The interpretation of the title 'Moon Ascending The Deep Sea' in the drama LLTG part 2

In the drama Love Like The Galaxy (which that has made us all fall in love, especially myself personally❤... hehehe) is divided into 2 parts; 

Part 1: 星汉灿烂 (xīng hàn can làn) / Splendid Star.

Basically the story in part 1 is about the beginning of the relationship process between Cheng Shaosang and General Ling Bu Yi, more or less this is already contained in my interpretation with the 'link' as follows; 

https://mydramalist.com/discussions/xing-han-can-lan/76429-my-interpretation-of-the-title-of-a-c-drama-love-like-the-galaxy?pid=2324457&page=1#p2324457

Part 2: 月升沧海 (yu shēng cang hǎi) / Moon Ascending The Deep Sea.

Here I will focus on discussing my interpretation (subjectively) of alternative titles in part 2 of the drama Love Like The Galaxy. Hopefully it can be accepted by all parties as a form of sharing a mere point of view❤.

Segmented Definitions

月 升 沧 海

月[yuè]

: moon / month / monthly / CL: 個｜个, 輪｜轮

升 [shēng]

: to ascend / to rise to the rank of / to promote / to hoist / liter / measure for dry grain equal to one-tenth dou 斗

[shēng]

: variant of 升[sheng1] / to ascend / to rise in rank

沧 [cāng]

: blue-green or azure (of water) / vast (of water) / cold

海 [hǎi]

: ocean / sea / CL: 個｜个, 片 / great number of people or things / (dialect) numerous

沧海 ( 滄海 ) [cāng hǎi]

: the sea

沧海 [cāng hǎi]

: The water of the sea is greenish blue, because of the sea: facing the sea, contemplating the future.

沧海 [cāng hǎi]

Refers to large-scale transformations or changes (of places, people, etc) as chinese idioms cāng hǎi sāng tián 沧海桑田 (The sea and mulberry fields)

There are colorful words about the moon in Chinese, especially in the folk language. Furthermore, there areplies of idioms adopted about moon and numerous words about moon. The moon also has many wonderful unique names. 

Here, I just list a few of them, from which the profound The deep meaning of the moon in Chinese culture could be found.

Moon as The Symbol of Immortality

The phrases containing ‘yue’ in Chinese which mean eternity are rishengyueheng 日升月恒(just like the sun rises, the moon at the beginning of top chord, metaphorically, it means things are at prosperity), riyuejingtian, jianghexingdi 日月经天，江河行地 (just like the sun and the moon go through the sky every day, rivers running through the land. It metaphorically refers to the eternity and greatness of life), riyuelitian 日月丽天, xuanruoriyue 悬若日月 (just like the sun and the moon hanging in the sky, it metaphorically refers to the eternity), jinyueguyue 今月古月 (it refers that the moon is the same no matter in the ancient times or in the modern times, but the dynasties changed).

The forever invariable moon, the miracle in time and space, often arouses the human’s imagination. The eternity of moon reminds people the shortness of their life. Examples are the following, Cao Cao wrote in his poem duangexing《短歌行》(short poetry lament), ‘mingmingruyue, heshikeduo?’ ‘明明如月，何时可掇？’ (the bright moon in the sky, when can you be picked up?), Li Bai wrote in bajiuwenyue《把酒问月》 (ask the moon with a cup of wine in hand) ‘jinrenbujiangushiyue, jinyuecengjingzhaoguren. gurenjinrenruoliushui, gongkanmingyuejieruci ’‘今人不见古时月，今月曾经照古人。古人今人若流水，共看明月皆如此’ (the ancient and present people go away like flowing water; they both witness the bright moon as it is). Chuanjianghuayueye《春江花月夜》(A Moonlit Night On The Spring River) by Zhang Ruoxu in Tang Dynasty, ‘jiangpanhenianchuzhaoyue? jiangyuehenianchuzhaoren? 

renshengdaidaiwuqiongyi, jiangyueniannianzhixiangsi ’‘江畔何年出照月？江月何年初照人？人生代代无穷已，江月年年知相似。’‘Who by the riverside first saw the moon arise? When did the moon first see a man by river side? Ah, generations have come and pasted away; From year to year the moons look alike, old and new.’ The clear contrast between the external moon and the limit of life is made in the poem.

For an individual, his/her life is limited, and the eventual end of life is death. This is an inescapable fact, it comes sooner or later and in this or that way. It is impossible to go beyond the limit of life and achieve eternal of life. But people always hope to convert the impossible things to become possible, yearn for their life be as eternal as the moon. 

They even dream that once their life gone, they still could own a future new life. Which goes the same as the moon ‘dies’ at the end of each month and rises again early next month, as a sign of regeneration. Qu yuan in his poem Tian Wen《天问》complained that ‘yeguanghede, sizeyouyu.’‘夜光何德, 死则又育’ (what virtue does the moon have? So it could be immortal). In the sentence, yeguang 夜光 refers to the moonlight, the moon. The moon is immortal, the goddess of the moon is eternal. The goddess of the moon, also called Heng’e 姮娥. 姮 heng shares the same sound with the Chinese character 恒 heng (immortal). Heng’e refers to an eternal immortal woman. In front of the eternal Chang’e, no matter how individual life continues, it is fleeting. In modern natural science, although the moon can die and revive, but it still cannot escape the law that all things born will die, nothing could be immortal and eternal. And in myth and the religious world, the immortality of the moon refers to the God of the moon will be immortal, namely, the moon is given the meaning of god and becomes a symbol of immortality.

Moon as The Symbol of Pleasant Scenery 

The beautiful moon itself also constitutes the pleasant scenery. In Chinese there are lots of words describe beauty of the moon, such as chunhuaqiuyue 春花秋月,qiuyuechunhua 秋月春花, huazhaoyuexi 花朝月夕, jifenglangyue 霁风朗月, fangnianhuayue 芳年华月, yuelangfengqing 月朗风清, wubianfengyue 无边风月. Yuebaifengqing 月白风清 describes a quiet beautiful night with bright moon and cool breeze. Just because of the beauty the scene, some new meanings are extended, such as qianligongchanjuan 千里共婵娟 used to express the thoughts of love and best wishes 

for your family and friends. Jinshuiloutaixiandeyue 近水楼台先得月 refers to have better opportunities; Baixingburuyiyue 百星不如一月 metaphorically means that quantity is not better than quality; zunqianyuexia 樽前月下 describes the relaxed situation of watching the moon with wine in hand. Fangnianhuayue 芳年华月 refers to the wonderful youth. 

The beauty of the moon lies in her richness of the color and shape, in the different combination of color and form, also lies in the combination with the surrounding environment. All of the above factors and their combinations constitute a meaningful form which touches one’s sensitive soul and arouses different aesthetic emotion. The wax and wane of the moon, from its crescent as an eyebrow to the full moon as a mirror, and wane as a bow, constitute the indispensable contents of moon physical beauty. The moon shape characterizes in circular and curve, yuanyue 圆月 (round moon), wangyue 望月 (full moon), jinlun 金轮 (golden wheel) or yupan 玉盘 (jade plate) are undoubtedly the most short and the most ideal form. Chunhuaqiuyue 春花秋月 (the seasonal views are spring flowers and autumn moon), the reasons for the moon in autumn is the most beautiful scenery all the year around have relationship with the air crisp, cloudless seasonal climate, which is the best time for moon watching. The beauty of the bright moon is more obvious in the landscape under the background of mountains and rivers. Conversely, the hazy moon can play a role of giving the landscape with unique charm, such as Tao Yuanming in his poem xianqingfu《闲情赋》(Ode of leisure) wrote yuemeijingyuyunduan 月媚景于云端, which on the one hand, illustrates the moon itself is beautiful, on the other hand, the bright moon hanging high above the cloud adds beauty to the scenery in the world.

Diderot, a French philosopher, believes ‘beauty in relation’ (1984, 29). People’s grasp of the essence of beauty should break through the individual factors, individual things and focus on the internal relationship. The aesthetic value of things changes with the relationship between things. ‘Beauty always emerges, grows and then changes to decline and disappear with the relation’. The beauty of the moon lies not only in color but also in form and relation. The moon exists in the relationship with its surroundings, and its beauty is set off by contrast of the sun, night sky, rivers and lakes, high mountain plains, trees and flowers, and so on.

The image of the moon itself combines with some specific things together constitute a large number of new comprehensive meaningful form, which makes the aesthetic features of the moon more full-round and moving. The moon in the night sky is set the background of dark, opaque night which is mysterious and frightening. It is the round moon that eliminates gloom and terror in people’s mind. Moonlight is like the fine fingers stretching from the moon give people light warm and soothe the people’s soul. 

Moon As The Symbol of Fullness and Success

Huahaoyueyuan 花好月圆 in Chinese metaphorically means being full and complete by using the image of flowers in blossom and round moon. Yuezhongzhegui 月中折桂 refers to break off laurel branches in the moon, metaphorically, means having passed the examination. The two phrases embody people’s longing and pursuit of success. In the Chinese traditional agricultural society, people worship the god of land and goddess of moon pray for their protection in every autumn harvest season. According to Zhouli (a book about rites of Zhou), in the Zhou Dynasty, it was an important custom to sacrifice to and appreciate the moon on the 15th day of the 8th month of the lunar calendar. People at that time believed that a phenomenon in heaven suits some kind of phenomenon on earth, such as departing, reunion and life opportunities. In the Chinese national character, looking for a full (complete) end is particularly strong. Yearning for being full or complete means an auspicious token of abundance, harmony, and luck. For which the moon on the fifteenth day can satisfy people’s psychological expectation. Mid-autumn moon, on the one hand, is a blend of aggregation and separation, unity and homesickness, completeness and the defects; On the one hand, the full moon has sparked the common expectations of reunion and harmony, life stability and enterprise harmony, family reunion and the world peace. The full moon has become people's ideal round moon. The traditional Mid-Autumn festival is a day for family reunion. Yueyuanhuahua 月圆花好 is a symbol of happiness, peace and reunion, which embodied in the following sentences: Zhang Jiuling, a poet as well as a prime minister, wrote the poem ‘haishangshengmingyue, tianyagongcishi’ ‘海上生明月，天涯共此时’ (Rising is the bright moon above the sea, arising harmonious feeling you and me). Su Dongpo wrote ‘danyuanrenchangjiu, qianligongchanjuan’ ‘但愿人长久，千里共婵娟。’ (Will live long as he can! Though miles apart, we’ll share the beauty she displays).

Moon As The Symbol of Purity

The moon is a symbol of purity. This kind of words are guangfengjiyue 光风霁月, binghuqiuyue 冰壶秋月, yuebaifengqing 月白风清, yueguangrushui 月光如水, qiuyuehanjiang 秋月寒江 and so on. In guangfengjiyue 光风霁月 describes a calm prospect after a storm comes, it can be extended to describe a person who has open mind and heart, guangfeng 光风 refers to the attendance of the wind after the rain, ji 霁 means the snow stopped. Binghuqiuyue 冰壶秋月, binghu 冰壶 is the jade kettle for holding water, qiuyue 秋月 is the moon on Mid-Autumn, metaphorically means one is as bright and pure-hearted as the clean, bright moon. Yuebaifengqing 月白风 describes a nice beautiful night vision with bright moonlight and cool breeze. Yueguangrushui 月光如水 compares the soft bright moonlight as gently flowing water. Qiuyuehanjiang 秋月寒江 refers to a man of virtue has bright pure heart. The moon arouses people’s diverse colour sense. Sometimes it is bright and once in a while it is hazy. When it first appears in the sky it is red in yellow, and slowly it becomes pale yellow with the increase of brightness and, until the round bright moon shed silver radiance. The moon words such as haoyue 皓月, shuangyue 霜月, lengyue 冷月 highlight silver white and the color of jade in general. In this way, the full moon is called yinlun 银轮, the crescent moon as yingou 银钩 (silver hook), the moon as yinyang 银阳 (the moon looks like a mass of silver, were generally said that the moon silver color), like in a folk song composed by Wang Luobin zainayinsedeyueguangxia《在那银色的月光下》(under the silver moonlight), which leaves the impression of the bright moonlight and the nobility of the moon. 

The jade color of the moon is pictured in the poems such as Li bai’s gulangyuexing《古朗月行》(An Old And Bright Moon) ‘As a little boy the moon I don’t know, I call it a jade plate white like snow.’ In it the moon is compared as a jade plate. There are other names for the moon as jade wheel and jade hook, which show its purity and nobility. Because of the color of jade in general the moon is given the meanings of light and open mind, good character, and the peaceful social atmosphere, etc.

Moon As The Anchorage of Love

In the ever-changing nature, the bright transparent moon, like a beautiful girl, always affects people’s emotions and thoughts. In Chinese the words like Chang’ebenyue 嫦娥奔月, Chang’e 嫦娥 is the goddess of the moon. In Chinese culture, the things about women are given name of moon. For example, the queen is called yuefei 月妃, yuefang 月房

refers to rooms for the female members of a family. YueliChang’e 月里嫦娥 and huarongyuemao 花容月貌 are used to describe the graceful, beautiful and charming ladies. Biyuexiuhua 闭月羞花 is used to highlight the beauty of woman which would obscure the moon and make flowers blush by using exaggeration. Yuezhuihuazhe 月坠花折 and yuequehuacai 月缺花残 describe the death or aging of a beauty. God of love in ancient China, the matchmaker is called yuexialaoren 月下老人 (the old man under the moon), and lovers always choose places under the moonlight for their date meeting. The phrase yueshangliushao 月上柳梢 is adopted from yuanye《元夜》by Ouyang Xiu, ‘yueshangliushaotou, renyuehuanghunhou’‘月上柳梢头，人约黄昏后。’‘The moon rose from behind the willow, I and my love had a date after dusk. ’ Daiyuexixiang 待月西厢 is derived from Xixiangji《西厢记》(a love story) “待月西厢下，迎风半户开。月移花影动，疑是玉来。” In ancient China, when men and women in love they always swore their love in the moonlight or worshiped the moon to pray for their love. In Yuan Dynasty Guan Hanqing, a dramatist, wrote Baiyueting《拜月亭》to describe the story of a departing couple who worshiped the god of moon to pray for their reunion. Cui Yingying in Xixiangji《西厢记》also prayed devoutly to the moon and hoped to meet her Mr. Right. In the classical tune yueliangdaibiaowodexin《月亮代表我的心》(The Moon Represents My Heart), it represents deep and faithful love. The word yuelao 月老, shortened for yuexialaoren 月下老人 (the old man of the moon), refers to a matchmaker. It originated from Tang Dynasty Li Fuyan’ record of Wei Gu’s travel in Song Cheng, ‘Gu saw an old man sitting on the stairs by the side of a pack while he was turning books in the moonlight. Gu was curious and asked the old man what book he was reading. The old man answered it was the register book for all the couples on the earth. 

The red line are used to tie the feet of the husband and wife. Once a man and a woman was born they were tied, even if they are from the enemy’s family, the rich and the poor, or ugly and beauty, they will become husband and wife.’ yuelaoqianxian 月老牵线 or yuelaojisheng 月老赤绳 (matchmaker go between), which were derived from the previous story, became a symbol of marriage and love. In yueshujisheng 月书赤绳, yueshu 月书 refers to register book the old man had. Jisheng 赤绳 means the red line used by the old man to tie the future couple, the advance of the engagement. Therefore, the moon became the anchorage of beauty and love.

The Color Symbolize

Green  

Green is the color of wealth, fertility, regeneration, hope, harmony and growth. Green also represents pure and clean.

Blue

Blue is usually seen in combination with green or black. Blue can represent wood and symbolizes spring and brings a positive meaning.

Blue stands for healing, trust and long life. Shades of green/blue are used to decorate homes for longevity and harmony.

Blue / Azure / Green

Generally blue or azure and green is associated with health, prosperity, and harmony. The old term is qing. Azure was used for the roof tiles of the Temple of Heaven as well as its ornate interior and a number of other structures to represent heaven.

Black

Black corresponds to water and is considered to be a neutral color in Chinese culture and is the color of heaven, symbolizing the northern and western sky. This color represents immortality, knowledge, stability and power. 

The color black was regarded as the color of heaven in the Yi Jing (Book of Changes). The saying "heaven and earth of mysterious black" was rooted in the feeling of ancient people that the northern sky shows a mysterious black color for a long time. They thought that the North Star is where the Tian Di (heavenly emperor) is. Therefore, black was regarded as the king of all colors in ancient China. It is also the single color that was worshipped the longest time in ancient China. In the Taiji diagram of ancient China, black and white are used to represent the unity of Yin and Yang. Winter was represented by black, guarded by a black tortoise, and its direction was north.

The interpretation of the title 'Moon Ascending The Deep Sea' in the drama LLTG part 2 contains the potential for complex references to many things and aspects, where I noticed that this drama raised a lot about the themes of family education as well as moral value to social-society and state. Many interpretations can be drawn and concluded broadly from the title of the drama. However, due to personal limitations, I only able to share some general subjective interpretations that tend to focusing more on the main characters of the drama. 

Greatness love in life comes up from the who fated one which was destined by God

Life on earth is mortal.  Birth, match and death of humans have been outlined by the 'destiny' of the Creator (Eternal Gods). 

So was the case with Cheng ShaoShang who had not actually ever been in the scenario which Ling Bu Yi had devised his way of life, for at least 21 years. Cotrariwise, a somebody as Cheng Shaoshang who only wants freedom and peace on her route of life, never thought about reaching someone with a social position as high as General Ling or getting involved in intrigue and chaotic palace politics. 

But as mankind has believed, that 'match' is made by heaven. Where the string of match that has been tied by Yue Lao connects the fabric of hearts between humans, one individual is paired with another individual. Anyway of likes or dislikes, Anyhow the many differences, and in anycase the distance of gap between the two, these people who are destined will keep be brought together and united.

And as for those who are not matched, no matter how big their ambition and desire to possess, no matter how good the schemes that have been designed to dominate, no matter how hard they try to seize, then everything is just in vain. Let's take an example: Wang Ling, Princess Ruyang, 3rd Princess, Luo Jitong, etc. Destiny also determines the fate line of the interweaving of matc ropes that have been tied by God; like Ah yao/Yuan shen's relationship with Shaoshang, Crown Prince with Qu Lingjun, Master Huan Fu with Shun Hua -where 'destiny' does not unite the fate of their relationship.

Greatness life arises from dreams and hopes for a better future from generation to generation that never dies

The moon's is reference to immortality is also reflecting that although individuals have limited life, their dreams for a better future never die. Like a 'dead' moon at the end of the month, it will rise again every new month. It's the same with the dream of the Emperor to unite the world so that war does not last forever and a time of peace will come for the people and the country. Likewise, Cheng Shaoshang's dream is to develop technology and work systems in society to be more effective and efficient, which in turn will bring prosperity to everyone. These dreams are preserved from generation to generation, keep continue as like immortal.

Pleasant Scenery emerge through person who was bring positive meaning to the heart and healing the soul

The parable of the moon as a symbol of a pleasant scenery is illustrated from the perspective of a Ling Bu Yi in seeing the figure of Cheng Shaoshang. To Ling Bu Yi, Cheng Shaoshang was a different girl from all the girls he had ever seen. She looks so beautiful and colorful, so lively and free, so stunning and bold, so attractive and eccentric. Made this man curious and interested from the very beginning of their meeting. Cheng Shaoshang's figure is combinations constitute a meaningful form which finally touches the sensitive part of Ling Bu Yi's soul and arouses different aesthetic emotion. In their deeper affinity, the beauty of their relationship such as the moonlight that illuminates the dark and mysterious dark night. Cheng Shaoshang's precense was alike the brightness of a round moon that dispelled the gloom and terror within Ling Bu Yi. Where is her sincere love as the fine fingers stretching from the moon give her lover light warm and soothe Ling Bu Yi's soul.

Fullness and Success of a relationship is waking from trust, unity, and harmony.

Couples are two individuals with backgrounds, personalities, characters which is not the same. Therefore, it takes adaptation, understanding, and acceptance to be able to walk side by side in a relationship. Similar to the situation and conditions between Cheng Shaoshang and Ling Bu Yi, many factors contributed to the differences between these both individual sides. Apart from the age difference where Cheng Shaoshang was just in her early teens, while Ling Bu Yi himself was in his early adulthood, the both of them also came and grew up from different environmental backgrounds. Ling Bu Yi was someone who was brought up with palace manners, accustomed to obidience, discipline and acting according to orders. It's much different from Cheng Shaoshang who was allowed to grow up wild without an education under the toxic parenting pressure of her grandmother and 2rd aunt, making her grow up to be a stubborn and rebellious kid. 

As the wise saying goes: When you marry someone, you are not only marrying the individual in question, you are marrying the whole family at the same time. In order to be united and harmonious, the couple must learn to understand each other, learn to communicate openly in two-ways, instill trust in one another, support and care for each other, adaptation to all differences - both between couples also towards family and the environment. What's more for Cheng Shaoshang, with all her strength and effort trying hard to catch up all her missed it in the past. Continue to develop herself, so that she can be really equal. Not only as a wife, but also as Cheng Shaoshang itself who is the wife of General Ling Bu Yi. Meanwhile Ling Bu Yi, his start to learn to open up to his partner, his discusses everything before making a decision and action. Both start working together to face all obstacles and problems, be it big or small, light or heavy. 

A Good Relationship exist when two people accept each other's past, support each other's present, and love to each other enough in respect of encourage each other's future. A good couple is who motivate their mate to grow, who won't too clingy to their pair, who will let their lover go out into the world and trust their beloved one will come back. This is what true love is all about. Where the fullness and success of a relationship will be created because of acceptance, adaptation, understanding, trust, mutual forgiveness, mutual respect, mutual complement and perfecting of deficiencies between partners. Which is awaken from both couples who have united their hearts, souls, thoughts and actions in harmony of life in pairs. 

Of course all of that is not something that can be obtained instantly, it will take time and a process to achieve it. Like the cycle of moon, it's start from new moon, waxing crescent, first quarter, waxing gibbous, then finally to wonderfull perfect full moon.

Perfection and Success in a nation imminent by good leadership (Emperor as a symbol of supreme leadership)

The emperor as the ruler tried his best to exert his ability and power in unifying the region and overcoming rebellions in order for stop the war that was raging and bring miserable to the people. Wherein national security and stability are very important as the basis for the development and progress of society in a nation. Develop technology to increase productivity in all fields, especially those related to the basic needs of the community. Making savings as an efficient step through maximize existing resources for mutual prosperity. It also carried out major transformations in the fields of government and education. At which point in that people who serve from the same family begin to impose restrictions, it is hoped that this will reduce nepotistic practices in the palace while creating a healthier political atmosphere. Provide recommendations for talented students from non-aristocratic families, with the aim of providing opportunities for improving lives for all levels of society.

Purity arises from a clean heart, pure intentions and thoughts.

"Everyone in the world talk about principles, but I think it is good enough if we have a clear conscience."  ~Cheng Shaoshang  

A person with a clean and pure heart and conscience, and a bright mind is like the beauty of the bright moon shining in the dark sky. Like a simple General Cheng's personality. He is one of the best characters in this drama. Good role in the family;  as son, as husband, as father. As well as his role in the duty of protecting the country and people, which he carried out with sincere intentions and a clean heart. 

Or same as well as Empress Xuan, who always accepts everything gracefully, her heart is clean and pure. As an Empress, she even puts all her ego aside. As a wife, she can even accept to live without the love of her husband. There was no grudge or jealousy from her heart. There are no bad thoughts. Not the slightest hint of ambition to monopolize the emperor or power.  Even in the end, she had to give up her rights and position for the sake of her country and people, Empress Xuan accepted all of them with the nobility of her heart and nature. 

The anchorage of love attended pure love, unity, hope and harmony.

Ling BuYi and Cheng Shaoshang, they are two completely different personalities.

 Ling Bu Yi is sort of weird type; Cold-blooded, Rigid, Sadistic, Ambivert (a loner but with a really strong extrovert attitude), Manipulative, Full of schemes, Cunning, Mysterious and dark. While Cheng Shaoshang is a girl who doesn't really understand love considering she grew up with a lack of affection. She is a girl with type; Free, Cheerful, Eccentric, Easy going, Intelligent, Open minded, Tough, Stubborn, rebellious, Insecure, Pragmatic.

 Although at first many differences become problems in the middle of them, as well as the road to love between two is winding and bumpy, both never regrets any choice they have made. Through their interactions, they begin to learn to understand each other, accept ver shortcomings and learn to complement each other, as well as learn to trusting between them. Both, they influence each other. Ling Bu Yi who was used to being cold and stiff with everyone, but in facing Cheng Shaoshang he turn out to be so gentle and affectionate. So is it Cheng Shaoshang, she began to learn to open up to Ling Bu Yi, learn to love with all her heart. The two grow from their experiences and work together, upholding the righteousness in their hearts.

 For Ling Bu Yi there is no woman other than Cheng Shaosang he wants to marry, and for Cheng Shaosang with only Ling Bu Yi her wants to grow old in along with. Both have dreams and hope of building their own home in harmony, owning and raising their children. Swoore to union in love as one forever. it's represent deep and faithful love. Ling Bu Yi and Cheng Shaoshang each as an anchor of love for the other. Both pair mutual love inside to the core...

TO BE CONTINUED... 三三ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ

This was a well written and very thought provoking analysis! Thank you for taking the time and energy to share your knowledge.

To me, the title suggests duality, light and darkness, the constant flow or cycles of life and death where the only constant is change. Like all of us, CSS and HBY have a light and dark side, conscious and unconscious mind that shapes their identities and behaviours.

They acted like a mirror towards each other, while also reflecting back to family and society what buried issues needed to be brought to light for healing and transformation. And this process required both of them to change and grow together. Love is the first step to happiness, yet long term commitment requires honesty, dedication and healthy compromise.