People/deities
[Humans and their addresses]
❈ Junwang, commendary prince(2nd rank)/state ruler (king):
our Junwangs are actually military border kings, Fanwang (藩王), they rule a county/region of one of the borders and command their own armies.
the title is junwang/fanwang, but the address is wangye
zh wikipedia | use in history | border king
❈ Gong zi, young master/noble sons/young lord/gentleman
❈ Shaoye, young master/employer/employer’s son
❈ Fa shi/Bhanaka, buddhist monk who mastered the sutras:
zh wikipedia
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[Gods and their standing]
❈ Jade Emperor – high god in Taoism
he’s not the highest god in charge but he is the most often seen in stories,
wikipedia
❈ Tai Bai Jin Xingjun – in charge of Venus,
太白金星, great white golden star, Venus
usually the Imperial Commissioner of Jade Emperor
wikipedia
❈ Tian Shu Xing Jun – star lord of Dubhe/Alpha Ursae Majoris (first star of the Big Dipper/Northern Dipper)
en wikipedia
more about his name
❈ Old Lord Lao-Tzu – legendary figure in Taoism
The Lao-Tzu, that Lao-Tzu
wikipedia
❈ Yue Lao – Old man under the moon, God of marriage and love
wikipedia
❈ Dong Hua Di Jun – an emperor lord,
appears in books and movies a lot, quite popular
zh wikipedia dao info
* Bai Hu Xing
the white tiger referred to guard the east (‘great’ stars of east/west/north/south)
wikipedia
Places
❈ Jade Emperor’s palace hall
baidu/another spelling
❈玄率府 – Xuan Lu manor (melody), Song Yao’s home in heaven, no backstory
❈尚川 – Shang Chuan (yet/value – river/plains) – the region under the rule of Dongjun Wang
Glossary
(xianxia) Terms
❈ Cultivation/cores/stages
cores and how long it takes
different types of cores
cultivation terms and address
❈ Xianxia terms and explains tao terminology
wuxia/xianxia/xuanhuan terms
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Tao/Daoism
❈ Basic Taoism
introduction
general glossary of dao terms
three flowers condensing onto the head
❈ Auspicious cloud/magic cloud : floating cloud immortals use to move around
❈ Xian – fairy, immortal, god in Tao
en wikipedia
❈ Taoist immortals
different types of immortals
❈ Lords in heaven:
types and hierarchy / weibo
loose immortals
Lords in heaven, seniority:
Dijun (emperor lord) > Daojun (lord of the way) > Zhenjun (true lord) > Xingjun (star lord) > Qingjun (pure lord/lord of clarity) > Tianjun (celestial lord) > Yuanjun (first lord/primordial lord)
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Other
❈ Misc. idioms:
chinese idioms (wuxiaworld)
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Hard words to translate
this entire novel is hard to translate
* 王府 wangfu, king’s residence/manor/mansion
can refer to the place, the building, and the people of it/household
for example when someone marries into the wangfu they’re marrying into the family
Junwangfu is the residence of the state ruler, state residence
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Useful 🙂