是渭县县丞陆槐
“♪ Embracing pain as home, reborn like a phoenix ♪ Are you Lu Huai, the magistrate of Wei County,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我到底该如何称呼你
“♪ Even if it's soul-eroding, extreme pain, I accept it all ♪ What exactly should I call you?”
是渭县县丞陆槐
“♪ Embracing pain as home, reborn like a phoenix ♪ Are you Lu Huai, the magistrate of Wei County,”
“♪ Embracing pain as home, reborn like a phoenix ♪ or the Autumn Crimson Blade, a hero from the martial world, ♪ Just to trade the rest of my days for one true life as a human ♪”
“Officially, you should address me as the magistrate Lu Huai, though we both know that's not the whole story.”
In Chinese wuxia and historical narratives, characters frequently balance a staid public role as an imperial bureaucrat (chaoting) with a legendary wandering hero persona (jianghu), using titles to negotiate allegiance and distance.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
county magistrate assistant / deputy magistrate
An ancient Chinese civil administrative title useful to recognize when watching period dramas or historical fiction.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“He's the former magistrate of Wei County,”
“and appointed me as magistrate of Huarong County.”
“Magistrate Cao,”
“the county magistrate.”
“grain prices in Wei County remained exorbitantly high.”
“I have an ancestral house in the county.”