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Posted on: Detective Li 2： The Mysterious Text Message
June 8, 2011 at 1:43 PMI also think that you have nailed it and I wouldn't worry about the 区, because Chinese addresses start general and proceed to the specific. The location is described as 五木朝阳区 which, with your help, I would translate as 林森公园 where you face the sun (I've come back to that after reading your post) which I agree could be 东门. That is, 区 simply identifies the location, the place planned for the meeting. Your time is probably the simplest so I will go with you & Occam on that as well. The number of strokes is perhaps a bit complicated - will leave that as my second preference. Actually I will rush a party out to be there at 12:30am and if all is quiet I will go out again to catch them at 5:18am. Policing is hard work. Specially if you get the wrong day. I liked Baba's explanation but I am going to plump for June 04 (based on number of strokes) to be different.
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Posted on: Detective Li 2： The Mysterious Text Message
June 8, 2011 at 1:05 PMI was hoping Jason could clarify whether we could use the (actually Arabic not Roman I've just realized) 3 you mention, but I think he has sensibly gone home.
Posted on: Detective Li 2： The Mysterious Text Message
June 8, 2011 at 1:02 PM'astrology charts?' :)
'traditional form' ?
So many variables. We need 奥卡姆剃刀 (Occam's Razor), 排除不必要的要素的思考方式。。
Thanks for explaining midnight - when the moon is opposite the sun. I think that just pips my 12:30am, which was based on your number of strokes before you introduced traditional characters. :) Which incidentally turns my 12:30am into 12:50am. I'm staying with simplified。。
But before I do, the traditional form of 区 has 产品的 品 inside. Indicating drugs at the meeting place? Or 品 pǐn (trying/tasting) the drugs.
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Posted on: Detective Li 2： The Mysterious Text Message
June 8, 2011 at 11:25 AM'Maybe this is like a sundial. But my feeling is that this first character is only about date, one of the other characters is about time and the 3rd one is about place.' That would be nice and neat. They all 3 have so many old or multiple meanings that your solution is feasible. We know that 区 is not about time. I like your explanation for date.
A bit fancier solution could be that each character points to the other two, eg.
区 (place) is indicated by 朝阳 (facing the sun - a bit general I admit)
阳 (date - 阳 signifies the Gregorian calendar) is indicated by 朝区
朝 (time - 朝代的朝) is indicated by 阳区。
I guess you could also argue:
区 (place) - indicated by 朝阳, or itself
朝 (date) - indicated by 阳区, or itself [your solution]
阳 (time of day) - indicated by 朝区, or itself
My current guess:
Place: in the forest, on the south side of the mountain (I forgo the 'facing the sun' solution because we are told that the meeting occurs at night)
Date: 10th day of the 10th month (thanks Baba); an alternative using number of strokes could be June 04
Time of day: While I like the symmetry of my original solution (12:30 am) to be consistent here I have to go with 12:20 am.
Posted on: Detective Li 2： The Mysterious Text Message
June 8, 2011 at 10:39 AMThere's an anime character called五木 （ Itsuki） according to Wikipaedia. But I can't see any clues there.
Posted on: Detective Li 2： The Mysterious Text Message
June 8, 2011 at 10:37 AM朝 - 12
阳 - 6
区 - 4 (no - Jason says 区 is not a clue about time).
However, 朝 阳 could mean 12:30 am. (small hand on the 12, big hand on the 6.)
Posted on: Detective Li 2： The Mysterious Text Message
June 8, 2011 at 9:58 AMI'm a little worried by 具体日期、时间和地点，都在这个暗号里，每个字都有意义! 很确切的！Baba seems to have the date. My location could be one of a million places in China. :)
这都是中文的意义，吗？ I don't want to spoil it for Baba, who is on a roll, but are there any English/Roman references in the clues?
Posted on: Detective Li 2： The Mysterious Text Message
June 8, 2011 at 9:08 AMThere could be a reference to Itsuki, didn't someone say 五木 is a Japanese word. translates as Itsuki, an anime character. Still no closer to a time. Which is running out.
Posted on: Detective Li 2： The Mysterious Text Message
June 8, 2011 at 1:53 PMUsing number of strokes we get June 04 (simplified) or November 11 (traditional). I like to think these are current - like it just happened a couple of days ago!