一代宗師
黃生終於派新歌啦!!!
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一代宗師 作詞：林日曦 編曲：謝國維 監製：伍仲衡 主唱：黃宗澤 活在亂世內以小念頭 練習 練習基本攻與守 柔軟制剛 用四兩 慢慢撥走千斤泰斗 若現實我是置身下游 順著 順著春江水去走 浮沉時困惑也可 用兩手 尋橋尋找方舟半艘 （你在攻 我在守） 馬步早開穩 （以伏手 以護手） 卸力卸開炮轟 （以膀手 以問手） 借力擊退千軍 （我用手 也用心） 自衛但不兇狠 最弱對最強 未理結局跟你較量 拋掉萬噸死力 彈指一動打破鐵牆 最弱對最強 未理慣例扭轉慣常 說打敗多抽象 練功之道謙厚至上 動盪鬧市內太多破洞 練習 練習思想的武功 煩惱太多 人太多 熟習在黐手中變通 絕地上被逼得傷重 運用 運用標指反進攻 來移除壓制的 沉重的 自在地施展我輕功 （你在攻 我在守） 道路窄我轉彎 （以伏手 以護手） 難題裡翻兩翻 （右或左 上下揀） 萬事取於中間 （我認真 也在玩） 為令自己進步破關 最弱對最強 未理結局跟你較量 拋掉萬噸死力 彈指一動打破鐵牆 最弱對最強 未理慣例扭轉慣常 說打敗多抽象 練功之道謙厚至上 能奮勇應戰只要永續沒言敗 最渺小的可以變成最高大 隨世態應變懂得拉扯中進階 磨蝕既有界線 上下大細等級都可破解 最弱對最強 未理結局跟你較量 拋掉萬噸死力 彈指一動打破鐵牆 最弱對最強 未理慣例扭轉慣常 說打敗多抽象 練功之道謙厚至上
credits: 林日曦
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Thanksgiving Concert @ Chicago
Horseshoe Casino…
Mr. Wong
Ella…
Backstage, after the show… he was exhausted
White Dragon Concert @ Vegas
Mr. Wong…
I took more videos than pics… find them on youtube
Leo…
they were together most the time, how nice :)
the concert…
Linda…
I met Linda in the hotel lobby. She was nice, knowing I’m Bosco’s fan, I still got a good few minutes chat. Even her mom was nice enough to ask me to sit down.
She looked really pretty on stage.
Gillian… just a few
Joey…
全角度愛你
沒有想到黃生那麼快有派台歌﹐歌曲是一般﹐歌藝有長進…但最得我心是Chorus唱得很有當年細偶像style
黃生進軍樂壇嚕…加油黃生﹗﹗
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全角度愛你
作曲：伍仲衡
作詞：陳少琪
編曲：陳台證
監製：伍仲衡
主唱：黃宗澤
倘眼睛很細小 不要憂鬱困擾
愛是性格重要 請清楚對焦
倘你腰不夠小 擁抱時仍然美妙
快樂有過合照 都很溫暖了
外在是個軀殼 不可作偉大承諾
相信直覺便無限準確
內在若有感覺 將心跳共你綑綁
相對就似鑽石難分割
全角度看你 完美地愛是學習讚美
當兩嘴巴不想分離 誰還可看到限期
全角度看你 愛欣賞你就是道理
若有些嫌棄 當我講起你 怎麼這樣流利
加闊一圈鏡片 只會裝飾眼睛
卻沒有決定性 可增加笑聲
心裡早早看清 不靠容顏來記認
你換氣也動聽 可將心佔領
外在是個軀殼 不可作偉大承諾
相信直覺便無限準確
內在若有感覺 將心跳共你綑綁
相對就似鑽石難分割
全角度看你 完美地愛是學習讚美
當兩嘴巴不想分離 誰還可看到限期
全角度看你 愛欣賞你就是道理
若有些嫌棄 當我講起你 怎麼這樣流利
全角度看你 完美地愛是學習讚美
當兩嘴巴不想分離 誰還可看到限期
全角度看你 愛欣賞你就是道理
是那麼連戲 這眼光給你 一生一種福氣
黃宗澤傾倒大西洋
以下首發宗生選澤
記者：嘰哩咕嚕
2007年8月5日淩晨1時（香港時間下午1時），香港電視紅星黃宗澤（Bosco)連同官恩娜(Ella)、羅敏莊(Mimi)首次於美國大西洋城開演唱會，與現場觀衆打成一片，度過一個瘋狂晚上。這次演出算是Bosco出道以來最隆重一次，演出前一個月就牽起一陣撲飛熱潮，由於門票只給賭場VIP顧客用積分換購而不外銷，fans不惜千方百計拉攏親朋好友去撲飛。
8月3日晚上Bosco抵達紐約甘迺迪國際機場，fans以「黃宗澤」三個巨字牌迎接。由於Bosco過關須時，fans在機場内苦等了兩小時。除了小記，這次接機的fans都是第一次見偶像，她們緊張得快要休克，而Bosco出現之時一群fans尖叫「Bosco」便衝去他面前狂拍照。小記問第一次來美國的Bosco對這裡有甚麽感覺，他說感覺不像在美國，下機以來見的都是華人，外國人都不見了他覺得意外。機場小聚之後，三位明星就出發去大西洋城，小記也自己開車跟隨。這次邀請三位香港明星來演出，主辦單位極之照顧他們，開了三部銀色特長豪華紡車接載他們去酒店，每位也有當地工作人員陪伴，住的也是頂級豪華套房，氣派十足。
8月4日早上記者恰巧踫到Bosco、Ella、Mimi在表演場地視察環境，Bosco更在台上露了幾下舞姿，不過之後小記要去準備下午fans聚會，沒有看到他們彩排。聚會時候Bosco與Mimi一起出現，十位fans跟他們同坐一枱，Bosco就跟fans聊天、簽名、拍照。Fans聚會同場還有製作單位的負責人還有香港某周刊的記者。Bosco對fans有求必應，fans要求他脫下太陽眼鏡他也照辦，事後fans們後悔沒有要求他脫帽子。逗留了大半小時後fans送走Bosco，還祝他演出成功。
8月5日淩晨表演正式開始，入場男女老幼都齊，打頭陣有Mimi唱了幾首金曲來哄長輩們，再來Ella以性感旗袍甜美歌聲取悅男士們，然後到Bosco以黑超音樂指揮家造型出場讓全場女士們尖叫騷動。Bosco先唱了兩首國語金曲，《原來你什甚麼都不要》與《愛如潮水》，然後到他自己首本名曲《無人愛》，唱完這首歌他向現場觀衆索紙巾抹汗，小記與另一名fans乘機上前獻花，Bosco很禮貌的在我們手背上回贈一吻，還說「有花有紙巾就有得錫（吻）」。他唱了幾句泰文版《強劍》，再來清唱了緋聞女友的歌曲《幸而》，跟住與Mimi合唱《相思風雨中》與《熱情的沙漠》。Bosco跟Mimi回到後台休息就輪到Ella出來獻唱幾首國語歌，唱罷又輪到Bosco出場。這次他特意換了比較少布的衣服，表演了一小段hiphop之後就脫衣服，脫的時候Bosco以慢動作擺出誘惑神態，剩下單薄tanktop，全場尖叫。Bosco要下台但是這個舞台沒有樓梯，他看凖好位置就跳下去，觀衆馬上離座湧到他身邊，一時間全場混亂。Bosco在保安員包圍之下繞場演唱《大熱》，觀衆都伸手與他握手，Bosco認出小記也伸手與我來個短暫十指緊扣，最後他回到台邊跳回台上，這舞台滿高的，可見他身手不凡。回到台上他繼續跟觀衆握手，更伸個頭去親一名非裔保安員，保安員也嚇一跳。到他唱《唱這歌》的時候，Bosco從觀衆群中擡了一位小妹妹上台，先是抱住她唱，然後放她下來一起跳舞，唱罷就給小妹妹臉上一吻，最後吊她下去給保安員接住。當時有個大妹妹要求上台，Bosco說抱不起她。這時Bosco說歌全唱完了，問大家有什麽要求，觀衆就要求他脫衣服，呐喊聲中有男有女，他不好意思的說某人身材比他高大，爲甚麽不要他脫？最後，Bosco請了Ella同Mimi出來合唱，再唱一次《熱情的沙漠》，唱的時候3人將卷起的海報抛向觀衆，大家都爭奪海報，現場又亂起來了，演唱會就在一片混亂的高潮中結束了。
8月5日下午Bosco由經理人陪同去shopping，他穿件”I Love NY” t-shirt十足遊客觀光，不過聞說街上遇到fans，遊客做不了多久就會酒店了。小記趕在他們之前離開大西洋城回紐約機場準備送機，不過他們大隊離開大西洋城之時遇上大塞車，Bosco、Ella、Mimi險些趕不上飛機，幸好最後趕在航班起飛前check-in，匆匆忙忙趕上機，fans們依依不捨的送走偶像，小記送走他們便任務完成了。
留意我遲下寫的追星記，說說這行程的趣聞…比如說會交待我們爲甚麽要訓街，追偶像部車不單只驚險還迷路了，爲什麽最後驚動我老竇老媽子飛車去機場~~~
還有，我會寫評論，仔細説說偶像這次演唱會表現好與不好的地方
My Love My Chef ~~~甜到入心~嘉禮仔
This is a recent radio drama that was broadcasted on 98.8FM in Malaysia. It’s basically a 2+1/2 hour long radio commercial to promote Kim Gary Restaurant, the HK style restaurant in Kuala Lumpur that hired Bosco as spokesperson. Though just an old-fashion plot filled with advertisements, it was utterly oozing sweetness.
MUST LISTEN :)
OT: The lead lady’s name is Kim. But her last name is also Kim? That makes her full name Kim Kim, LOL.
《My Love My Chef》廣播劇 → Listen Online
[ 預告 ][ 第一集 ][ 第二集 ][ 第三集 ][ 第四集 ][ 第五集 ][ 主題曲 ]
《匯通天下》 Land of Wealth
Let me stray from Bosco for a bit… can’t help it… TVB is murdering his fans by withholding his series (T_T)
Just finished episode 4 of LOW and I really like this series so far. Everything about it makes me 陶醉 … or maybe it’s just Steven. Oh my 曹子健 is back, and no less charming. Steven and Tavia look so pretty together, for lack of a better word. I especially love their first acquaintance, so romantic.
Below is the edited clip of their xiao (簫） and guzheng (古箏) duet.
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Land of Wealth - Steven & Tavia duet
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Find The Light - Mr. Tan’s Cut
《英雄刀少年》譚嗣同版
While creating my MV, I found myself practically editing the entire series to save only BoTa scenes. So I said to myself, “Why not?”
Basically the entire series minus Ron-Shirley love interest and some not-so-important parts. Mostly BoTa in parts 1-5 and the politics stuff in the last 3 parts.
Apologies. I used Real Media Editor, so the edit is kinda messy and choppy at some parts. Also, certain episodes of the version I downloaded had out-synch audio/video.
This is Mr. Tan’s story.
[Part 1] [Part 2] [Part 3] [Part 4] [Part 5] [Part 6] [Part 7] [Part 8]
*Links updated 9/15/06
《覆雨翻雲》 LWOLAP - Summary of the Real Novel (Part II)
This summary was originally posted on AsianFanatics.net: Lethal Weapons of Love and Passion subforum: Summary of the Real Novel
Ok…where did I leave off?
Chun Mung Yiu takes Hon Pak along to find the guard that “killed” him. While spying on him, Hon Pak expresses his admiration but was very timid of how she would react. His candidness made her uneasy. CMY suddenly feels sad and could sense that her master just passed away. Usually calm and peaceful-minded, she finds herself emotionally volatile when near Hon Pak. At this point, neither of them are aware that their inner powers are mutually attracted to and could offset each other - CJS’s inner power (aka demonous embryo) interferes with CMY’s “Sword-Heart Connection”, and vice versa. They find out that Fong Ye Yue is behind the conspiracy that lead to Hon Pak’s death. CMY realized that FFY wants to use the stolen sabre incident to create conflict among the virtuous forces and leaves while Hon Pak is still fighting. Hon Pak took it as a rejection.
Assassins came after Hon Pak one after another. One of the assassins, Fa Gai Yue, was a master at seduction and exploit men’s yang during sex to make herself powerful and beautiful. Initially, she wanted to sleep with him once and kill him afterwards. Hon Pak was well aware of her background and motive but still couldn’t curb his sexual curiosity (he was a virgin, til now). While pursuing HP, she became truly attracted to him. Later, Hon Pak’s genuineness made her fall madly in love with him. Betraying FYY is a deadly gamble, but she was willing to put her life at stake and told Hon Pak to run away. She feels she owes Pong Ban an explanation and must return to his side (no love interest involved). Pong Ban understands that the demonous embryo makes HP an irresistable character. Fa Gai Yue was told to stay at Pong Ban’s side in Mongolia and is not to interfere with FYY’s plans.
Fan Leung Gik helps Hon Pak to disguise as the Korean ambassador. They head to the courthouse saying that they were robbed. They successfully dodged FYY’s network of assassins because the governor deployed a troop to protect them on their way to the capital city. They board a cruise ship and find that Long Fan Wan was on board with Jiu Ha and her husband. Her husband was on his way to fill a high government position in the empirial court.
Hon Pak explains the weird urges that he’s experiencing to Long Fan Wan and that it’s gotten even more intense after his night with Fa Gai Yue. LFW explains that the demonous embyro is trying to communicate through the familiar emotional state that is shared during sex (kinda like how Pong Ban used despair to communicate with FHL’s inner power). In order to fully merge the two realms, Hon Pak must continue to experiment with different women. Hon Pak was hesistant at first, but LFW told him that he must take charge of the demon or it may take control of him. So he must forget about the social issues and live as free as he could so that the embyro could grow freely. He spent the most hilarious and erotic few weeks on the ship with his 3 wives (yes he got 3 wives by the time he reaches the capital, one of course is Jiu Ha).
During the cruise, Long Fan Wan leaves for Seung Sau Fu because they were under attack. He meets CMY there and they fend off the enemies, FYY’s allies. Fung Hang Lit got injured and Princess Seung Sau used the Seung Sau Method to treat him. He regains his powers and marries Princess Seung Sau, her maid Guk Sin Lin, and another maid Bak Sou Gok — the 3 ladies had a pact to marry the same husband. LFW and CMY find out that Fong Ye Yue is heading to the capital so they leave to meet up with Hon Pak. FHL was suppose to go also, but then Lou Gau Clan was under attack and he was closer to them. He heads over to help Chik Cheng Jing. During this battle, many Lou Gau Clan fighters died and FYY’s allies took over the Dung Ting Lake. FHL lost his wife Bak Sou Gok.
(From this point forward, FHL becomes less important and quite uninteresting IMO. To follow the story from the series’ point of view, remember that FYY is also part of Ray’s character. I would say that Ray’s character is 80% FYY and only 20% FHL. And, I do like FYY more than FHL. But for both characters in the novel, it’s more of action during battles and not a lot of drama plot. Thus, you may feel that my summary has less to say of them than Hon Pak. The battles that involve them are frequent but hard to summarize.)
Chun Mung Yiu also got injured by a monk during that battle and could live no more than 100 days. She admits that she was distracted when she suddenly thought of Hon Pak. Long Fan Wan tells her that the demonous seed that is growing in Hon Pak could save her and if they use the Seung Sau Method her chances of surviving is even greater. LFW and CMY meet up with Hon Pak before he reaches the capital. On the ship, CMY explains that she needs his help to live beyond 100 days. She has only one chance to live and all the circumstances must be perfect when they use the Seung Sau Method. He’s so concern that he pledges to follow every word she says. She promises that she will marry him but Hon Pak does not have much faith in keeping her by his side. He knows her agenda and is constantly reminded by his gut feelings that she will eventually leave him.
To be continued…
《覆雨翻雲》 LWOLAP - Character Biographies (from the novel) II
This summary was originally posted on AsianFanatics.net: Lethal Weapons of Love and Passion subforum: Summary of the Real Novel
Sorry for the delay everyone. Just got kinda too involved in other stuff lately.
MORE CHARACTER BIOGRAPHIES (FROM THE NOVEL):
Pong Ban (played by Derek Kwok): aka Sorcerer; undefeated Mongolian fighter; dreaded by all fighters; falls in love with Chi Hong Jing Jai sect leader Yin Jing Ngam; and later with her disciple Gan Bing Wan; isolates himself for 20 years; develops his demonous powers using FHL and GBW; wishs to achieve enlightenment via unorthodox path — weapon: none — charismatic, articulate, perceptive, able to sense more than what the eye could see
Fan Leung Gik (played by Power Chan): Black List fighter; No. 1 thief; a master-mind of stealth and exceptional eavesdropper; accumulated a treasure cove of goodies; becomes Hon Pak’s best friend and follows him everywhere; later becomes sworn-brothers with HP, FHL, and CCJ — weapon: his pipe — short and scrawny old man with a young heart, excellent sense of humor, and hates being called old.
Chu Yuen Cheung: Ming Emperor; was once a beggar and a monk; chosen by Yin Jing Ngam to be the emperor and thus was supported by the virtuous forces; killed off many merit officials after he became king; once loved Long Fan Wan’s wife and Yin Jing Ngam; wants his grandson (whom is also his illegitimate son) to be heir to throne; religiously believes that Hon Pak is his lucky charm; poisoned to death by Sin Yuk Yu — weapon: his eunuchs and guards — ruthless, manipulative, and extremely paranoid
Yin Wong (played by Evergreen Mak): Prince of Ming; most competent son of Chu Yuen Cheung but seen as a threat to the chosen heir of the throne; lost support of Hui Yuek Mo because of his unethical means; changed for the better after Hon Pak saved him; supported by Chun Mung Yiu, and thus all virtuous and dark forces, to dethrone the royal grandson after Chu Yuen Cheung died — weapon: sword (? forgot) — competent commander, manipulative, but clearly more respectable than his father
Hui Yuek Mo (played by Benz Hung): High merit official of Ming; named fuedal king by Chu Yuen Cheung; retired due to lost of interest and faith in Chu Yuen Cheung; refused to bow to and call Chu Yuen Cheung “wong sheung”; a master architect who designed the emperial palace; a master facial fortune-teller; his support of Yin Wong lead to resentment from Chu Yuen Cheung; chose Hon Pak as his son-in-law at first sight; ordered Hon Pak to court his daughter; isolated himself after Chu Yuen Cheung died — weapon: whip — virtuous, perceptive, with principle yet forgiving
Gok Ji Sin (played by Akina Hong): aka Princess Seung Sau; descendent of Mo Seung Kwok (a former neighboring country); was once attracted to Long Fan Wan; used Seung Sau Method to save Fung Hang Lit; married him afterwards; left China to rebuild her country with FHL at the end — weapon: sword (? forgot) — looks a lot like Long Fan Wan’s wife, elegant and ladylike
Sin Yuk Yu (does not appear in series): Leader of Tin Ming Cult; master of seduction and disguise; responsible for death of Long Fan Wan’s wife; staged many events behind the scene to let the royal grandson (her grandson by blood) be successor of the throne; poisoned the emperor; later her martial arts was wiped out by Long Fan Wan — weapon: her body — attractive, powerful, manipulative and merciless
Bak Fong Wah (played by Sherming Yiu): Successor of Tin Ming Cult; disciple of Sin Yuk Yu; master of seduction; embedded aside Yin Wong and Hui Yeuk Mo to collect information and await for chance to dethrone the king; claims to be in love with Hon Pak but tries to kill him repeatedly — weapon: her body — attractive, powerful, manipulative and merciless
《覆雨翻雲》 LWOLAP - Summary of the Real Novel (Part I)
Many viewers are curious about the differences between the TVB series and the real novel. Questions keep popping up in forums here and there. To make it easier for others, I decided to summarize the novel per ajon753’s request.
This summary was originally posted on AsianFanatics.net: Lethal Weapons of Love and Passion subforum: Summary of the Real Novel
The novel is very long and complicated. I’ll summarize it to the best of my memory.
The story starts off with Long Fan Wan (John Chiang’s character) and the internal affairs of his Lo Gau Clan. His clan controls all of Dung Ting Lake and is well known for it’s powerful fleet of ships. Chek Jun Sun (who gave Hon Pak his inner power) was known for his craze for martial arts and weapons. He had his own Jun Sun Clan and they attacked Lo Gao Clan but Long Fan Wan fought them off.
Cut to … Fung Hang Lit’s beloved wife left him and he experienced a sudden loss of inner power. The sorcerer Pong Ban was using him as a “container” to hold good inner power and arranged to have his lover Gan Bing Wan marry him and leave him. His purpose was to inflict pain on both Hang Lit and himself at the same time. When it was time that both were having the same feeling of despair, he could remotely take all of Hang Lit’s inner power, Hang Lit would die, and he would merge his evil inner power with Hang Lit’s good inner power and become invincible. But Hang Lit didn’t die as expected, so Pong Ban had his runners hunt Hang Lit down.
The young and affectionate Hon Pak saves Fung Hang Lit once when he got really hurt. Killers continued to chase after them. Long Fan Wan saves both of them in the nick of time and Hang Lit was taken to some place to recover.
Hon Pak returns to the Hon mansion, a prestigous martial arts and commerce family, where he is the caretaker of the weapons chamber. Hon Pak doesn’t know martial arts but hears a lot of stories from his master’s family and friends. He knows about many types of weapons though doesn’t know how to use them. His favorite weapon in the chamber is a mysterious sabre that his master’s brother brought back. Chun Mung Yiu was invited to the weapons chamber to see the mysterious sabre. She was an elite fighter of her sect, the only one allowed to journey out in several hundred years. Hon Pak fell in love at first sight.
Later Hon Pak got framed for stealing the sabre. In jail he meets Chek Jun Sun, who is hiding from Pong Ban after a brutal defeat. The guards want Hon Pak dead to protect the real perpetrator. CJS gives him some inner power so he could protect himself from the beatings. Later CJS didn’t want to live the rest of his live as a coward, and he knows that Hon Pak has to die for the case to close, so he passes all his inner power to Hon Pak. Not knowing what would happen after Hon Pak receives his power, CJS asks Hon Pak to kill Pong Ban when he gets the chance. After getting all of CJS’s inner power, Hon Pak dies. All of the martial arts world know about him stealing the sabre and died in jail. Of course he is resurrected, but CJS’s inner power causes major physical transformations that made him look totally different. No one could recognize him, not even Fung Hang Lit and Chun Mung Yiu. Hon Pak doesn’t know any routines but his inner power was good enough to beat up mediocre fighters with just random moves. And because CJS’s cognition was also passed to him, he was able to think like an experienced fighter, sometimes.
On an attempt to chase Pong Ban, he meets Gan Bing Wan. She thought she killed him and felt very bad, when in fact it was just time for him die and reborn again. After he literally crawls out of the grave for the second time, he goes back and kidnaps her to lure Pong Ban, also because he was attracted to her. Gan Bing Wan did not resist. She’s a miserable person at this point - partly due to remorse for hurting Fung Hang Lit and partly because Pong Ban already knows that she did love FHL. When she figured that Pong Ban will not come for her, she decides to return to her master’s temple. When she returned, her master passed away and she succeeds as leader of the sect. (That’s it for Gan Bing Wan. She is a very minor character in the novel.)
Hon Pak chases after Pong Ban again. Pong Ban is curious to know who is this young powerful fighter that came from nowhere. He sends his disciple Fong Ye Yue (the Mongolian character that makes up Ray’s character in the series) to confront Hon Pak. They fought and FYY was intrigued by Hon Pak’s child-like personality and mysterious background. He purposed to play a game of hide-and-go-seek with Hon Pak. FYY gave him 3 days to hide and then he will send out all his runners to capture him. If he doesn’t get captured in 3 months, he wins and he lives. Hon Pak respects FYY for his forthrightness despite FYY tries to kill him.
Pong Ban challenges Long Fan Wan to a battle. They set a date to fight a year later on some island in Dung Ting Lake. His strategy was to keep Long Fan Wan from interfering his disciple’s coup d’etat. Pong Ban himself does not insist on overthrowing the Ming government, but he is obligated to help his disciple, who is a descendent of Kublai Khan.
Fung Hang Lit meets a perky young lady called Gok Sin Lin. She tells him she knows someone who could help him regain his inner power. She’s a compulsive liar and always pretends to cry to get his sympathy, so Hang Lit didn’t believe her. He sometimes finds her annoying, but because he’s a gentleman, he puts up with her and lets her follow him around.
Hon Pak realizes he couldn’t kill Pong Ban since he couldn’t even beat his disciple. He returns to the Hon mansion to find out who framed him. On the way he meets Fan Leung Gik (Power Chan, only he’s very old in the novel, like grandpa old). Leung Gik lures him to some forest and tells him his lifestory. After he finishs talking, he tries to kill Hon Pak. Since he’s a thief, he’s always stealthy and lonely. Once in a while he would find someone to blow smoke, and then kill that person off. Fan Leung Gik’s skills rank among the top 10, but Hon Pak was not afraid of him. Fan Leung Gik changes his mind. He takes Hon Pak to peek at see some lady named Jiu Ha. Jiu Ha never met Fan Leung Gik but he considers her a daughter and makes Hon Pak promise to marry her. Hon Pak hesitates because she was already someone’s concubine.
Hon Pak finds out that Pong Ban wants to kill Fung Hang Lit. Although Hang Lit was unconscious most of the time they were together, Hon Pak considers FHL a good friend and wants to stop Pong Ban from killing him, but he still has to dodge FYY at the same time. Fan Leung Gik worries that if he dies trying to save FHL, Jiu Ha would be a widow. Fan Leung Gik promises to help him save FHL under the condition that he must steal Jiu Ha from her uncaring husband.
FHL’s master Lei Yuek Hoi helps him regain some inner power. Lei Yuek Hoi decides to challenge Bong Pan. He purposely fights Pong Ban in front of FHL, so he could see and learn from the battle. Hon Pak and Fan Leung Gik also look on from afar. Lei Yuek Hoi was critically injured. Pong Ban senses Hon Pak’s presence, which diverted his attention and let Lei Yuek Hoi take FHL back safely. Lei Yuek Hoi dies shortly after leaving the battle. FHL was furious and went back to fight Pong Ban, but Pong Ban left. FHL thanks Hon Pak, but he doesn’t recognize him, and found it weird why this young man keeps smiling at him. Hon Pak expained his past, but FHL didn’t recall much of how Hon Pak saved him.
The three became buddies in no time. FHL was sad about his master’s death, so Hon Pak and FLG bicker each other to make him laugh. Gok Sin Lin caught up with the three. While eating, they encounter the prison guard that “killed” Hon Pak. Not knowing who he was, the guard gives them a hard time. Hon Pak becomes emotionally volatile - his mind wants to kill, but he also trys very hard to suppress his madness. FHL and FLG was trying to calm him, when all of a sudden Hon Pak returns to his usual innocent look and says he’s not going to fight and just runs off. He runs off because he spots Chun Mung Yiu on the street. FLG follows him, for fear that Hon Pak will not keep his promise to marry Jiu Ha. Gok Sin Lin keeps FHL company after they leave.
With FLG’s help, Hon Pak chases after CMY and told her everything about his past. She doubts him at first, but when she looks into his eyes, he gives her a familar impression of innocence, so she believes he is the supposedly dead servant. Fong Ye Yue comes along and tells Hon Pak that he’s ending their hide-and-seek game and will kill him without holding back. In light of the fact that Hon Pak is becoming more powerful by the day, it was not wise of him to let him live for 3 more months. Of course he doesn’t do so with CMY present, because he also falls in love with her at first sight. He then changes the rules of the game — if in 10 days Hon Pak could live through 3 attacks from his killers, he will take on Hon Pak to a fair duel. Hon Pak picks the location and chose to fight at the Hon mansion weapons chamber. Before leaving, FYY invites CMY to meet Pong Ban in 3 days. Later, FLG wanted to tell CMY that Hon Pak has a crush on her, but before he was able to say anything, Hon Pak ran off again, this time because he was shy.
Meanwhile, FHL leaves town without waiting for his buddies. Gok Sin Lin doesn’t give up and continues to follow him. Suddenly they were surrounded by a group that wanted to kidnap Gok Sin Lin. Turns out she came from Seung Sau Fu, a family lead by Madam Sueng Sau and well-known for it’s mysterious use of sex to heal and enhance inner power. Many people want to reveal the secret behind the Seung Sau Method (which is what Ray used to heal Charmaine). They were both hurt and Gok Sin Lin leads FHL to Seung Sau Fu.
Chun Mung Yiu meets with Pong Ban. Pong Ban tells her that after spending 10 days with her master Yin Jing Ngam in the temple, he decided to isolate himself for 20 years to forget her. She sent him a letter saying “I am giving you my disciple, but will train another to combat you.” CMY asked him why did he let Gan Bing Wan leave. He replied “I thought I could forget her, like how I thought I could forget Jing Ngam.” (The novel broke up the details of Pong Ban and Yin Jing Ngam into many bits and pieces. I don’t remember it all. I guess she wanted to create obstacles that will prevent him from becoming invincible. And love is his ultimate obstacle.)
To be continued…
《覆雨翻雲》 LWOLAP - Character Biographies (from the novel) I
This summary was originally posted on AsianFanatics.net: Lethal Weapons of Love and Passion subforum: Summary of the Real Novel
CHARACTER BIOGRAPHIES (FROM THE NOVEL):
Long Fan Wan (played by John Chiang): No. 1 of the “Black List” (top 10 fighters of the dark forces); 1st generation Lo Gau Clan deputy; loved his wife deeply and mourned for her 3 years after her death; married a lady that closely resembled her near the end — weapon: sword — personality: righteous, sensitive, loves to drink
Hon Pak (played by Bosco Wong): 18-year-old servant of Hon family; destined owner of the Eagle Sabre; average looking and didn’t know martial arts in the beginning; inherited Chek Jun Sun’s inner power that changed his personality and physique; uses sexual intercourse to enhance his inner power; became Ming emperor’s sunset buddy; became “ambassador” of all political and Wulin parties; had 7 wives and many lovers; loved by most women in the novel — weapon: sabre — personality: affectionate, witty, candid, but obnoxious when Fan Leung Gik is present
Fung Hang Lit (played by Raymond Lam): Well-known young elite fighter; severed from his master Lai Yuek Hoi (on Black List) to join the virtuous forces; became instrument to enhance Pong Ban’s skills; joined Hon Pak in fighting Mongolians; married Princess Seung Sau and her maids — weapon: long spear — personality: handsome, righteous, a real gentleman and devoted husband (at least compared to all the other men in the novel)
Fong Ye Yue (a part of Raymond’s character): aka Young Sorcerer; Pong Ban’s disciple; descendent of Kubla Khan; devoted to re-instate the Yuan Empire at any expense; admired Chun Mung Yiu; employed an unpredictably powerful group of fighters of many ethnicities — weapon: a pair of blades — personality: charismatic yet ruthless at times
Chik Cheung Jing (this character is not part of the series, but I suspect he was merged into Bosco’s character): 2nd generation elite fighter of Lo Gau Clan; became godson of Kin Loh (on Black List); joined Hon Pak in fighting Mongolians; became Yin Wong’s bodyguard; also married several ladies — weapon: sabre — personality: very masculine, outspoken, borderline-obnoxious at times
Chun Mung Yiu (played by Charmaine): No. 1 of the “Beauty List” (top 10 beauties of Wulin); elite fighter of Chi Hong Jing Jai; inherits the responsiblity to protect the Ming Dynasty; became an important political figure; married Hon Pak to heal herself after a fatal battle; chose to achieve enlightenment at the expense of love — weapon: sword — personality: always calm and perceptive
Hui Ye Yuet (played by Sharon): No. 3 of the Beauty List; daughter of Hui Yuek Mo (a feudal king); finely trained by her father in martial arts; puppy-love of Yin Wong’s son; falls in love with Hon Pak through her father’s arrangement; became one of Hon Pak most beloved wife — weapon: whip — personality: spoiled, high maintenence, and always jealous
Still to come: bios for Pong Ban, Fan Leung Gik, Bak Fong Wah
Tan Sitong’s ‘Misty Room’
Tan Sitong’s ‘Misty Room’
from http://www.china.org.cn
Tan Sitong, the late-Qing politician, reformist and philosopher, was born in 1865 at Lanman Alley near Beijing’s Xuanwumen to a family from Liuyang in Hunan Province.
Diagonally opposite present-day Caishikou Department Store in Beijing is an alley named Beibanjie, and at 41 stands the building that in Tan Sitong’s time was the site of the Liuyang Guildhall. Tan Sitong lived in a room in the courtyard which he named the “Misty Room” and it was here that he compiled the poetry anthology verses from the Misty Room in 1895. As a radical reformer, Tan maintained close ties with Kang Youwei and Liang Qichao and, at the time of the Reformer reform Movement of a1898, lived just one alley away from Kang Youwei, whose residence was in Mishi (Rice Market) Alley. Most of Tan’ s essays, poems and letters were written during this period.
With the outbreak of the Sino-Japanese War in 1894, 29-year-old Tan Sitong secretly circulated a number of progressive works, including the Mingyi Interviews, a late Ming work which was critical of autocratic monarchy and advocated democracy, industry and commerce, and Ten Days at Yangzhou, which told how the Qing army had occupied the city and massacred its citizens in 10 days of slaughter.
In a burst of patriotic ardor, Tan returned to his hometown in Liuyang and established the Current Affairs School, the School for Preparing Defenses and the Southern Institute. He also ran periodicals such as the Hunan New Studies and the Hunan Daily.
Tan Sitong came to be recognized and admired by the reformist sympathizer Xu Zhijing, vice-minister of the Ministry of Ceremonies who recommended him to Emperor Guangxu. On September 5,1898, the emperor summoned Tan to an audience and asked him to become a member of the cabinet of the newly established reformist government. On the night of September 18, he went alone to the Fuhua Temple to visit Yuan Shikai and attempted to persuade him to give his support to the Reform Movement. Yuan, however, double-crossed him and betrayed the reformers to the Empress Dowager who sent Qing soldiers to arrest Tan Sitong at the Liuyang Guildhall on September 26.
Some days before his arrest, friends advised Tan to leave Beijing and seek refuge in Japan. Tan’s father repeatedly urged him to return south for a “family visit” to avoid the imminent disaster, but Tan refused. He explained: “Reform has never come about in any country without the flow of blood. No one in China in modern times has sacrificed himself for the cause of reform, and because of this China is still a poor and backward country. Therefore, I request that the sacrifices begin with myself.”
On the afternoon of September 28,1898, Tan Sitong, Kang Guangren (Kang Youwei’ s younger brother), Yang Shenxiu, Yang Rui, Lin Xu and Liu Guangdi were executed by command of Empress Dowager Cixi at Caishikou. Tan Sitong, only 33 at the time, faced the executioner and the crowed of thousands which had gathered to watch and recited the words he had composed the night before:
I am yet determined to kill my enemies
But I cannot escape my fate.
For the sake of ideals have been striving for
I shall die joyfully!