This page is the starting point for martial arts reference material in the WuxiaSociety archive. It is a route page rather than a complete catalogue.
Follow the archive routes
- Read: Browse the translation archive and reading tips.
- Explore: Use the reference wiki, author index, and Jin Yong martial arts index for people, works, and techniques.
- Understand: Start with wuxia, jianghu, and xia for the genre, social world, and moral ideal surrounding martial arts.
- Watch: Follow Wuxia adaptations and the film and television context routes.
- Write: Study story elements in wuxia fiction for how martial ability shapes plots and characters.
Explore martial arts
- Jin Yong martial arts for techniques and skills across Jin Yong’s novels.
- Wuxia for the genre’s relationship between martial ability and chivalry.
- Jianghu for the social world in which martial artists operate.
- Xia for the moral ideal that gives martial prowess its meaning in wuxia.
- How we translate wuxia for the archive’s terminology and footnote method.
- Story elements in wuxia fiction for practical guidance on how martial ability shapes plot and character.
- Wuxia adaptations for the archive’s factual screen records and adaptation context.
Continue reading
- Read the translations to follow the available English reading paths.
- Wuxia in film and Wuxia in television for the genre’s screen context.