chinese puzzle #2

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Last month I posted a puzzle for fellow learners of Chinese. That was "found-art". This one is homemade:

http://blogs.princeton.edu/pia/personal/gtate/assets/puzzle2.pdf

The excerpt on the left is meant to look like Harry Potter fan fiction (writing it is probably the nerdiest thing I've done this year), and the strategically-placed blanks on the right are for you, the puzzle do-er, to fill in. With what, you ask? I've provided one example answer, written in blue, and the rest is up to you. The final answer is a name, and the first person to send me that name (in an email or private message; do NOT write any guesses in the comments!) will win a very prestigious prize of my choosing. Here are some preliminary hints:

* the answer is not "Michelle Yip"

* Harry Potter has nothing to do with this puzzle

* The MDBG Chinese-English dictionary is probably your best bet for translations

* this puzzle will be difficult if you've never seen any Chinese movies, but you could probably still hack it with Wikipedia.

Enjoy!

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You gave so many hints! I didn't get those hints when I tried!!!

but what's your email?

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