@PugJesusM to Historical ArtifactsEnglish • 9 days agoThree re-enactors, one in reconstruction of Viking-age armor (left), Chinese brigandine armor (middle) and Imperial Roman chain mail (right)imagemessage-square7arrow-up139arrow-down12
arrow-up137arrow-down1imageThree re-enactors, one in reconstruction of Viking-age armor (left), Chinese brigandine armor (middle) and Imperial Roman chain mail (right)@PugJesusM to Historical ArtifactsEnglish • 9 days agomessage-square7
minus-squareDrusaslinkfedilink8•9 days agoTo be fair, I read Japanese and not Chinese, but the character on the Chinese re-enactor’s chest appears to just say “man”. Edit: I missed that there’s a bit above the character for man, so I don’t know exactly what it says.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish6•9 days agoWhat is a man? A miserable little pile of secrets. But enough talk, HAVE AT YOU!
minus-squaretiredofsametablinkfedilink3•8 days agoI think it’s ‘courage’ 勇 but the same caveat that I speak japanese and searched in japanese. I searched exactly be cause I thought it couldn’t just be ‘man’ heh
To be fair, I read Japanese and not Chinese, but the character on the Chinese re-enactor’s chest appears to just say “man”.
Edit: I missed that there’s a bit above the character for man, so I don’t know exactly what it says.
BEHOLD A MAN
What is a man? A miserable little pile of secrets. But enough talk, HAVE AT YOU!
Ecce homo, qui est faba
Google says “Male”
I think it’s ‘courage’ 勇 but the same caveat that I speak japanese and searched in japanese. I searched exactly be cause I thought it couldn’t just be ‘man’ heh