2008년 9월 28일 일요일

Sign of the Qin

Entry 3


The Lord of the dead, Yamu woke the Old Bones. Old bones was dragon living in dungeon under the Imperial city, where the Innocent ruled over the Evil. Yamu woke the dragon up.
When the dragon was awake, Yamu talked about the Han and its emperor. Han was getting weak and weak, but Lord Yamu decides to help them. Then Yamu tells Old Bones to be prepared, because whenever Yamu wants his help, Old Bones had to be ready for support.
The story is getting more complex and weird. On every chapter I read, they have different characters coming out, and the whole chapters seem like this story is all filled up with short stories.

2008년 9월 27일 토요일

Sign of the Qin

Entry 2

The monkey was kneeling infront of the mighty master hand. The monkey was kneeling down as if he was a criminal, and he was a criminal in heaven, for stealing Valuable stuffs from dragons and the Master Hand.
The monkey was being scolded by the Master Hand, and a hearing was held. Nobody liked this monkey since he stole many things from them. They requested the Master Hand to give him a serious punishment. However, the Master Hand wanted to give him a last chance.
Monkey wanted to live. Monkey did not really regret what he did, but he just wanted to get out of the trouble which he had put himself in.
The wise tatooed monk wanted a serious punishment against the monkey. He was the most wise being in the world. Tatooed monk even thinks that the monkey is helping the king of the dead.
At the end, the monkey gets locked up in the jail, but the Master Hand has a plan to give this monkey a last chance to save himself.
This chapter made me more confused. Why does monkey appeared in the next scene of birth of a baby?
However, after reading this chapter, I soon realized that the story of monkey is similar to a traditional chinese story called Son- Oh –Gong. One of the most famous story in China. The beginning of that story also starts with a smart and mighty monkey attacking the heaven, and getting punished by God. He also gets a last chance from mercy of God.
So I think this story is connected with the traditional Chinese story I read before.

Sign of the Qin

Entry 1


The new prince of the province of Shandong, and King Han’s son has born. Han saw the boy was handsome, with noble features and a thick thatch of black hair framing his well-shaped head.
His features proved his royal blood.
When Han was satisfied and turned around from the baby, an amorous pair of turtle dove rosed in the garden and the baby tried to listen to the turtles. Then he saw the birth mark, and the face turned pale. The birthmark clearly showed the exact symbol of the Qin.
This made the emperor roar on Silver Lotus, the infant’s mother. When Emperor Han called out for Silver Lotus, she was ready for the punishment. At the end of her life, she whispers her baby “Whatever happens, little one,”, “You are the prince, Don’t forget your heritage.”
The first chapter of the book, was a bit hard to understand, because, the author did not describe much about the background of the new born baby. I was curious why the author chose this scene to be the first chapter of the book, but I think the reason is because the baby will become the main character of the book.