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Qian Qiu

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Qian Qiu	comment	Qian Qiu (千秋), which also translates to "Thousand Autumns", is a Web Novel written by Meng Xishi. It falls under the danmei, historical and wuxia genres.Yan Wushi has seen the worst humanity has to offer, and therefore doesn't believe there is someone out there who could have a sense of true justice and giving kindness to other unconditionally.Yet one day, a Daoist priest named Shen Qiao, the sect leader of Xuandu Mountain, falls from the cliff during a duel. Yan Wushi happens to stumble upon him and decides to save his life not out of kindness but to see how far he could push the other's pure ideals before he becomes corrupted like everyone else.Qian Qiu is 126 chapters long with 17 extra chapters. Several English fan translations are available, starting and ending at certain chapters of the story.The novel has been adapted into the following adaptations: Animated Adaptation: The donghua, titled Shan He Jian Xin (山河剑心) or "Mountain and Rivers, Heart of the Sword" is produced by Motion Magic. The first season aired from February 8, 2021 to May 24, 2021 with 16 episodes on both Tencent Video and WeTV. A second season is officially confirmed to be in the works, and is scheduled for release in late 2022. Audio Drama: The audio drama aired from August 2019 to February 2021 with a total of two seasons. The audio drama is available on MissEvan. The rights to both a Manhua and Live-Action Adaptation have been bought, but no release date has been revealed for either adaptation.The novel has a semi-independent sequel titled Wushuang.
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Qian Qiu / int_135b9977	type	Bloodless Carnage
Qian Qiu / int_135b9977	comment	Bloodless Carnage: Downplayed. The Animated Adaptation does show blood, but it's not featured too gratuitously. It's even lampshaded in-universe, when Shen Qiao mentions that people of the demonic sects — as brutal as they are — use techniques that would not result in too much bloodshed.
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Qian Qiu / int_146e133b	type	Tamer and Chaster
Qian Qiu / int_146e133b	comment	Tamer and Chaster: Due to censorship, the donghua had to remove some parts of the plot that would have never been allowed to be shown on television. For example: In the novel, Mu Tipo is infamous not only for killing commoners whenever he pleases, but for also kidnapping men that he finds pretty enough to his liking and keeping them as his boytoys. The donghua only gets to show his penchant for slaughtering commoners like a hunter would shoot down wild game, but the adaptation makes no mention whatsoever of his habit of capturing men and turning them into his Sex Slaves. Whereas the donghua shows him going after Shen Qiao to make him write down what he knows of the Zhuyang Ce, in the novel, he becomes interested in Shen Qiao for his beauty and intends to turn the other into his plaything. Similarly, in the novel, Sang Jingxing is infamous for being a Depraved Bisexual, a Serial Rapist and an ephebophile who likes to torture his victims, both sexually and otherwise, until they're nearly or already dead. The donghua does portray him as a cold-blooded sadist, but otherwise it doesn't hint at the other depravities he's notorious for in the novel. Some time after knowing Yan Wushi, Shen Qiao soon becomes mistaken by the jianghu as Yan Wushi's "male escort", and no amount of denial is able to convince almost anyone that this isn't actually the case. The Animated Adaptation still has Shen Qiao be mocked by the public for his association with Yan Wushi, but at worst, he's mistaken to be the latter's servant rather than his boytoy. Even then, the donghua does have some of the characters mention the "rumors" surrounding both Shen Qiao and Yan Wushi, without explicitly clarifying just what kind of rumors they're talking about.
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Qian Qiu / int_15756c9d	type	Where It All Began
Qian Qiu / int_15756c9d	comment	Where It All Began: The novel began with Shen Qiao and Kunye's duel in Banbu Peak of Xuandu Mountain, which is also where Yan Wushi and Hulugu fight to the death in the finale.
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Qian Qiu / int_18a84025	type	Only Six Faces
Qian Qiu / int_18a84025	comment	Only Six Faces: All the nameless background characters in the donghua are bound to have the same face and/or body model be reused over and over.
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Qian Qiu / int_22cf536c	type	Chekhov's Gun
Qian Qiu / int_22cf536c	comment	Chekhov's Gun: The messenger bird that the Huanyue Sect momentarily intercepted in Episode 5 of the donghua proves to have a significance to the plot in the next episode. Once the confrontation between Shen Qiao and Yu Ai escalates, Yan Wushi reads to Shen Qiao some of the letters he intercepted to give the latter further proof about Yu Ai's alliance with Beimu.
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Qian Qiu / int_23473ae7	type	Adaptation Expansion
Qian Qiu / int_23473ae7	comment	Adaptation Expansion: The novel reveals that Yan Wushi kept Xueting alive because he intended to give him to the Tiantai Sect in exchange for a copy of the volume of the Zhuyang Ce that is in their possession. The audio drama gives an additional scene that focuses on this event, and it's revealed that the exchange wasn't as smooth as it seemed, however, as the bargaining of terms eventually led to Yan Wushi declaring that they will give him what he wants if he successfully defeats all the combatants in the Tiantai Sect, to which he did.
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Qian Qiu / int_25208c30	type	Go Through Me
Qian Qiu / int_25208c30	comment	Go Through Me: When it becomes clear that Hulugu will stop at nothing to kill Shen Qiao to avenge Kunye, everyone that Shen Qiao has befriended or helped immediately puts themselves between Shen Qiao and Hulugu, ready to defend him with their lives.
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Qian Qiu / int_2ed5e99d	type	Depraved Bisexual
Qian Qiu / int_2ed5e99d	comment	Similarly, in the novel, Sang Jingxing is infamous for being a Depraved Bisexual, a Serial Rapist and an ephebophile who likes to torture his victims, both sexually and otherwise, until they're nearly or already dead. The donghua does portray him as a cold-blooded sadist, but otherwise it doesn't hint at the other depravities he's notorious for in the novel.
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Qian Qiu / int_362461f6	type	Sex Slave
Qian Qiu / int_362461f6	comment	In the novel, Mu Tipo is infamous not only for killing commoners whenever he pleases, but for also kidnapping men that he finds pretty enough to his liking and keeping them as his boytoys. The donghua only gets to show his penchant for slaughtering commoners like a hunter would shoot down wild game, but the adaptation makes no mention whatsoever of his habit of capturing men and turning them into his Sex Slaves. Whereas the donghua shows him going after Shen Qiao to make him write down what he knows of the Zhuyang Ce, in the novel, he becomes interested in Shen Qiao for his beauty and intends to turn the other into his plaything.
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Qian Qiu / int_381855db	type	Five-Second Foreshadowing
Qian Qiu / int_381855db	comment	Five-Second Foreshadowing: As soon as Shen Qiao expresses his concerns about the necessity to assassinate Yan Zhiwen and his family, any reader can sense that the mission will not go according to plan.
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Qian Qiu / int_38f3321	type	Compelling Voice
Qian Qiu / int_38f3321	comment	Compelling Voice: Moyin Shexin ("Devilish Charm") is a spell known amongst the demonic sects which allows the user to channel their qi into their voices in such a way that anyone who hears their words are coerced into following their command. Anyone who has fully mastered this spell gains the additional ability of gaining complete control of others' minds such that the victims follow the user's will without even being aware of it.
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Qian Qiu / int_407d3e6d	type	Morton's Fork
Qian Qiu / int_407d3e6d	comment	Morton's Fork: When members of the Hehuan Sect arrive at Bailong Temple to search for Shen Qiao, Zhu Lengquan tells Shen Qiao to not surrender himself since the Hehuan Sect is sadistic and ruthless enough to kill everyone else anyway. Shiwu also acknowledges that even if they weren't sheltering Shen Qiao, the Hehuan Sect would still kill them under the mere suspicion that they were protecting him.
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Qian Qiu / int_40cc0c7e	type	Bittersweet Ending
Qian Qiu / int_40cc0c7e	comment	Bittersweet Ending: Shen Qiao and Yan Wushi get to have a happy ending, but on a larger scale, the plot ends on this note. Shen Qiao becomes the sect leader of Xuandu Mountain once more and helps it prosper by allowing the sect to become more involved with the secular world. However, Yu Ai — after admitting that he was in the wrong — dies after protecting Shen Qiao from a fatal attack, and Tan Yuanchun is revealed to be the true traitor and mastermind who coerced Yu Ai into making a deal with Tujue and poisoning Shen Qiao; and Tan Yuanchun is punished by being stripped of martial arts and exiled for the remainder of his days. Yuwen Yun's tyranny is put to an end, and Puliuru Jian ascends to the throne and undoes all the mess that Yuwen Yun had made. However, there are other members the Yuwen family who are conspiring to take action against Puliuru Jian in the future. Setting aside the events of Wushuang, anyone who knows what happened in Real Life history can already tell that the golden years of Puliuru Jian's reign are not bound to last, especially once his second-born takes the throne. Hulugu is killed in his duel against Yan Wushi, and with their other conspirators in the Central Plains having been already dealt with, the Tujue are left with no choice but to retreat and give up on their plans of conquering China. However, the extras show that the Tujue people haven't completely given up and are only biding their time. Years later, they are hinted to be conspiring with the other remnants of the Yuwen Clan and the Buddhists to seize power from the royal family once again. The extra that's only available in the simplified edition of the novel hints that after Yang Guang succeeded his father as emperor, things have reverted to how it was during Yuwen Yun's reign, to some degree. The Buddhists and the Hehuan Sect are in power once again, and although the latter has undergone a reform under Bai Rong's leadership, the alliance between these factions is still murky, especially when one takes into consideration Yang Guang's infamy as a tyrannical and incompetent emperor, just like Yuwen Yun was. The first season of the donghua ends on this note. Unlike in the novel, Shen Qiao arrives just in time to stop the five martial arts masters who plotted to ambush and assassinate Yan Wushi. Despite his earlier interference, during the ensuing fight, Yan Wushi takes a fatal attack meant for Shen Qiao. However, The Stinger shows that Yan Wushi is alive, albeit only barely, with his core still severely damaged. Also, the Golden Flower Ring gets destroyed in the battle, which waylays Beimu's plans to unite all their leaders in another attempt to conquer the Central Plains. But even then, Hulugu is revealed to be alive all along, hinting that their plans are far from over.
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Qian Qiu / int_48081842	type	The Stinger
Qian Qiu / int_48081842	comment	The first season of the donghua ends on this note. Unlike in the novel, Shen Qiao arrives just in time to stop the five martial arts masters who plotted to ambush and assassinate Yan Wushi. Despite his earlier interference, during the ensuing fight, Yan Wushi takes a fatal attack meant for Shen Qiao. However, The Stinger shows that Yan Wushi is alive, albeit only barely, with his core still severely damaged. Also, the Golden Flower Ring gets destroyed in the battle, which waylays Beimu's plans to unite all their leaders in another attempt to conquer the Central Plains. But even then, Hulugu is revealed to be alive all along, hinting that their plans are far from over.
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Qian Qiu / int_4e7c4536	type	Wham Line
Qian Qiu / int_4e7c4536	comment	Wham Line: Chapter 18, where Shen Qiao figures out the source behind the suspicious circumstances surrounding his battle with Kunye, something he reveals outright to the culprit: Yu Ai. Chapter 59 showed that the near-fatal injuries Yan Wushi suffered to his head from the ambush did more than what anyone would expect: they caused his soul to split apart, resulting in the appearance of a different persona. Shortly after the events of Chapter 59, Chapter 61 shows that Yan Wushi's injuries had resulted in his soul manifesting into multiple personalities. After Hulugu shows himself in the Central Plains once more, everyone is expecting a battle between Shen Qiao and Hulugu, so that Shen Qiao would finish what his master started, but their expectations end up being subverted in the most surprising way possible.
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Qian Qiu / int_519be2fc	type	Sacred Scripture
Qian Qiu / int_519be2fc	comment	Sacred Scripture: The Zhuyang Ce is treated as such In-Universe. Besides being able to help any reader vastly improve their martial arts or even cultivate a new core if their original one ever gets destroyed, the text contains everything that Tao Hongjing learned in his life regarding martial arts, and combines all the teachings of the Three Schools (Daoism, Buddhism, and Confucianism). The missing volume is also revealed to contain what he had learned from the martial arts of the demonic sects.
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Qian Qiu / int_5313c266	type	Bookends
Qian Qiu / int_5313c266	comment	Book Ends: Right at the beginning of the novel, the tale about how Qi Fengge defeated — but not killed — Hulugu is told to the reader. Come the final arc, Yan Wushi and Hulugu engage in a battle, where Hulugu is finally Killed Off for Real.
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Qian Qiu / int_53c37297	type	Flash Step
Qian Qiu / int_53c37297	comment	Flash Step: Martial arts practitioners are able to cross vast distances in a single leap using their qinggong ("lightness skills"). If powerful enough, one can also use their qinggong to even climb great heights in places with treacherous terrain.
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Qian Qiu / int_6293c185	type	Sequel Hook
Qian Qiu / int_6293c185	comment	Sequel Hook: Some of the events in the extra will soon become an integral part of the main plot of Wushuang. In fact, a few of the characters mentioned late in the story (e.g. Bing Xian and Yu Xiu) and appear only for a chapter or two serve a greater role in the sequel.
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Qian Qiu / int_6439de78	type	Heroic Sacrifice
Qian Qiu / int_6439de78	comment	Yu Ai is a complicated case as the Cain to Shen Qiao's Abel. Due to his political ambitions, he poisons Shen Qiao before the duel with Kunye, causing Shen Qiao to lose and get knocked down the mountain. However, in their subsequent encounters, he shows increasingly more remorse for what he's done and constantly begs Shen Qiao to come home with him. It eventually culminates in him seeing the error in his ways and pulling a Heroic Sacrifice to save Shen Qiao towards the end of the novel.
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Qian Qiu / int_66907f54	type	Hourglass Plot
Qian Qiu / int_66907f54	comment	Hourglass Plot: In the first half of the novel, even though they do not see eye to eye on almost anything, Shen Qiao started to see Yan Wushi as a friend, only for the latter to betray him in more ways than one. At around the last quarter of the novel, Yan Wushi has reevaluated his opinion of Shen Qiao and began to fall in love with him; but by then, Shen Qiao is completely wary of him and thinks that he's just messing with him like before, and is reluctant to trust him a second time.
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Qian Qiu / int_6bd689ca	type	Meaningful Echo
Qian Qiu / int_6bd689ca	comment	Meaningful Echo: In Chapter 62, Shen Qiao and A-Yan talk about how Shen Qiao is still capable of forgiving, or at least not harboring a hatred for, the people who wronged him. A-Yan then assures Shen Qiao that the latter's kindness is genuine in spite of Yan Wushi's attempts to corrupt his soul, and that there may be countless people who are self-serving like Chen Gong, but there is only one Shen Qiao. Twenty-eight chapters later, Yan Wushi reflects on how Shen Qiao's experiences did not shatter his morals and beliefs but only made him stronger, and internally muses to himself that he can never change Shen Qiao, who is unique and unlike anyone else he has ever known.
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Qian Qiu / int_7335ffa9	type	Grey-and-Gray Morality
Qian Qiu / int_7335ffa9	comment	Grey-and-Gray Morality: While there are a handful of characters who are vile to the core or have crossed the moral point of no return, the story is less about good versus evil and more about how one can grow stronger and remain resolute in a harsh and cruel world while staying true to their heart, regardless of the kind of person they are.
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Qian Qiu / int_740f59b4	type	ColorCodedForYourConvenience
Qian Qiu / int_740f59b4	comment	Color-Coded for Your Convenience: The donghua has most of the characters' clothing be characterized by a specific color depending on which sect they're from. To list a few, the Huanyue Sect's signature color is purple, the Liuhe Organization's color is yellow, the Linchuan Institute's color is red, and the Bixia Sect's color is green. The only exception is the Hehuan Sect, as its members do not follow any particular color scheme.
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Qian Qiu / int_7583ecbf	type	Morality Kitchen Sink
Qian Qiu / int_7583ecbf	comment	Morality Kitchen Sink: One of the main themes of the novel is how two characters with opposing beliefs and ways of life can still forge a connection as long as they're willing to understand each other and agree to disagree without any lingerring resentment. That aside, while there are a few characters who are utterly deplorable in nature, majority of the cast is driven by differing ambitions that clash against the other, and one of the main sources of conflict in the plot is how either a nation wants to conquer another or how a sect wants to establish themselves as the highest source of power in the nation alongside the imperial court.
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Qian Qiu / int_820ac351	type	It Amused Me
Qian Qiu / int_820ac351	comment	It Amused Me: Yan Wushi decides to save Shen Qiao's life not out of kindness, but just so he could see if Shen Qiao would lose his pure ideals now that he has suffered through a tragedy.
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Qian Qiu / int_863fa679	type	What Happened to the Mouse?
Qian Qiu / int_863fa679	comment	What Happened to the Mouse?: After Yuwen Yun gets deposed and Tujue's plans are foiled, there is no mention of Empress Ashina's fate. Since she supported her son-in-law and the Hehuan Sect in their goals to take over the Central Plains, the most likely outcome is that either she is imprisoned or even killed when Puliuru Jian took over, or she fled back to safety in Tujue, but nothing gets confirmed.
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Qian Qiu / int_8e20979	type	Wham Episode
Qian Qiu / int_8e20979	comment	Wham Episode: Chapter 45. Just when it looks like Shen Qiao and Yan Wushi are finally beginning to get along, Yan Wushi takes Shen Qiao by surprise and betrays him, paralyzing him and handing him over to Sang Jingxing. Chapter 104: It's revealed during the Sword Trial Conference that Hulugu was alive the entire time. Then once Duan Wenyang alerts his master to Shen Qiao's presence, Hulugu immediately declares his intentions to kill Shen Qiao and avenge Kunye.
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Qian Qiu / int_8e9cf84e	comment	"Blind Idiot" Translation: Besides leaving many nuances Lost in Translation, the official subtitles of the Animated Adaptation also either mistranslates the dialogue or translates a sentence/phrase/term too literally. Qi Fengge's name is sometimes transliterated to "Qifeng Pavilion" instead. While the ge (阁) in Qi Fengge's name (祁凤阁) does mean "pavilion", any unsuspecting viewer might mistake the term for the name of a place rather than a person. Xuandu Mountain is also known as the Purple Manor of Xuandu (玄都紫府), but the donghua calls it "Xuandu Pink Manor" instead, even though purple (紫 or zi) and pink (粉 or fen) are two entirely separate terms.
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Qian Qiu / int_8f0dc93c	type	Dangerous Forbidden Technique
Qian Qiu / int_8f0dc93c	comment	Dangerous Forbidden Technique: The Fenglin Yuandian. Unlike most other martial arts techniques that have the user become stronger the more they improve the art they practice, the Fenglin Yuandian has the opposite effect. The more powerful it evolves, the higher the toll it takes on the user's meridians; and if overused, it can even shorten the user's lifespan.
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Qian Qiu / int_90e31482	type	Laser-Guided Karma
Qian Qiu / int_90e31482	comment	Laser-Guided Karma: Between the five grandmasters who attempted to ambush Yan Wushi, Yan Wushi is able to get revenge on two of them, namely Dou Yanshan and Xueting. Dou Yanshan is poisoned to death, and in a rematch with Xueting in the imperial palace, Yan Wushi manages to defeat the latter before sealing his meridians to ensure he can never practice martial arts again.
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Qian Qiu / int_916c72b3	type	Rule of Symbolism
Qian Qiu / int_916c72b3	comment	Rule of Symbolism: The donghua always features the bagua or the Eight Trigrams (which is a popular symbol of Daoism) whenever there's a scene where Shen Qiao's abilities increase due to his learnings of the Zhuyang Ce.
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Qian Qiu / int_91f9c100	type	She Will Come for Me
Qian Qiu / int_91f9c100	comment	She Will Come for Me: Zigzagged; when Yan Wushi's true personality resurfaces for some time, he blackmails Chen Gong into giving him one of the books of the Zhuyang Ce before leaving him and everyone else to die in the underground city of Ruoqiang, Shen Qiao included. However, Xie Ling took control of Yan Wushi's body at the last minute before he could escape the caves, allowing him to come back and rescue Shen Qiao.
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Qian Qiu / int_952bcf83	type	The Phoenix
Qian Qiu / int_952bcf83	comment	The Phoenix: The Animated Adaptation has the Fenglin Yuandian take the form of a two-horned phoenix made purely of fire, or qi that resembles fire.
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Qian Qiu / int_957e5fc2	type	Villainous Breakdown
Qian Qiu / int_957e5fc2	comment	In both cases, the perpetrator suffers a Villainous Breakdown when the full scope of their story is finally revealed.
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Qian Qiu / int_9a3b7208	type	The Needs of the Many
Qian Qiu / int_9a3b7208	comment	The Needs of the Many: This is the primary reason Shen Qiao tries to save Yan Wushi and keep him safe in spite of the latter's complete betrayal of his trust. Despite what Yan Wushi had done to him, Shen Qiao also acknowledges that Yan Wushi is essential to keeping Yuwen Yong alive, since the emperor's reign has kept Northern Zhou stable and prosperous throughout the years, yet the people of both Tujue and the jianghu want Yuwen Yong dead to further their own goals.
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Qian Qiu / int_9d12bbc1	type	Foreshadowing
Qian Qiu / int_9d12bbc1	comment	Foreshadowing: The conflict in Bixia sect as a whole may be seen as one huge foreshadowing for the eventual showdown on Xuandushan. In both cases, a disciple who feels cheated out of their rightful place as sect leader colludes with foreign forces to attack their sect, resulting in catastrophic consequences. In both cases, the perpetrator suffers a Villainous Breakdown when the full scope of their story is finally revealed. In both cases, the conflict finally pushes the current sect leader to end the sect's reclusive state and begin to actively participate in worldly affairs.
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Qian Qiu / int_a349fed6	type	Historical Fiction Literature
Qian Qiu / int_a349fed6	comment	Historical Fiction Literature: The plot of Qian Qiu begins around the time of Yuwen Yong's reign. Just like in Real Life history, Yuwen Yong is eventually killed and usurped by his son, Yuwen Yun, before eventually being deposed by his father-in-law and the eventual founder of the Sui Dynasty, Puliuru Jian.
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Qian Qiu / int_a65975e5	type	All-CGI Cartoon
Qian Qiu / int_a65975e5	comment	All-CGI Cartoon: The donghua is animated purely in 3D, with the only 2D segments being entirely motionless artworks that only show up during the opening narration of the first episode and in a few other select moments.
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Qian Qiu / int_a68421bb	type	Animated Adaptation
Qian Qiu / int_a68421bb	comment	Some time after knowing Yan Wushi, Shen Qiao soon becomes mistaken by the jianghu as Yan Wushi's "male escort", and no amount of denial is able to convince almost anyone that this isn't actually the case. The Animated Adaptation still has Shen Qiao be mocked by the public for his association with Yan Wushi, but at worst, he's mistaken to be the latter's servant rather than his boytoy. Even then, the donghua does have some of the characters mention the "rumors" surrounding both Shen Qiao and Yan Wushi, without explicitly clarifying just what kind of rumors they're talking about.
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Qian Qiu / int_a6c69bd	type	MacGuffin
Qian Qiu / int_a6c69bd	comment	MacGuffin: In the first season of the Animated Adaptation, the Golden Flower Ring serves as this due to its role being expanded in the donghua's plot. It is the reason why the people of Beimu (Tujue) are suddenly stirring up trouble as they attempt to locate it so that they can bring it back to their lands and unite all their military forces to conquer the Central Plains. However, Yan Wushi destroys it in the season finale, and the production team confirmed that it's gone for good.
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Qian Qiu / int_a8559a9f	type	RealLife
Qian Qiu / int_a8559a9f	comment	Yuwen Yun's tyranny is put to an end, and Puliuru Jian ascends to the throne and undoes all the mess that Yuwen Yun had made. However, there are other members the Yuwen family who are conspiring to take action against Puliuru Jian in the future. Setting aside the events of Wushuang, anyone who knows what happened in Real Life history can already tell that the golden years of Puliuru Jian's reign are not bound to last, especially once his second-born takes the throne.
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Qian Qiu / int_b7920c43	type	Lost in Translation
Qian Qiu / int_b7920c43	comment	Lost in Translation: The official Tencent English subtitles often leave out some cultural nuance when handling certain Chinese terms and phrases: "Qi deviation" (走火入魔), in the wuxia setting, pertains to someone's martial arts going severely awry, often leading to deadly consequences. The term is often left alone in translations due to the lack of suitable English equivalent, though the closest definitions given by Chinese-English dictionaries is "spellbound" or "obsession". In this official translation it's called "infatuation", which bears little resemblance to the original meaning. The subtitles often fail to acknowledge if someone is addressed with a formal term and uses only their names or another English term, which can lose a lot of connotations behind characters' relationships and roles: When Yu Shengyan calls Shen Qiao shidi (junior martial brother), the subtitles spell out Shen Qiao's first name instead. Yu Ai is also Shen Qiao's shidi, but the subtitles transliterate the term as just "peer". This completely removes the connotations of martial relationships betweeen the cast, which is a huge point of importance in all wuxia and xianxia stories. When Shen Qiao is called "A-Qiao", the prefix of "A-" or "Ah-" is never included in the subtitles, which only show his first name as well. But one of the common principles of naming or calling someone in China is that no matter what, one must always call someone with a name that's at least two syllables long. If the person's first or last name is monosyllabic, then the person adds a prefix or suffix to said monosyllabic name. In any instance Shen Qiao is called by his family name followed by a form of address, no matter the address, the subtitles always transliterate it as "Mister Shen". Even "Shen-daozhang", which can translate to either "Daoist Priest Shen" or simply "Priest Shen", is translated by the subtitles to only "Mister Shen", which completely fails to get through the message that Shen Qiao is being acknowledged as a Daoist priest. In Episode 16, Xueyin addresses Duan Wenyang as "Duan-shizhu", which the subtitles translate to simply "Mister Duan"... except that shizhu is a form of address Buddhist monks use for non-monks and translates to either "alms-giver" or "benefactor"; hence Xueyin is actually referring to him as "Benefactor Duan". When Yue Kunchi addresses Zhao Chiying, he uses the term shimei (junior martial sister). The subtitles make use of Zhao Chiying's first name instead; but given that Zhao Chiying is the sect leader and a fellow martial disciple of Yue Kunchi, it would be a colossal no-no for him to call her by her name. The poison that was used to weaken Shen Qiao in his first duel with Kunye is called xiang jiang huan. This term refers to a joyful meeting or the joy of reuniting once more, and is also inspired by a poem of the same name from the Tang dynasty. The subtitles make no reference to the poem and transliterates it as "Deadly Reunion", even though the term doesn't suggest anything deadly nor lethal. Yu Shengyan rationalizes the decision to kill Yan Zhiwen and his family with the idiom "斩草不除根, 春风吹又生" which essentially means "when one fails to cut the weeds by their roots, they will return with the spring wind". However, the subtitles heavily dumb this down to "a root will grow into a big tree someday".
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Qian Qiu / int_c58de9b	type	Supernatural Martial Arts
Qian Qiu / int_c58de9b	comment	Supernatural Martial Arts: The novel is rife with the trope and is filled to the brim with wuxia lore and terminology. Not to mention, the novel has plenty of fight scenes that you would expect from any other wuxia story that wears the genre right on its sleeve.
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Qian Qiu / int_c9790040	type	Decadent Court
Qian Qiu / int_c9790040	comment	Decadent Court: Politics play a huge role in the novel's plot, involving the conflict between both cultivators and non-cultivators alike.
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Qian Qiu / int_ca9c252f	type	This Is Something He's Got to Do Himself
Qian Qiu / int_ca9c252f	comment	This Is Something He's Got to Do Himself: A variation. While Yan Wushi has a score to settle against the five masters who ambushed him, he leaves Yu Ai well alone. However, this is only because Shen Qiao also has some unfinished business with the man, and he decides to let Shen Qiao deal with Yu Ai.
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Qian Qiu / int_dbd2c15e	type	Everyone Can See It
Qian Qiu / int_dbd2c15e	comment	Everyone Can See It: By the second half of the novel, a lot of people lampshade that the way Yan Wushi acts towards Shen Qiao is completely unlike the way the man would act around everyone else. Shen Qiao believes that it’s only one of Yan Wushi’s whims, albeit not without reason.
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Qian Qiu / int_dc057cf3	type	Adaptation Name Change
Qian Qiu / int_dc057cf3	comment	Adaptation Name Change: The donghua renames any place or person that is directly inspired from Real Life history. Tujue is known as Beimu (Northern Mu) instead. The kingdoms of Northern Zhou (Beizhou), Northern Qi (Beiqi), and Southern Chen (Nanchen) are changed to the kingdoms of Northern Feng (Beifeng), Southern Ye (Nanye), and Eastern Kang (Dongkang). As for some of the Historical Domain Characters, Yuwen Yong is renamed to Yuwen You, Puliuru Jian is changed to Huangfu Jian, and Mu Tipo is known as Mu Ti instead. Interestingly, only Zhan Ziqian gets to keep his name in the adaptation.
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Qian Qiu / int_dc579c91	type	Contrived Coincidence
Qian Qiu / int_dc579c91	comment	Contrived Coincidence: Yan Wushi challenges Hulugu to a duel, which just so happens to be after Shen Qiao left for Xuandu Mountain. Bian Yanmei later reveals why; while he does genuinely enjoy the prospective challenge of fighting the World's Strongest Man, he is also ensuring that Hulugu will no longer seek out Shen Qiao on Xuandu Mountain and focus on the duel instead.
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Qian Qiu / int_dcd423d2	type	Affectionate Nickname
Qian Qiu / int_dcd423d2	comment	When Shen Qiao is called "A-Qiao", the prefix of "A-" or "Ah-" is never included in the subtitles, which only show his first name as well. But one of the common principles of naming or calling someone in China is that no matter what, one must always call someone with a name that's at least two syllables long. If the person's first or last name is monosyllabic, then the person adds a prefix or suffix to said monosyllabic name.
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Qian Qiu / int_e37f19	type	Disguised in Drag
Qian Qiu / int_e37f19	comment	Disguised in Drag: Multiple characters cross-dress to accomplish their goals throughout the novel. Bai Rong's first appearance has her disguised as a young male monk. To avoid detection on their way back to Chang'an, Shen Qiao disguises Yan Wushi as a woman. Xie Ling is not pleased, though Yan Wushi seems rather amused by Shen Qiao's decision and teases him for it. Later, to rescue Puliuru Jian's children, Shen Qiao and Bian Yanmei disguise themselves as maids to infiltrate the imperial palace. When the plan goes sideways, it's revealed that Yan Wushi has also disguised himself to go in with them.
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Qian Qiu / int_e431c24c	type	Not Quite Dead
Qian Qiu / int_e431c24c	comment	The author uses this trope for the finale, as she ends the final chapter right at the moment when Shen Qiao breaks down in tears after believing Yan Wushi died from his fight with Hulugu, only for Yan Wushi to wake up and reveal that he's Not Quite Dead. However, the extra chapters do help give the reader a better sense of closure with the story as well as tie up any remaining loose ends and set up the plot for Wushuang.
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Qian Qiu / int_e818a2eb	type	Top Ten List
Qian Qiu / int_e818a2eb	comment	Top Ten List: There is an In-Universe top ten ranking as to who are the strongest martial artists in the jianghu. In the most recent Sword Trial Conference, the contenders for the list are revealed. By the finale, however, five of the candidates are struck off the list. Shen Qiao killed Kunye in the aftermath of their rematch, Yan Wushi destroyed Xueting's foundations, Sang Jingxing killed Yuan Xiuxiu, then Bai Rong killed Sang Jingxing after the latter was heavily injured by Shen Qiao, and Hulugu died in the climax of his duel against Yan Wushi. Top 1: Qi Fengge (former), Hulugu (current) Top 2: Yan Wushi Top 3: Yi Bichen or Ruyan Kehui (indeterminate) Top 4: Yi Bichen or Ruyan Kehui (indeterminate) Top 5: Shen Qiao or Xue Ting (indeterminate) Top 6: Sang Jingxing Top 7: Guang Lingsan Top 8: Jushe Top 9: Yuan Xiuxiu Top 10: Shen Qiao (former), Kunye (former), Duan Wenyang (current)
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Qian Qiu / int_eba6a077	type	Cain and Abel
Qian Qiu / int_eba6a077	comment	Cain and Abel: Of the martial siblings variant. Yu Ai is a complicated case as the Cain to Shen Qiao's Abel. Due to his political ambitions, he poisons Shen Qiao before the duel with Kunye, causing Shen Qiao to lose and get knocked down the mountain. However, in their subsequent encounters, he shows increasingly more remorse for what he's done and constantly begs Shen Qiao to come home with him. It eventually culminates in him seeing the error in his ways and pulling a Heroic Sacrifice to save Shen Qiao towards the end of the novel. Played straight with Tan Yuanchun as the Cain to all of his martial sibling's Abel. Discontented with being snubbed for the position of sect leader, he conspires with the Tujue, manipulates Yu Ai into poisoning Shen Qiao, all to destroy Qi Fengge's legacies out of spite. When his schemes begin to crumble, he even tries to stab Shen Qiao in the back, only to be stopped by Yu Ai. Hui Leshan, the former leader of Bixia sect, framed his martial brother Ruan Hailou to get the position of sect leader, causing the latter to leave Bixia sect in humiliation. This proves to have disastrous consequences, as Ruan Hailou returns decades later with foreign forces to massacre Bixia sect. Fortunately, Shen Qiao intervenes in time to save those who are left.
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Qian Qiu / int_ee7a60e9	type	One-Steve Limit
Qian Qiu / int_ee7a60e9	comment	One-Steve Limit: Oh no. There are some characters who happen to share the same surname; while some are written differently from the other in hanzi, they sound completely similar in romanized form. There are even some cases where two people who are otherwise not related to each other have the same family name written with the exact same character.
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Qian Qiu / int_eeb4a5eb	type	Anti-Climax
Qian Qiu / int_eeb4a5eb	comment	Anti-Climax: Right before Hulugu can get to land the killing blow on Shen Qiao, Yan Wushi arrives at the very last moment. Almost everyone was expecting both grandmasters to fight, but Yan Wushi simply takes Shen Qiao and disappears, which leaves everyone dumbfounded and confused at what had just happened. The author uses this trope for the finale, as she ends the final chapter right at the moment when Shen Qiao breaks down in tears after believing Yan Wushi died from his fight with Hulugu, only for Yan Wushi to wake up and reveal that he's Not Quite Dead. However, the extra chapters do help give the reader a better sense of closure with the story as well as tie up any remaining loose ends and set up the plot for Wushuang.
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Qian Qiu / int_f9f2c33	type	Running Gag
Qian Qiu / int_f9f2c33	comment	Running Gag: There's at least more than one character who gets confused at how Shen Qiao's given name is spelled, with Shen Qiao having to clarify them if they get it wrong. One can count every character who finds Shen Qiao attractive, wants to sexually ravage him, or simply acknowledges his beauty.
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Qian Qiu / int_fe0330fb	type	Brick Joke
Qian Qiu / int_fe0330fb	comment	Brick Joke: When Shen Qiao asks Yan Wushi why he's accompanying him in his visit to the Bixia Sect instead of heading to Chang'an as expected, Yan Wushi replies that he'll only answer if Shen Qiao calls him "Yan-lang" — a request which Shen Qiao doesn't entertain. The extras reveal that Shen Qiao eventually calls Yan Wushi by that Affectionate Nickname when they have Their First Time.
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Qian Qiu / int_ffad4e9f	type	Shown Their Work
Qian Qiu / int_ffad4e9f	comment	Shown Their Work: Meng Xishi's love for history is shown in the novel, which spares no details about various locations, dynasties, monarchs and officials, and all other things that existed during the time of the Zhou and Sui dynasties.
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