Creation of the Gods I: Kingdom of Storms 2023
封神Ⅰ:朝歌风云
Based on the most well-known classical fantasy novel of China, Fengshenyanyi, the trilogy is a magnificent eastern high fantasy epic that recreates the prolonged mythical wars between humans, immortals and monsters, which happened more than three thousand years ago.
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Vocabulary
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| 帝乙 帝乙 | Di Yi (died 1076 BC), Shang dynasty king, reigned 1101-1076 BC | Proper Noun |
| 轩辕 軒轅 | Xuan Yuan, personal name of Huangdi, the Yellow Emperor | Proper Noun |
| 伯邑考 伯邑考 | Bo Yikao, eldest son of King Wen of Zhou and the elder brother of King Wu who was the founder of the Zhou Dynasty of ancient China | Proper Noun |
| 封神演义 封神演義 | Investiture of the Gods, major Ming dynasty vernacular novel of mythology and fantasy, very loosely based on King Wu of Zhou's overthrow of the Shang, subsequent material for opera, film, TV series, computer games etc | Proper Noun |
| 武王伐纣 武王伐紂 | King Wu of Zhou overthrows tyrant Zhou of Shang | Proper Noun |
| 天命 天命 | Mandate of Heaven; destiny; fate; one's life span | Proper Noun |
| 南疆 南疆 | Southern Xinjiang | Proper Noun |
| 芒种 芒種 | Mangzhong or Grain in Beard, 9th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 6th-20th June | Proper Noun |
| 孙 孫 | Sun (surname) | Proper Noun |
| 江山 江山 | Jiangshan, county-level city in Quzhou, Zhejiang | Proper Noun |
| 大王 大王 | king; magnate; person having expert skill in something | |
| 姬 姬 | beauty; imperial concubine | |
| 伯 伯 | variant of | |
| 郊 郊 | suburbs; waste land, open spaces | |
| 质子 質子 | proton (positively charged nuclear particle); a prince sent to be held as a hostage in a neighbouring state in ancient China | |
| 自焚 自焚 | self-immolation | |
| 弑父 弒父 | patricide; to kill one's own father | |
| 弃 棄 | reject, abandon, discard | |
| 仙 仙 | immortal | |
| 有罪 有罪 | guilty | |
| 叛乱 叛亂 | armed rebellion | |
| 聚众 聚眾 | to gather a crowd; to muster | |
| 王位 王位 | title of king; kingship | |
| 师尊 師尊 | teacher; master | |
| 法力 法力 | magic power | |
| 幸 倖 | luck(ily), favor, fortunately | |
| 路牌 路牌 | street sign; road sign; street nameplate | |
| 若是 若是 | if | |
| 何为 何為 | what is; (old) what for; (in a rhetorical question) it's no use | |
| 勇士 勇士 | a warrior; a brave person | |
| 氏 氏 | clan, family; mister | |
| 兄 兄 | elder brother | |
| 先王 先王 | former sovereigns | |
| 闯入 闖入 | to intrude; to charge in; to gate-crash | |
| 登基 登基 | to ascend the throne | |
| 雄 雄 | male of species; hero; manly | |
| 符 符 | i.d. tag, tally, symbol, charm | |
| 王家 王家 | princely | |
| 侍卫 侍衛 | Imperial bodyguard | |
| 伦 倫 | normal human relationships | |
| 郎 郎 | gentleman, young man; husband | |
| 处死 處死 | an execution; to put sb to death | |
| 旗 旂 | banner, flag, streamer | |
| 无罪 無罪 | innocent; guileless; not guilty (of crime) | |
| 有失 有失 | to cause a loss of (decorum, dignity etc) (used in fixed expressions) | |
| 何不 何不 | why not?; why not do (sth)? | |
| 惜 惜 | pity, regret, rue, begrudge | |
| 效法 效法 | to imitate; to follow the example of | |
| 谢 謝 | thank | |
| 自有 自有 | (I, they etc) of course have (a plan, a way etc); one's own (apartment, brand etc) |