "Been there, Done that".

This week, Liberty and María Cristina discuss Chilling Effect, Bloodlust & Bonnets, Red at the Bone, and more great books. This episode was sponsored by the Hot and Bothered Podcast; Dear Haiti, Love Alaine by Maika and Maritza Moulite; and ThirdLove. Pick up an All the Books! 200th episode commemorative item here. Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS, iTunes, or Spotify and never miss a beat book. Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news. Books discussed on the show: Elevator Pitch: A Novel by Linwood Barclay  Breathe: A Letter to My Sons by Imani Perry  Chilling Effect: A Novel by Valerie Valdes Bloodlust & Bonnets by Emily McGovern  Opioid, Indiana by Brian Allen Carr The Heart and Other Viscera: Stories by Félix J. Palma  Red at the Bone by Jacqueline Woodson Monster, She Wrote: The Women Who Pioneered Horror and Speculative Fiction by Lisa Kröger and Melanie R. Anderson  What we're reading: Ghost Stories of Edith Wharton (Tales of Mystery & the Supernatural) by Edith Wharton Weather: A Novel by Jenny Offill  More books out this week: A Death in Harlem: A Novel by Karla Holloway  Snazzy Cat Capers: The Fast and the Furriest by Deanna Kent and Neil Hooson House of Rage and Sorrow: Book Two in the Celestial Trilogy by Sangu Mandanna Strangers She Knows (Cape Charade) by Christina Dodd  One Person, No Vote (YA edition): How Not All Voters Are Treated Equally by Carol Anderson and Tonya Bolden Lampedusa: A Novel by Steven Price  Rethinking Consciousness: A Scientific Theory of Subjective Experience by Michael S A Graziano Coventry: Essays by Rachel Cusk The Widow of Pale Harbor by Hester Fox Country Will Bring Us No Peace by Matthieu Simard and Pablo Strauss Momentous Events in the Life of a Cactus by Dusti Bowling  Juliet Takes a Breath by Gabby Rivera Lies in White Dresses: A Novel by Sofia Grant   The Stranger Inside: A Novel by Lisa Unger  Art Sparks: Draw, Paint, Make, and Get Creative with 53 Amazing Projects! by Marion Abrams and Hilary Emerson Lay What Rose Forgot by Nevada Barr Against the Wind by Jim Tilley  The Undying: Pain, vulnerability, mortality, medicine, art, time, dreams, data, exhaustion, cancer, and care by Anne Boyer Snowflake, AZ by Marcus Sedgwick  The Liars of Mariposa Island by Jennifer Mathieu   A Mistake: A Novel by Carl Shuker  A Hero Born (Legends of the Condor Heroes) by Jin Yong, Anna Holmwood (Translator) The Umbrella Academy Volume 3: Hotel Oblivion by Gerard Way and Gabriel Ba Call Upon the Water: A Novel by Stella Tillyard  Sontag: Her Life and Work by Benjamin Moser  Space Between: Explorations of Love, Sex, and Fluidity by Nico Tortorella  Nice Try: Stories of Best Intentions and Mixed Results by Josh Gondelman  Night Boat to Tangier: A Novel by Kevin Barry Becoming Beatriz by Tami Charles Guts by Raina Telgemeier  Heaven, My Home by Attica Locke Pavi Sharma's Guide to Going Home by Bridget Farr  The Vanderbeekers to the Rescue by Karina Yan Glaser On Division: A Novel by Goldie Goldbloom  Odes to Lithium by Shira Erlichman The Babysitters Coven by Kate M. Williams A Little Hatred by Joe Abercrombie  Savage Gods by Paul Kingsnorth The Sound of the Hours by Karen Campbell Love on Lexington Avenue (The Central Park Pact) by Lauren Layne  The Tea Dragon Festival by Katie O'Neill  How to Be a Family: The Year I Dragged My Kids Around the World to Find a New Way to Be Together by Dan Kois  Charlie Thorne and the Last Equation by Stuart Gibbs   We Are the Weather: Saving the Planet Begins at Breakfast by Jonathan Safran Foer  Neon Empire by Drew Minh System Failure (3) (Epic Failure Trilogy) by Joe Zieja  On Fire: The (Burning) Case for a Green New Deal by Naomi Klein  That Will Never Work: The Birth of Netflix and the Amazing Life of an Idea by Marc Randolph Hudson's Kill: A Justice Flanagan Thriller by Paddy Hirsch  Land of Wolves (Walt Longmire) by Craig Johnson   A Cosmology of Monsters: A Novel by Shaun Hamill The Day It Finally Happens: Alien Contact, Dinosaur Parks, Immortal Humans and Other Possible Phenomena by Mike Pearl A Single Thread: A Novel by Tracy Chevalier The Stars and the Blackness Between Them by Junauda Petrus  Inheritance: A Novel by Evelyn Toynton  Steel Tide (Seafire) by Natalie C. Parker  A Golden Grave: A Rose Gallagher Mystery by Erin Lindsey  Think Black: A Memoir by Clyde W. Ford The Great American Documents: Volume II: 1831-1900 by Ruth Ashby, Russell Motter, et al.  

The last of three sessions of Hearts of Wulin, an rpg hack "Powered by the Apocalypse." We attempt to capture the feel and passion of Chinese wushu melodrama as exemplified in Fox Volant of Snowy Mountain, Condor Heroes, and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. Part of the Gauntlet Hangouts, a division of The Gauntlet Podcast. Find out more about that at gauntlet-rpg.com. You can also check out my blog at ageofravens.blogspot.com.

The second of three sessions of Hearts of Wulin, an rpg hack "Powered by the Apocalypse." We attempt to capture the feel and passion of Chinese wushu melodrama as exemplified in Fox Volant of Snowy Mountain, Condor Heroes, and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. Part of the Gauntlet Hangouts, a division of The Gauntlet Podcast. Find out more about that at gauntlet-rpg.com. You can also check out my blog at ageofravens.blogspot.com.

We play the final session of Hearts of Wulin with awesome podcasters Agatha Cheng of Asians Represent! and Eric Farmer & Eli Kurtz of Jianghu Hustle. Check out their respective 'casts: Asians Represent! http://oneshotpodcast.com/category/po... Jianghu Hustle https://misdirectedmark.com/category/... https://www.patreon.com/jianghuhustle... The last of four sessions of Hearts of Wulin, an rpg hack "Powered by the Apocalypse." We attempt to capture the feel and passion of Chinese wushu melodrama as exemplified in Fox Volant of Snowy Mountain, Condor Heroes, and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. Part of the Gauntlet Hangouts, a division of The Gauntlet Podcast. Find out more about that at gauntlet-rpg.com. You can also check out my blog at ageofravens.blogspot.com.

The first of four sessions of Hearts of Wulin, an rpg hack "Powered by the Apocalypse." We attempt to capture the feel and passion of Chinese wushu melodrama as exemplified in Fox Volant of Snowy Mountain, Condor Heroes, and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. Part of the Gauntlet Hangouts, a division of The Gauntlet Podcast. Find out more about that at gauntlet-rpg.com. You can also check out my blog at ageofravens.blogspot.com.

We play the second session of Hearts of Wulin with awesome podcasters Agatha Cheng of Asians Represent! and Eric Farmer & Eli Kurtz of Jianghu Hustle. Check out their respective 'casts: Asians Represent! http://oneshotpodcast.com/category/po... Jianghu Hustle https://misdirectedmark.com/category/... https://www.patreon.com/jianghuhustle... The last of four sessions of Hearts of Wulin, an rpg hack "Powered by the Apocalypse." We attempt to capture the feel and passion of Chinese wushu melodrama as exemplified in Fox Volant of Snowy Mountain, Condor Heroes, and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. Part of the Gauntlet Hangouts, a division of The Gauntlet Podcast. Find out more about that at gauntlet-rpg.com. You can also check out my blog at ageofravens.blogspot.com.

We play the first of three sessions of Hearts of Wulin with awesome podcasters Agatha Cheng of Asians Represent! and Eric Farmer & Eli Kurtz of Jianghu Hustle. Check out their respective 'casts: Asians Represent! http://oneshotpodcast.com/category/podcasts/asians-represent/ Jianghu Hustle https://misdirectedmark.com/category/podcasts/jianghu/ https://www.patreon.com/jianghuhustle/posts The last of four sessions of Hearts of Wulin, an rpg hack "Powered by the Apocalypse." We attempt to capture the feel and passion of Chinese wushu melodrama as exemplified in Fox Volant of Snowy Mountain, Condor Heroes, and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. Part of the Gauntlet Hangouts, a division of The Gauntlet Podcast. Find out more about that at gauntlet-rpg.com. You can also check out my blog at ageofravens.blogspot.com.

The last of four sessions of Hearts of Wulin, an rpg hack "Powered by the Apocalypse." We attempt to capture the feel and passion of Chinese wushu melodrama as exemplified in Fox Volant of Snowy Mountain, Condor Heroes, and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. Part of the Gauntlet Hangouts, a division of The Gauntlet Podcast. Find out more about that at gauntlet-rpg.com. You can also check out my blog at ageofravens.blogspot.com.

The second of three sessions of Hearts of Wulin, an rpg hack "Powered by the Apocalypse." We attempt to capture the feel and passion of Chinese wushu melodrama as exemplified in Fox Volant of Snowy Mountain, Condor Heroes, and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. Part of the Gauntlet Hangouts, a division of The Gauntlet Podcast. Find out more about that at gauntlet-rpg.com. You can also check out my blog at ageofravens.blogspot.com.

The third of four sessions of Hearts of Wulin, an rpg hack "Powered by the Apocalypse." We attempt to capture the feel and passion of Chinese wushu melodrama as exemplified in Fox Volant of Snowy Mountain, Condor Heroes, and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. Part of the Gauntlet Hangouts, a division of The Gauntlet Podcast. Find out more about that at gauntlet-rpg.com. You can also check out my blog at ageofravens.blogspot.com.

The first of three sessions of Hearts of Wulin, an rpg hack "Powered by the Apocalypse." We attempt to capture the feel and passion of Chinese wushu melodrama as exemplified in Fox Volant of Snowy Mountain, Condor Heroes, and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. Part of the Gauntlet Hangouts, a division of The Gauntlet Podcast. Find out more about that at gauntlet-rpg.com. You can also check out my blog at ageofravens.blogspot.com.

The second of four sessions of Hearts of Wulin, an rpg hack "Powered by the Apocalypse." We attempt to capture the feel and passion of Chinese wushu melodrama as exemplified in Fox Volant of Snowy Mountain, Condor Heroes, and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. Part of the Gauntlet Hangouts, a division of The Gauntlet Podcast. Find out more about that at gauntlet-rpg.com. You can also check out my blog at ageofravens.blogspot.com.

Pictured: Nancy Roman Matthew Bannister on Nancy Roman, the American space agency NASA's first Chief Astronomer. She was known as the mother of the Hubble Telescope. Ralph Koltai, the influential theatre set designer who worked on more than 250 productions. Julia Grant, the transgender activist who allowed her transition from male to female to be filmed by the BBC. Jin Yong, the Chinese writer whose martial arts adventures sold 100 million copies. And Norman Gimbel, the prolific lyricist who wrote the words for "The Girl From Ipanema" and "Killing Me Softly With His Song". Interviewed guest: Kimberly Kowal Arcand Interviewed guest: Dr Stuart Clark Interviewed guest: Michael Quinn Interviewed guest: Professor Pamela Howard OBE Interviewed guest: Gary Roberts Interviewed guest: David Pearson Interviewed guest: Anna Holmwood Producer: Neil George Archive clips from: Nancy Roman the Mother of Hubble, NASA 12/06/2017; Horizon: The Sharpest Show of the Universe, BBC Two 09/04/1990; Desert Island Discs, Radio 4 23/08/1998; Inside Story: George, BBC Two 25/06/1979; A Change of Sex: Julia Gets Her Man, BBC Two 10/08/1999; Books Abroad, Radio 3 31/08/1996; The Legend of the Condor Heroes episode 11, iQIYI Motion Pictures 2017.

The first of four sessions of Hearts of Wulin, an rpg hack "Powered by the Apocalypse." We attempt to capture the feel and passion of Chinese wushu melodrama as exemplified in Fox Volant of Snowy Mountain, Condor Heroes, and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. Part of the Gauntlet Hangouts, a division of The Gauntlet Podcast. Find out more about that at gauntlet-rpg.com. You can also check out my blog at ageofravens.blogspot.com.

Famed Chinese martial arts novelist Jin Yong has died at the age of 94 after a long illness, Hong Kong media reported on Tuesday (Oct 30).据香港媒体10月30日报道，中国著名武侠小说家金庸病逝，终年94岁。He was one of the best-selling Chinese authors, with more than 300 million copies of his works sold worldwide.他是中国最畅销的作家之一，他的作品在全世界售出3亿多册。His novels also inspired producers of television series, movies and even video games.他的小说也给了电视剧、电影甚至电子游戏的制作人很多灵感。The Deer and The Cauldron 鹿鼎记字面意思：鹿和大鼎The Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils 天龙八部字面意思：半神半魔The Legend of the Condor Heroes 射雕英雄传字面意思：秃鹫英雄的传奇今日互动你还知道金庸先生的哪部经典小说的英文名写在留言处和大家一起分享！【下一期内容的正确答案】I&`&ll go to the party with you _____ you don't wear those strange trousers.A. on condition that B. as soon as C. as though D. in this case[答案] A正确；条件状语从句，on condition that 意思是“如果”； as soon as 一...就... ; as though 好像，仿佛；如果你不穿这条奇怪的裤子的话，我会和你一起去那个聚会

Famed Chinese martial arts novelist Jin Yong has died at the age of 94 after a long illness, Hong Kong media reported on Tuesday (Oct 30).据香港媒体10月30日报道，中国著名武侠小说家金庸病逝，终年94岁。He was one of the best-selling Chinese authors, with more than 300 million copies of his works sold worldwide.他是中国最畅销的作家之一，他的作品在全世界售出3亿多册。His novels also inspired producers of television series, movies and even video games.他的小说也给了电视剧、电影甚至电子游戏的制作人很多灵感。The Deer and The Cauldron 鹿鼎记字面意思：鹿和大鼎The Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils 天龙八部字面意思：半神半魔The Legend of the Condor Heroes 射雕英雄传字面意思：秃鹫英雄的传奇今日互动你还知道金庸先生的哪部经典小说的英文名写在留言处和大家一起分享！【下一期内容的正确答案】I&`&ll go to the party with you _____ you don't wear those strange trousers.A. on condition that B. as soon as C. as though D. in this case[答案] A正确；条件状语从句，on condition that 意思是“如果”； as soon as 一...就... ; as though 好像，仿佛；如果你不穿这条奇怪的裤子的话，我会和你一起去那个聚会

配乐：《Kevin Kern - Through the Arbor》笨笨口语四步法Ben's Four Steps第一步：音节分解第二步：逐个单词第三步：连读分解第四步：一气呵成He will be always remembered for his great works.  人们将永远记得他的伟大作品.NO.1音节分解（多音节词详细分解，方便读音与记忆）双音节词al-ways：/ˈɔ:l-weɪz/adv. (副词）总是三音节词re-mem-ber：/rɪˈmembə/→/rɪ-ˈmem-bə(r)/（红色音标部分为实际美语发音）（有r的元音字母组合卷舌）v. (动词）记得NO.2逐个单词（标准美音慢速朗读，讲解拼读、音标、词法、语法）He他will将会be always总是remembered记得 for his great伟大的works作品拼读与音标音标/e/例词： remember（ re-mem-ber）记得breakfast（break-fast）早餐steady（stea-dy）稳定的clever（cle-ver）聪明的词法与语法无NO.3连读分解（连读略读，全面分解，真正说出一口流利美式英语）连读无略读grea works→great worksgrea worksNO.4一气呵成（慢速朗读，反复收听，大声模仿，脱口而出)He will be always remembered for his great works.  人们将永远记得他的伟大作品.英英解释单词学英语思维（既然是英英解释，不再提供中文翻译）work：(艺术家、作家、作曲家等的)作品；著作 A work is something such as a painting, book, or piece of music produced by an artist, writer, or composer. Prestigious martial arts novelist Louis Cha (Jin Yong) dies at the age of 94 in Hong Kong.Louis Cha, who lived in Hong Kong, was one of the best-selling Chinese authors alive with over 300 million copies of his works sold in the Chinese-speaking world.金庸(1924年3月10日-2018年10月30日)，原名查良镛，生于浙江省海宁市，1948年移居香港 。当代武侠小说作家、新闻学家、企业家、政治评论家、社会活动家，“香港四大才子”之一 。荣获2008影响世界华人终身成就奖。2010年，获得剑桥大学哲学博士学位 。2018年10月30日，金庸在香港逝世，享年94岁。金庸本名查良镛，出生在浙江海宁，祖上是名门望族，不但善于经商，而且出了很多学识渊博的后人。金庸曾把所创作的小说名称的首字联成一副对联：飞雪连天射白鹿，笑书神侠倚碧鸳。除了文学界外，查良镛也涉足传媒界多年，1947年大学毕业后先受聘于上海《大公报》，任国际新闻编辑。1948年《大公报》香港版复刊，急需翻译人员，查良镛被报馆调派来港，其后调任《新晚报》副刊编辑。他的作品英译：飞狐外传Other Tales of the Flying Fox雪山飞狐Flying Fox of Snowy Mountain连城诀A Deadly Secret天龙八部Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils射雕英雄传The Legend of the Condor Heroes白马啸西风Swordswoman Riding West on White Horse鹿鼎记The Deer and the Cauldron笑傲江湖The Smiling、Proud Wanderer书剑恩仇录The Book and the Sword神雕侠侣The Return of the Condor Heroes侠客行Ode to Gallantry倚天屠龙记Heaven Sword and Dragon Sabre碧血剑Sword Stained with Royal Blood鸳鸯刀Blade-dance of the Two Lovers可以说，金庸先生的作品陪伴了我们整个童年。有一句话是“凡是有华人的地方，就有金庸的读者。”，金庸曾在接受采访中表示，自己有空的时候，坐车、坐飞机的时候就会胡思乱想，想如果自己是侠客、大侠，会怎么样。此外，他还说：“我希望我死后一百年、二百年后，仍然有人看我的小说。我就很满意。”我想，会的。金庸先生，走好。几十年来，这“14个字”被翻拍成电视、影视剧高达90次。斯人已逝，再回顾那些年看过的经典作品，才发现金庸就是我们的全部青春啊……

In this episode, Caitlin Doughty recommends The Denial of Death by Ernest Becker and Sherry Thomas recommends The Legends of the Condor Heroes by Louis Chan. This episode of Recommended is sponsored by our $500 YA Giveaway and Book Riot Insiders.

I talk with Adam about episodes 40-41 of Return of Condor Heroes.  Check out Distressor's "Just Breathe", they generously allowed us to use their music in our introduction.

I talk with Adam about episodes 37-39 of Return of Condor Heroes.  Check out Distressor's "Just Breathe", they generously allowed us to use their music in our introduction.

I talk with Adam about episodes 34-36 of Return of Condor Heroes.  Check out Distressor's "Just Breathe", they generously allowed us to use their music in our introduction.

I talk with Adam about Return of Condor Heroes (2006) episodes 31-33.  Check out Distressor's "Just Breathe", they generously allowed us to use their music in our introduction. Support us on Patreon 

The second of two sessions of Hearts of Wulin, an rpg hack "Powered by the Apocalypse." We attempt to capture the feel and passion of Chinese wushu melodrama as exemplified in Fox Volant of Snowy Mountain, Condor Heroes, and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. Part of the Gauntlet Hangouts, a division of The Gauntlet Podcast. Find out more about that at gauntlet-rpg.com. You can also check out my blog at ageofravens.blogspot.com.

The first of two sessions of Hearts of Wulin, an rpg hack "Powered by the Apocalypse." We attempt to capture the feel and passion of Chinese wushu melodrama as exemplified in Fox Volant of Snowy Mountain, Condor Heroes, and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. Part of the Gauntlet Hangouts, a division of The Gauntlet Podcast. Find out more about that at gauntlet-rpg.com. You can also check out my blog at ageofravens.blogspot.com.

I talk with Adam about Return of Condor Heroes 2006 series, episodes 28-30.  Check out Distressor's "Just Breathe", they generously allowed us to use their music in our introduction. Support us on Patreon 

I talk with Adam about Return of Condor Heroes 2006 Episodes 25-27.  Check out Distressor's "Just Breathe", they generously allowed us to use their music in our introduction.

I talk with Adam about Return of Condor Heroes 2006 Episodes 22-24.  Check out Distressor's "Just Breathe", they generously allowed us to use their music in our introduction.

I talk with Adam about episodes 19-21 of Return of Condor Heroes (2006).  Check out Distressor's "Just Breathe", they generously allowed us to use their music in our introduction. Support us on Patreon 

I talk with Adam about episodes 16-18 of Return of Condor Heroes (2006).  Check out Distressor's "Just Breathe", they generously allowed us to use their music in our introduction. Support us on Patreon 

I talk with Adam about the 13th, 14th and 15th episodes of Return of Condor Heroes (2006).  Check out Distressor's "Just Breathe", they generously allowed us to use their music in our introduction.

I talk with Adam about the 11th and 12th episodes of Return of Condor Heroes (2006).  Check out Distressor's "Just Breathe", they generously allowed us to use their music in our introduction.

I talk with Adam about the 9th and 10th Episode of Return of Condor Heroes.  Check out Distressor's "Just Breathe", they generously allowed us to use their music in our introduction.

I talk with Adam about the 2006 Return of Condor Heroes series, episodes 6-8.  Check out Distressor's "Just Breathe", they generously allowed us to use their music in our introduction.

I talk with Adam about the 3rd through 5th episode of Return of Condor Heroes (2006).  Check out Distressor's "Just Breathe", they generously allowed us to use their music in our introduction.

I talk with Adam about the 2006 Return of Condor Heroes drama series.  Check out Distressor's "Just Breathe", they generously allowed us to use their music in our introduction.

Our discussion of the last 5 chapters of Return of Condor Heroes.  Check out Distressor's "Just Breathe", they generously allowed us to use their music in our introduction.

The last of four sessions of Hearts of Wulin, an rpg hack "Powered by the Apocalypse." We attempt to capture the feel and passion of Chinese wushu melodrama as exemplified in Fox Volant of Snowy Mountain, Condor Heroes, and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. Part of the Gauntlet Hangouts, a division of The Gauntlet Podcast.

I begin talking about family and Return of Condor Heroes, then slip into a number of other points.  Check out Distressor's "Just Breathe", they generously allowed us to use their music in our introduction.

We talk about chapters 31-35 of Return of Condor Heroes.  Check out Distressor's "Just Breathe", they generously allowed us to use their music in our introduction.

The third of four sessions of Hearts of Wulin, an rpg hack "Powered by the Apocalypse." We attempt to capture the feel and passion of Chinese wushu melodrama as exemplified in Fox Volant of Snowy Mountain, Condor Heroes, and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. Part of the Gauntlet Hangouts, a division of The Gauntlet Podcast.

I talk with Kenny about Return of Condor Heroes Chapters 26-30.  Check out Distressor's "Just Breathe", they generously allowed us to use their music in our introduction.

The second of four sessions of Hearts of Wulin, an rpg hack "Powered by the Apocalypse." We attempt to capture the feel and passion of Chinese wushu melodrama as exemplified in Fox Volant of Snowy Mountain, Condor Heroes, and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. Part of the Gauntlet Hangouts, a division of The Gauntlet Podcast.

I talk with Kenny about Return of Condor Heroes, Chapters 21-25.  Check out Distressor's "Just Breathe", they generously allowed us to use their music in our introduction.

The first of four sessions of Hearts of Wulin, an rpg hack "Powered by the Apocalypse." We attempt to capture the feel and passion of Chinese wushu melodrama as exemplified in Fox Volant of Snowy Mountain, Condor Heroes, and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. Part of the Gauntlet Hangouts, a division of The Gauntlet Podcast.

I talk with Lady Cao Feng, Kenny and Adam about The Brave Archer, a 1977 Cheng Cheh adaptation of The Legend of Condor Heroes. Next week we will discuss The Brave Archer 2, and The Brave Archer 3 the following week. All are available on Amazon Prime streaming.  Check out Distressor's "Just Breathe", they generously allowed us to use their music in our introduction.

I talk with Kenny about Chapters 16-20 of Return of Condor Heroes. Check out Distressor's "Just Breathe", they generously allowed us to use their music in our introduction.

I talk with Kenny about Jin Yong's classic wuxia novel Return of Condor Heroes (神鵰俠侶). Today we talk about volume 2 (chapters 11-15). Check out Distressor's "Just Breathe", they generously allowed us to use their music in our introduction.

I talk with Kenny about Jin Yong's classic wuxia novel Return of Condor Heroes (神鵰俠侶). Today we give a broad overview and discussion on the first volume (chapter 1-10). Going forward we will dedicate each episode to 5 chapters.  Check out Distressor's "Just Breathe", they generously allowed us to use their music in our introduction.

This is a review of Legends of the Condor Heroes: A Hero Born, the first book in a tranlsation of the Jin Yong classic. It is translated by Anna Holmwood and published by Maclehose Press. This is a review of an early proof, the printed edition should be available in February and they will be releasing the remaining 3 volumes (with a release schedule of 1 per year). There are minor spoilers in this review.  Check out Distressor's "Just Breathe", they generously allowed us to use their music in our introduction.  

Xiaohua: The remake of "The Return of the Condor Heroes" produced by well-known scriptwriter and TV producer Yu Zheng is broadcasted several days ago and it is strongly savaged by critics and savvy viewers across the nation. 12月3日，于正版的《神雕侠侣》在湖南卫视开播。此前这部剧未播先热，其雷人的台词、廉价的特效还有定妆照都遭到媒体以及网友一致的吐糟。 Why do people care so much? Heyang: Because this is a huge classic that when you look at it has been remade at least twice every decade that shows how popular this book is, and also the whole franchise. Jinyong, he is, sort of like the modern Shakespeare in Chinese literature. (John:Really?) Because he is that how big he is. Xiaohua: In Wuxia xiaoshuo. John: In terms of influence. Xiaohua: In terms of influence. Certainly we are not talking about artistic achievements. Heyang: Not really in literature skills and aesthetics that way. But it’s a huge deal and always creates a lot of controversy when people are not faithful to his original works. And I think that’s what’s happening here, as the heroine Xiao Longnv has been changed from an ice queen into a cute girl next door, just totally shakes our belief and what this character should be. That is something that we are not happy about. John: I’m having absolutely no connections to this. I think this is just what happens with remakes, adaptations, and reinterpretations. And this happens more specifically in Hollywood these days where you take a book that is becoming very very popular and you adapt it into a movie. And of course those die-hard fans who have invested so much of their emotions, so much of their life into these characters and into the story. They go into the theater and see something that was quite not what their imagination gave to them originally, they are going to be disappointed. Heyang: But here I think Yu Zheng has really gone down the path of … John: Could it be just as said that everyone hates Yu Zheng? Xiaohua: Could be. It really could be. Heyang: That’s (because) he already ruined another piece of classic that Jin Yong wrote, the Sword’s Man笑傲江湖. He has already made that into something that anyone who read the books don’t recognize at all. And maybe he’s trying to make his work fit the taste of his core audience, which is probably those post 1990s, born after that year or the Millennium. But it just seems like he is not doing a really good job, and I think that’s something that’s annoying people a lot. Here I am talking about the really disgusting CGIs. John: This is a problem with Chinese production in general perhaps. But when you look at reinterpretations, I think the aesthetics are going to change. The last time this was made was in 2006. There was a remake of this specific story. That’s 8 years ago, that’s quite a long time and especially in terms of China’s development, cultural and economic. So I think the aesthetics and the story telling style have probably changed enough, for at least people to give this chance, maybe. Heyang: Actually I don’t think people’s aesthetics has changed that much. Just he is doing a bad job because the remake in 2006 starring Liu Yifei as the main heroine, it actually received quite a lot of applauses. And this one, oh man, I looked at people’s messages after viewing it online, I couldn’t see one good praise. Xiaohua: But sometimes I think people are being picky. Because you remember all those previous remakes, when they first appeared, there were a lot of criticisms as well. There were criticisms about Liu Yifei’s face is being too round, although this time the heroine’s face is rounder than hers. John: But she has a sharp chain, right? Heyang: No, she does not. Xiaohua: Yeah the current one doesn’t, but Liu Yifei did. So she was a better looking person. John: I just think it’s always interesting because a lot of the comments whenever we deal a topic like this were like, why can’t Chinese people be more creative? Why can’t we have new original movies? Look at Hollywood, the past two years, how many times are we gonna see another fairy tale remake? We have (Xiaohua: the mirror mirror) yeah, also different ones like Sleeping Beauty, we have one, we have Snow White, there’s one. There are so many different remakes so you have to wonder if it is not just China but in terms of these very very well-funded big projects hasn’t that much creativity because creativity is risky. Xiaohua: Yeah I think so. Also I wonder why Chinese people are specifically not fond of changing the original plot a little bit because all those remakes that you talked about fairy tales and stuff, and Spider Man, they were way different from their originals. But you don’t see people complaining. Maybe people do complain, you know in the west as well. John: It’s different. I think it’s a topic for different discussion.

Shaw also tried his hand at producing American films in the late 70s and early 80s, including 1982 sci-fi classic "Blade Runner" and 1979 disaster thriller "Meteor." The influence of Shaw's movies spans vast distances. When talking about his preparation for the action film "Kill Bill", American movie director Quentin Tarantino told the press he had watched one old Shaw Brothers movie a day for a year, if not three. Tarantino also paid tribute to Shaw by beginning the film with the Shaw Brothers scallop and trumpet fanfare. As a shrewd businessman, even in his heyday, Shaw was able to sense the future would be in television. In 1967, Shaw co-founded TVB, which remains Hong Kong's dominant TV station. TVB has now grown into a multi-billion dollar TV empire with channels broadcast in 30 markets including the U.S., Canada and Taiwan. For TV audiences, TVB is the symbol of many classic television series of which only the slightest hint would send people into nostalgic daydreams. At the top of the list of classic shows is of course "the Bund", a love story between gangster boss Hui Man-Keung and Fung Ching-ching, daughter of a wealthy tycoon. And "Looking Back in Anger", a retrospective on business tycoon Ding Yau Kin's life. Another memorable classic was the 1983 martial art TV series "The Legend of the Condor Heroes". With its ever sought-after TV series, TVB has seen a considerable amount of talented individuals rise to stardom internationally. Actor Chow Yun-fat, actress Maggie Cheung, singers Leslie Cheung and Anita Mui and director Wong Kar-wai all started out at TVB. Chow Yun-fat attributes his success to Shaw. "He started TVB with his bare hands all by himself. He trained many talented stars like me. May he rest in peace." Shaw set up the TVB Talent Training Course and the beauty contest Miss Hong Kong Pageant in order to produce future stars for his TV station. One thing he probably would never have imagined is that many of the stars that the two programs cultivated, such as Tony Leung, Lau Kar-ling and Michele Monique Reis, later became the pillars of the Chinese showbiz industry. In 2011, Shaw retired from his position as chairman of TVB at the age of 104 after more than 40 years of service. However, what made Shaw more of an enduring influence is perhaps his philanthropy. He made billions in film and television and gave back nearly as much to society. Since 1985, he donated about 4.75 billion Hong Kong dollars on educational programs across the Chinese mainland. On a map recently provided by one of China's largest search engines, buildings adorned with Shaw's name are visible in clusters across the country. And in Hong Kong, it seems as if half of the public buildings have his name on them. Shaw also established "The Shaw Prize" in 2002, later widely regarded as the "Nobel of the East"; an annual award honoring those who made significant contributions to academic and scientific research or application. And on occasions of disaster relief, he was often among the top donors. Leung Chun-ying, chief executive of Hong Kong spoke out on Shaw's contributions to society. "Shaw has made great philanthropic contributions in Hong Kong, to education in both Hong Kong and the Chinese mainland and to scientific research globally. He is a venerable father figure to us." Run Run Shaw was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 1977. China's Purple Mountain Observatory discovered an asteroid in 1964 and named it 2899 Runrun Shaw in honor of him. Across 107 years, Run Run Shaw became a guiding light that will illuminate generations for years to come.