Everyone learns martial arts to strengthen their body, not to show off their strength in a duel, nor to dominate the martial arts world.

Zhang Wuji used martial arts to save others, eliminate conflicts, resolve disputes and forget grudges. He used a tolerant heart to accommodate all things in the world, as the saying goes.

Only by opening your mind can martial arts reach its peak. Zhang Wuji is cowardly and undecisive in some aspects. And Zhang Wuji's broad-mindedness is also rare in the world - he is like a "peace messenger" who doesn't like fighting, because he feels that when will the injustice be repaid? It’s better to let it go! It’s better to let it go! Sacrificing one's life for righteousness, sacrificing the small self to fulfill the greater self, and abandoning personal grudges to achieve a harmonious and harmonious place.

If many people had Zhang Wuji's mind, wars would be reduced a lot.

The Dragon-Slaying Sword and the Heavenly Sword illuminate all kinds of human greed and ugliness – the Dragon-Slaying Sword symbolizes the greed of millions of people for power and profit. In the pursuit of this desire for power, those who are People whose eyes are blinded by desire and whose thoughts are blocked by vanity, fight for it, work hard, do everything possible, go through thousands of hardships, sacrifice life and happiness, just for the supreme throne.

Fighting for life and death all your life, what’s the point of losing happiness and life after gaining the supreme throne! However, this is not a portrayal of countless people throughout the ages. Even if Zhu Yuanzhang finally ascends to the throne of emperor, he will not lose his brotherhood and always feel guilty towards Zhang Wuji.

Comparison of the three trilogies

In addition to Zhang Wuji, the book also focuses on portraying many martial arts characters with different personalities, such as Xie Xun, the golden-haired lion king, Jinhua Granny, the purple-robed dragon king, The Mongolian princess Zhao Min, Zhu'er, Xiao Zhao, Zhou Zhiruo, etc. are all vivid and have distinct personalities. Whether they are good or bad, they all arise from their temperament. They are neither good nor evil and can be summed up in one word.

By describing the life course and destiny of these characters, the author embodies the same grand cultural connotation as their historical background, and integrates the essence of traditional Chinese Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism into the lives he writes without leaving any trace. Love affairs develop quietly, naturally and calmly showing the modern power of ancient culture.

The language of the whole book is fluent and sophisticated, the structure is grand yet sophisticated, the plot is ups and downs, and the story development is often unexpected but leisurely.

It is indeed a classic of the new school of martial arts novels. The works, "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", and "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" are collectively called the "Condor Heroes Trilogy".

Many readers have this question: As a "shooter" "The Legend of Heaven and the Dragon Slayer", the last part of "The Eagle Trilogy", seems to have little relationship with the first two parts.

It can be said to be another completely independent novel, so why must it be said to be " What about part one of "The Condor Trilogy"? First of all, the story in this book takes place nearly a hundred years after the stories in the first two books. It can be said that the times have been long ago and everyone has changed.

< p>Secondly, the main character in this book has no significant relationship with the characters in the previous two books. Unlike the hero Yang Guo in "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", he is the character Mu Nian in the previous book. Descendants of Ci and Yang Kang are the nephews of the hero Guo Jing.

And many characters in "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" such as Guo Jing, Huang Rong, Dongxie, Xidu, and Nandi (renamed Nanseng). ), Bei Bei, Qiu Qianren, Zhou Botong, etc., all still exist in the book "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" and constitute the important plot and character relationship network of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes". In contrast, in "The Legend of Heaven and the Dragon Sword", ", there is no such "inheritance relationship" at all.

Only one Guo Xiang appeared in the first episode of "The Legend of Heaven and Dragon Slayer" and then "the dragon disappeared without seeing its end". >

The teenage Shaolin boy Zhang Junbao who appears in the last chapter of the novel "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" can be said to be completely unnoticed and a dispensable character. Of course, this Zhang Junbao is Zhang Sanfeng, the founder of the Wudang sect and the master of the novel's protagonist Zhang Wuji. In this novel, he is over a hundred years old!

< p>Normally speaking, this is not a great "character relationship", just like "Flying Fox Gaiden" has characters from "Book and Sword Enmity" such as "The Heroes of the Red Flower Club" and so on, but "Flying Fox Gaiden" "" is not the "post-sequel" of "Books and Swords", nor is it its "side story".

Thirdly, the first two parts of this trilogy are not only of the same era, but also of the same era. The characters follow each other one after another, and the title of his book has the word "Diao", and the word "Diao" also appears in his novels (although the "divine carving" is not the carving of "Shooting the Condor"), but in "The Legend of Heaven and Sword of the Dragon" it is not. "Diao" is not included in the title of the book, and there is no "Diao" in the novel.

In fact, it is not only possible to say that this trilogy is established, but there are also certain sufficient reasons.

It’s just that it’s better not to call this trilogy “The Condor Trilogy”, but the “Hero Trilogy”

The first part “The Condor Trilogy”. "The Biography of Heroes" is also called "The Biography of Heroes of the Desert" because it tells the story of heroes such as Guo Jing who were born in the desert and gathered in Huashan.

The second part is "The Divine Condor". "The Legend of Heroes" is about the growth experience of heroes such as Yang Guo, the Condor Hero. Similarly, he was born in the rivers and lakes and made contributions to the country. He was born in suffering and reached the top of Huashan Mountain.

Heroes such as Zhang Wuji in the third film "Leaning on the Heaven and Slaying the Dragon" are also great chivalrous men who can "slay dragons" and "rely on the heaven" to travel in the rivers and lakes and save people from fire and water.

"The Great Hero" is the most similar to this "Hero Trilogy".

Everyone with a discerning eye may see that after the completion of the last part of the "Hero Trilogy", "The Story of Heaven and the Dragon Sword", the characters in Jin Yong's works certainly still have the distinction between chivalrous and non-chivalrous, righteous and unjust. Different, but they no longer have the pure heroic demeanor of "serving the country and the people, being a great knight". Xiao Feng, Duan Yu and others in "Dragon" can also be called heroes, but they are no longer It is no longer some ideal hero like the protagonist in the "Hero Trilogy", but focuses on the tragic fate and unfortunate life of its heroes.

Thus, it is not difficult for us to prove that if we talk about pure heroes and pure "chivalrous men" who serve the country and the people, they must be the three protagonists of this "Heroic Trilogy". Furthermore, since we can call it the "Heroic Trilogy".

There is nothing wrong with calling it the "Trilogy of Condor Shooting". The one who shoots the Condor is a hero, and the one who carries the Condor is also a hero. Zhang Wuji, who neither shoots nor carries the Condor, is also a hero. .

Exactly "Why do heroes have to shoot vultures"? Therefore, when it comes to "blood relationship", these three novels are the closest. This is also the real reason why it is called the "Condor Trilogy" or the "Hero Trilogy": the three novels portray real knights and heroes who serve the country and the people.

Of course, they are not heroes of the same model, but three different heroes, or three different typical models of heroes: Guo Jing is one, Yang Guo is one, and Zhang Wuji is Another kind.

And this is the best reason why Jin Yong wrote this trilogy and why these three novels became a "trilogy".

Zhang Wuji is less heroic. Although his personality has many advantages and disadvantages, he may be more similar to us ordinary people.

Yang Guo is absolutely vivid. Guo Jing was very firm in controlling major issues, and Huang Rong was needed to push for small things.

Zhang Wuji’s life was always influenced by others. Dominated by the environment and unable to break free from the constraints, Yang Guo was devoted to Xiao Longnu until death and regarded social norms as nothing.

Guo Jing wavered between Huang Rong and Princess Huazheng purely out of moral values ??and never hesitated in love. However, Zhang Wuji was always procrastinating and hesitant. For Zhou Zhiruo, Zhao Min, Yin Li, Of the four girls, Xiao Zhao, it seems that he loves Zhao Min the most, and he finally said the same to Zhou Zhiruo, but deep down in his heart, which girl does he love more? I'm afraid he doesn't know it himself.

The author also doesn’t know that since his personality has been written like this, all development depends on his personality, and the author can no longer interfere.

Of course, a person with a character like Zhang Wuji is destined to fail to achieve great things, because he doesn’t want to do it at all. Even if he does it reluctantly, he will definitely fail in the end... Zhang Wuji is not a good leader, but he can be a good leader for us. Friends...

Maybe this is the problem. The above-mentioned differences in personality between Zhang Wuji, Guo Jing, and Yang Guo are not actually differences on the "same level", but fundamental differences in "nature."

That is to say, Guo Jing is actually an "upright" character and a hero of ideas---he is the embodiment of the personality ideal of "great skill and clumsiness"---so "Shooting" "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" has less of a human touch and is mostly a conceptual story like "Heroes and Divine Comedy".

Yang Guo’s character has a romantic and evil streak, which seems to be close to the human world. However, firstly, his lover is originally the little dragon girl from "heaven" who descended to earth, and secondly, he himself practices martial arts in the deep mountains and seas. Gradually breaking away from the pyrotechnics and becoming the mythical "Condor Heroes", he is also an ideal hero, just a hero who "returns from evil and returns to righteousness", and "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" has also become "half of a movie". The novel "Heaven is Half Earth".

In contrast, although Zhang Wuji's experience may be more legendary and tortuous than that of Guo Jing and Yang Guo, in terms of his image itself, he has become "humanized".

He is neither an incarnation of "innate rationality, great skill but clumsiness", nor a typical example of "turning from evil to righteousness, correcting evil and returning to righteousness", but a concrete, living, complex character. of living people. Although the story in "The Legend of Heaven and the Dragon Slayer" still looks like a magical legend, its "smell" is that of human fireworks.

In short, some people may think that among the "Condor Trilogy", "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" is the most "authentic" and therefore the best.

Perhaps some people think that "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" is more wonderful and profound than "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" and has pleasant scenery, so it is the best. And maybe some people would like to read "The Legend of Heaven and the Dragon Slayer" more...

In any case, we should admit that these three novels have their own merits. The real reason why each of them has its own merits is that the author is constantly seeking innovation and change, instead of prolonging a story and continuing to perfunctorily unfold the formed characters. This is much more advanced than many of our "series novels" or "trilogies". "Yitian" refers to the sword of Yitian. Tulong refers to the dragon-slaying knife.

The Dragon-Slaying Knife and the Heaven-Slaying Sword are naturally extremely important "props" in the book "The Heaven-Slaying Dragon".

Its fate, naming, appearance and application show the author's great ingenuity. Their meaning is by no means just a knife or a sword.

The first and second chapters of this novel, "Missing You at the End of the World, Can't Be Forgotten" and "The Pines and Cypresses Grow on the Top of Wudang Mountain" recall the past decades and Zhang Junbao went to Wudang Mountain to become Zhang Sanfeng and founded the Wudang Sect. The story can only be regarded as the "wedge" or "introduction" of the book. In other words, the "main text" of this novel starts from the third chapter, and this chapter is called "The Hundred Refiners of the Treasure Sword Creates Mysterious Light" ---At the beginning of the "text", the dragon-slaying knife appears.

However, this "Dragon-Slaying Sword" seems to be an ominous thing. It is full of blood as soon as it appears. Everyone wants to get it, so they rob it openly and covertly, causing a bloody storm. Even Yu Daiyan, the Three Heroes of Wudang who did not want to seize the sword, saved someone's life by chance, but he did not expect that he would be inexplicably injured and disabled for life. It can be said that wherever this dragon-slaying knife goes, there will be strife and massacre, which seems to be very ominous.

Of course it is not the "ominousness" of the sword, but the "ominousness" of the human heart.

Even if the dragon-slaying knife is just a sharp weapon, there will still be people who snatch it overtly and secretly, hoping to keep it as their own. This is actually a common occurrence in the rivers, lakes and green forests.

What's more, there are a few words accompanying this sword: "The supreme king of martial arts, the sword slays the dragon, orders the world, no one dares to disobey! If you can't rely on the sky, who can compete with you?" --- These few sentences are the fundamental reason why Dragon Sword caused uproar and bloodshed.

The only funny thing is that no one can explain exactly what these sentences mean, and no one understands the key and mystery behind them.

If you think about it carefully, the appearance of this dragon-slaying knife and the story it caused have at least the following five aspects of significance.

The first is the "continuation of the previous letter": that is, this dragon-slaying knife was made by Guo Jing and Huang Rong. Anyone who understands the inside story will naturally think about "prequels" such as "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" and "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", and the connection between the "prequels" and "postquels" is this knife. This can really be described as "pointing out questions everywhere."

Secondly, it is not the ominousness of the sword but the sadness of the human heart. One is "greed", the other is "robbing" and the third is "confusion". Everyone is greedy for this sharp weapon, especially It was the words "The Supreme of the Martial Arts", so everyone grabbed the powerful guns one after another and tried to use all the traps. In the end, most people just lost their lives. The wonderful thing is that these people did not understand what the "Supreme of the Martial Arts" was until their death. What does "taste" mean?

A ghost is also a fool. This dragon-slaying knife can be said to be a hateful and pathetic mirror of human nature.

"I would rather give up my life, Tu." The dragon sword is always mine. "This can probably be regarded as a "famous saying".

Because of this, there is no longer trust between people, no reason, and even people who die for "greed" are still obsessed with it. ---This old man is called Decheng, nicknamed "Hai Dongqing". He is not a good person. Not only does he have no "virtue", but he is also difficult to "succeed" in the book "The Legend of Heaven and Dragon Sword". I am afraid that 99% of readers will not remember the name of the last character.

However, this person’s story shows that Jin Yong had no "idle strokes" and wrote the story inadvertently. There are many stories of bloodshed and death for grabbing the dragon-slaying sword in the book, and there is no need to list them all here.

Fourthly, this sword caused disputes in the martial arts and even injured countless people. The dragon-slaying knife, which almost affected all the heroes in the world, finally fell into the hands of Zhang Wuji. Zhang Wuji used it to command the heroes to fight against the Meng soldiers and protect the lives of the Shaolin Temple and the heroes.

It seems that the words "The supreme king of martial arts, who slays dragons with his sword, and commands the world, no one dares to disobey" are considered to be "fitting the situation" here. It is not until the end of the novel that the story of slaying dragons with his sword seems to be solved. And the secret of its function. --- However, it was not until the last chapter that Zhang Wuji solved the real mystery.

It turned out that this was the case. It was solved, and the "Mystery of the Yitian Sword" was also solved immediately.

Obviously, the reason for setting up such a big mystery is of course a structural need for storytelling and suspense. , however we can also see the six sentences "The supreme king of martial arts, slaying dragons with his precious sword, commanding the world, no one dares to disobey, relying on the sky and not coming out, who can compete with him" and the big secret contained in them--" leaning on the sky and not coming out. The two sentences "Who can contend with me?" also contain a little secret, that is, you have to strike the Yitian Sword and the Dragon-Slaying Blade against each other in order to obtain the military books and secrets in it. This is a small metaphor of "Who contends with me?" --- In fact, it is not only related to the structure of the story, but also directly related to the "content" and "theme" of the novel.

On the surface, this novel is a story about heroes fighting for the Dragon Slaying Sword and the Heavenly Sword. , that is, the story of "treasure grabbing"; further, it is the story of the children of the Central Plains fighting against the soldiers of the alien ruler Meng Yuan (this corresponds to the semantic meaning of "slaying the dragon with the sword") and the small grudges and big hatreds of the heroes in the world. A story of great hatred intertwined.

At this level, "The Story of Heaven and Dragon Sword" transcends the simple and shallow story mode of "heroes seize treasure" in general martial arts novels, thus forming a unique story. "Jin Yong's style", that is, "the world is described in the writing, and the world is reflected in the mind" or "both the expression of hatred and the destiny of the world"

Fifth, the Dragon Sword and the Heavenly Sword have always been related to Zhang Wuji in this book. It matters a lot.

However, in the end he gave it away. Ordinarily, all military books and secrets should be obtained by him. Firstly, he has obtained it and everyone has unanimously approved it; secondly, he is the leader of the Ming Cult, and is implicitly the leader of the heroes in the Central Plains. This "commands the world, If you dare not disobey", it will naturally fall on him; thirdly, he is the protagonist of this book.

...However, he gave it to Xu Da. On the surface, Xu Da is a "historical figure". It was he who used soldiers like a god to assist Zhu Yuanzhang in expelling the captives, regaining China, and establishing the Ming Dynasty.

His "tactics of war" are "historical necessity and reality".

In fact, this is one of the great mysteries of this book, that is, the protagonist Zhang Wuji written in the book, although he is a hero and has outstanding martial arts skills, he is also the leader of the Ming sect and is the hidden leader of the Central Plains. , however he is not a "political leader"! He is not a good political leader, and he has never wanted to be a political leader, and he has never wanted to "become a great person" one day.