Relatable Cat Poems From 800 Years Ago (feat. Accented Cinema)

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[@XiranJayZhao]

Use my code XIRAN10 and link: bit.ly/3dXAHej to get 10% off your own authentic Japanese subscription box from Bokksu! Don't miss out on this amazing snack-journey through Japan! How did y'all like Accented Cinema as Cat Grandpa Lu You? 😂

[@sarahhutchinson229]

Accented Cinema was great casting! I believed he cared for those cats.

[@flyinjenny]

The cherry on top of a perfect video.

[@rustinashackleford1367]

@@flyinjenny I second this sentiment. He was hidden beyond the ...s when I was queuing up videos. Very pleasant surprise, once I heard him!

[@tvesha2223]

i saw the notification and clicked faster than a cat could drop stuff off a table

[@caseyjones5176]

The voice was perfect.

[@jasonelek9202]

He wrote a poem about his cat doing zoomies lol. I've never heard a more relatable poem

[@eclair6910]

I finally found it at 7:06

[@ayamothy4628]

“Zoomies” I’ve never heard that but it sounds adorable 😭

[@jasonelek9202]

@@ayamothy4628 what's funny is that I had never heard the term until the day before this video came out. I took my cat to the vet and asked her why he always runs really fast from one end of the apartment to the other and apparently it's called "zoomies" lol

[@mattquintana7814]

Good to know cats have been having the zoomies since the dawn of time lol

[@jasondaveries9716]

makes me think of that ancient greek author who wrote about how his dog Hyme and how he even kissed her on the mouth while at the same time justifying himself to people who think he's weird (from a Historia Civilis video)

[@sylvestercat1898]

“Cats are forever, humans are temporary.” -Lu You at some point

[@misslangleysoryuisiconic]

“I didn’t say that shit” - Lu You -

[@ghsoul]

“I didn’t say that shit either. That was not me.” -Lu You

[@ketaminepoptarts]

"every quote on the internet is 100% true" -lu you

[@maybemablemaples2144]

Beware of the stairs bro -Lu Bu

[@piss7610]

Ew Hetalia fan. Why would anyone watch a show that makes 1940s Germany a sexy boy? Nasty

[@RachelMWinship]

The Egyptians just fully embraced our destined role as cat servants. They understood the assignment.

[@comettts]

fr fr

[@tscream80]

To quote the old joke, "Cats were once worshipped as gods. *They have not forgotten this.*"

[@neuralmute]

@@tscream80 That's a Terry Pratchett quote. Sir Terry was a man of much wisdom, and like many wise people over the ages, he was owned by many cats.

[@Erikjust]

@@neuralmute Plus the strongest creature in Discworld is without a doubt You The Kitten. It even managed to make Greebo the biggest and strongest cat in all of the disc back down. And Lord Vetenari has approved of a new kind of interrogation called the Kitten Torture

[@neuralmute]

@@Erikjust All true. Even Moist von Lipwig would (sort of) behave at the prospect of being thrown to The Kittens! My feline owner approves, and enjoys sleeping on Pratchett's books immensely.

[@muixc]

You're so right about humans never changing. Every Cat Dad I know is like this. Complains about how lazy they are while adoring them to bits.

[@shytendeakatamanoir9740]

My dad don't even complain. He just adores them sincerely (and they unabashedly love him as well)

[@Caterfree10]

Suddenly reminded of that one meme where Miyazaki (I think) is looking at a cat saying “you have no schedule.”

[@---pj1xz]

Cat dads should write poems

[@yourmother9834]

This is literally my husband 😂

[@yourmother9834]

@@Caterfree10 yes that was him 😂

[@CloudburstSapphire]

it's funny how he says "this cat must've been my servant boy in a previous life," and then becoming a servant boy to his cats lmao

[@lunettasuziejewel2080]

Karma

[@michaelschneider8201]

Looks like YOU were the servant boy to THE CAT in the previous life instead!

[@severalcakes3267]

How the tables turn!

[@Tamaki742]

That's considered blasphemy, so the kitties mind controlled him via their dubious hivemind to serve them.

[@UltaFlame]

"They no long have any incentive to work hard!" And the cat stares at the camera for a second Perfection.

[@MizzWGGrrrl]

I loved that whole bit from about 07:15 onward! #MassiveShade #CatGoesWhoMe

[@lyn3325]

That really got me too. lol

[@TheGypsyVanners]

I caught that too and just laughed. Nice to share the moment. 😊

[@anactualotter6216]

People in medieval England wrote about their cats a lot too. I love how evidently that's one of the most fundamental human features

[@TheGameFilmGuruMan]

And medieval Ireland in the 800s. Pangur Bán anyone?

[@HawkinaBox]

I love how cats are widely known as having the same behaviors and everyone writes about itXD

[@jackodonail1980]

@@TheGameFilmGuruMan Pangur Bán is singularly the greatest poem of all time.

[@Anisa-ig6xw]

I remember seeing pictures of some manuscripts having cat paw prints all across lmao

[@blumelein6332]

@@Anisa-ig6xw Also that one medieval manuscript that mentioned how he had to write it all over again because his cat peed on his first manuscript

[@BlackHayateTheThird]

I come here for the intelligent hot-takes, critical break-downs, and the amazing outfits. Also this man is amazing, and people's adoration for cats is eternal

[@noodlemoss3808]

I can’t disagree with that!

[@yucol5661]

The awesome outfits and the background decorations make this like a podcast with visuals ❤️. The outfits are cool

[@JP-ku5hw]

Nobody has invited you here, I'm afraid.))

[@sheenamaeindita2837]

Damn that 'Rat Kept Ruining My Books So I Got A Cat and Within Days the Rats Were Vanquished' has a huge isekai light novel title energy lol

[@MollyHJohns]

Lol exactly 😂

[@MollyHJohns]

Or a chapter title for a Slow Life Isekai

[@мирвзвездах]

Or a cultivation novel title

[@lethaldream50]

this was my immediate thought lmao

[@thecrystalliaguild]

the cat is the isekai'd character from another world, the poet did a summoning ritual to get the cat

[@jhardman1876]

I feel a connection to this guy. We are separated by time and space and a million other things but we both agree that cats are awesome

[@HoshiMiddayDelusion]

If you write a book about the two cat dads on different sides of a war bonding over cats and then eloping with their cat children, I will sell my soul to get it

[@Hana_H]

OMG yes please

[@TheGameFilmGuruMan]

Could even have their cats plotting the whole thing in the background!

[@HoshiMiddayDelusion]

@@TheGameFilmGuruMan Hmm, but only if they don't talk to each other or we can't hear the cats' thoughts cause I don't like when animals are written like that. It makes them feel more human and I don't like that. But maybe they become besties and start going to each other's houses and the owners follow them to see where they came from and where their cat is disappearing sometimes and that's how the guys meet or something

[@tabboty]

I LOVE THIS TROPE OH MY GOD 😭

[@aesthetichousehold3319]

Gay cat dad's XD

[@carelessdreamer]

From vengeance and honor to liveblogging cats. Sounds like Zuko's canon-to-fanon arc.

[@sheilawidjaja7331]

He'll be live-blogging about turtle-ducks. LOL.

[@rx500android]

So true

[@ally939]

Oh my god, Zuko would be a cat dad

[@dfquartzidn6151]

I mean, he did get a dragon at some point.

[@VanNessy97]

Fanfic idea: Fire Lord Zuko becoming a cat dad and writing poems about his cats' entertaining antics. Each chapter is a different poem written by Fire Lord Zuko.

[@nicolehughes7863]

They never sleep on the themed "costumes" that shirt is adorable 😺

[@LauM]

Sorry to be *that* person, but Xiran is non binary and uses they/them pronouns :)

[@alertafayermonki]

@@LauM omg, thank you! I didn't knew that, I have never read someone use any pronouns to refer to them so I didn't knew

[@LauM]

@@mattybrunolucaszeneresalas9072 Tell your friend that they're welcome, haha

[@antoniocasias5545]

@@LauM I’m that friend. I knew it wouldn’t be long😈

[@nyan_katz]

gonna need a sauce for the fit

[@azwafitri9453]

Xiran, looking at their cat intensely : They no longer have any incentive to work hard Their cat : Shouldn’t you be the one who worship me? Smh

[@LauM]

Hi! Just as a reminder, Xiran uses they/them pronouns and is nonbinary :)

[@azwafitri9453]

@@LauM I’m so sorry, I didn’t know they were non-binary

[@LauM]

@@azwafitri9453 No worries, what it's important is that you're taking into account. Thank you!

[@TRexila]

i love the cat's perfect look at the camera like 'are they talking to me? did you see that?'

[@alastorcorvus]

hahaha not just that, as Xiran looks into the camera you can see that Koko makes a cameo stealthily passsing under the camera lens.

[@FlowersOfIcetor]

Reminds me of that Japanese poem written by a young emperor about his cat. I don’t remember it perfectly but it boiled down to “look at how pretty and silly my cat is, clearly it’s the best cat”. Cat ownership is the same everywhere and every time.

[@TheGameFilmGuruMan]

Then you have the studious Irish monk writing about his cat Pangur Bán and how they're just alike and focused in their own worlds. Cat people gonna do cat people things.

[@TheGypsyVanners]

​@@TheGameFilmGuruMan I have to find that poem.

[@AccentedCinema]

Aw sh$t, I forgot this was a thing.

[@NaomiSV]

Great narration as always!

[@XiranJayZhao]

hello cat grandpa

[@clonezero_RR]

I felt a bit giddy when I first heard you speak! Glad to see you two working together!

[@thegreenmanofnorwich]

I wasn't previously familiar with your work, but for whatever it's worth, I thought you were marvellous

[@AyakoHideko]

Thank you for breathing life into the poems Yang 😂 Your narrations will not go unappreciated! :P

[@kdonline119]

I feel so connected to this cat dad. I too like to sit and do nothing while cuddling my cat. I may be wrong but I think I read about a Japanese (prince? Some guy? Can’t remember) man who also wrote either poems or stories full of frustrated adoration about his cats. I remember at one point he talks about his cat being the best cat to have ever lived and if that’s not the most accurate cat owner sentence, I don’t know what is.

[@smolbluegoblin]

I love that story! it's a text by the young emperor Uda from Japan, I think it was around the 9th century? and yeah, all cats owners just describe the most basic cat and then goes "therefore this is the best cat ever and I love him" I'm guilty of this too

[@kdonline119]

@@smolbluegoblin that’s the one! Thank you! It’s basically a rule of cat ownership: your cat is the best cat that ever was and ever will be 😂

[@AlasKenn1]

Things I'm not surprised by: Ancient people saying "let me show you my cats"

[@hamstrbaxtr]

Same, I have shown online friends my cat before I showed them my face 😂

[@Hechauther]

😂

[@LizzBowlen]

"Cats have been having the zoomies and getting weird on catnip for over 800 years." This is comforting and also amazing.

[@TheGypsyVanners]

I agree! Knowing people bought catnip 800 years ago is cool.

[@willofbob]

I remember reading a Tumblr post (that, therefore might not be real) talking about one Japanese emperor's writings about his cat. He says, among other things, "I am convinced it is superior to all other cats", which checks out.

[@nomisunrider6472]

It’s real, it’s from the diary of Emperor Uda in the 9th century I believe. It’s the earliest written record of cats in Japan and they certainly made a splash.

[@XiaojunMa]

Holy! Never knew the famous "A Rainstorm on the Fourth Day of Eleventh Month" I learnt in school is just an accompanying piece to a cat live blog! 铁马冰河入梦来

[@XiranJayZhao]

YEAH IT IS HAHAHAHA. MAN WAS JUST CUDDLING HIS KITTY THEN WOKE UP IN THE COLD THINKING OF RETAKING THE NORTH ONCE AGAIN.

[@halkiierid4084]

"It's not drinking alone if the cat is with you" - Lu You

[@FurTheWorkers]

I know this is almost a year old, but one of my favorite jokes by ancient people that shows we haven't changed at all, is a cave in Scandinavia where historians found writing like 20 feet up on a cave wall. When they translated it, it came out as something like "This is really high."

[@TheGypsyVanners]

And Im reading your comment 2 years after she posted the video.

[@FurTheWorkers]

@@TheGypsyVanners Nice. I love when the comment section stays up and running long after the video was posted.

[@panqueque445]

I've never felt such a strong connection with a person who lived that long ago.

[@L0rdOfThePies]

Mhm! It makes em seem more human to me ^^ to see more of what their regular was like, outside of the wealthy and politics and war, they were just people

[@PaintSplashProductions]

What I love is that the titles of the poems sound like actual KZbin titles. Poems really were just KZbin Vlogs before the Internet was born

[@HulluMel]

there's something so heartwarming about how a man living in china 800 years ago had the exact same relationship with his cat as I do now on the opposite end of the continent

[@MrPooleish]

I love that we can guess the color of an 800 year old cat based solely on their names. Nice that some things never change.

[@TheGypsyVanners]

I think its amusing people still choose such obvious and ubiquitus names as Snowy and Tiger.. :)

[@merrittanimation7721]

In this video, we have an two people whose careers in politics were not meant to be so turned to the arts (though different types)

[@XiranJayZhao]

the whole song dynasty be like

[@dawn7539]

In fact, in those days, they would have been artists in their own right. Because poetry, painting, tea ceremony, opera appreciation, dancing, craft making ．．．．．． were also skills that officials would use socially.

[@arealconservative8712]

And when the situation was reversed, it led to World War II.

[@NoelHasFeathers]

there is something so soft and tender about reading these poems written centuries ago. kind of like the bear from the cave painting, it makes me feel happy to be human sometimes. thank you for sharing Xiran! would love more of these from different time periods!

[@not_you_i_dont_even_know_you]

Precious few things make me happy to be human, but being my cats butler is def a reason to soldier on

[@inubaka07]

"They no longer have any incentive to work hard" Ah I see you've met my cats

[@noaccount2494]

I loved this! So cute! Also reminded me how there's an ancient manuscript with cat pawprints on it in ink because cats absolutely will knock over your ink and step on your stuff

[@hoppytoad79]

Multiple manuscripts. Also bricks and...so many things. Cats be like "Messin' it up because I can LOL!"

[@ysucae]

and countless paintings having traces of cat hair. oil paintings can dissolve them in a couple years but always remember old painting could have been covered in them for all we know lol

[@cramerfloro5936]

At my high school we studied ancient greek literature, and sure, we read the great poems likethe Iliad, Oddisey, Theogony, etc. But we also read the little symposium poems about food, drinks, cute boys, or Theocrite's urban and pastoral scenes, like the one about two sicilian immigrant women going out together to a religious festival. I just love ancient poetry about the everyday things that just doesn't seem to change!

[@edgar-sama642]

This reminds me of ancient Roman epitaphs for dogs. You can look them up, but they are very sad

[@LauM]

Wait, why are they sad¡

[@Rynamony]

@@LauM "My eyes were wet with tears, our little dog, when I bore thee (to the grave)... So, Patricus, never again shall thou give me a thousand kisses. Never canst thou be contentedly in my lap. In sadness have I buried thee, and thou deservist. In a resting place of marble, I have put thee for all time by the side of my shade. In thy qualities, sagacious thou wert like a human being. Ah, me! What a loved companion have we lost!"

[@jessi330]

@@Rynamony This checks out. yep, really sad.

[@StoneSaysHello]

It took me almost a full minute to realize the hair peices on your head are made to look like cat ears, and almost another minute to realize you are wearing a cat shirt. Great thematic clothing!

[@burushifudara]

I only noticed the shirt after I saw someone pointing it out in the comments

[@falconeshield]

​@@burushifudara Me too!

[@erinniccoinn1gh]

i wish you could see how big i'm smiling watching this video. if you want an irish version of this exact same medieval cat monk phenomenon, look up 'pangur bán'. humankind has literally never, ever changed anywhere and NEITHER HAVE CATS

[@alastorcorvus]

From what I know, ancient Irish clans also worshipped Tortoiseshell/Calico cats because having Three-Colored coats made them more attuned with the nature of the cycle of life which IIRC is the similar to the Triskele symbolsim and their overall "obsession" with the number 3.

[@roselover411]

Adoring the clips of Temujin and Kokochin in the background. This will be one of my favorite videos XD Gotta love a poet who writes at length about his cat XD

[@Hurricayne92]

I mean they are the stars right? 😂

[@rain596]

which cat is which?

[@misamisaa4547]

@@rain596 Temujin is the white one with spots while Kokochin is the dark grey one ^^

[@rain596]

@@misamisaa4547 tysm !! they're super cute

[@MKWarbler]

Best video so far, more cat interaction needed in future submissions.

[@thegreenmanofnorwich]

7:23 I love how your cat looks at you and then at the camera, like "Were you talking about me? Were they talking about me?"

[@dohavename6775]

These poems are so... Simple yet relatable. You feel that these people had lived so much slower than we do nowadays. There's a definite beauty in it.

[@jaredbolinsky1]

I love it because he basically documented how he became a modern day "Crazy Cat Lady". And i am here for it!!

[@nishidohellhillsruler6731]

I can feel it in my heart that this dude is either my ancestor, or I'm his reincarnation, for I have too written poems about my cats, such titled as "Little S.O.B.", which sort of goes like: Little S.O.B., those were my clean sheets; What had you eaten I can tell, Since I see it really well, That you have puked the fur of mice, Making me shout "What the hell!". And now we wait until someone brings up this comment in a video 800 years from now, so the cycle starts again :D

[@TheLaughingPanda]

My personal ancient-people-are-the-same-as-us moment was reading Sei Shonagon's The Pillow Book in premodern Japanese literature class. Intensely relatable.

[@SilverFoxSpirit97]

As a cat owner, "Everyday I see you sleeping without worry -so for what reason do you keep rushing here and there?" is an absolute mood

[@nicolehughes7863]

I love this collab, my two educators in Chinese history and culture

[@fossilfighters101]

ya know for a sec i thought you meant the collab between xiran and lu you

[@HappyGardenOfLife]

You should look into Chinese Cooking Demystified. That's another good channel about Chinese culture.

[@sierrastarrroberts7910]

This reminds me of "The cat who went to heaven" by Elizabeth Coatsworth. A poor painter adopts a tricolor cat. He then gets a commissioned to paint for the buddhist temple- the scene where animals show up to mourn the death of Buddha- where a cat was one of the only animals that didn't show up [I'm not Buddhist so I don't know if this is based on a story in the religion's canon or made up for the book]. Thus "no cat goes to heaven", but the the cat prays with his master and clearly wants to be part of the painting. Dilemma of the painter: make the cat happy by adding it and lose the money from the temple or make the cat depressed but get the money? After this would be spoiler territory.

[@wayfaringspacepoet]

I have that book! it's so sweet but very sad, should be noted tho that it's a Japanese story

[@greygryphon6881]

I remember that book!!

[@VioletCatbird]

Oh that book makes me cry!

[@reisatsuki5891]

Can someone please spoils me how does it ends?

[@ladydisdain225]

I was also thinking of that story. Still have my copy

[@spacegay9309]

"Your plan was so clever that my frustrations are difficult to explain." (every one that has a pet, ever)

[@roninelenion4805]

One of my favorite things about studying literature is finding gems like these that prove that humans have always been weird.

[@esczaman1299]

Wow, What a legend. He will be a hero for the cats lol.

[@cacamilis8477]

This reminds me of the poem "Pangur Bán", which was written in the notebook by an Early Medieval Irish monk, who compares his little white kitten chasing mice to himself, diligently writing and illuminating his Bible. Both his kitten and himself, he writes, are fixated on a common art. They are both masters of their crafts, whether it's writing intricately decorated letters, or stalking rodents in the depth of night. Old Irish: Messe ocus Pangur Bán, cechtar nathar fria saindán; bíth a menma-sam fri seilgg, mu menma céin im saincheirdd Caraim-se fos, ferr cach clú, oc mu lebrán léir ingnu; ní foirmtech frimm Pangur bán, caraid cesin a maccdán. Ó ru·biam - scél cen scís - innar tegdais ar n-óendís, táithiunn - díchríchide clius - ní fris tarddam ar n-áthius. Gnáth-húaraib ar gressaib gal glenaid luch inna lín-sam; os mé, du·fuit im lín chéin dliged n-doraid cu n-dronchéill. Fúachid-sem fri frega fál a rosc anglése comlán; fúachimm chéin fri fégi fis mu rosc réil, cesu imdis, Fáelid-sem cu n-déne dul hi·n-glen luch inna gérchrub; hi·tucu cheist n-doraid n-dil, os mé chene am fáelid. Cía beimmi amin nach ré, ní·derban cách ar chéle. Maith la cechtar nár a dán, subaigthius a óenurán. Hé fesin as choimsid dáu in muid du·n-gní cach óenláu; du thabairt doraid du glé for mu mud céin am messe. Modern English: I and Pangur Bán, each of us two at his special art: his mind at hunting (mice), my own mind is in my special craft. I love to rest-better than any fame-at my booklet with diligent science: not envious of me is Pangur Bán: he himself loves his childish art. When we are-tale without tedium-in our house, we two alone, we have-unlimited (is) feat-sport-something to which to apply our acuteness. It is customary at times by feat of valour, that a mouse sticks in his net, and for me there falls into my net a difficult dictum with hard meaning. His eye, this glancing full one, he points against the wall-fence: I myself against the keenness of science point my clear eye, though it is very feeble. He is joyous with speedy going where a mouse sticks in his sharp-claw: I too am joyous, where I understand a difficult dear question. Though we are thus always, neither hinders the other: each of us two likes his art, amuses himself alone. He himself is the master of the work which he does every day: while I am at my own work, (which is) to bring difficulty to clearness.

[@dianaanca5862]

I love how their cats switch when Xiran starts talking about the other poet

[@FiendishOmen]

"Full fledge cat slave, he is" 😂 I kept my old couch ottoman when I sold my couch just because my cat loves it so much now she just has a giant bed with 3 blankets and 16 inch Squishmallow as beds on top of her big bed

[@Nkanyiso_K]

I'm glad the world got to listen to Accented Cinema read poetry. *May the Gods bless you both*

[@daniellclary]

Love how you talking about cat poems, while your cats are crawling all around you. Not will you only find that humans from ancient times are not all that different, or humans of different locations, but you will find many animals of the world are not that much different from us.

[@Grim_Sister]

What I expected: a few poems detailing Chinese legends of cats What I’ve got: a old wise scholar’s slow decent to become a cat lady.

[@ssrlly]

The Crossover we all needed! Please do more with Accented Cinema!! Imagine a podcast together!

[@acecat2798]

The best cat poem from medieval Europe is an Irish one called “Pangur Bán”, written by a young monk in his notebook, comparing his studying to his cat’s mouse hunting. It begins: I and Pangur Bán my cat, ‘Tis a like task we are at: Hunting mice is his delight, Hunting words I sit all night. It seems like scholars and cats have teamed up to keep books safe for thousands of years.

[@Ebrill_Owen]

I love Pangur Ban! One of my favorite poems ever!

[@little_ghosty1854]

The judging looks she gives her cats throughout this video makes 100 times better

[@ren-142]

As a person who's obsessed with cats, the story is so interesting and her outfit is so cute every vid, I would love to learn more Chinese stories

[@technopoptart]

"their outfit is so cute in every vid"

[@mermaidleesi]

This was informative, entertaining, AND adorable all at the same time! It's heartwarming knowing that someone from long ago loved his cats like I loved my cats. It makes me think of all the classic artwork (from every culture) where they include their dogs and cats as a detail, or even as the subject of the artwork itself. I get the same vibes and warm feelings of sonder. It's cool that these poems were even translated into English. Even though I can't understand the original language and I probably miss some smaller nuances, I get the feeling. It's adorable and hilarious.

[@gasmonkey1000]

@1:54 kot: "rats bothering you mama? I'll get them." Seriously that thing is adorable

[@aimeeinkling]

I love it when you run into bits of history that humanize people of the past.

[@tekinafiction9324]

xiran: they no longer have any incentive to work hard their cats: 👁 w 👁?

[@SomeBlokeOrWhatever]

I like how your actual cat keeps making faces like it knows exactly what you're on about

[@lumKyo]

The way Xiran pointedly looks at their cats whenever the cats block the camera or do any other shenanigans is so precious this is exactly the content I'm here for

[@anonymousdratini]

Lu You really went through the same process as the ancient Egyptians did when cats domesticated themselves originally XD “Well they don’t do any mousecatching anymore… but they’re cute and they like to cuddle so it’s ok.”

[@iprobablyforgotsomething]

I love how when you talk about the cat-poet on the other side of the war, your white kitty jumps down, and your grey kitty jumps up, serving as a visual aide for how we've metaphorically switched sides on the chessboard of war to talk about how the other side is (cat-obsessed) human, too.

[@giabread]

I immediately recognized AccentedCinema. The man's a treasure.

[@jdzencelowcz]

I've had 4 cats in my life so far, one given by a neighbor, one stray adopted me & brought his mate, & a different stray adopting me years after the first stray became a widower. I guess there were no strays back then.

[@Imperiused]

Really a great pleasure to touch minds with a fellow cat lover who lived almost a millennium ago. Also, I love Accented Cinema. He did a great job with the poems. ALSO - cute outfit!

[@heatherwicks9341]

this video made me smile so hard 800 year old cat poems is my new favorite genre

[@AMoniqueOcampo]

Try deep-diving into Roman history and realizing how similar the government of Ancient Rome was to the US. Also, love the look of this video and the cat cameos!

[@selenium3447]

Shes Canadian, so I doubt that would be an easy vid for her

[@earnestlanguage4242]

Taught Roman history, can confirm. Also, the plot of Star Wars = Roman history too

[@TheGypsyVanners]

2 years after posting it - it made me smile, gave me the push to grab the lap top here in the coolness, closer to my cat and I, and get to work... Thanks.

[@KidWithGlassesON]

Hong Konger here, Love the videos Xiran! It is widely believed and supported that poems written in the Tang(Mandarin)/Tong(Cantonese) and Song Dynasty were written with the Cantonese language perspective, the poems tend to rhyme more if read with Cantonese, and certain characters in the original versions are ‘Ancient Han/Chinese’ (古漢語) that is historically and still commonly used in Cantonese, some current versions of the same poems might replace using more modern characters instead that is more commonly associated with Mandarin.

[@Myusername499]

Cat: does the zoomies Chinese poet: inspiring!

[@TheGrinningViking]

I like how quickly things go from having no money for fish, to having a little money for fish, to casual mentions of catnip, to suddenly having the money for enough fish that his cats aren't hungry enough to hunt mice so much anymore. This is a guy after my own heart. When I was poor and living off of lies and hope I learned how to make cat food with rice and canned tuna. Tastes ok. Mostly I just ate ice and ten cent ramen I got on sale though. Today I live in a bueatiful home, the neighbor is senile and once in a while a mouse used to sneak in from their place. The cats would tell me where it was and I caught it in a rag or a trash bag before tossing it back over the fence. The cats have unfortunately trained me to hunt the mice that bother them by trying to eat their cat food. But they are adorable, so it is the way of things.

[@deanzaZZR]

I love this sort of thing. I remember in college reading some Japanese Zen priest from a few centuries ago writing about his cat and the Zen lessons he/she bestowed. One simple thought that I remember, is cat is always cat, never pretending to be something else. Or the extreme mind focus when stalking a mouse. Unfortunately I cannot find these poems now. I would love to hear the poems spoken in Chinese as well. I can read Chinese at a decent level but looking up the 20-30% of the characters I am unsure of takes time.

[@kbye2321]

I’m can’t seem to find a poem about this exactly but I did find research paper about cats and Zen monasticism. I know this is late but I hope it helps!: terebess.hu/zen/cat-poems.pdf

[@Vesprynna]

Not gonna lie, these poems made me smile so much. The deep love he clearly had for his cats is beautiful to witness :) I can relate so hard, and I love this wholesome type of content from you too!

[@mailimcquaid6300]

Aw cat dads, I'd ship it lol. Would love to see your chinese cultural breakdown of heavens official blessing, it's such a beautiful show.

[@weavery4292]

I'm glad Lu You got a rug for his cats

[@auricstorm]

I like the ending of the video. Kokochin either a) does "Talk to the paw", or b) goes "Imma stop you there"

[@DreamcastSwirly]

I'm obsessed with your cats.

[@SugarDemon132]

Love how the kitty at the end raised it paw too whens shes like why are you like this😭😭😭

[@jacks.6243]

Kokochin just goes 'talk to the paw' in the end there. ;D

[@weareallbornmad410]

I love that there is poetry about not going outside.

[@emilysmith2965]

I love both the kitties in this video 🥺 but especially the teeeny spot on the tricolor cat’s lil nose. It is extremely cute.

[@ochahap]

These poems reminded me of the irish poem Pangur Bán, I’d recommend reading Seamus Heaney’s translation of it.

[@asa.pankeiki]

The collab we’ve all been waiting for

[@AymarMaluenda]

I cannot take my eyes from that amazing, extremely cute cat-ear hairstyle

[@kramermariav]

Aw, the ears! Have you read the writing of Japanese emperor Uda on his cat? Good stuff

[@18grape]

Aww Temujin is growing up so fast.Too fast! I wish this cutie would remain a kitten forever.

[@solarmoth4628]

Feelings about not wanting to go out on a cold or rainy day trancends time.

[@DeanyreOfHufflepuff]

i stopped reading the title after cat poems... because.... reasons... and was so SHOCKED to hear accented cinemas voice.... like i jumped out of my seat

[@AnnaKin]

Dude, how did you miss that he got a rug for the cat by the second poem and cushion by the third? Hahaha "Me and my cat are not leaving the house" is perfect. I need this embroidered on a pillow.

[@LetsSewIt]

I love how people just shifted from cat poems to cat videos over a millennia

[@fntthesmth423]

after four years at college doing only traditional chinese characters trying to read simplified feels like trying to read english but every once in a wle a single lette is missing

[@weirdofromhalo]

I feel the same reading traditional after learning simplified. Most characters follow obvious patterns or are used often enough you know what they convert to, but the one I always get tripped up on is 护/護。

[@lothcatskilledthesith6903]

I was so focused on the cute hair, I didn't notice the shirt until the end. I love it!

[@erikoftheinternet]

When do we get an audiobook of Lu You's selected works read by Accented Cinema? I could listen to that guy's calming voice talk about cats and rugs and hearths all day.

[@ldkmelon]

I think there are many evidences of the ancients loving their pets. However I think the fact that cats were the first major indoor pet helps add so much more evidence to them.

[@OhCrapI_He]

I heard that there was an ancient cave writing 12 feet in the air, and when we were able to translate the writing into English, it translated to "This is very high." My sister and I joked about how that was the world's first shitpost

[@CeleryStickz]

Oh shit Boxu is actually really good! Awesome that they sponsored you!!