Jin Yong
Fighting contest to find a suitor. Original translation by Strunf The Six Freaks of the Jiangnan and Guo Jing took the southeastern direction. The journey promised to be long: many days passed before they even left the steppe. That day, they were not very far from Kalgan anymore. It was the first time that Guo…
Decoy deployment on the cliff. Original translation by Strunf Remaining in the ger, the Six quietly conferred with each other. “This man taught a superior neigong to our Jing’er,” Han Xiaoying said. “He can’t possible want to hurt him…” “Then why doesn’t he want us to know about it?” Quan Jinfa asked. “And why he…
Drawing the bow to shoot condors. Original translation by Strunf A row of people came down the mountain. After walking for a while, they suddenly heard the roars of wild beasts in front of them. Han Baoju leapt on his yellow horse, and went to see what was happening. After galloping for a while, the…
Two killers in the tempest. Original translation by Moinllieon “Alright, let’s fight again!” Wanyan Hongxi proclaimed out loud. Unexpectedly, the forward scouts came back with a different report. “The Ong Khan is here to personally welcome the two Jin Princes!” Temujin, Jamuka, and Senggum immediately rode forward to greet him. From the dust clouds an…
Boundless desert. Original translation by Moinllieon The monks were crying because of the venerable monk Jiaomu’s death but some of them were still able to take care of the wounded by bandaging up their wounds and carrying them into the guest rooms. Suddenly there came an incessant banging from the vat underneath the huge bell.…
The seven freaks of Jiangnan. Original translation by Moinllieon Just as Yan Lie walked out of the door, he saw a middle aged scholar walking his way in the hallway, dragging his feet and yawning constantly. He was sort of smiling but not really and kept on giving him curious looks, all the while looking…
The Legend of the Condor Heroes by Jin Yong was first serialised in newspapers from 1 January 1957 to 19 May 1959. The book is the first of the Condor Trilogy. The story has undergone two revisions. The second edition was released in December 1975 and and the third edition was published in June 2002.…
Day in and day out, day after day, the Qiantang River majestically winds through and around Ox Village, near the city of Lin’an, on its journey toward the sea. On the shores there stands thirty or so tallow trees, leaves red like the fire, yet another sign that it is now August. The wild weed…
Wuxia Manual | Jin Yong Characters | Demi-Gods & Semi-Devils Xuzhu Xūzhú (simplified: 虚竹, traditional: 虚竹) is one of the three male protagonists in Jin Yong’s Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils . He uses the secular name Xuzhuzi when he left the monastic life. Xuzhu was an unknown young monk in the Shaolin Order with a simple…
Xiao Feng was the charismatic chief of the Beggars’ Sect and possessed strong leadership qualities, and exceptional prowess in martial arts. He falls from grace after he is revealed to be a Khitan, and after he is wrongly accused of murdering several fellow martial artists to conceal his identity. He becomes an outcast and the…