Alice Poon 潘慧嫻
@alicepoonauthor.bsky.social
ChineseFantasy/SpecFic Writer
Fan of Jin Yong/Chinese history/mythology/wuxia/xianxia 💙📚🌏📚
Author of:-
Sword Maiden from the Moon Duology (wuxiaxianxia)
Tales of Ming Courtesans (hf)
The Green Phoenix (hf)
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Fan of Jin Yong/Chinese history/mythology/wuxia/xianxia 💙📚🌏📚
Author of:-
Sword Maiden from the Moon Duology (wuxiaxianxia)
Tales of Ming Courtesans (hf)
The Green Phoenix (hf)
linktr.ee/alicepoonauthor
Don't you think #Changhuasen as the unhinged #SuChanghe in #BloodRiver is hot?
I'm up to episode 18 and have a feeling this #wuxia epic with its stunning CGI martial arts choreography is going to be my favorite wuxia after #AJourneytoLove! The dynamics btwn Muyu and Changhe are electrifying!
I'm up to episode 18 and have a feeling this #wuxia epic with its stunning CGI martial arts choreography is going to be my favorite wuxia after #AJourneytoLove! The dynamics btwn Muyu and Changhe are electrifying!
November 6, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Don't you think #Changhuasen as the unhinged #SuChanghe in #BloodRiver is hot?
I'm up to episode 18 and have a feeling this #wuxia epic with its stunning CGI martial arts choreography is going to be my favorite wuxia after #AJourneytoLove! The dynamics btwn Muyu and Changhe are electrifying!
I'm up to episode 18 and have a feeling this #wuxia epic with its stunning CGI martial arts choreography is going to be my favorite wuxia after #AJourneytoLove! The dynamics btwn Muyu and Changhe are electrifying!
Today marks the seventh year since the passing of wuxia fiction icon Jin Yong. I'd like to say that as my childhood idol, he fired up my lifelong passion for #Chinesehistory and the #wuxiaxianxia media. The justice themes in his novels became the guiding light in my writing. Forever grateful!
October 30, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Today marks the seventh year since the passing of wuxia fiction icon Jin Yong. I'd like to say that as my childhood idol, he fired up my lifelong passion for #Chinesehistory and the #wuxiaxianxia media. The justice themes in his novels became the guiding light in my writing. Forever grateful!
If you're a #wuxia film afficiando, you'd know that King Hu's #ATouchofZen is adapted from Pu Songling's wuxia story Xia Nu 俠女 in his Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio. Did you know that Pu's peer Lu Xiong also wrote a #xianxia story 女仙外史 about Tang Sai'er the Ming nu xia & Chang'e incarnate?
October 26, 2025 at 5:08 PM
If you're a #wuxia film afficiando, you'd know that King Hu's #ATouchofZen is adapted from Pu Songling's wuxia story Xia Nu 俠女 in his Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio. Did you know that Pu's peer Lu Xiong also wrote a #xianxia story 女仙外史 about Tang Sai'er the Ming nu xia & Chang'e incarnate?
Ngl, #ChangHuasen is half the reason I put #BloodRiver on my to-watch list (the other half obviously is #GongJun)!
Chang impressed me deeply as the lovesick puppy in #AJourneytoLove (which, btw, is my all time favorite #wuxia #cdrama).
Of the other three, #ChenHeyi pleased me in #FatedHearts!
Chang impressed me deeply as the lovesick puppy in #AJourneytoLove (which, btw, is my all time favorite #wuxia #cdrama).
Of the other three, #ChenHeyi pleased me in #FatedHearts!
October 23, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Ngl, #ChangHuasen is half the reason I put #BloodRiver on my to-watch list (the other half obviously is #GongJun)!
Chang impressed me deeply as the lovesick puppy in #AJourneytoLove (which, btw, is my all time favorite #wuxia #cdrama).
Of the other three, #ChenHeyi pleased me in #FatedHearts!
Chang impressed me deeply as the lovesick puppy in #AJourneytoLove (which, btw, is my all time favorite #wuxia #cdrama).
Of the other three, #ChenHeyi pleased me in #FatedHearts!
I wonder if you'd be interested in reviewing my wuxia-myth duology titled Sword Maiden from the Moon? (Book 1: The Heavenly Sword + Book 2: The Earthly Blaze)
October 16, 2025 at 10:50 PM
I wonder if you'd be interested in reviewing my wuxia-myth duology titled Sword Maiden from the Moon? (Book 1: The Heavenly Sword + Book 2: The Earthly Blaze)
Happy Mid-Autumn Festival!
October 6, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Happy Mid-Autumn Festival!
Of the Four Dragons, the Green Dragon of the East (called Ao Guang) is the most talked about, as he's involved in a wrangle with #Nezha because the latter killed his third son Ao Bing! This #myth is retold in #TheHeavenlySword with a follow-up story! The Green Dragon is a baddie here! Curious?
October 1, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Of the Four Dragons, the Green Dragon of the East (called Ao Guang) is the most talked about, as he's involved in a wrangle with #Nezha because the latter killed his third son Ao Bing! This #myth is retold in #TheHeavenlySword with a follow-up story! The Green Dragon is a baddie here! Curious?
When we read fantasy fiction rooted in a foreign culture, we would want to learn about that culture, right? But when readers pick up those Chinese fantasy novels, all they get is ridicule of Chinese historical/literary figures, or ersatz Chinese mythology, or mockery of traumatic Chinese history. 😏
September 29, 2025 at 10:10 PM
When we read fantasy fiction rooted in a foreign culture, we would want to learn about that culture, right? But when readers pick up those Chinese fantasy novels, all they get is ridicule of Chinese historical/literary figures, or ersatz Chinese mythology, or mockery of traumatic Chinese history. 😏
Unpopular opinion: I wouldn't count the Green Bone Saga series and the War Arts Saga series as #wuxia stories, as such stories are indigenous to Chinese culture and history and are typically set in real ancient China, have "xia" themes & the main characters are skilled martial artists.
September 29, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Unpopular opinion: I wouldn't count the Green Bone Saga series and the War Arts Saga series as #wuxia stories, as such stories are indigenous to Chinese culture and history and are typically set in real ancient China, have "xia" themes & the main characters are skilled martial artists.
One interesting highlight of this duology is genderqueer romance involving two much loved #mythology legends, #Nezha & #LanCaihe. Both are androgynous and genderfluid in this story (and in other retellings)! How will it end? Read to find out!
September 27, 2025 at 8:46 PM
One interesting highlight of this duology is genderqueer romance involving two much loved #mythology legends, #Nezha & #LanCaihe. Both are androgynous and genderfluid in this story (and in other retellings)! How will it end? Read to find out!
To celebrate Mid-Autumn Festival (or Moon Festival), what's better than reading the story of Tang Sai'er, the Moon Goddess incarnate who is anathema to evil tyrant Zhu Di! The #SwordMaidenfromtheMoon duology is a mix of #wuxia, #Chinesemythology and #Chinesehistory! Intrigued?
September 27, 2025 at 4:50 PM
To celebrate Mid-Autumn Festival (or Moon Festival), what's better than reading the story of Tang Sai'er, the Moon Goddess incarnate who is anathema to evil tyrant Zhu Di! The #SwordMaidenfromtheMoon duology is a mix of #wuxia, #Chinesemythology and #Chinesehistory! Intrigued?
What movie do you consider perfect?
A Touch of Zen 俠女, wuxia film directed by King Hu
A Touch of Zen 俠女, wuxia film directed by King Hu
September 22, 2025 at 3:13 PM
What movie do you consider perfect?
A Touch of Zen 俠女, wuxia film directed by King Hu
A Touch of Zen 俠女, wuxia film directed by King Hu
My recent wuxia-myth duology Sword Maiden from the Moon is a fantasy story about Tang Sai'er, the Shandong rebel leader who dared defy the tyrannical rule of Ming Emperor Zhu Di.
Btw, the 2019 TV series Ming Dynasty paints a good portrait of this vicious self-righteous emperor.
#Chinesehistory
Btw, the 2019 TV series Ming Dynasty paints a good portrait of this vicious self-righteous emperor.
#Chinesehistory
September 20, 2025 at 9:46 PM
My recent wuxia-myth duology Sword Maiden from the Moon is a fantasy story about Tang Sai'er, the Shandong rebel leader who dared defy the tyrannical rule of Ming Emperor Zhu Di.
Btw, the 2019 TV series Ming Dynasty paints a good portrait of this vicious self-righteous emperor.
#Chinesehistory
Btw, the 2019 TV series Ming Dynasty paints a good portrait of this vicious self-righteous emperor.
#Chinesehistory
My second historical novel Tales of Ming Courtesans are stories about the intrepid female poet Liu Rushi who never bowed to conventions, the maligned beauty Chen Yuanyuan whose musical talent left a mark on kunqu history, and Li Xiangjun, an opera talent who'd rather die than submit to her fate.
September 20, 2025 at 9:46 PM
My second historical novel Tales of Ming Courtesans are stories about the intrepid female poet Liu Rushi who never bowed to conventions, the maligned beauty Chen Yuanyuan whose musical talent left a mark on kunqu history, and Li Xiangjun, an opera talent who'd rather die than submit to her fate.
So I made it my mission to lend voice to outstanding women in history who had made significant contributions to society but whom historians typically gave short shrift to. Xiaozhuang literally saved the fledgling Qing empire from disintegration, as is told in The Green Phoenix.
#Chinesehistory
#Chinesehistory
September 20, 2025 at 9:46 PM
So I made it my mission to lend voice to outstanding women in history who had made significant contributions to society but whom historians typically gave short shrift to. Xiaozhuang literally saved the fledgling Qing empire from disintegration, as is told in The Green Phoenix.
#Chinesehistory
#Chinesehistory
When I did research on Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang 孝莊皇太后 for my 1st historical novel The Green Phoenix, I became aware of how disproportionately scant the official records were for empresses and consorts who had apparent impact on history, let alone female commoners.
#Chinesehistory
#Chinesehistory
September 20, 2025 at 9:46 PM
When I did research on Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang 孝莊皇太后 for my 1st historical novel The Green Phoenix, I became aware of how disproportionately scant the official records were for empresses and consorts who had apparent impact on history, let alone female commoners.
#Chinesehistory
#Chinesehistory
Another one I could recommend is A Journey to Love (high- octane wuxia) with excellent ML/FL chemistry and humorous brotherhood dynamics.
September 16, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Another one I could recommend is A Journey to Love (high- octane wuxia) with excellent ML/FL chemistry and humorous brotherhood dynamics.
Have you tried #WordofHonor? It ticks all your boxes. I highly recommend it.
September 16, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Have you tried #WordofHonor? It ticks all your boxes. I highly recommend it.
Spurred by a reader's expression of fondness for #Nezha in my #SwordMaidenfromtheMoon duology (he's the adorable nonbinary immortal who becomes a godsend for Tang Sai'er). Guess what? He's paired with another nonbinary immortal Lan Caihe 藍采和 of the Eight Immortals! I love them!
#Chinesemythology
#Chinesemythology
September 15, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Spurred by a reader's expression of fondness for #Nezha in my #SwordMaidenfromtheMoon duology (he's the adorable nonbinary immortal who becomes a godsend for Tang Sai'er). Guess what? He's paired with another nonbinary immortal Lan Caihe 藍采和 of the Eight Immortals! I love them!
#Chinesemythology
#Chinesemythology
I'm a big fan of Jin Yong since childhood from Hong Kong! Also friend of Gigi! To commemorate my idol's birth centenary, I wrote and published a wuxia-myth duology Sword Maiden from the Moon, featuring the Ming woman rebel leader Tang Sai'er as Chang'e's incarnate, reviewed in Jade Moon Magazine!
September 14, 2025 at 4:51 PM
I'm a big fan of Jin Yong since childhood from Hong Kong! Also friend of Gigi! To commemorate my idol's birth centenary, I wrote and published a wuxia-myth duology Sword Maiden from the Moon, featuring the Ming woman rebel leader Tang Sai'er as Chang'e's incarnate, reviewed in Jade Moon Magazine!
In the Jade Moon Magazine, I find the publisher has a keen insight into Chinese women's status:-
“History has often found it easier to blame beauty than to confront incompetence.”
“History doesn’t always treat women fairly.”
“This wasn’t always about balance. More often, it was about control.”
“History has often found it easier to blame beauty than to confront incompetence.”
“History doesn’t always treat women fairly.”
“This wasn’t always about balance. More often, it was about control.”
September 7, 2025 at 5:32 PM
In the Jade Moon Magazine, I find the publisher has a keen insight into Chinese women's status:-
“History has often found it easier to blame beauty than to confront incompetence.”
“History doesn’t always treat women fairly.”
“This wasn’t always about balance. More often, it was about control.”
“History has often found it easier to blame beauty than to confront incompetence.”
“History doesn’t always treat women fairly.”
“This wasn’t always about balance. More often, it was about control.”
Have you watched his latest wuxia work #LegendoftheCondorHeroes, adapted from Jin Yong's most popular novel?
September 2, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Have you watched his latest wuxia work #LegendoftheCondorHeroes, adapted from Jin Yong's most popular novel?
I consider it a blessing to have my #wuxiaxianxia duology not only reviewed with genuine love and passion, but actually take up the centre spread of the charming Jade Moon Magazine Issue 2!!!! This review is especially precious to me given the harsh negativities from certain quarters.
August 31, 2025 at 5:53 PM
I consider it a blessing to have my #wuxiaxianxia duology not only reviewed with genuine love and passion, but actually take up the centre spread of the charming Jade Moon Magazine Issue 2!!!! This review is especially precious to me given the harsh negativities from certain quarters.
My small collection of lyric poetry ("ci") anthologies:-
1) Ci Anthology by Li Yu 李煜 and Li Qingzhao 李清昭
2) Ci Anthology by Su Shi 蘇軾
3) Collection of Essays re: Song Poets
4) Ci Collection Curated by Hu Shi 胡適.
Li Yu 李煜, the last Lord of Southern Tang 南唐李後主, was the precursor of Song ci writing.
1) Ci Anthology by Li Yu 李煜 and Li Qingzhao 李清昭
2) Ci Anthology by Su Shi 蘇軾
3) Collection of Essays re: Song Poets
4) Ci Collection Curated by Hu Shi 胡適.
Li Yu 李煜, the last Lord of Southern Tang 南唐李後主, was the precursor of Song ci writing.
August 28, 2025 at 11:34 PM
My small collection of lyric poetry ("ci") anthologies:-
1) Ci Anthology by Li Yu 李煜 and Li Qingzhao 李清昭
2) Ci Anthology by Su Shi 蘇軾
3) Collection of Essays re: Song Poets
4) Ci Collection Curated by Hu Shi 胡適.
Li Yu 李煜, the last Lord of Southern Tang 南唐李後主, was the precursor of Song ci writing.
1) Ci Anthology by Li Yu 李煜 and Li Qingzhao 李清昭
2) Ci Anthology by Su Shi 蘇軾
3) Collection of Essays re: Song Poets
4) Ci Collection Curated by Hu Shi 胡適.
Li Yu 李煜, the last Lord of Southern Tang 南唐李後主, was the precursor of Song ci writing.