Shishosei - Vol. 1 Ch. 3 - The Emperor of Zhuan

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[BluWacky]

Apologies for any errors in Chinese naming or transcriptions; absolutely not my area of expertise at all (this is hard work better left to professionals I fear, and why it's taken me a long time to get around to chapter 3!). I think I've tied myself in knots over whether the character I am calling the Emperor IS an Emperor, or "just" a King, amongst other things.

The Librarian's infodumping does contain more information (enough to overflow the speech bubbles) but for the sake of sanity and font size I have not included it all - mostly just details of military campaigns and fortresses conquered.

 

[coyote_vdb]

Thanks for the translation, it's a pretty good job.
I'm liking this manga more by each chapter, it's pretty intriguing.

 

[loresx]

OMG NOOOOO, I have so many questions to ask...the mystery of this manga is too intriguing! Thank you for translating, please don't abandon this manga.

 

[sssr]

Apologies for any errors in Chinese naming or transcriptions; absolutely not my area of expertise at all (this is hard work better left to professionals I fear, and why it's taken me a long time to get around to chapter 3!). I think I've tied myself in knots over whether the character I am calling the Emperor IS an Emperor, or "just" a King, amongst other things.

The Librarian's infodumping does contain more information (enough to overflow the speech bubbles) but for the sake of sanity and font size I have not included it all - mostly just details of military campaigns and fortresses conquered.

From the history recited and the fact that the country has a name, then "king" should be correct. In the Chinese traditional understanding of statecraft, the Empire was nameless. It was simply "the nation", "the middle kingdom", or "tian xia (all under heaven)". Dynasties would come and give it their names, but it would be understood as "Great [Dynasty name]", for example "Da Ming" instead of "the country of [name of region]", for example "Qin Guo". So, based on the naming of the state, it should be a kingdom ruled by a king.

 

[BluWacky]

From the history recited and the fact that the country has a name, then "king" should be correct. In the Chinese traditional understanding of statecraft, the Empire was nameless. It was simply "the nation", "the middle kingdom", or "tian xia (all under heaven)". Dynasties would come and give it their names, but it would be understood as "Great [Dynasty name]", for example "Da Ming" instead of "the country of [name of region]", for example "Qin Guo". So, based on the naming of the state, it should be a kingdom ruled by a king.

So going forward I should refer to "The King of Zhuan" rather than the Emperor? Okay, will do. Thank you!

 

[PeachyBee]

Apologies for any errors in Chinese naming or transcriptions; absolutely not my area of expertise at all (this is hard work better left to professionals I fear, and why it's taken me a long time to get around to chapter 3!). I think I've tied myself in knots over whether the character I am calling the Emperor IS an Emperor, or "just" a King, amongst other things.

The Librarian's infodumping does contain more information (enough to overflow the speech bubbles) but for the sake of sanity and font size I have not included it all - mostly just details of military campaigns and fortresses conquered.

Thank you for your hard work. I really like this story. Kibi is so cute. My daughter 😭