Jin Yong's novels design such a structure, with the forces of justice on one side and the forces of evil on the other

Do you like to read Jin Yong's novels? If you like it, you will find that in his novels, there is always a fierce conflict, always a sudden fierce conflict, and two factions of centaurs fighting fiercely. This writing feature is very clearly reflected in the "Legend of the Eagle Shooter".

01 The fierce conflict in Jin Yong's novel

From the first chapter of "Wind and Snow Shock", "The Legend of the Archery Hero" has launched a thrilling battle between good and evil. Yang Tiexin and Guo Xiaotian, with Qiu Zhiji, became friends. They were unanimous in their views on the song monarchs and courtiers, and they all resented the incompetent imperial court, and even more directly hated the traitors within the country. They were like-minded, but they also began family misfortune.

On the other hand, Yan Honglie became acquainted with Wang Daoqian, a traitorous minister of the Southern Song Dynasty. The latter was plotting to betray the interests of the Song State to the Jin Dynasty, but was killed by Qiu Zhiji, a stinky Taoist. In this way, they are in conflict. In order to hunt down qiu, Yan Honglie coincidentally met Bao Xi weak. In order to seize Bao Xi weak, he later designed to let the Guo Yang family be destroyed, which led to the biggest conflict and inspired the blood sea of two generations.

Later stories basically revolved around the struggle between good and evil between the patriotic protection clique and the traitorous clique. Among them, Guo Jing is the core of decency, and the Seven Monsters of Jiangnan, Huang Rong, Hong Qigong, Huang Laoevil and other people radiate to the heart. Yan Honglie and Yang Kang were the core of the evil sect, and around him appeared the four ghosts of the Yellow River, Sha Tongtian, Ouyang Ke, Ouyang Feng and other evil elements.

The struggle between the two blocs is very intense. Of course, not only is the struggle between these two groups very obvious, but even in less important plots, such as the struggle between Temujin and Wang Han zamuhe and others, it also means a struggle between the good and evil factions. Even the fight between Xiao Dushi and Xiao Guo Jing xiao Tuolei also reflects the struggle between good and evil. It can be said that in this novel, Jin Yong is always describing the struggle between the strength of the two factions of good and evil.

So, is it just the novel that describes the struggle between good and evil? Definitely not. In "The Recipe of Lian cheng", there is also a very fierce struggle between the decent people represented by Di Yun and Ding Dian and the evil people represented by the brothers of the Wan Zhenshan Division. They fought with each other until the treasure of the Liancheng Trick was finally revealed.

Works such as "Smiling Proud of the Jianghu" and "Eight Parts of the Heavenly Dragon" also describe the struggle between the good and evil factions. This means that Jin Yong's writing has such a law, and in the novel, two diametrically opposed groups of decent people and evil people are always designed, and fierce conflicts arise between them, deep struggles occur, and final results are reached through struggle.

That is to say, well, designing the struggle between good and evil is an important writing technique.

02 Why is there a struggle between good and evil factions?

After understanding the fact that the novel is basically a struggle between good and evil factions, I can't help but ask, why is this so?

From the perspective of novel writing, decent people are often forwards, while evil schools are obstructive. Why are there forwarders, and why are there evil factions? Is it possible that the author of the novel deliberately wants to embarrass the reader, to make the reader uncomfortable, and to go through a painful ordeal process in order to allow the protagonist, who represents the power of decency, to get the progress he deserves?

Of course not. If so, the author of the novel would have to be scolded to death. Fundamentally speaking, decency is hindered by evil, which is in line with the basic facts of human society. Struggle is the norm in society, and only struggle can make progress.

The struggle between the just faction and the private evil faction often means demanding social progress. However, social progress is not easy and often requires intense struggle to achieve. For only through fierce struggle can we overcome the representatives of the old forces, get rid of the evil they represent, determine the dominance of the decent forces representing the new forces, and maintain the benign operation of society for a long time.

In short, it is a process of constantly removing old factors and establishing new ones. Therefore, there must be a struggle in the middle. It is manifested in the creation of novels, that is, there are fierce conflicts and deep struggles between decent people and evil people, and finally after strong hedging, it is difficult to present the benign results of the victory of decent people over evil factions.

Specifically, it is that decent people strive to grow up in order to live well for themselves, or for everyone to live well, such as Guo Jing practicing martial arts for his father's revenge, and later defending Xiangyang City for the sake of the Han people. And the evil faction forces often become an obstacle to the growth of decent people, such as Yan Honglie and Yang Kang, who want to kill Guo Jing, obstruct him, and make him unable to take revenge.

03 How should we describe the struggle between good and evil?

Since it is necessary to describe the struggle between good and evil, how should it be described? First of all, we must know several basic principles for describing the struggle between good and evil.

First, fight for great value. If it is for some small value, even if it is meaningful, it cannot become a main linear struggle throughout the novel. For example, some ungrateful things between friends are not worth devoting two camps to this, and then letting them fight to the death.

Second, there must be a sense of layering. The two factions of good and evil are constantly striving for great values, and they must have their own forces, so they will not be defeated or succeeded casually. Only in this way will we continue to create a story climax and psychological satisfaction for the reader.

Third, it is logical. The description of the two factions of good and evil should be logical and humane. Many novels depict decent villains, often more emotional, such as like likes it or not, or simply jealousy to stimulate confrontation and so on. These are all shallow manifestations, and the fundamental ones still have to conform to social laws. In this way, it can be more profound, more in line with the requirements of human nature, and more credible and convincing.

In addition to these basic principles, we must know how to specifically design the two factions of good and evil. First of all, it is necessary to design a decent protagonist. The decent protagonist is the protagonist of the whole book. This is related to the success or failure of the whole novel, so special attention should be paid to designing him. So, how should the protagonist be designed?

Of course, the main thing is that he wants to be decent and represent the mainstream values of society. For example, Guo Jing was the representative of the Three Views at that time, not only was he generous, but he also knew how to show gratitude and so on, and many advantages were gathered in one. In addition, the setting of the protagonist should meet the basic needs of the situation and the interaction of the characters at that time. If the whole novel is witty, the protagonist should have more funny features; if the protagonist needs to grow continuously to drive the development of the whole novel, he must start from a low level and be repetitive.

Second, design decent followers. Decent followers also play an important auxiliary role in the novel, so design them well. They should be designed according to their relationship with the protagonist, preferably as long as they can help the protagonist grow when necessary, it is enough. The number of direct followers should not be too large, otherwise it will appear bloated, and the reader will feel like they don't know who is really the most powerful supporter.

Finally, it is necessary to design a good cult group. The evil faction clique must have enough strength in order to suppress the upright, force the decent to develop their own strength, and eventually form an irreversible vortex of righteous forces in order to defeat the evil faction. This requires the evil clique to be strong at first, and even at the beginning their strength to surpass the decent clique.

For example, Guo Jing couldn't even beat the four ghosts of the Yellow River at the beginning, let alone Sha Tongtian and Ouyang Ke and others. In the earliest days, when he and Huang Rong faced the enemy, they were often chased around and fled, very passive. However, in the end, as they continued to meet nobles and constantly improve their martial arts level, they eventually became martial arts masters.

In short, the basic principle of designing the fierce conflict between the two factions of good and evil is to make the two factions of good and evil fight logically and continuously, and to promote the continuous development of contradictions from them, so as to finally present the results that the reader needs. How to effectively grasp and present this writing technique, it is obvious that Jin Yong has given us a good example.