The Unknown Dynasty

sinousine:
My grandma is like that too but doesn't text message. I wonder if I should joke about getting a Japanese boyfriend :p

Haha I told my grandma once that my boyfriend was Korean and her first reaction was “oh poor Bella, you’re going to be a hardworking housewife”. SHE’S NEVER SATISFIED!

Thank you grandma for always reminding me that I should get a boyfriend.

My Translation Blunder (EPIC FAIL)

(Political Meeting between Acting Mayor of Hangzhou and Jamaica's Ministers of Parliament)
Jamaica's Minister of National Security: Jamaica was the first Caribbean country to believe and support a One China Government Policy
Myself: 牙買加是第一加勒比國家支持一中一台的政治政策。(Jamaica was the first Caribbean country to support a One China-One Taiwan political policy.
Myself (thinking): FUCK MY LIFE. What did I just say? O_o

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coolchicksfromhistory:

Qin Liangyu (1574-1646)
Art by Sertan Saral (tumblr)
From an early age, Liangy learned martial arts, horseback riding, and archery. At the age of 20, she married a local Sichuan commander named Ma Qiancheng. Together they maintained the peace in an area rife with warlords and insurrections.
Qiancheng died in 1613 and Liangyu took over his position. In 1620, the Nvzhen ethnic minority declared independence from the Ming Dynasty. Liangy led an army to defeat them, selling her own belonging to fund the campaign. Ten years later the Manchu threatened Beijing. Liangy once again led an army supported by her own funds and defeated the insurgents. The Chongzhen Emperor commemorated her victory with commissioned poetry.
The Ming Dynasty fell in 1644. Amid the turmoil, Liangy’s lands remained relative calm and agriculturally productive. She is believed to have helped 100,000 refugees find homes in Shizhu.
An active leader until her death at age 75, Liangy was named Grand Protector of the Crowned Prince by the Southern Ming Emperor She remains one of the highest ranking female warriors in Chinese history.
Qin Liangyu is not the real Mulan. Mulan is fictional character who predates Liangyu by several hundred years.

Read my posts about Qin Liangyu here and here.