Way of Life in the Wuxia World vs. Modern Life

[Mr. Mok]

Hah! I think I'm worse off than any Wuxia hero can be.Imagine being an enemy with a beauty with a VERY high nose who is after your head if you try to be friends again with her.

None of the Wuxia heroes had to face that .

[JigSta]

Originally posted by Mr. Mok
With hypocrisy,power play and ruthless opponents wanting to finish you off?You know you have the heroic material to overcome the threats which are after your head ..

You've just described my life. I go through that everyday

This one time, at a bar, this chick started busting out some 'jade maiden swordplay' and I was like "I'll go with that". So I started busting out some 'Vacant fists' mixed with a bit of '9 ying', then some 'Sad palms' and finished with a little something called 'Dragon subduing palms'. Needless to say, she was all over me happens everyday..

[athlonkmf]

Originally posted by Mr. Mok
Hah! I think I'm worse off than any Wuxia hero can be.Imagine being an enemy with a beauty with a VERY high nose who is after your head if you try to be friends again with her.

None of the Wuxia heroes had to face that .

Uhm.
Wai Siu Bo and Ah Or?
Yeung Gor and Gwok Fu?

[Dirt]

It depends. Who's writing it?

[Jeren of all Trades]

I totally agree with charbydis, our life is one big Wuxia novel, cause we faces the same problems everyday.

[GiftOfForesight]

Originally posted by Jeren of all Trades
I totally agree with charbydis, our life is one big Wuxia novel, cause we faces the same problems everyday.

We just can't fly around and have super good kung fu .....

[rabadi]

Originally posted by GiftOfForesight
We just can't fly around and have super good kung fu .....

Imagine if we have! I'll go back to my previous company and teach that ex-boss of mine with a smack of one Dragon Subduing Palm or two

[Mr. Mok]

Wai Siu Bo and Ah Or?Yeung Gor and Gwok Fu?

I can't really relate to WSB at all since Ah Or's relations with him was bad from the start.

As for Yeung Gwor,he didn't feel attracted to Gwok Fu despite her beauty.But what would he had done siu long lui had turned on him,never to like him again?What if Ying Ying decided to turn on LHC?That's more like what I am now.

[athlonkmf]

Originally posted by Mr. Mok
I can't really relate to WSB at all since Ah Or's relations with him was bad from the start.

As for Yeung Gwor,he didn't feel attracted to Gwok Fu despite her beauty.But what would he had done siu long lui had turned on him,never to like him again?What if Ying Ying decided to turn on LHC?That's more like what I am now.

he just said a girl who is kinda beautifull that hates his guts, but he wants to befriend her.
So it counts for WSB and YG.

Yeung Gor wanted to be friends with GF, but how it turned out...

[LuNaR]

wake up, eat, practice kung fu, practice kung fu, talk, practice kung fu, lunch, practice kung fu, bathroom (ops forgot they never use it), practice kung fu, dinner, practice kung fu, sleep

do same thing for 10 years

go out to the wuxia world, get defeated by sum1 like guo jing

isnt their life dull?

[Tazzy1972]

at least they get to eat, sleep, talk etc.

[Ken Cheng]

wake up, eat, practice kung fu, practice kung fu, talk, practice kung fu, lunch, practice kung fu, bathroom (ops forgot they never use it), practice kung fu, dinner, practice kung fu, sleep

do same thing for 10 years

go out to the wuxia world, get defeated by sum1 like guo jing

isnt their life dull?

If you replace "practice kung fu" with "go to work/school", you pretty much get our modern day lives.

[yittz]

But they dont get to read forums like this

They get to do what we read, isn't that pretty good?

[Radken]

A life without purpose is duller. Besides, no wuxia hero's life is that boring. They find recreation in little ways. And there are wuxia politics. Unless, we're talking about a rogue swordsman with no sworn alligence to any sect then life pretty much revolve around trying to survive.

[Trien Chieu]

But given a choice between early Song Dynasty or Bush Dynasty, I would choose Song.

US is a free country, you have the right to leave for China.

[mi do ri]

US is a free country, you have the right to leave for China.

I think we are far from being a 'free' country. Privileged would probably be a better word. Though I like having internet and things like that, escaping to the Wuxia life style would be kind of cool. We are all so caught up in the world wide web and the endless foundings in technology that we don't know how to relax and just simply 'live'. At least that's how I see things.

[Ian Liew]

US is a free country, you have the right to leave for China.

Last I heard, Northern (Early) Song Dynasty ended in 1127.

[Trien Chieu]

I live in Southern California. With gasoline prices being what they are today, I'd nominate whomever could convert urine into fuel for a Nobel Prize!

Don't complain, gas price in US is lower than here in Canada.

Last I heard, Northern (Early) Song Dynasty ended in 1127.

China is still there and is much bigger and better than China back then during the Northern Song Dynasty. You have the CCP now . At the very least, the current China is powerful. The Mongol/Manchu/et are no longer a threat.

[Trien Chieu]

Two comments:-
1) Life in the past is so hard, everything is done manually. Transport is difficult, hygeine standards far below acceptable for modern man. With so much life challenges, it would be difficult to have a cultivated mind, no?

2) Some of your assertions of the wonders of the past seems to be lifted from the novels.

Well, modern life is not perfect but it's as good as it gets. The vast majority people these days would not survive in ancient time.

[Trien Chieu]

wake up, eat, practice kung fu, practice kung fu, talk, practice kung fu, lunch, practice kung fu, bathroom (ops forgot they never use it), practice kung fu, dinner, practice kung fu, sleep

do same thing for 10 years

go out to the wuxia world, get defeated by sum1 like guo jing

isnt their life dull?

There are much more than that. There are full of mysteries out there for you to discover. You need to revenge for your parents. There are lot of beauties fight over you