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Wuxia novels of the Republic of China period, the three martial artists: Yao Min'ai, Gu Mingdao, and Wen Gongzhi

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Wuxia novels of the Republic of China period, the three martial artists: Yao Min'ai, Gu Mingdao, and Wen Gongzhi

Yao Min'ai, real name Yao Shuo (1893~1938), also known as Xiao Yao, the character Tianqi, the number of people mourning. A native of Changshu, Jiangsu, one of the strongest figures in the literary circles of the Early Minchu Dynasty, and a stalwart of the "Southern Society". In 1923, he created his first martial arts novel", "The Legend of Shandong Xiangma". His novels all have a strong color of the Blue and Red Gangs, creating the genre of "Gang Novels" in wuxia novels, which has a great influence on later martial arts novelists. Later, this writing technique was inherited by Zheng Zhengyin and became an important part of the Northern School of Martial Arts.

His works include: "The Legend of Shandong Xiangma", "The Tale of the Dragons of the Four Seas", "The Legend of the Heroes of the Jianghu", "The King of the Hat Mountain", "The Blood of the Dragon Foal", "The Ten Strange Heroes of the North and the South", "The Secret Rivers and Lakes", "The Thorny Rivers and Lakes", "The Legend of the Heroes of the Jianghu", "The Great Thief of Taihu Lake" and other 10 martial arts novels.

Wuxia novels of the Republic of China period, the three martial artists: Yao Min'ai, Gu Mingdao, and Wen Gongzhi

Gu Mingdao, real name Gu Jingcheng (1897~1944), was a native of Suzhou, Jiangsu Province. He graduated from the Zhensheng Middle School run by the church and stayed on to teach at the school, where he was baptized as a Christian. In his early years, he became famous under the pseudonym "Mei Qiannu Shi" to write social romance novels. In 1929, he became famous by serializing "Lady of the Wild River" in the "Happy Forest" attached to the "News Newspaper". There are a total of eighteen martial arts works, and the representative work "Arae River Girl" has been adapted into drama and made into a movie.

The works are: 1, Aragi Woman 2, Aragi Woman New Biography 3, Grass Mang Strange Man Biography 4, Tiger Howling Dragon Yinlu 5, Overseas Battle 6, Island Soldier Chronicle 7, Dragon Mountain Battle King (also known as "Dragon Mountain King") 8, Chivalrous Bone Enmity 9, Turbid Dragon 10, Red Pink Jingo 11, Red Makeup Hero Shadow (a "Chivalrous Blood Story") 12, Dai Trace Sword Shadow 13, Sword Bottom Shock 14, Sword Qi Sound (a "Sword Bottom Warbler") 15, Blood Rain Qiongpao 16, Sea Hero 17, Pirate King 18, Secret Country 19, National Disaster family vendetta , Patriotic Chivalrous Romance Novel 20, Golden Dragon Descending Mountain 21, Grinding Sword Record, Wuxia Notes Novel 22, Sanyidian 23, Rouge Thief, Novella Chivalrous Novel. 24, Sea Hero Sequel 25, Male and Female Sword 26, Swordsman Lü Siniang Rendition, may be the work "Sword Man Lü Siniang" written by Sun Jianqiu in the 1920s

Wuxia novels of the Republic of China period, the three martial artists: Yao Min'ai, Gu Mingdao, and Wen Gongzhi

Wen Gongzhi (1898—?) Pingshui Ruoweng, a native of Pingxiang, Jiangxi, a member of the League, pioneered the "historical school" of martial arts novels. In 1928, he wrote "The Biography of the Great Hero of the Blue Blood Dan Heart", which was published in 1930, and in 1933, he successively published "The Biography of the Blue Blood Dan Heart in the Public Biography" and "The Biography of the Blue Blood Dan Heart Ping Fan". In the plan, there is still a "Biography of the Blue Blood Dan Heart Guardian Country" that has not been completed. Representative work: "Blue Blood Dan Heart" trilogy.

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