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Character Guide and Glossary
Really adding it up, Tang Fan and he had not seen each other for nearly five or six years. That did not at all prevent familiar memories from rising up as soon as he saw his face.
The other must have learned that Tang Fan was coming earlier, so he didn’t look as surprised as he did, only looking at him with a slight smile.
Keen-eyed, Fan Yuezheng quickly detected Tang Fan abnormal attitude towards the Luling Magistrate. “Are you and Magistrate Ji old acquaintances, Sir?” he asked with a probing-esque smile.
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Chichi, thanks so much! I look forward to reading FYC in its entirety in your excellent translation 🙂
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Hahaha just when I was thinking “hm who is Xu Bin already?” the text answered: “Xu Bin was whatever.” XD Also, my brain wasn’t awake enough and I stupidly mixed up Magistrate Fan for Tang Fan for a few paragraphs for whatever reason. It was confusing @_@
It’s such a nice idea to introduce all the characters through a “board game”. You have both the social chit-chat and the way of playing the game. It shows a lot about the characters while still being lively and fun.
Thank you for the translation!
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Chichi, your translations are excellent. I especially admire your couplet translations. they were so impressive – delightful, with vivid imagery. The ones referencing Chinese medicine were a bit over my head, I’ll have to read it again and look at all the references
“lack of copper stink on his breath” — great turn of phrase 😂 even if I’m not sure exactly what it means
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