Jin Gu, Liang Wenhuang refer to the five masters of martial arts novels: Jin Yong, Gu Long, Liang Yusheng, Wen Ruian, and Huang Yi. There were many novel writers at that time, but there were only five recognized masters of martial arts. Each of them created a large number of martial arts works. Although their writing styles were different and the eras were different, they were all classics and were respectfully called Jin Guliang. Warm yellow.
1. Gu Long
Gu Long, formerly known as Xiong Yaohua, is a leading figure in new martial arts novels. On September 21, 1985, Gu Long died in Taiwan at the age of 48 due to liver cirrhosis and venous bleeding. Representative works include "Sentimental Swordsman", "Peerless Two Prides", "Heroes Without Tears", etc. Gu Long introduced martial arts novels into the palace of classic literature, brought drama, reasoning, poetry and other elements into traditional martial arts, created a new era of modern martial arts novels, and pushed martial arts literature to a new peak.
2. Liang Yusheng
Liang Yusheng, formerly known as Chen Wentong, is known as the founder of the new school of martial arts novels. On January 22, 2009, Liang Yusheng passed away in Sydney due to illness at the age of 85. His representative works include "The Legend of the White-Haired Witch", "Seven Swordsmen from the Tianshan Mountains", "The Shadow of the Shadow", "The Jade Bow in the Sea of ??Clouds", etc. Liang Yusheng abandoned the tendency of old-school martial arts novels to blindly focus on revenge and bloodlust. He based his chivalry on the basis of justice, dignity, and love for the people, and put forward the concept of "victory over martial arts with chivalry."
3. Huang Yi
Huang Yi, formerly known as Huang Zuqiang, was born in Hong Kong in 1952. He graduated from the Chinese University of Hong Kong and is a writer in Hong Kong, China. He suffered a stroke on April 5, 2017 and died in the hospital at the age of 65. His representative works include "The Legend of Two Dragons of the Tang Dynasty" and "Quest for the Qin Dynasty". During his studies, he specialized in traditional Chinese painting and devoted himself to writing. In 1989, Huang Yi quit his well-paying job and lived in seclusion on Lantau Island to concentrate on his creation. Finally, in the 1990s, the works became popular in Hong Kong and Taiwan.
4. Jin Yong
Jin Yong, whose real name is Cha Liangyong, was born in Haining City, Jiaxing City, Zhejiang Province. He moved to Hong Kong in 1948. Jin Yong passed away in Hong Kong on October 30, 2018, at the age of 94. His representative works include "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", "The Legend of Heaven and the Dragon Slayer", "The Eight Parts of the Dragon", "The Swordsman", "The Deer and the Cauldron", "The Flying Fox on the Snow Mountain", "The Book of Swords and Enmities", etc. .
The exploration of historical significance and value is everywhere reflected in the novels written by Jin Yong. By portraying the grudges and grievances between martial arts sects, between people, between religion and secularity, between orthodox religions and cults, between countries and dynasties, he ultimately created different individuals, Various tragedies of sects, countries, nations, churches, and dynasties.
5. Wen Ruian
Wen Ruian, formerly known as Wen Liangyu, is a Hong Kong and Taiwan martial arts novelist. His representative works include the "Four Famous Catchers" series, "The Wonderful Heroes of China" series, "Who Are the Heroes" series, "Poems in the Daggers", "The Gods of the Commoner", etc. He started out as a literary critic and essayist in Singapore and Malaysia, and is well-known as a poet in Taiwan. He has published poems and reviews in Hong Kong and Taiwan when he was in elementary school. In the 1970s, he wrote fantasy, thriller, mystery, psychology, and modern romance novels, but in The mainland is famous for its martial arts novels.
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Martial arts novels are an important type of old Chinese popular novels. They mostly take knights and righteous men as the protagonists and describe their special skills, courage and rebellious behavior. The rise of new martial arts novels represented by Jin Yong, Liang Yusheng, and Gu Long happened in recent decades. Especially Jin Yong’s martial arts novels have created many Jin Yong fans.
Jin Yong is worthy of being a master of martial arts novels. His rich historical knowledge, profound experience, understanding of martial arts spirit, mastery of martial arts knowledge, wonderful narrative and description, and grasp of character, There are indeed many outstanding features.
Hong Kong is the birthplace of new martial arts novels. In the early 1950s, the first modern martial arts novel appeared: "Tiger and Crane".
The 1950s belonged to Liang Yusheng. Liang created an era. His classical literary literacy was very solid, and poetry can be seen everywhere in his novels. But it has not completely broken away from the mold of modern martial arts.
The emergence of Jin Yong in the mid-to-late 1950s. Jin Yong introduced Western literary techniques and film techniques to combine them. In the era of political repression in Hong Kong and Taiwan, martial arts novels became bestsellers. And raised martial arts novels to the level of literature and art.
At the same time as Jin Yong, there were other people in Hong Kong such as Jin Feng, Zhang Menghuan, Mou Songting, Fengyu Louzhu, Gao Feng, Shi Chong, etc. who were engaged in the creation of martial arts novels. However, Jin Yong's mountain is too high, and the martial arts novel writers of his generation are unfortunate.
In the early 1970s, after Jin Yong put pen to paper, Hong Kong martial arts novels saw a hundred schools of thought contend and a hundred flowers bloom.
Taiwan’s martial arts is different from that of Hong Kong. During the same period of Jin and Liang, there were dozens of professional martial arts writers such as Sima Ling, Wo Longsheng, Dugu Hong, Chen Qingyun, and Xiao Yi. Sima Ling had the greatest influence at the time. Erudite and talented, he is good at writing about emotions, desires, and fighting wits.
The person who really brought Taiwanese martial arts to the global Chinese community was Gu Long. A name that can be written down in Taiwan’s martial arts novel world. He is someone who can rival Jin and Liang in Taiwan's martial arts novel world. Gu Long began writing martial arts novels in the early 1960s. Between 1965 and 1967, Gu Long completed his important works in the middle period of his creation, such as "A History of the Martial Arts" and "The Two Prides", and became popular.
From the mid-to-late 1970s to the 1980s, Wen Ruian published his debut novel "The Chase" (one of the "Four Famous Catchers" stories) in Hong Kong's "Martial Arts Spring and Autumn" in 1970 under the pen name "Wen Liangyu". He is only sixteen years old; although his writing skills are very childish, his imagination is rich and he has already seen his potential. His early works were greatly influenced by Gu Long, such as the "Four Famous Catchers" series and "The Wonderful Heroes of China" series, where traces of Gu Long can be seen.
But starting in 1987, Wen Ruian regarded himself as a "modernist". From then on, the creation of martial arts novels entered a low ebb. It was not until the early 1990s that Hong Kong's Huang Yi began to write martial arts novels, or science fiction novels, starting with "The Great Sword Master", in which there were obvious traces of Yoshiki Tanaka. It was not until "Xun Qin Ji" that he truly formed his own style, thus creating an era of fantasy martial arts novels.
After 2000, a large number of online writers appeared to engage in martial arts creations, which was both a good thing and a bad thing. The good thing was that it greatly enriched and prospered the variety and number of readers. However, due to the fact that most online novels are serialized and must be submitted on time, as well as the invisibility and randomness of online writers, a large number of eunuch works have appeared. There are also some writers who have had their works serialized interrupted due to website closures and other reasons. Modern martial arts novels are a new stage of martial arts on paper, with less idealistic and romantic elements.
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