Jin Yong once said: "China's classical traditional novels are mainly about characters. My personal ideal in writing martial arts novels is to create characters. The plots of martial arts novels are very bizarre and lengthy, and it is not easy for readers to remember these plots. I hope the characters I write can be vivid, have their own personality and leave a deep impression on readers. At the same time, when I conceived, I also took the protagonist as the center. I first thought about the personalities of several main characters, and the plot also conforms to the human nature of the protagonist. What kind of temperament will happen? "
Therefore, Yang Guo's character was probably basically determined before Jin Yong wrote his novels, and that was "crazy". Yang Guo is called "West Madness", just like "East Evil", "Northern Xia" and "Southern Monk". Of these four unique skills, only two are named after their personalities. But "Northern Xia (Beggar)" and "Southern Monk (Emperor)" are named according to their status. And a character's title reflects his character. To become the protagonist of this book, it is inevitable that his character is very bright and full.
The main line of The Condor Heroes is that Yang Guo has grown from a little urchin to a condor hero. No matter what changes have taken place in Yang Guo's character during his growth, he can't get rid of a main theme, that is madness!
Second, Yang Guo's madness is both his strength and his weakness.
"Crazy" has many different meanings in the dictionary. There are positive and negative, positive and negative, good and bad. It just corresponds to the performance of Yang Guo in different environments. The rich meaning of "madness" is directly reflected in Yang Guo's cheerful and full personality. Because of Yang Guo's madness, he became a generation of martial arts heroes, and because of Yang Guo's madness, he suffered setbacks and great sorrow. "Crazy" is a strong adjective. If the advantages are positive and the disadvantages are negative, "madness" is a positive number greater than one. If there are crazy factors in a person's personality, the advantages and disadvantages will be multiplied by "madness" so that the advantages and disadvantages of this person will become quite prominent.
Confucius said, "If you don't cooperate with the Bank of China, you will be crazy, crazy people will make progress, and stubborn people will do something." The antonym of madness is the golden mean. There are very few people who can really be moderate in reality. This is why Confucius said that he couldn't find anyone who followed the golden mean to associate with him, so he could only associate with crazy people and stubborn people. Pursuing the golden mean can eliminate many shortcomings of human nature, but even many advantages will disappear. Became a person who has neither outstanding advantages nor outstanding shortcomings, a completely mediocre person. People who have outstanding advantages must have outstanding shortcomings, and often outstanding advantages will become outstanding shortcomings in different environments and situations. After Jin Yong created an idealized hero like Guo Jing, his character became more mature and he created a hero, Yang Guo, whose advantages and disadvantages were quite prominent.
Whether in history or in literary works, we are often attracted by people with obvious advantages and disadvantages. They are all temperamental people, stick to their independent personality and do not change the times. Such people are the most attractive and touching. Their advantages in personality keep them immersed in success. Similarly, because of the changes of the times, their original advantages have become shortcomings, which makes them face failure. Xiang Yu is such an example: "Life is a hero, and death is a ghost hero. I still miss Xiang Yu and refuse to cross Jiangdong. " The success or failure of Xiang Yu's character deeply touched Li Qingzhao, a poetess in Song Dynasty, and wrote this impassioned and hit the floor poem for him.
Similarly, Yang Guo is also a person with distinctive personality and outstanding advantages and disadvantages. Yang Guo's advantages enabled him to practice martial arts, and he also made unremitting efforts to become a generation of heroes in adversity. Similarly, the shortcomings in Yang Guo's character also made him suffer great bitterness and sorrow. In retrospect, he couldn't help secretly losing his mind for his madness and almost going astray.
People with outstanding advantages and disadvantages can make people feel pity for them, love their advantages and pity their shortcomings. This is the important reason why the love between Yang Guo and Little Dragon Girl is so weak.
Thirdly, the rich meaning of "madness" determines Yang Guo's plump character.
"Crazy" has many different meanings, but they all have one thing in common: doing something. The combination is manifested in Yang Guo's character. Madness first refers to "human insanity" and "madness". Some people who like Yang can't accept Yang Guo's madness, and "madness" is "madness". It's simple. Imagine that the person you love suddenly leaves you, or encounters a real problem that is difficult to face. Will you be insane or crazy? "Arrogance", Yang Guo's character is easily understood as arrogance. Yang Guo was strong-willed and competitive since childhood. When his martial arts became stronger, so did his skills. With arrogant capital, how can he not be arrogant once? "Since you know that I am an eagle, why don't you pay attention to what I said?" This arrogance is more of Yang Guo's domineering. "Wild" Yang Guo is wild and willful. He loves to amuse people since he was a child, and his personality is quite divergent. Yang Guo doesn't pay attention to the defense of men and women. When Lu Wushuang first met Yang Guo, she was a "dirty and poor shepherd boy". Yang Guo repeatedly pretended to be crazy and made her swear: "Tomorrow, when my acupuncture points are loose, I must cut him 17 or 18 times on this idiot." Guo Fu asked Yang Guo who the Wu brothers were. Yang Guo smiled and said, "If they get well, is there any hope for Yang Guo?" Guo Fu has never heard anyone say anything frivolous to her. She can't stand frivolity. Yang Guo's words set the stage for him to be cut off in the future.
There is also the most important meaning of madness, which is violence and fierceness. Therefore, Yang Guo's smile is a smile; Yang Guo's crying is crazy crying; Yang Guo's anger is rage; Yang Guo's crying is crazy shouting; Yang Guo's roar is roar; Yang Guo's running is a wild running ... Yang Guo's emotions are: crazy love, deep affection, and because of madness, Yang Guo is sad and happy.
Yang Guo's "madness" highlights his true nature of protecting women. Yang Guo vowed to protect the little dragon girl when he was a teacher, which shows his madness. It is because of Yang Guo's "madness" that he changed his identity with the little dragon girl. When he was studying the Heart Sutra of the Jade Girl, he "only thought that the little dragon girl was a little sister who was protected by herself, let alone her aunt's master". What's more, the little dragon girl "involuntarily felt dependent and obedient, and the dignity of the owner's shelf suddenly disappeared." The two occasionally look at each other, one pities for help, the other relies on help, and suddenly there is a heart. "
Yang Guo's madness is more reflected in his martial arts accomplishment. Yang Guo's personality is "crazy", while martial arts is closely related to his mood. Yang Guo's Crazy is also closely related to martial arts. There is such a description in the book: Yang Guo wants to integrate the martial arts of various schools he has learned into his own original martial arts. "His heart is twisted into a ball like a mess, and it is difficult to support it any longer. He fell into the sky and fainted. Dalba saw that he was crazy and bossing around, and he didn't know what to do. Suddenly, he was shocked and wanted to save him. " The Buddhist Golden Wheel smiled and said, "Don't disturb his heart. It's a pity that your intelligence is mediocre and it is difficult to understand the truth. " But also confessed Yang Guo's madness in practicing martial arts, which is difficult for ordinary people to understand.
Yang Guo's "madness" is also reflected in his fierceness. "When a person's internal skills are practiced to a certain level, they often make different sounds unconsciously. Later, in the Ming Dynasty, Wang Yangming, a great scholar, practiced in the military camp at midnight. Suddenly, all the troops were surprised. This is a question with a clear history. Yang Guo cubbyhole at this time, suddenly difficult to suppress. He whistled for miles. "
Yang Guo's charming palm, which combines the wisdom of a hundred schools of thought contending with his tragic life, can only exert its greatest power in a state of crazy grief, and can only exert its amazing power when it is heartbroken.
In ancient times, "madness" refers to eclecticism, grandeur and disdain for vulgarity. Most of the accomplished literati in ancient times were crazy. "Madness" is associated with the wise, which is a valuable spiritual strength. Without "madness", there is no courage to break through the routine. Although Wen and Wu are different, they are unified in spiritual realm. "Madness" is associated with the brave, who is a force to create and change history. Yang Guo is brave and good at fighting, and has both martial arts. It is because of his "madness" that he has a pioneering and adventurous spirit. First, he led various heroes to completely annihilate the left and right wing strikers of Mongolian soldiers by surprise, and then set fire to Nanyang hay where Guo Jing sent troops to attack the Mongolian army several times, in vain all the time. In the battle of Xiangyang, Yang Guo was even more fearless. He rushed into the enemy with thousands of troops, killed Mongolian Khan Mungo and saved Xiangyang. It is "madness" that makes Yang Guo a giant.
Visible Yang Guo's "crazy" is very rich. Someone once asked me, "Is madness Yang Guo's madness?" I think I can answer him now. "Madness" is not Yang Guo's "madness", but one aspect! Yang Guo is three-dimensional, not flat.
Fourth, why do westerners call Yang Guo "crazy"?
The west is "crazy", so there is no need to discuss this "west". The key lies in the word "crazy".
On the top of Huashan Mountain, Huang Rong gave Yang Guo the word "crazy". Huang first applauded and said, "ashes of time, an old man and a young man, we are a couple." Yang Guo said: "I am still young, too young to compete with my predecessors." Huang Shiyou said, "Aha, little brother, you are wrong. Since living in a' crazy' word, what's the harm of being crazy? Besides, with your fame and martial arts today, can't you beat the old urchin? " Huang knew that his daughter deliberately didn't mention Zhou, which made his heart itch and it was difficult to scratch. He simply gave him a duel. Yang Guo also understood his father and daughter's thoughts, smiled at each other with the little dragon girl, and thought, "Crazy" is really a good word.
Huang Rong gave Yang Guo a word "crazy", which was immediately applauded by Huang. Then both Yang Guo and his wife felt the word "crazy", so they said it well. First of all, from Huang Rong's point of view, why is Yang Guo called a "madman"? "Madness" comes before "evil". When Huang Rong was teaching Yang Guo to read and write, she thought Yang Guo looked like her father. Yang Guo remembers speed, but it often doesn't agree with the meaning in the book, so he keeps asking questions. Huang Rong often said to himself, "This child reads sage books, and some ideas are similar to my father's. If my dad teaches him, they will speculate. " "Crazy" and "evil" have one thing in common, that is, they are deviant and hate the rules and regulations of secular ethics. And "madness" embodies radical resistance. Yang Guo's fierce collision with Guo Jing when he wanted to marry the master's little dragon girl in the chapter of "The Great Defence of Ethics" showed Yang Guo's madness to the extreme. "Crazy" can make people lose their minds, do not argue for interests, and are almost completely controlled by their emotions. When Guo Jing threatened Yang Guo to admit his mistake with death, Yang Guo would rather die than admit his mistake, which was a fierce emotional shock. This is "madness". Never ask Gu heartbroken cliff, Huang Rong saw that Yang Guo knew that the little dragon girl had left again, which was so painful and crazy after losing the little dragon girl ... This made Huang Rong think that Yang Guo's character was "crazy", and Jin Yong pointed out that Yang Guo's character was "crazy" through Huang Rong's mouth.
Yang Guo in Huang's eyes is "crazy": When I heard Yang Guo say, "I want her to be my master and my wife." Huang clapped his hands and smiled: "Good! You think so, but you are better than me. " Yang Guo is not only evil, but also crazy. Yang Guo suggested that you don't have to be Huang Laoxie's apprentice to spread notoriety, but you can also become sworn brothers. Really let Huang see the arrogance of Yang Guo teenagers. If Huang's evil is unfathomable, and Yang Guo's madness is sharp-edged, there is no way to guess. Yang Guo's face changed when he learned that there was no Nanhai Shenni. He stood there motionless, and his heart seemed to jump out of his chest. He gave a long whistle and shook the tiles on the roof, and tears ran down his eyes. No wonder Huang Rong can't figure out Yang Guo's mind. Yang Guo's "madness" is not completely conventional. Huang Rong just felt that Yang Guo was crazy without the little dragon girl around, and no one could guess what he would do.
Looking at Yang Guo's "madness" from the perspective of Little Dragon Girl, Yang Guo's "madness" is fanaticism and enthusiasm. Only under the emotional impact of Yang Guo's fiery personality, the little dragon girl's cold appearance completely melted, and the sleeping emotion woke up under the call of Yang Guo's lively childlike innocence.
"Crazy" is Yang Guo's choice without regrets, and it is precisely because of "Crazy" that it is bitter and sweet. Yang Guo thought: "Great bitterness and great sweetness are far better than no bitterness and no sweetness. I can only be crazy, but I can't live normally. "
The Evolution and Development of verb (Verb Abbreviation) "Crazy"
Young crazy, Yang Guo "crazy" from an early age. From his talk with Wan Yanping about his father's revenge, we can see that Yang Guo has a strong sense of revenge since he was a child. He was discriminated against and longed for his father. When Yang Guo's mother advised Yang Guo not to avenge her father before she died, young Yang Guo shouted, "I won't allow it! I don't agree! " This is the "mania" and "impulsiveness" of Yang Guo teenagers. Teenagers' impulsiveness is normal. There is a story of Yang Guo and Guo Kun in the book: I was very unhappy to see my invincible general killed in World War I, so I thought about it and said, "Brother Yang, give me this little black ghost." Yang Guo said, "Here you are. It's no big deal, but why do you call it a little black ghost? " Guo Fu curled his lips and said angrily, "If you don't give it, you won't give it. Is it rare? " Picked up the clay bowl, shook it, fell to the ground, kicked off his right foot and died. Yang Guo was surprised and angry, his blood was upwelling, and his face was flushed. She cried, and there was nothing she could do. She slapped her in the face with her backhand. Guo Fu made some mistakes, but there is no denying that Yang Guo was a little impulsive and grumpy when he was a teenager.
When Yang Guo grows up a little, the boy's impulsive temper will gradually disappear. There is such a description in the original work: Little Dragon Girl feels that she lives so stably that nothing else in the world can compare with her, but she still lingers on the world of mortals, and it is difficult to keep her in the barren hills for a long time, saying, "After a while, although our martial arts are not as good as before, how can we compare with your Uncle Guo and Aunt Guo?" Yang Guo said, "Of course I'm far from it, but you and they probably have their own strengths." "Your uncle Guo passed on Kung Fu to his daughter and the Wu brothers," said the little dragon girl. When we meet one day, we will still be bullied by them. " Hearing this, Yang Guo jumped up and said angrily, "Can they stop bullying me again?" The little dragon girl said coldly, "It's no use beating them." Yang Guo said, "Then help me." "I can't beat you, Aunt Guo," said the little dragon girl. "It's still useless." Yang Guo bowed their heads and said nothing, thinking about countermeasures. He hesitated for a moment and said, "For Uncle Guo's sake, I won't argue with them." The little dragon girl thought to herself, "He lived in the ancient tomb for more than two years and practiced the internal skills of the ancient tomb school. What is rare is that his anger is greatly reduced." In fact, Yang Guo is older, but more sensible. He thought of Guo Jing's true feelings for himself. He is grateful and willing to make concessions for him. Besides, he has no hatred with Guo Fu and the Oh brothers. When he was a child, he only quarreled about crickets. In retrospect, he was already indifferent.
Therefore, from the perspective of Yang Guo's growth, "mania" and "impulsiveness" cannot be said to be Yang Guo's "madness", but Yang Guo's "madness" in a certain growth period.
With the continuous growth and change of Yang Guo, the "madness" is also changing. In the sword room of Despair Valley, Yang Guo holds a gentleman's sword and calls himself a "prodigal son" instead of a "gentleman". A prodigal son is unruly, but a gentleman is introverted. Yang Guo was really not a gentleman at that time, but since Yang Guo got the gentleman's sword, he has formed a gentleman's code in his own mind. The little dragon girl told him to hold Guo Xiang to change the antidote, but he refused, because if he did, how could he be worthy of using this gentleman's sword? This is exactly what a gentleman does and does not do. Yang Guo's growth also includes the process from a prodigal son to a gentleman. But Yang Guo is definitely not the "gentleman before the gentleman" proposed by Confucius. Yang Guo's gentleman, more reflected in self-improvement, virtue.
So in the back, we saw a Yang Guo who made a difference. Heroes give people a good impression that they are not close to women. That's what Yang Guo did. The book writes: Yang Guo was originally a charming young man, laughing and laughing, but since the little dragon girl left, he has been unhappy and restrained. He has been walking in the Jianghu for more than ten years, and when he meets young women, he is even more polite than Mr. Daoism, for fear of provoking romantic crimes again, which makes people unbearable. In the aspect of womanhood, Yang Guo changed from "crazy" to "stubborn" and stubbornly maintained a clean and honest life, which reflected that Yang Guo had grown into a generation of heroes who paid equal attention to martial arts and character.
Sixth, the outbreak of "madness"
People often think that tragic endings can earn more tears, but sometimes comedy endings can also earn tears. Sixteen years later, Yang Guo and Little Dragon Girl finally met again in their heartless hearts.
Yang Guo has arrived, and his blood is boiling. He took the little dragon girl's hand and ran outside and said, "Brother Long, I am so happy." Suddenly jumped up, jumped on a big tree, and even turned over seven or eight frames.
This kind of selfless somersault was an urchin when Yang Guo lived with Little Dragon Girl when he was a child. He never thought about it for more than ten years, but he expected people to be nearly middle-aged, and suddenly showed off today. At this time, his flying skills were exquisite, his body swayed in mid-air, and he used the "beautiful blue sky" taught by Little Dragon Girl. The little dragon girl burst out laughing, and all kinds of bans on "talking less, laughing less, and being happy less" were thrown out of the cloud nine.
This is a passage describing Yang Guo's reunion with Little Dragon Girl and Yang Guo's ecstasy. This detail is the touching plot that I neglected when I read the novel before. Later, I watched a TV series and reminded me to pay attention to this detail. It is the most vivid place where Jin Yong writes his feelings. All movements that can express emotions can be called dance, which is a dance in a broad sense. The ancients said that words are not enough to sing and singing is not enough to dance. All words can't express Yang Guo's ecstasy at this moment, but he is dancing. When thinking about why Yang Guo was so ecstatic, I couldn't help thinking of the long suffering and waiting for 16 years and one day. This is a painful experience. Although it ended in comedy, it made me feel more touching than tragedy. I can't help but burst into tears when I think that Yang Guo's ecstasy is a long and bitter eruption accumulated in those sixteen years and one day. ......