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The Return of the Condor Heroes (Traditional Chinese: 神鵰俠侶; Simplified Chinese: 神雕侠侣; Pinyin: shén diāo xiá lǚ) is a classic wuxia novel written by Jinyong, first published on May 20, 1959 in the first issue of Ming Pao and ran for about three years. This is the second novel of the Condor Trilogy. The story revolves around Yang Guo, the son of Yang Kang, and his lover Xiaolongnü in their struggle of finding their own destiny in an unfamiliar world that does not approve of their taboo love between master and prentice. The Return of the Condor Heroes may refer to: The Return of the Condor Heroes, a wuxia novel written by Jinyong. ... Image File history File links Zhongwen. ... Japanese name Kanji: Kana: Korean name Hangul: Hanja: Vietnamese name Quoc Ngu: Hantu: A Chinese character (Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; Pinyin: ) is a logogram used in writing Chinese, Japanese, sometimes Korean, and formerly Vietnamese. ... Traditional Chinese characters refers to one of two standard sets of printed Chinese characters. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Pinyin, more formally called Hanyu Pinyin (Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; Pinyin: ), is the most common variant of Standard Mandarin romanization system in use. ... WÇ”xiá (Traditional Chinese: ; Simplified Chinese: , Mandarin IPA: , Cantonese Pinyin: mou5 hap6), literally meaning martial (arts) heroes, is a distinct quasi-fantasy sub-genre of the martial arts genre in literature, television and cinema. ... Louis Cha or Zha Liangyong (sometimes Cha Leung Yung), OBE (born June 6, 1924), known to most by his penname Jinyong (Jin Yong) or Kam-yung (Cantonese), is one of the most influential modern Chinese-language novelists who is also the co-founder of the Hong Kong daily Ming Pao. ... is the 140th day of the year (141st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Ming Pao (Traditional Chinese: ; Simplified Chinese: ; Jyutping ming4 bou3; Hanyu Pinyin: míngbào), a Chinese language newspaper, is a publication by the Ming Pao Group in Hong Kong. ... The Condor Trilogy is a trilogy of three wuxia fiction novels by Jinyong. ... The fictional character Yang Guo (Traditional Chinese: ; Simplified Chinese: ; Pinyin: ) is the protagonist in the 1959 Chinese wuxia novel The Return of the Condor Heroes by Jinyong. ... Yang Kang is a character from Jin Yongs book, The Legend of the Condor Heroes. ... Xiaolongnü portrayed by Liu Yifei in the 2006 CCTVs adaptation of The Return of the Condor Heroes. Xiaolongnü (Traditional Chinese: ; Simplified Chinese: ; pinyin: ; literally little dragon girl) is a fictional character from the Chinese wuxia novel The Return of the Condor Heroes (Shen Diao Xia Lü), 1959, by writer...

Alternate English titles are The Giant Eagle and Its Companion and Divine Eagle, Chivalric Companion.

Chapters

Jinyong revised the novel in 1970 and again in 2004. There are 40 chapters in the 2nd and 3rd revisions of the novel. Each chapter has a 4-character title. Most of the revisions are either clarifications or minor alterations of character motivations. These are the titles for 3rd revision, slightly different from 2nd revision of the novel.

1. 風月無情 — No Love Under the Wind and the Moon
2. 故人之子 — A Friend’s Son
3. 投師終南 — Seeking Tutelage at Mount Zhongnan
4. 全真門下 — Under the Teaching of Quanzhen Sect
5. 活死人墓 — The Tomb of Living Dead
6. 玉女心經 — Manual of the Jade Maiden
7. 重陽遺刻 — Chongyang’s Markings
8. 白衣少女 — Girl in White
9. 百計避敵 — Escaping from the Enemy
10. 少年英俠 — Young Heroes
11. 風塵睏頓 — A Pause from Roaming
12. 英雄大宴 — The Heroes’ Feast
13. 武林盟主 — The Chancellor of Martial Clans Wulin
14. 禮教大防 — Defending against Custom and Tradition
15. 東邪門人 — The Disciples of Eastern Heretic
16. 殺父深仇 — Avenging a Father’s Death
17. 絕情幽谷 — The Secluded Passionless Valley
18. 公孫谷主 — Valley Master Gongsun
19. 地底老婦 — The Old Woman of Underground
20. 俠之大者 — A Hero’s Top Imperative
21. 襄陽鏖兵 — Battle at Xiangyang
22. 危城女嬰 — A Baby Girl Born in a Falling City
23. 手足情仇 — Sibling Rivalry
24. 意亂情迷 — Turbulent Emotions
25. 內憂外患 — Domestic Strife, Foreign Aggression
26. 神雕重劍 — Divine Eagle’s Heavy Sword
27. 鬥智鬥力 — Fighting Strength with Wisdom
28. 洞房花燭 — Wedding Festivities
29. 劫難重重 — Ultimate Disasters
30. 離合無常 — Strange Encounters
31. 半枚靈丹 — The Other Half of the Antidote
32. 情是何物 — What Entity is Love
33. 風陵夜話 — Tales in the Night
34. 排難解紛 — Settling a Dispute
35. 三枚金針 — The Three Golden Needles
36. 生辰大禮 — The Birthday Celebration
37. 三世恩怨 — Gratitudes and Grudges of Three Generations
38. 生死茫茫 — Life and Death are Boundless
39. 大戰襄陽 — Great Battle of Xiangyang
40. 華山之巔 — The Summit of Mount Hua

The main characters are Yang Guo (楊過) and Xiaolongnü (小龍女). Yang Guo is the orphaned son of Yang Kang (楊康) and Mu Nianci (穆念慈), both characters of the prequel The Legend of the Condor Heroes. He never knew his father and could barely remember his mother. But their legacy, especially his father's, made him an outsider in the Martial World. the Quanzhen School is an important school in Chinese Taoism. ... Wang Chongyang (11 January 1113 – 22 January 1170) [Chinese calendar: 宋徽宗政和二年十二月廿二 – 金世宗大定十年正月初四] (Traditional Chinese: 王重陽; Simplified Chinese: 王重阳; pinyin: Wáng Chóngyáng) was a Song Dynasty Taoist who was one of the founders of Quanzhen Taoism in the twelfth century. ... Wulin is the fictional society of Chinese martial arts heroes in Wuxia fiction. ... The introduction to this article provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject matter. ... Xiangyang (Traditional Chinese: 襄陽, Simplified Chinese: 襄阳, pinyin: Xiāngyáng) was a Chinese city famous for the Siege of Xiangyang (1267-1273) by Mongol invaders. ... Mount Hua, known in Chinese as Huashan, is one of the five Sacred Mountains of China. Mount Hua is located in Shaanxi Province. ... The fictional character Yang Guo (Traditional Chinese: ; Simplified Chinese: ; Pinyin: ) is the protagonist in the 1959 Chinese wuxia novel The Return of the Condor Heroes by Jinyong. ... Xiaolongnü portrayed by Liu Yifei in the 2006 CCTVs adaptation of The Return of the Condor Heroes. Xiaolongnü (Traditional Chinese: ; Simplified Chinese: ; pinyin: ; literally little dragon girl) is a fictional character from the Chinese wuxia novel The Return of the Condor Heroes (Shen Diao Xia Lü), 1959, by writer... Yang Kang is a character from Jin Yongs book, The Legend of the Condor Heroes. ... Mu Nianci (木念慈) is a supporting character from Jin Yongs famous work The Legend of the Condor Heroes. ... The Legend of Condor Heroes (Traditional Chinese: ; Simplified Chinese: ; Pinyin: ) is one of the most acclaimed wuxia novels by Jinyong, first published in 1957 in Hong Kong Commercial Daily. ...

Xiaolongnü is a mysterious girl of unknown origin and whose past is slowly revealed in the plot.

Raised briefly by Guo Jing and Huang Rong, Yang Guo was later sent to train under the Quan Zhen Sect martial arts (All True Religion), he met Xiaolongnü of Ancient Tomb Sect (Gumu Pai), who became his teacher. When they first met, Yang Guo was an impetuous and mischievous 14-year-old while Xiaolongnü was a cold, unemotional 18-year-old. After years of living together in the Ancient Tomb and training in martial art, they eventually fell in love with each other. Guo Jing (Chinese: ; pinyin: , died January 31, 1273) is the fictional main character in The Legend of the Condor Heroes, a novel written by Chinese author Jinyong. ... Huang Rong 黄蓉(born in 1203, died January 31, 1273) is a fictional character in the novel, The Legend of the Condor Heroes written by Chinese author Jinyong. ... The fictional character Yang Guo (Traditional Chinese: ; Simplified Chinese: ; Pinyin: ) is the protagonist in the 1959 Chinese wuxia novel The Return of the Condor Heroes by Jinyong. ... the Quanzhen School is an important school in Chinese Taoism. ... Xiaolongnü portrayed by Liu Yifei in the 2006 CCTVs adaptation of The Return of the Condor Heroes. Xiaolongnü (Traditional Chinese: ; Simplified Chinese: ; pinyin: ; literally little dragon girl) is a fictional character from the Chinese wuxia novel The Return of the Condor Heroes (Shen Diao Xia Lü), 1959, by writer... The fictional character Yang Guo (Traditional Chinese: ; Simplified Chinese: ; Pinyin: ) is the protagonist in the 1959 Chinese wuxia novel The Return of the Condor Heroes by Jinyong. ... Xiaolongnü portrayed by Liu Yifei in the 2006 CCTVs adaptation of The Return of the Condor Heroes. Xiaolongnü (Traditional Chinese: ; Simplified Chinese: ; pinyin: ; literally little dragon girl) is a fictional character from the Chinese wuxia novel The Return of the Condor Heroes (Shen Diao Xia Lü), 1959, by writer...

Plot

The orphan

The story begins with the introduction of a new plot line and new characters. Li Mochou (李莫愁),a powerful and vicious woman, massacred the entire Lu family due to her humiliation after a reneged marriage vow. Lu Wushuang (陸無雙), a youngster in the Lu family, was abducted by Li Mochou during the fights while her cousin Cheng Ying was saved by Huang Yaoshi (黃藥師) (one of the Five Greats of the martial arts world and a significant character in The Legend of the Condor Heroes). Li Mochou (Chinese: ; pinyin: ) is a fictional character from the Chinese wuxia novel The Return of the Condor Heroes (Shen Diao Xia Lü) by Jinyong. ... The introduction to this article provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject matter. ... The Legend of Condor Heroes (Traditional Chinese: 射鵰英雄傳; Simplified Chinese: 射雕英雄传; pinyin: shè diāo yÄ«ng xióng zhuàn) is the best wuxia novel by Jinyong, first published in 1957 in Hong Kong Commercial Daily. ... The Legend of Condor Heroes (Traditional Chinese: ; Simplified Chinese: ; Pinyin: ) is one of the most acclaimed wuxia novels by Jinyong, first published in 1957 in Hong Kong Commercial Daily. ...

The main character Yang Guo (楊過) was then introduced as an orphan, living the life of a scavenger. He was accidentally hurt by one of Li Mochou's poisonous needles in the fight. Fortunately for him, he encountered Ouyang Feng (歐陽鋒) (another member of the Five Greats, and a powerful villain in the previous story, and since gone insane). Ouyang Feng offered to help Yang Guo purge his poison, with the odd condition that he take the title of Ouyang Feng's adopted son. After Yang Guo was cured, their companionship did not last long as Ouyang Feng would enter one of his fits of madness and wander off. During the brief time they stayed together, Yang Guo received instruction in Ouyang Feng's legendary fighting style, which would later prove to be both a blessing and a curse.

When Yang Guo encountered the couple Guo Jing (郭靖) and Huang Rong (黃蓉), they immediately noticed that the young Yang bore an uncanny resemblance to Guo's sworn brother, Yang Kang (楊康). Upon learning that Yang Guo was in fact Yang Kang's son, the couple took Yang Guo under their care. However, Yang Guo did not get along with Guo Jing's daughter Guo Fu (郭芙) or his disciples (brothers Wu Dunru (武敦儒) and Wu Xiuwen (武修文)). Furthermore, out of the fear that Yang Guo would follow the footsteps of his late father (a man who wielded the power of his martial arts for evil ends), Huang Rong convinced her husband to not teach Yang Guo any martial skills, and she would instead only instruct him on the teachings of philosophy and literary arts. Realising that he was being treated differently from the other disiples, Yang Guo keenly felt the injustice, and slowly (for reasons of his own) began to suspect that Guo Jing and Huang Rong were involved in his father's death. Guo Fu (郭芙) is the eldest and spoiled daughter of Guo Jing (郭靖) and Huang Rong (黃蓉) in Jinyongs novel, The Return of the Condor Heroes. ... Wu Dunru (武敦儒}, is a fictional character in The Return of the Condor Heroes, a novel written by Chinese author Jinyong. ... Wu Xiuwen (武修文}, is a fictional character in The Return of the Condor Heroes, a novel written by Chinese author Jinyong. ...

Things came to a head one day when a fight broke out between Yang Guo and the Wu brothers. Upon being beaten, Yang Guo unexpectedly revealed hisToad Leap (蛤蟆功), taught to him by Ouyang Feng, and injured Wu Xiuwen badly. When questioned later by Guo Jing and Huang Rong couple, Yang Guo refused to reveal how he learnt the Toad Leap. In any event, the answer was self-evident, as the only living person who knew the art was Ouyang Feng (who had killed six of Guo Jing's masters Jiangnan Qi Guai (江南七怪) and committed countless other crimes in the past). The couple decided at last that Yang Guo would inevitably learn martial arts in his own way, and that it would be better to at least have him taught properly in mainstream arts rather than chance corruption by any of the countless other "evil" styles. Yang Guo would be sent to the Quan Zhen Sect (全真教) for better guidance, and also for instruction in one of the most "mainstream" styles of the time. Jiangnan Qi Guai (江南七怪) (lit. ... the Quanzhen School is an important school in Chinese Taoism. ...

Quanzhen sect

Despite the goodwill between Guo Jing and the elders of the Quanzhen Sect, things got off to a bad start. The younger Quanzhen members attacked Guo Jing in a case of mistaken identity, but their best efforts were easily defeated by the single man. Even after clearing up matters with the Quanzhen elders, there was still considerable embarrassment. Yang Guo was poorly treated, and his shifu Zhao Zhijing (趙志敬) perceived Yang Guo as rebellious and would not teach him proper martial arts; teaching the boy only the verse and not the maneuver, Zhao Zhijing was able to fool his elders into believing that Yang Guo was just a poor student. After an incident where Yang Guo again used the Toad Leap and injured another student, the entire sect (who held countless grudges against Ouyang Feng in the past) turned against him with a vengeance. Yang Guo fled and escaped unknowingly into the nearby Tomb of the Living Dead, the home of the Gumu Pai (Ancient Tomb Sect, 古墓派), and was taken in by Xiaolongnü (小龍女). Due to a previous agreement between Wang Chongyang (王重陽) and Lin Chaoying (林朝英), the respective founders of the Quanzhen and Gumu Pai, the Quanzhen priests were prohibited from entering after him. Xiaolongnü portrayed by Liu Yifei in the 2006 CCTVs adaptation of The Return of the Condor Heroes. Xiaolongnü (Traditional Chinese: ; Simplified Chinese: ; pinyin: ; literally little dragon girl) is a fictional character from the Chinese wuxia novel The Return of the Condor Heroes (Shen Diao Xia Lü), 1959, by writer... Wang Chongyang (11 January 1113 – 22 January 1170) [Chinese calendar: 宋徽宗政和二年十二月廿二 – 金世宗大定十年正月初四] (Traditional Chinese: 王重陽; Simplified Chinese: 王重阳; pinyin: Wáng Chóngyáng) was a Song Dynasty Taoist who was one of the founders of Quanzhen Taoism in the twelfth century. ... Lin Chaoying (tr. ...

Ancient Tomb sect

Xiaolongnü imparted her skills to Yang Guo and they eventually ended up practising the Maiden Finesse. At one point, they had to strip their bodies to practice but was chanced upon by Yin Zhiping (尹志平) and Zhao Zhijing. Yin Zhiping couldnt believe Xiaolongnü was having a love affair with another man. Nor couldhe believe she was showing Yang Guo her boobs. With her energy disrupted, Xiaolongnü was injured severely. At this critical moment, Li Mochou returned to look for the Maiden Finesse.

Yang Guo and Xiaolongnü sparred with Li Mochou and her disciple. They were pursued relentlessly by Li Mochou, and sealed up the only exit with a block of stone in the end. Li Mochou held Yang Guo and Xiaolongnü captive. After being tortured, Yang Guo finally said that he would die for Xiaolongnü. Li Mochou seized this opportunity to say to Xiaolongnü that she could exit the tomb now since she has finally found a man who truly loved her. However, Xiaolongnü saw through Li Mochou's trick, saying that she doesn't think there is another way out.

They were pursued again and they managed to shake off Li Mochou. Thinking that her death was near, Xiaolongnü asked Yang Guo to place her in one of the coffins in the room in the gumu. After Yang Guo climbed into the coffin with her, they found a secret lever. They fell through the coffin and ended up in a room which contained secret martial art manuals and many stone soldiers. Li Mochou found the opening in the coffin and sought them. They exited the tomb together through a waterfall. Li Mochou returned to her house and found Lu Wushuang missing along with her one of her martial art manuals, and vowed to kill Lu Wushuang.

Meanwhile, Xiaolongnü and Yang Guo learnt a skill from the Sacred Scriptures of Nine Negations left behind by Wang Chongyang. One day, Yang Guo's godfather, Ouyang Feng, came to look for Yang Guo. After Yang Guo realised that it was his godfather who Xiaolongnü was presently engaged in a fight with, he stopped them and pointed out to the both of them that Ouyang Feng was his godfather. Ouyang Feng was overjoyed and immediately wanted to continue imparting his martial skills to Yang Guo. Not trusting Xiaolongnü, Ouyang Feng immobilised her, not wanting her to look at them practising. Taking advantage of Xiaolongnü's immobilised state, Yin Zhiping raped her and ran away. He striped Xiaolongnü and had sex with her. He just stared at her boobs all night! Worrying that Xiaolongnü would kill him if she found out that it was him. However, Xiaolongnü thought it was Yang Guo, who had been with her. When Yang Guo returned from practising with Ouyang Feng, he became confused with Xiaolongnü's actions towards him. After he refused to address her appropriately as his wife, she flew away in a furious and sad state.

Love Flower

In the novel, there is a flower called the Love Flower (情花) which although beautiful, has hidden thorns. The thorns are very poisonous and it could be fatal if pricked by even one of them. Upon any thoughts of love, the victim would be hurt by the poison. Years ago, the love flowers were supposed to be extinct but it seemed that they still continue to thrive in a hidden place called the Passionless Valley, whose master is the ruthless Gongsun Zhi (公孫止). There is only two antidote to the poison of this flower, the passion pill, one with Yang Guo where the pill was put in his pocket, which he soon gave to Long'er and one where the wife of the Valley Master kept. In the English version on KTSF 26, these flowers bore the same name, but the valley and the pill were renamed "Heartless Pill" and "Heartless Valley"

Yang Guo was poisoned by this flower when he came to the valley while Xiaolongnü was badly injured in the later part of this novel. Since Yang Guo would not take the pill which was given to him because he thought Xiao Long Nu was going to die, Xiao Long Nu jumped off a cliff, leaving a message to Yang Guo, who could still be saved. The message read: "She was going to meet Yang Guo 16 years later and the time she is gone, he must take care of himself and wait for their reunion.". Her plan was to make him forget about her so that he would take the antidote and live for at least sixteen more years. The fictional character Yang Guo (Traditional Chinese: ; Simplified Chinese: ; Pinyin: ) is the protagonist in the 1959 Chinese wuxia novel The Return of the Condor Heroes by Jinyong. ...

Sixteen Years Later

Yang Guo waited for sixteen years. He spent his time developing his martial arts with that divine bird, the Condor (culminating in creating the Melancholic Sad Palms) and then wandering the land, becoming a well known hero, the Condor Hero. On the day he was supposed to meet Xiao Long Nu, Yang Guo found out that Nanhai Nun did not exist and that she actually jumped off the cliff, so he jumped off the cliff to join her in death. To his surprise, the bottom of the valley had a lake.

Xiao Long Nu had actually survived and slowly recovered while at the bottom of the pit. She had no way of getting out and so lived her life like she did in the cave she grew up in. Yang Guo also survives the fall and they reunite. She and Yang Guo were very happy to find each other. He and Xiao Long Nu left the pit and found out that Guo Xiang (Guo Jing's daughter whom he had a close bond with) was in danger. They rescue her and take part in a battle to protect Xiang Yang. Yang Guo makes his peace with all the warriors. Xiao Long Nu and Yang Guo are recognized as heroes and then leave off on their own. Guo Xiang (Chinese: 郭象; Pinyin: Guō Xiàng; Wade-Giles: Kuo Hsiang; d. ...

Characters

The Condor (Giant Eagle)

The Condor (神鵰) is a giant eagle living alone in a valley. It used to have a companion but he was long dead before it met Yang Guo. The Great Eagle's companion was actually a great sword master, nicknamed the Sword Devil (劍魔), by the name of Dugu Qiu Bai (獨孤求敗) or The Lonely One-Who-Begs-For-Defeat. After roaming China in search for someone to rival his great swordmanship, Dugu Qiu Bai came to a cave in the middle of a forest and lived there as a hermit. No one could defeat him so he became known as 'Great' but in the process, he also became a solitary person, living alone with only the condor for a companion. In doing so, he took on the name "Qiubai (求敗)" ("begging for defeat"), perhaps out of arrogance, or more likely as a dogged quest to find the limit of his skills. After his death, the Great Eagle lived alone, and only came to encounter Yang Guo one night during a fight with a giant snake. The fictional character Yang Guo (Traditional Chinese: ; Simplified Chinese: ; Pinyin: ) is the protagonist in the 1959 Chinese wuxia novel The Return of the Condor Heroes by Jinyong. ... Dugu Qiu Bai aka Kim Mo tuk Ku Kau Pai (The lonely sword devil in search of defeat) was a character in Ging Yongs novel named Lin Kang. ... Dugu Qiu Bai aka Kim Mo tuk Ku Kau Pai (The lonely sword devil in search of defeat) was a character in Ging Yongs novel named Lin Kang. ... The fictional character Yang Guo (Traditional Chinese: ; Simplified Chinese: ; Pinyin: ) is the protagonist in the 1959 Chinese wuxia novel The Return of the Condor Heroes by Jinyong. ...

From the Condor Yang Guo learned his swordsplay. Because his right arm had been severed by Guo Fu, the spoiled daughter of his surrogate uncle Guo Jing in a fit of anger, Yang Guo trained relentlessly with his one arm under the waterfalls to wield the great sword of Dugu Qiu Bai. Eventually, when he achieved high skills in martial art, he and the condor ventured out to search for his lover which is also his martial art's master, Xiaolongnü (小龍女). Although it is described as a rather unattractive or ugly bird, the Condor however, possesses near human intelligence and fighting skills that can rival some of the best in the martial art world. Like its former master Dugu Qiu Bai, it is proud yet noble in nature and likes to challenge other human or beast it encounters. The fictional character Yang Guo (Traditional Chinese: ; Simplified Chinese: ; Pinyin: ) is the protagonist in the 1959 Chinese wuxia novel The Return of the Condor Heroes by Jinyong. ... Guo Fu (郭芙) is the eldest and spoiled daughter of Guo Jing (郭靖) and Huang Rong (黃蓉) in Jinyongs novel, The Return of the Condor Heroes. ... Guo Jing (Chinese: ; pinyin: , died January 31, 1273) is the fictional main character in The Legend of the Condor Heroes, a novel written by Chinese author Jinyong. ... The fictional character Yang Guo (Traditional Chinese: ; Simplified Chinese: ; Pinyin: ) is the protagonist in the 1959 Chinese wuxia novel The Return of the Condor Heroes by Jinyong. ... Dugu Qiu Bai aka Kim Mo tuk Ku Kau Pai (The lonely sword devil in search of defeat) was a character in Ging Yongs novel named Lin Kang. ... Genera Vultur Gymnogyps For other uses, see Condor (disambiguation). ... Xiaolongnü portrayed by Liu Yifei in the 2006 CCTVs adaptation of The Return of the Condor Heroes. Xiaolongnü (Traditional Chinese: ; Simplified Chinese: ; pinyin: ; literally little dragon girl) is a fictional character from the Chinese wuxia novel The Return of the Condor Heroes (Shen Diao Xia Lü), 1959, by writer... Dugu Qiu Bai aka Kim Mo tuk Ku Kau Pai (The lonely sword devil in search of defeat) was a character in Ging Yongs novel named Lin Kang. ...

Protagonists

• Yang Guo (楊過) - the main hero of the story. He is the orphaned son of Yang Kang (楊康) and Mu Nianci (穆念慈) who are both characters of the first part of the trilogy, The Legend of the Condor Heroes.
• Xiaolongnü (小龍女) - is Yang Guo's love interest. She is a disciple of the secret martial art sect, Gumu Pai (Ancient Tomb Sect, 古墓派).
• Guo Jing (郭靖) - is the sworn brother of Yang Guo's father, Yang Kang. He took care of Yang Guo when his mother died.
• Huang Rong (黃蓉) - is Guo Jing's clever wife and Yang Guo's surrogate aunt. She refused at first to teach martial arts to Yang Guo, fearing that he would turn out to be like his father.
• Lu Wushuang (陸無雙) - is the spirited daughter of the Lu House, which is a prominent family in Jiang Nan. When she first saw Yang Guo, she thought he was half-mad and called him "Sha Dan." Later on, she began to develop strong feelings for him.
• Cheng Ying (程英) - is Lu Wu Shuang's mild-mannered cousin and a disciple of Island Master Huang Yaoshi (黃藥師), the East Heretic and Huang Rong's father. She helped Yang Guo rescue Lu Wushuang from the evil clutches of Li Mochou (李莫愁). Like her cousin, she also has affectionate feelings for Yang Guo.
• Wanyan Ping (完顏萍)- is a member of the royal family of Jin Dynasty. Her whole family was killed by the Yelü (耶律) Family and to avenge their deaths, she swore to kill Yelü Chuchai (耶律楚才) who was the prime minister of Mongolia. She reminded Yang Guo of Xiaolongnü and because of this, he taught her martial arts to defeat the prime minister's son, Yelü Qi (耶律齊).
• Guo Fu (郭芙) - is the spoiled daughter of Guo Jing and Huang Rong. She used to look down on Yang Guo when they were younger. She later made her peace with Yang Guo after he saved her husband Yelü Qi and sister at the end of the novel. She grew up with Wu Dunru (武敦儒) and Wu Xiuwen (武修文). They were sons of Wu Santong (武三通) and later became her first suitors. Since Guo Fu had trouble choosing which of the brothers to marry, Dun Ru and Xiu Wen fought a duel to the death. In order to prevent this fratricide, Yang Guo lied to the Wu brothers saying that Guo Jing and Huang Rong had already betrothed Guo Fu to him. This lie really offended Guo Fu. She intended to kill Yang Guo with the Shunü Sword which Xiaolongnü gave her but, fortunately, only severed his right arm.
• Gongsun Lü'e (公孫綠萼) - is the daughter of the evil Passionless Valley master, Gongsun Zhi (公孫止) and the cruel Qui Qianchi (裘千尺) who was known as the Iron Palm Lotus Blossom. She fell in love with Yang Guo even though he could not return her love. Eventually, she made the ultimate sacrifice and gave up her life to save him from the Love flower poison.
• Guo Xiang (郭襄) - is the gentle daughter of Guo Jing and Huang Rong and Guo Fu's younger sister. As a baby, she was kidnapped by Li Mochou and was fed by a female leopard. Later, the evil Tibetan monk, Jinlun Fawang (金輪法王) also tried to kidnap her. It was Yang Guo who finally saved her and returned her to her mother.

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Antagonists

• Jinlun Guoshi (金輪國師) / Jinlun Fawang (金輪法王) - is known as the Living Buddha of Tibet and Mongolia's Defense Master. At the heroes' gathering in Da Shen Guan, he tried to take the title of "Head of Wulin" to stop the South Song Song Dynasty (960-1279) citizens from raising arms against the Mongolians. He was later defeated by Yang Guo and Xiaolongnü who teamed up and used the Jade Maiden Heart's Swordplay.
• Li Mochou (李莫愁) - is known as the Serpent Deity. The apprentice sister of Xiaolongnü, she was expelled from the sect because of her love for a man who later betrayed her. She roams Jiang Hu, striking fear in men's hearts and ruthlessly causing trouble when the mood strikes her.
• Gongsun Zhi (公孫止) - is the merciless master of Passionless Valley. His ancestors were once important officials of Tang Dynasty who fled to a fortress in the hidden valley to avoid prosecution. While gathering some herbs, he chanced upon the unconscious form of Xiaolongnü and fell in love with her.
• Qiu Chianchi (裘千尺) - is Gongsun Zhi's wife and known as the Lotus Blossom of Iron Palm Sect. Everyone thought she was dead but in truth, Gongsun Zhi imprisoned her in a deep pit under the Passionless Valley. She was trapped in the pit with her arms and legs crippled. She trained herself to spit out prune seeds with deadly result. She also knows the recipe of the antidote for the poisonous plants in Passionless Valley.
• Zhao Zhijing (趙志敬) - is a third-generation disciple of Quan Zhen Sect (全真教) and also the master of Yang Guo when he was still studying there. He nearly destroyed his own school when he enlisted the Mongolian conquerors to help him become master of Quan Zhen Sect. He finally died from poison bees.
• Huo Du (霍都) - is a prince of Mongolia and a disciple of Jinlun Fawang.
• Möngke Khan (蒙哥汗)- is a Mongolian ruler who personally lead the attack on the city of Xiangyang. He was killed by Yang Guo at the end of the novel. His death temporary halted the Mongolian invasion, caused by the internal conflict of succession within the Mongol empire in which Kublai Khan won.
• Kublai (忽必烈) was a governor of the southern territories of the Mongol Empire and its military general. He tried to persuade Guo Jing to switch his loyalty to the Mongol Empire again. After his brother Möngke Khan died at the hand of Yang Guo, he and his brother Hulagu started a civil war that disrupted unity of the empire. Eventually, Kublai won and became a Khan and Yuan Dynasty founder.
• Jinlun's Helpers - the four other Mongolian martial artists that assist Jinlun in important missions.

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The Five Greats

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• Zhou Botong (周伯通) - is known as the Old Mischievous Child (老頑童). At the end of the novel, he reluctantly took central position of the Five Greats as 'Zhong Wantong' (中頑童) which used to belong to his apprentice brother, Wang Chongyang (王重陽) aka Zhong Shentong.
• Huang Yaoshi (黃藥師) - is known as the Eastern Heretic (東邪), a man who dislikes the rules of that era and has a mercurial disposition. Also respectfully called TaoHua Daozhu (Master of the Peach Blossom Island) for where he lives, though he tends to wander around in this novel (as opposed to in Shediao Yingxiong Zhuan, where he stayed primarily in Taohua Dao) because his daughter and son-in-law has taken over the island.
• Yang Guo (楊過) - is known as the Western Eccentric (西狂), in reference to his flounting of the conventions forbidding marriage to his master. As the name suggests, he gets along well with the Eastern Heretic Huang Yaoshi. Successor to Ouyang Feng (歐陽鋒), the Western Venom (西毒) who is also his foster father. Ouyang Feng is one of the guest stars from The Return of the Condor Heroes because he only appears in Chapter 2, 7, & 11 out of 40 chapters in the novel, mentioned about 280 times in 3^rd revision of the novel.
• Yideng Dashi (Grandmaster Yideng, 一燈大師) - is known as the Southern Monk (南僧). He used to be called the Southern Emperor (Nan Di, 南帝), because he was the king of the Kingdom of Dali (大理國) but he abdicated and entered the monastery to become a monk.
• Guo Jing (郭靖) - is known as the Northern Hero (Bei Xia, 北俠), for his compassion and devoted efforts in helping defend fort Xiangyang over the years against Mongolian invasion. A successor to Northern Beggar Hong Qigong (北丐, 洪七公), who is also one of his teachers. Ouyang Feng dies with Hong Qigong on Chapter 11. Hong Qigong is considered guest star from The Return of the Condor Heroes because he only appears in Chapter 10 & 11, mentioned about 187 times in 3^rd revision of the novel.

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Adaptations

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TV series

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Comics

• Asiapac Publishing acquired the rights to produce an illustrated version of The Return of the Condor Heroes in 1995. Artist Wee Tian Beng, with the approval of author Jinyong, produced an 18 volume series chronicling the adventures of Yang Guo. The lavishly illustrated series, which was translated by Jean Lim, won the Prestigious Award in 1997 during the Asian Comics Conference held in Korea. There are also cute gag strips that poke gentle fun at some of the story's events.
• In 2002, Comics One published the first official English translation of "Legendary Couple" which is a retelling of Return of Condor Heroes. Louis Cha is credited as the writer with Tony Wong handling the illustration duties.

Louis Cha or Zha Liangyong (sometimes Cha Leung Yung), OBE (born June 6, 1924), known to most by his penname Jinyong (Jin Yong) or Kam-yung (Cantonese), is one of the most influential modern Chinese-language novelists who is also the co-founder of the Hong Kong daily Ming Pao. ...

Video games

• Soft-World released a RPG based on the novel for DOS. The game is only available in Chinese language and cover the first half of the novel until Yang Guo met the divine eagle.
• New Shen Diao Xia Lü (2000) for Windows
• New Shen Diao Xia Lü 2 (2003) for Windows
• ISGame.com created this interactive version of the novel. Chinese Language only.
• ISGame.com followed up the success of the first game with this sequel. Again, it's Chinese Language only.

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See also

• Jinyong
• The Condor Trilogy
• The Legend of the Condor Heroes
• The Heavenly Sword and the Dragon Saber

Louis Cha or Zha Liangyong (sometimes Cha Leung Yung), OBE (born June 6, 1924), known to most by his penname Jinyong (Jin Yong) or Kam-yung (Cantonese), is one of the most influential modern Chinese-language novelists who is also the co-founder of the Hong Kong daily Ming Pao. ... The Condor Trilogy is a trilogy of three wuxia fiction novels by Jinyong. ... The Legend of Condor Heroes (Traditional Chinese: ; Simplified Chinese: ; Pinyin: ) is one of the most acclaimed wuxia novels by Jinyong, first published in 1957 in Hong Kong Commercial Daily. ... The Heavenly Sword and the Dragon Saber[citation needed] (Traditional Chinese: 倚天屠龍記; Simplified Chinese: 倚天屠龙记; pinyin: yǐ tiān tú lóng jì) is a Chinese wuxia novel by Jinyong, first serialized in Ming Pao. ...

References

External links

• (English) Divine Eagle, Gallant Knight - COMPLETE TRANSLATION of the novel at Wuxiapedia.com
• (Chinese) Jin Yong Teahouse - fansite of Jin Yong's novels in Cinese
• (Chinese) Fei Hong Xue Ni - Jin Yong forums in Chinese
• (Chinese) QiQi.com - fansite of Jinyong novels
• (English) Return of Condor Heroes (1983 - TVB) - fansite of the 1983 TV adaptation.
• (English) [http://www.spcnet.tv/readingrooms/index.php?authorID=1 Jin Yong Reading Room - fan translations in varying states of completion of various Jinyong novels
• (English) TV adaptations - fansite