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dragg SG

the emperor of japan pledged to take only a meal a day until they have enough money to buy the best warship from england.

Surprised

meanwhile the empress dowager of the Qing Dynasty was complaining that she has no appetite. 116 dishes were served.

Crying or Very sad

dragg SG

sunwen is aka sunzhongsan.

he actually got the name from japan. he called himself zhongsanqiao to escape the authorities.

Surprised

goaler SG

Quite an old drama liao leh..

I prefer the first part that talks about Li Hongzhang. He was really a great man. The Japanese PM, i think called Yito, also respected him a lot.
Yito once said,' I am only an ordinary man fortunately born in a extraordinary country, but Lord Li is an extraordinary man unfortunately born in a sunset country."

Some parts were really touching that i tear...
Eg:- the part where China was invaded by the 8 countries alliances. Others were using modern canons, rifle, and China was still using knifes?! In the end, got to give up Taiwan, Penghu, Macau, HK to others... heartpain...

After Lord Li, the attention turned to Yuan Shi Kai and Sun Zhongsun.. that part not as good...

dragg SG

the corpse of the qing stretched 3 miles. it took them more than 3 days to clear it.

renhaizhanshu, china's only weapon.

laurence82 SG

Hmm, I didnt really watch this show although it should be educational and inspiring

But one complaint from my friends is its music, the annoying trumpet sound

dragg SG

your friend is indeed right.

the trumpet at the beginning of the show is annoying. the show starts to get boring after Li's death.

sbst275 SG

History is boring

But I never knew that Pu Yi was still a 'emperor' in the ROC Laughing

killstyle SG

LI HONG ZHANG IS A TRAITOR!!!

THIS DRAMA TWIST THE FACT!!!!

goaler SG

taken from Wiki:-

Li Hongzhang has been generally a target of criticism by the CPC government and was portrayed in many ways as a traitor to the Chinese people, an infamous name that lives in history. Such a message is echoed through textbooks and other forms of propaganda. The CCTV production Towards the Republic was the first public portrayal of Li Hongzhang in Mainland China that enforced a heroic image upon him. The series was later banned. Many historians and scholars consider Li an adept politician and diplomat that prolonged peace in the later Qing Dynasty era of Chinese history.

dragg SG

ROC as in taiwan?

dragg SG

cixi was really horrible.

she blamed everyone except herself for all the things that had gone wrong.

she took away gongqingwang's daughter and made her a princess.

she took away the chunwangye's son and made him emperor guangxu.

she took away the next chunwangye's son and made him emperor xuantong.

guangxu is really pitiful. he wanted to outlive cixi so he can finally be an emperor with power. but he did not make it.

Crying or Very sad

dragg SG

kns.

disc 16 faulty.

so i dont get to watch episode 45-47.

the dvd player kept prompting error.

Mad Mad Mad

dragg SG

the last 10 episodes really unbearable.

i have to search all the way.

laurence82 SG

Pu Yi was an 'emperor', that he was allowed to live in the Forbidden City till he was removed I think in 1924(?), but after 1911, he lost his power.

Afterwhich he becomes a puppet monarch of the Japanese

sbst275 SG

ROC was the govt of China (Today's PRC) bet 1911 - 1949 Wink

gd4u SG

I dunnoe, but many labelled Li as a traitor because he was the one who signed the treaties (and giving out pieces of China away). But Li signed the treaty using a name give by EMpress Cixi. i think his intention was "i was ordered by the Empress to sign, not my fault" ...

Quite clever, right ?