Jakabfy Károly (康明智)
@jakabfik.bsky.social
Sinology MA student. Interested in the Far East, ancient cultures, literature. (Hobby-)translator. Languages: 🇭🇺🇬🇧🇩🇪一点🇨🇳和文言 、彬彬君子，霸王最忠之臣子
近平十三年，昭和百年
My website: https://juewangshidai.neocities.org/
近平十三年，昭和百年
My website: https://juewangshidai.neocities.org/
Finally I have my very own copy of Wittfogel's "Society and Economy of China".
It's not the hardcover edition from 1931 but even having it in paperback feels amazing.
If they make me a president I want to be sworn in placing my hands on this shit.
It's not the hardcover edition from 1931 but even having it in paperback feels amazing.
If they make me a president I want to be sworn in placing my hands on this shit.
November 25, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Finally I have my very own copy of Wittfogel's "Society and Economy of China".
It's not the hardcover edition from 1931 but even having it in paperback feels amazing.
If they make me a president I want to be sworn in placing my hands on this shit.
It's not the hardcover edition from 1931 but even having it in paperback feels amazing.
If they make me a president I want to be sworn in placing my hands on this shit.
Don’t exactly know what‘s going on here but someone left a single volume of an encyclopedia out on the street.
November 25, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Don’t exactly know what‘s going on here but someone left a single volume of an encyclopedia out on the street.
Sucks that Gates of Hell is not from 2025 so I can't nominate it on Steam for the "Best Game You Suck At" category.
November 25, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Sucks that Gates of Hell is not from 2025 so I can't nominate it on Steam for the "Best Game You Suck At" category.
Genuinely wasn't expecting the Persona 5 artbook to show up months after I ordered it.
It's actually kind of cool to read the comments attached to the pieces.
It's actually kind of cool to read the comments attached to the pieces.
November 21, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Genuinely wasn't expecting the Persona 5 artbook to show up months after I ordered it.
It's actually kind of cool to read the comments attached to the pieces.
It's actually kind of cool to read the comments attached to the pieces.
This thing has been tempting me for WEEKS in the window of the bookstore and I finally succumbed and got it.
It's the size and weight of multiple bricks and sometimes 90% of the page is just increasingly autistic commentary on the life and times of Holmes.
It's the size and weight of multiple bricks and sometimes 90% of the page is just increasingly autistic commentary on the life and times of Holmes.
November 21, 2025 at 1:49 PM
This thing has been tempting me for WEEKS in the window of the bookstore and I finally succumbed and got it.
It's the size and weight of multiple bricks and sometimes 90% of the page is just increasingly autistic commentary on the life and times of Holmes.
It's the size and weight of multiple bricks and sometimes 90% of the page is just increasingly autistic commentary on the life and times of Holmes.
Got the second volume of the Lupin III Anthology in German and also this busted copy of Gaboriau’s “Case file no. 113”
November 15, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Got the second volume of the Lupin III Anthology in German and also this busted copy of Gaboriau’s “Case file no. 113”
Tonal whiplash movienight
November 9, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Tonal whiplash movienight
813 is such an interesting novel because you'd think someone like Lupin is above nationality in a sense, but in the latter half of the novel Leblanc seems to get the plot sort of bogged down in some strange nationalist fantasy entailing Luping trying to get back Alsace-Lorainne.
November 8, 2025 at 2:15 PM
813 is such an interesting novel because you'd think someone like Lupin is above nationality in a sense, but in the latter half of the novel Leblanc seems to get the plot sort of bogged down in some strange nationalist fantasy entailing Luping trying to get back Alsace-Lorainne.
Probably should've timed it better for it to be something high and mighty instead of pulp fiction essentially, but this is apparently volume 1300 in my library: Maurice Leblanc's "The Crystal Stopper".
November 8, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Probably should've timed it better for it to be something high and mighty instead of pulp fiction essentially, but this is apparently volume 1300 in my library: Maurice Leblanc's "The Crystal Stopper".
You know what?
I wouldn't actually want the author of a book titled "A History of Japanese detective fiction" to look any different.
I'm happy knowing that he probably enjoyed every minute of working on this.
I wouldn't actually want the author of a book titled "A History of Japanese detective fiction" to look any different.
I'm happy knowing that he probably enjoyed every minute of working on this.
November 4, 2025 at 11:48 AM
You know what?
I wouldn't actually want the author of a book titled "A History of Japanese detective fiction" to look any different.
I'm happy knowing that he probably enjoyed every minute of working on this.
I wouldn't actually want the author of a book titled "A History of Japanese detective fiction" to look any different.
I'm happy knowing that he probably enjoyed every minute of working on this.
Visited some friends in Vienna.
Got drunk. Checked out the local anime con.
Time well spent methinks.
Got drunk. Checked out the local anime con.
Time well spent methinks.
November 2, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Visited some friends in Vienna.
Got drunk. Checked out the local anime con.
Time well spent methinks.
Got drunk. Checked out the local anime con.
Time well spent methinks.
I accidentally left the CPC flag in the background during the job interview
October 29, 2025 at 11:18 AM
I accidentally left the CPC flag in the background during the job interview
The US delegation when they enter the room and it's Li Chenggang
October 27, 2025 at 11:35 AM
The US delegation when they enter the room and it's Li Chenggang
American friend read that 90% of people in China own their homes and he immediately dismissed it because “That’s impossible” and “Even if the number is true, what constitutes a house in China?”
October 24, 2025 at 11:45 AM
American friend read that 90% of people in China own their homes and he immediately dismissed it because “That’s impossible” and “Even if the number is true, what constitutes a house in China?”
I don't know why but the term "financial novel" sounds so insanely amusing to me, I can't help but giggle.
October 23, 2025 at 6:48 AM
I don't know why but the term "financial novel" sounds so insanely amusing to me, I can't help but giggle.
"No, you HAVE to submit a rough outline for the MA thesis otherwise we can't accept your application!"
October 19, 2025 at 3:40 PM
"No, you HAVE to submit a rough outline for the MA thesis otherwise we can't accept your application!"
I had this weird dream, where I just cut my veins really deeply with a blade, a torrent of blood shot out, and when I woke up, I felt strangely at ease, as if something stopped weighing down on me.
October 17, 2025 at 5:51 PM
I had this weird dream, where I just cut my veins really deeply with a blade, a torrent of blood shot out, and when I woke up, I felt strangely at ease, as if something stopped weighing down on me.
Chasing trends…
(”China and the geopolitics of rare earth”)
(”China and the geopolitics of rare earth”)
October 17, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Chasing trends…
(”China and the geopolitics of rare earth”)
(”China and the geopolitics of rare earth”)
This is where I buy my books
October 17, 2025 at 10:40 AM
This is where I buy my books
Five episodes into this and IT’S LITERALLY JUST LEGALISTS VS MOHISTS????
October 11, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Five episodes into this and IT’S LITERALLY JUST LEGALISTS VS MOHISTS????
I’m surprised. Genuinely. It’s a cheap reprint of an important book and it’s actually good? Has all of van Gulik’s notes and everything? Wow.
October 11, 2025 at 7:41 AM
I’m surprised. Genuinely. It’s a cheap reprint of an important book and it’s actually good? Has all of van Gulik’s notes and everything? Wow.
I like it when books aren’t afraid to give readers the important questions, no punches pulled.
October 11, 2025 at 7:36 AM
I like it when books aren’t afraid to give readers the important questions, no punches pulled.
Kungfu panda eat your heart out
October 11, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Kungfu panda eat your heart out
How the HSK5 monkey looks at you when you've been slacking off with your anki deck
October 11, 2025 at 7:25 AM
How the HSK5 monkey looks at you when you've been slacking off with your anki deck
I'm going to try to properly articulate this but reading this manga just feels wrong, mostly because of the art. The art is pretty. It's basically the artist taking the original designs of an idealized JRPG and then turning the dial up to 11.
October 8, 2025 at 11:33 AM
I'm going to try to properly articulate this but reading this manga just feels wrong, mostly because of the art. The art is pretty. It's basically the artist taking the original designs of an idealized JRPG and then turning the dial up to 11.