Posters for Judge Pao (1993)
1. Chinese Poem of the Day:
曹操 (155 - 220)
短歌行
對酒當歌，人生幾何？譬如朝露，去日苦多。
慨當以慷，憂思難忘。何以解憂？唯有杜康。
青青子衿，悠悠我心。但為君故，沉吟至今。
呦呦鹿鳴，食野之萍。我有嘉賓，鼓瑟吹笙。
明明如月，何時可掇？憂從中來，不可斷絕。
越陌度阡，枉用相存。契闊談讌，心念舊恩。
月明星稀，烏鵲南飛。繞樹三匝，何枝可依？
山不厭高，海不厭深。周公吐哺，天下歸心。
2. A New Butterfly Dream for Loving Couples ("新鴛鴦蝴蝶夢") was the ending theme song of Taiwan's CTS television drama Judge Pao ("包青天").
("CTS" is Chinese Television System.)
Judge Pao was one of the most acclaimed Taiwanese television dramas of the 1990s.
This 236 episodes drama first aired in February, 1993 and ended in January, 1994.
The drama was consisted of 41 stories of varying length.
For over two thousand years, the Chinese peoples were at the mercy of corrupted rulers and bureaucrats.
(Judging from some of the news stories coming out of mainland China, they still are.)
Judge Pao (999 - 1062) of Northern Song Dynasty (960 - 1127) was an upright judge whom dispenses justice for the common peoples even against some very powerful royalties and nobilities.
The 41 stories of this drama were about the exploits of Judge Pao.
3. The composer, lyricist and original singer of A New Butterfly Dream for Loving Couples was Michael Huang.
The song title in Chinese is "新鴛鴦蝴蝶夢":
"新" = new.
"鴛鴦" = mandarin ducks.
"蝴蝶" = butterfly.
"夢" = dream.
The song title made two allusions or indirect references:
"鴛鴦" in Chinese literature is an allusion for a loving couple.
"蝴蝶夢" is an allusion to a story told by Zhuangzi (369 BCE - 286 BCE) in which he cannot tell whether he dreamt of a butterfly or if a butterfly dreamt of him.
A "butterfly dream" ("蝴蝶夢") thus refers to a situation in which one cannot tell what is real or not.
Because of the allusions, the song title cannot be translated from Chinese into English literally.
4. Michael Huang singing A New Butterfly Dream for Loving Couples:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4zKZ7xoQFE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDkKHtaBGaY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNU3SYX3EkY
The video are scenes from Judge Pao:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogA-y8wPeSQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQzENsK3OqM
The "sound" of this song is very Taiwanese.
5. An English version of the song by a guy:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-kM00gQyhU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qa2QjjmWKR4
An English version of the song by a girl:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HelqwrTJsF0
6. A Khmer version of the song:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmFBI9sKANY
7. A performance on Thai TV:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLGd5kARtkQ
8. A Cantonese version of the song by Kenny Ho:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVtYu_7yTdk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBjIJSYlCtU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZOZGvdLw_s
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ES0C5hVbKw
Kenny Ho singing the Mandarin version of the song:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bz-sKJ4icOE
Kenny Ho of Hong Kong was one of the actors in Judge Pao.
9. President Ma Ying-jeou of the Republic of China singing:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAStNGIwwnc
This was when Ma Ying-jeou was still Minister of Justice.
10. The Taiwanese singer Fei Yu Ching (male):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjUgr03_sG8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWq74iMKiPg
and in concert in Macau in 2010:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ei56tvzyYD0
11. MTV by Timi Zhuo of Taiwan:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dt2iN43n_A
12. Sean Lin of Taiwan:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLnGytumZYg
13. Anita Mui of Hong Kong in concert in 1994.
The first of two songs:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRH9sSqsOQY
14. A Guzheng cover:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vISodpet6I
15. A Chinese bamboo flute cover:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9511yJn98Ys
16. Erhu (Chinese 2-string fiddle) covers:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7-2aQcw98E
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2e4mBxsWmog
17. A piano cover:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpOCtN5a9ho
18. Guitar covers:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=voO8bL7te4E
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krty3rsdg5U
19. A saxophone cover:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThpVwSmiwFc
And there are many more videos of this song in YouTube.
20. The Lyrics in Traditional Chinese:
新鴛鴦蝴蝶夢 -- 黃安
* 昨日像那東流水 離我遠去不可留 今日亂我心 多煩憂
抽刀斷水水更流 舉杯消愁愁更愁 明朝清風四飄流
# 由來只有新人笑 有誰聽到舊人哭 愛情兩個字 好辛苦
是要問一個明白 還是要裝作糊塗 知多知少難知足
@ 看似個鴛鴦蝴蝶 不應該的年代
可是誰又能擺脫人世間的悲哀
& 花花世界 鴛鴦蝴蝶
在人間已是癲 何苦要上青天 不如溫柔同眠
Repeat *, #, @, &, @, &
21. The Lyrics in Simplified Chinese:
新鸳鸯蝴蝶梦 -- 黄安
* 昨日像那东流水 离我远去不可留 今日乱我心 多烦忧
抽刀断水水更流 举杯消愁愁更愁 明朝清风四飘流
# 由来只有新人笑 有谁听到旧人哭 爱情两个字 好辛苦
是要问一个明白 还是要装作胡涂 知多知少难知足
@ 看似个鸳鸯蝴蝶 不应该的年代
可是谁又能摆脱人世间的悲哀
& 花花世界 鸳鸯蝴蝶
在人间已是癫 何苦要上青天 不如温柔同眠
Repeat *, #, @, &, @, &
22. Names, Words and Phrases:
Anita Mui (Traditional Chinese: 梅艷芳; Simplified Chinese: 梅艳芳).
Fei Yu Ching (Traditional: 費玉清; Simplified: 费玉清).
Judge Pao (Traditional: 包拯; Simplified: 包拯).
Kenny Ho (Traditional: 何家勁; Simplified: 何家劲).
Ma Ying-jeou (Traditional: 馬英九; Simplified: 马英九).
Michael Huang (Traditional: 黃安; Simplified: 黄安).
Sean Lin (Traditional: 林俊逸; Simplified: 林俊逸).
Timi Zhuo (Traditional: 卓依婷; Simplified: 卓依婷).
Zhuangzi (Traditional: 莊子; Simplified: 庄子).
References:
"Cao Cao", Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cao_Cao
(accessed 2013-04-22).
"莊子", Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia,
https://zh.wikipedia.org/zh-hk/%E5%BA%84%E5%AD%90
(accessed 2013-04-22).
"曹操", Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia,
https://zh.wikipedia.org/zh-hk/%E6%9B%B9%E6%93%8D
(accessed 2013-04-22).
"包拯", Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia,
https://zh.wikipedia.org/zh-hk/%E5%8C%85%E6%8B%AF
(accessed 2013-04-22).
"黃安 (藝人)", Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia,
http://zh.wikipedia.org/zh-hk/%E9%BB%84%E5%AE%89_%28%E8%89%BA%E4%BA%BA%29
(accessed 2013-04-22).
"包青天 (1993年電視劇)", Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia,
http://zh.wikipedia.org/zh-hk/%E5%8C%85%E9%9D%92%E5%A4%A9_%281993%E5%B9%B4%E9%9B%BB%E8%A6%96%E5%8A%87%29
(accessed 2013-04-22).
"中華電視公司", Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia,
https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%8F%AF%E8%A6%96
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