"One Sword From the West" - the proper name of Sai Mun Chui Sheut's sword technique?

[Ken Cheng]

We all know how the famous poem from LUK SIU FUNG: THE DUEL goes...

On the night of the full moon,
Atop the roof of the Forbidden City,
One Sword From the West,
The Flying Angel Beyond Heaven.

"The Flying Angel Beyond Heaven" was, of course, the name of Yip Goo Sing's sword technique. Does "One Sword From the West" refer to Sai Mun Chui Sheut's sword technique? In the first two LUK SIU FUNG books, Sai Mun Chui Sheut's sword technique was never called by a proper name. It was simply refer to as "lethal sword technique." "One Sword from the West" does hint at Sai Mun Chui Sheut's surname ("Sai Mun" = "Western Gate").

[CC]

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[Ken Cheng]

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[CC]

Just my prediction on something...

[MysteriouX]

I always assumed that 'West' was a reference for where XMCX came from and not the name of his technique.

[K2Grey]

Did this guy have an original, given name? I find it hard to believe that anyone would call their kid "Blowing Blood"...

Hmm, Western Gate Blowing Blood. Sounds like a strange book title.

[kidd]

Actually, his name is Blowing Snow, but still a weird name to be given to one's kid.

[AnhHung]

XMCX's name in viet is Tây Môn Tuyết Kiếm. If I were to translate this, it should be something like Western Gate Snow Sword. Dont know were the blowing part come from. Where there a mistranslation from chinese to viet? Or does Kiếm also means blowing? Could someone who knows Han-viet explain, pls?

[kidd]

If his name in viet is 'Western Gate Snow Sword', there certainly is a mistranslation there.

Here is how his name is written in chinese

西门吹雪

西 (xi1) - West
门 (men2) - Gate/Door
吹 (chui1) - Blow
雪 (xue3) - Snow

[CFT]

And the reasons why there is "confusion" between blowing snow and blowing blood is because snow and blood sound the same in Mandarin, and also he blows the blood off his sword blade after he has killed someone.

[AnhHung]

If his name is viet is 'Western Gate Snow Sword', there certainly is a mistranslation there.

Here is how his name is written in chinese

西门吹雪

西 (xi1) - West
门 (men2) - Gate/Door
吹 (chui1) - Blow
雪 (xue3) - Snow

Thanx kidd. I hate thees mistranslations, but Snow Sword sounds cooler than Blowing Snow. Anyway, his name should be in viet: Tây Môn Xuy Tuyết.

[CC]

Thanx kidd. I hate thees mistranslations, but Snow Sword sounds cooler than Blowing Snow. Anyway, his name should be in viet: Tây Môn Xuy Tuyết.

Blowing snow might sound crappy in English but Chui Xue is rather poetic and elegant in Mandarin if a bit 'girly'.

The whole thing in Mandarin is better described (after adjusting for English/Chinese grammatical structure) as Drifting snow of the Western Gate rather then West gate blowing snow.

If you don't re-arrange the positions of the characters to account for the difference in grammer when translating Chinese names to English, it mangles it quite badly.

[kyss of the sword]

{by CC;
Blowing snow might sound crappy in English but Chui Xue is rather poetic and elegant in Mandarin if a bit 'girly'}

blowing snow. sounds like a character from '28grams'. maybe XMSC has a secret habit we don't know about? unlikely, i know but the name seems to suggest it in english.

[AnhHung]

Blowing snow might sound crappy in English but Chui Xue is rather poetic and elegant in Mandarin if a bit 'girly'.

The whole thing in Mandarin is better described (after adjusting for English/Chinese grammatical structure) as Drifting snow of the Western Gate rather then West gate blowing snow.

If you don't re-arrange the positions of the characters to account for the difference in grammer when translating Chinese names to English, it mangles it quite badly.

Yup, a bit girly, but yes it is quite poetic, also in viet. Simon the snow blower is the best translation thoug

[MysteriouX]

Yup, a bit girly, but yes it is quite poetic, also in viet. Simon the snow blower is the best translation thoug

Yeah the only problem is the cultural differences and understanding in the use of that text.

Some western proverbs are not good to literally translate into chinese and vice versa.

[AnhHung]

Just my prediction on something...

Something to do with Sword God, perhaps?