Nov. 6, 2025
Jianghu could be literally translated as the "River and Lakes", yet its meaning could be far richer. Back in Tang dynasty, where litterateur always use the term to describe a living style that far away from the disturbances of politics and royalty. When idealistic literatis were exiled or hounded from office, they would "withdraw into jianghu", so the term been releated with the hermit.In Ming and Qing periods, novelist noticed that the shifting of the flow resmeble shifting patterns of human society. The changes and directions of the current mirroring the ups and down of one's life, the trouble they meets and the changes of personal relationships. Therefor, the word been used to describe a drifting existance of those earned their living on move. Gradually the concept becomed entwined with the figure XiaKe, a solitary individual survives a turbulent world by their own skills. And Jianghu is where they are active. One of the most famous Wuxia novelist Gu long describe his Jianghu like that "Wherever there are people, there is the Jianghu" which actually means Jianghu is inseparable from human society. So, if you bring the words up to the Chinese, it may not make him picture a waterway but a dangerous Wuxia world.
江湖可以被直译成江水和湖泊,但是它有着更丰富的含义。在唐朝的时候,这个词经常被中国古代文学家描述一种远离了政治与皇室影响的民间生活。富有理想追求的文人们在遭遇贬逐,政治迫害的时候常常选择“退隐江湖”因此这个词与隐居相关联。在明清时期,小说家们注意到水流的变化像极了社会关系的变化。水流的改变和方向像是人生的起伏,遭遇的困难以及人际关系的变化。它被用来描述一种流动谋生者的生活方式。这一概念逐渐与侠客产生联系。他们孤身一人,依靠自身的本领在动荡的社会中生存。而江湖就是他们活动的场所。武侠小说家古龙这么描述他的江湖“有人的地方就有江湖”这意味着江湖是一种和人的社会性高度相关的概念。因此如果你向一个中国人提起这个词,在他脑海里浮现的大概率不是什么河流湖泊,而是刀光剑影,快意恩仇的武侠世界。
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Back in the Tang dDynasty, where litterateur alwayse uses the term to describe a living style that is far away from the disturbances of politics and royalty.
We don't use the word "disturbances" a lot. Can you think of any synonyms?
When idealistic lwriteratis were exiled or houndforced from office, they would "withdraw into jianghu", so theis term been releassociated with the hermits.
In the Ming and Qing periods, novelists noticed that the shifting of the flows resmemble shifting patterns ofin human society.
Shifting flows of what?
The changes and directions of the current mirroring the ups and downs of one's life, the trouble they meetsface, and the changes ofin personal relationships.
Therefore, the word been used to describe a drifting existance of those earned their living on the move.
Can you elaborate what you mean by "on move"?
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Avoid starting sentences with "and".
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So, if you bringmention theis words up to the Chines to Chinese people, it may not make hithem picture a waterways but rather a dangerous Wuxia world.
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江湖(Jianghu)
"Jianghu" could be literally translated as the "R"rivers and Llakes", yet its meaning could be far richer.
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Thank you very much for sharing. I have watched movies about Wong Fei Hung, but I had no idea that there was a specific term for the setting for those movies.
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Jianghu could be literally translated as the "River and Lakes", yet its meaning could be far richer. "Jianghu" could be literally translated as Jianghu c |
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Back in Tang dynasty, where litterateur always use the term to describe a living style that far away from the disturbances of politics and royalty. Back in the Tang dynasty, Back in the Tang We don't use the word "disturbances" a lot. Can you think of any synonyms? |
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When idealistic literatis were exiled or hounded from office, they would "withdraw into jianghu", so the term been releated with the hermit. When idealistic literati "literati" is already plural (as inherited from Latin). When idealistic |
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In Ming and Qing periods, novelist noticed that the shifting of the flow resmeble shifting patterns of human society.
In the Ming and Qing periods, novelists noticed that the shifting Shifting flows of what? |
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The changes and directions of the current mirroring the ups and down of one's life, the trouble they meets and the changes of personal relationships. The changes The changes and directions of the current mirror |
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Therefor, the word been used to describe a drifting existance of those earned their living on move. Therefore, the word has also been used to describe Therefore, the word been used to describe a drifting existance of those earned their living on the move. Can you elaborate what you mean by "on move"? |
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Gradually the concept becomed entwined with the figure XiaKe, a solitary individual survives a turbulent world by their own skills. Gradually, the concept bec "xiake" isn't a proper noun like "jianghu", so they're not capitalized. (Although, these words would conventionally be italicized to mark that they are foreign words. Since we can't use italics here in LangCorrect, wrapping in quotation marks is a compromise.) Gradually, the concept bec |
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And Jianghu is where they are active.
Avoid starting sentences with "and". |
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One of the most famous Wuxia novelist Gu long describe his Jianghu like that "Wherever there are people, there is the Jianghu" which actually means Jianghu is inseparable from human society. One of the most famous One of the most famous Wuxia novelists, Gu |
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So, if you bring the words up to the Chinese, it may not make him picture a waterway but a dangerous Wuxia world. So, if you So, if you |
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Therefor, the word been used to describe a drifting existance of those earned their living on moving. |
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And Jianghu is where their are active. |
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One of the most famous Wuxia novelist Gu long describe his Jianghu like that "Wherever there are people, there is the Jianghu" which actually means Jianghu is highly insperatable from society. |
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So, if you bring the words up to the Chinese, it may not make him picture a waterway but a dangerous Wuxia world. |
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