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十方地狱之主 Master of the Ten Directions' Hell
妙严宫 雪华 Myogenguu Setsuka Setsuka Myougenguu
能力 冰封世界程度的能力 Ability: Capable of freezing the world
危险度 低 Threat Level: Low
人类友好度 不明 Human friendship level: Unknown
主要活动场所 大莲华地狱 Main place of activity: Hell of Great Lotuses
介绍 Introduction
她是地狱管理机构的高层人物之一,支配着冰天雪地的八寒地狱,是盘踞深渊的实权者。

理论上她对地狱的运营方针有重大决策权,各地的审判长和鬼神长都是其下属,需要听从她的命令行事。

She is one of the top figures in the Hell's governing body, ruler of the icy Eight Cold Hells, and the de-facto authority entrenched in the Abyss.

Theoretically, she has the power to make major decisions regarding the policies of Hell's operation, and judges and kishin chiefs everywhere are subordinates of hers required to act under her orders.

不过实际上,她几乎不干涉八寒地狱的事务,也不参与对罪人的审判和惩罚,工作全都委派给部下。

她对日常事务采取放任的态度,唯独对八寒地狱最深处的大莲华地狱,倾注了十二分的重视。

In practice, however, she hardly interferes in the affairs of the Eight Cold Hells, nor does she participate in the judging and punishment of sinners, delegating all her work to her subordinates.

Although she takes a laissez-faire approach to daily affairs, she attaches great importance to the Hell of Great Lotuses, the deepest part of the Eight Cold Hells.

大莲华地狱被禁止除亲信外任何人出入,内部的一切事务都由她自行处理,完全是她的个人领地。

根据她定下的规则,送入大莲华地狱的罪人无须审判,直接在她这个典狱长的监管下服刑。

The Hell of Great Lotuses forbids entry and exit to anyone except close friends of hers, and all internal affairs are handled by her, making it her personal domain.

According to her rules, sinners who are sent to the Hell of Great Lotuses do not need to be tried, and will instead serve their sentences directly under her supervision as the warden.

但规则里并没有说明“刑期”究竟有长,按照我的理解,这个地狱的服刑时间大概是“永久”。

这也意味着,她坐镇大莲华地狱的期限同样为“永久”,深渊的束缚,同时作用于狱长和囚犯。

Though the rules do not specify the length of the "sentence", but as I understand it, the time served in this Hell is probably "eternal".

This also means that she sits in the Hell of Great Lotuses for a similarly "eternal" period, the bonds of the Abyss acting on both the warden and the prisoner.

不可思议的是,明明她需要坐镇大莲华地狱,却又能亲身来到幻想乡境内,甚至能和贤者们洽谈。

(※实际上,这篇记录中关于地狱的信息,大多由她提供,难以想象她能同时身处地狱和幻想乡)

It's inconceivable that she'd be able to come to Gensokyo in person and even negotiate with the Sages despite having to sit in the Hell of Great Lotuses.

(*In fact, she provided most of the information about Hell in these records, so it is hard to imagine that she could be in both Hell and Gensokyo.)

此外,这位地狱主宰久居深渊,却对地上的情况颇为熟悉,她甚至精准地说中了我内心深处的烦恼。

难道说,她也像地藏大人或是救世观音那样,能够倾听到浮世众生的所思所想么?

In addition, this Hellmaster has lived in the Abyss for a long time, yet she knows the situation on the surface quite well, and she even accurately spoke to my deepest worries.

Could it be that she, like Jizo or Guanyin, is able to listen to the thoughts of the living?

“十天尊” "Ten Divinities"
在过去的认知中,管理地狱各级职能机构的“是非曲直厅”,其首脑集团称作“十王”。

(※秦广王、楚江王、宋帝王、五官王、阎魔王、卞城王、泰山王、平等王、都市王、转轮王。)

In the past, the "Ministry of Right and Wrong", which manages the functions of the various Hells, was known as the "Ten Kings".

(*King Shinko, King Shoko, King Soutei, King Gokan, King Enma, King Hensei, King Taizan, King Byodo, King Toshi, and King Godou-Tenrin)

但按照雪华的说法,她是被称作“十天尊”的管理集团的一份子,治理着十方地狱。

她作为“十天尊”的一员,是占据“北方”、从本尊中分得“冰雪”这一权能的存在。

According to Setsuka, however, she is part of the management group known as the "Ten Divinities", which governs the ten directions of Hell.

As a member of the Ten Divinities, she is the one who occupies the "North" and has been given the power of "ice and snow" from the original deity.

“天尊”是对高位天神的尊称,她们本应是居于云端的神明,且都源自同一个本尊。

也就是说,那位天神将自己分成十个化身,分别掌握十种权能,分别坐镇十个地狱。

"Divinity" is the honorific for the higher gods, who supposedly once lived in the clouds and all originated from the same deity.

In other words, that god divided herself into ten incarnations, each holding ten powers and sitting in each of the ten Hells.

据她所说,之所以要分割自己、降临地狱,一切都是为了在深渊中进行度化和救赎。

当众生的苦难全都得到救赎,灵魂的罪恶全都得到度化之时,她们才会复归本尊、合而为一。
(※地藏大人亦有相似的誓愿,所谓:众生度尽,方证菩提,地狱未空,誓不成佛)

According to her, the reason for dividing herself and descending into Hell is to bring about redemption and salvation in the Abyss.

When the suffering of all living beings is eliminated and the sins of all souls are atoned for, then these beings will return to their original form and become one. (*Jizo also has a similar vow: "Only when all sentient beings have been redeemed will I attain enlightenment, and only when Hell is empty will I become a Buddha.")

那么“地藏”、“十王”和“十天尊”关系如何?她们是平级或者上下级?亦或如硬币一体两面?

真相难以知晓,只有一点可以确定:

What is the relationship between Jizo, the Ten Kings, and the Ten Divinities? Are they equals? Master and servant?

Or are they like two sides of the same coin? It is difficult to know the truth, but one thing is certain:

地狱的大人物和我们并不遥远,她们在深渊中凝视着整个世界。 The great figures of Hell are not distant from us, they are staring at the world from within the Abyss.
地狱净土 Hellish Pure Land
地狱是那样的辽阔,不可能窥见其全貌,也因此出现了许多难以用常识理解的构造。

据说八寒地狱的深渊,从整体上看如同漏斗,罪人顺着叹息之冥河流淌而下,直至尖端的那个点。

Hell is so vast that it is impossible to capture its entirety, and as a result there are many structures that are difficult to fathom with common sense.

The Abyss of the Eight Cold Hells is said to be like a funnel overall, with sinners flowing down the River Cocytus until they reach the point at the tip.

一旦穿过冥府的壁垒,就能抵达“至福乐土”,从此摆脱尘世的苦难,获得永恒的救赎……

这些动听的言辞是地狱赠给罪人的安慰剂,好让迎来终末的灵魂能放弃一切,坦然接受命运。

Once they pass through the barrier of the netherworld, they will reach "Elysium", where they will be free from earthly suffering and obtain eternal salvation...

Such beautiful words are a placebo that Hell feeds to sinners, to ensure that at the end of their lives, they can abandon everything and openly accept their fate.

实际上,进入地狱的罪人会被一路上的严寒消解,灵魂亦被研磨成碎片,顺着冥河流入深渊中的罪海。

经过罪海的洗涤,罪人那满是污秽的灵魂得到净化,以结晶的方式从海中析出,化作美丽的莲花。

Truth be told, sinners who enter this Hell will be disintegrated by the cold along the way, and their souls will be ground up as they flow through Cocytus into the Sea of Sin lying in the abyss.

After being cleansed by the Sea of Sin, the sinner's unclean soul is purified and crystallized into a beautiful lotus flower.

没有意识自然也没有痛苦,成为净土的莲雨自然也从俗世中解脱,某种意义上,这确实是永恒的救赎。

但是相对的,生命在这里被彻底抹消,没有意识也不可能感受到快乐和幸福,反而是种永恒的苦刑。

Having no consciousness and thus feeling no pain, the purified lotus rain is naturally liberated from the secular world, and in a way, this is indeed eternal salvation.

Conversely, life is completely nullified here, and the absence of consciousness makes it impossible to feel pleasure and happiness, which instead marks this as an eternal torment.

雪华说“长乐界净土”是她创造的“至福乐土”,是灵魂的归宿。

我觉得“大莲华地狱”是她建造的“深渊葬地”,是生命的牢笼。

Setsuka describes this "Pure Land of Eternal Delight" she created as "the land of utmost bliss", a place for souls to return to.

I believe that this "Hell of Great Lotuses" she created is an "abyssal burial ground", a prison for the living.

对策 Countermeasures
她平时坐镇于大莲华地狱,普通人几乎不可能与她接触。

但是在寒流冰封的异变之后,她的身影也开始出现在幻想乡,似乎和鬼神长一样在四处走访。

She usually resides in the Hell of Great Lotuses, and it is almost impossible for ordinary people to come into contact with her.

But after the cold snap incident, her form also began to appear in Gensokyo, seemingly travelling around as much as the kishin chief.

能让自己同时身处两个地方,既然有二重身的例子,我猜幻想乡中的十有八九是她的化身。

普通人还是对她敬而远之为好,且不论这个化身拥有本体的多少权能,和地狱接触一般都没什么好事。

Since she can be in two places at once, and seeing as there have been cases of doppelgangers, I'm guessing that the ones in Gensokyo are most likely her avatars.

Ordinary humans are better off staying away from her, and no matter how much power the avatar has in her own body, contact with Hell is generally nothing good.

她对于幻想乡的态度非常“友好”,或者说她在走访后对幻想乡的情况非常“满意”。

她的赞赏出于何种标准尚且不得而知,只要地狱的大人物对幻想乡不抱敌意,那就谢天谢地了。

She is very "friendly" towards Gensokyo, or rather, she is very "satisfied" with the situation in Gensokyo after her visit.

It is not known what criteria she based her approval on, but thank goodness the authorities in Hell are not hostile to Gensokyo.

我在前文也提到过,她也拥有地藏大人或救世观音一般的力量,能够听到人内心深处的烦恼。

如果能够从她那里得到一些关于人生的建议,说不定可以帮助你纾解烦恼,走出当下的困境。

As I mentioned earlier, she also possesses the power of Jizo and Guanyin, and can hear one's innermost worries.

If you were able to receive some advice from her about your life, it might help you to relieve your worries and overcome current dilemmas.

当然,以上种种都是针对现世的居民,不想死后在她那里受刑的话,此生还是多行善举吧。 Of course, everything stated above is for the inhabitants of the living world. If you don't want to be tortured under her watch after death, you should do more good deeds in this life.
简评 Brief Commentary
画师简评:

6boss雪华也是让我花费了许多经历去设计的角色了。
因为老板对于最重要的角色的构想必然是十分具体完善了的,
在融合自己的想法时必然会产生许多想法上的碰撞。
我希望角色的设计特点、装束等更能符合其身份与背景,如其与道教相关的设定,
而过于尊重出处的元素,却影响其作为少女的美观而得不到老板的认同。
好在最终还是在两人的观点之间找到了平衡。

Artist's Comment:

I spent much time to design Setsuka, the Stage 6 boss.
Because Boss already had quite concrete ideas for such an important character,
some of my ideas were bound to conflict when I tried to add my own style.
I wanted her special attributes, clothing, etc. to match her identity and background, for example her Taoist roots.
And because I paid too much respect to the original source elements, it affected her aesthetic as a young maiden and Boss didn't approve of it.
The good thing was that in the end we found a balance to both of our views.

乐师简评:

以下内容请阅读完Extra Story后食用。
本应是阿修罗向天神复仇、“众生皆可度,恶鬼亦如是”这样一个宏大的故事,却被我的百合脑看出了一丝橘里橘气。
外冷内热情窦初开女王攻雪华 × 表面帅气飒爽内心傲娇受星罗,这样的设定……好像也挺动感的不是嘛。
已经在脑补十万字小黄文小蓝文小红文(?)了。
也正是因为这个,所以我在曲名、曲子结构、和弦等很多方面都夹带了私货,做成了相互照应的样子。
对嘛,不错,就是这样。
希望大家能在这方面多多三次创作,你们都是我的衣食父母。要糖!
雪华,星罗,结婚,立刻!
……
顺便,大家应该也猜得到雪华设计成白丝雪糕的罪魁祸首是谁吧。
诶嘿嘿。
我好想做雪华小姐的狗啊(下略)。

Composer's Comment:

Please read the Extra Story before continuing below.
Originally it was a story of an asura taking revenge against the gods, and "All sentient beings can reach salvation, Even wicked devils", and all that, but my yuri-brain spotted a sliver of lesbianism in there.
Cool on the outside, hot on the inside, discovering her love for the first time: top Queen Setsuka × Cool and dashing on the outside, yet tsundere on the inside: bottom Seira. This sort of setting is...also kinda emotional, right?
My brain is already imagining a 10000-character little yellow text[1], little blue text, little red text(?)...
Precisely because of this, I added lots of correspondences between the track names, structures, and chords, as a bit of a selfish move.
Ah, yes, that's what happened.
I hope everyone can make fanworks about this. I'm counting on you to make a living. I want candy!
Setsuka, Seira; Get married! Now!
...
Oh and also, everyone can probably guess whose fault it is that Setsuka is a little ice cream cutie in white stockings[2].
Ehehe.
I really want to be Miss Setsuka's dog[3] (rest omitted).

References

  1. Erotic media is associated with the color yellow in Chinese
  2. Ice cream is a slang term meaning something someone wants to peropero (lick)
  3. A slang expression in Chinese that means, crudely, "wanna be her slave" or "wanna be her bitch". It also has connotations with peropero (licking) as discussed earlier.
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