2006-05-13, 16:05
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mentionitis ouendanica
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Originally Posted by WTTrinity
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Yeah, I meant the top one. I should have made myself sound less definitive and said "I believe Kihi may not be the highest concubine rank, there could be one more rank before Empress." I have a very vague idea of Chinese historical details, and which dynasty Saiunkoku is supposed to be modeled after. What I'm trying to say is that even if I could remember which dynasty it's supposed to be, I'd still confuse it with others 
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No problem. Despite being born in Hong Kong, I left when I was 8 years old and therefore don't have as strong a background in Chinese history as I'd like to have - Chinese history classes are mandatory in H.K. high school. Basically I'd probably say that 75% of the Chinese history that I know, I learned from TVB dramas...an example of such a drama which deals with imperial drama and concubines is War and Beauty (金枝慾孽 in Chinese)
As for the Chinese dynasty that Tale of Saiunkoku is based on? I'm not really sure (domino mentioned Tang Dynasty in this thread)...but the fact that the characters do not wear qipao or similar outfits suggest that it is obviously not as based on the Qing Dynasty as it is as other dynasties.
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