When it comes to martial arts novels, there is a fat man who is not tall, whose appearance is not proud, and who resembles Maitreya, must be a character who cannot be avoided. He is Gu Long, a new martial arts novelist who has only lived for 48 years, but still lives in the minds of readers.
Cologne, originally not called cologne. Gu Long, just the pen name he took. His own real name is Xiong Yaohua, whose ancestral home is Nanchang, Jiangxi. Gu Long was born in Hong Kong on June 7, 1938, and when he was 12 years old, he followed his parents to Settle in Taiwan. When he was a student, Gu Long not only liked to read martial arts novels, but also liked poetry and songs, and began to write poems in his high school years, and submitted articles to many newspapers and magazines.
In 1955, when Gu Long was 17 years old, he submitted his debut novel "From The South to the North" to Chenguang Magazine, "From the South to the North" is a novel full of youthful atmosphere and melancholy tones, set in the big era, telling the story of the protagonist's wandering between Beijing and Taiwan. The words are elaborate, the tone is sad, and it gives people a lingering sentiment.
Although this debut novel is not very long and slightly immature, it is still of great significance to Gu Long. The first attempt paved a good foundation for him to deepen his cultivation in the martial arts world in the future. It was also from this novel that the pen name Gu Long officially appeared in his works and has been used ever since.
Regarding the origin of the pen name Gu Long, there are two theories, one is that a girl that Gu Long has a crush on is called Gu Feng, so Gu Long gave himself a matching name, Dragon to Phoenix. There is also a saying that in order to compete with Jin Yong, Gu Long is against Jin, and Dragon is against Yong, proving that he is blue out of blue. In the end, why it is called Gulong, perhaps only Gulong himself knows best.
In 1958, at the age of 20, Gu Long chose to take a career, from a student to a social worker, from a social worker to a member of the Black Astrology Society. The ivory tower does not know the taste of sorrow, and the taste of bitterness and bitterness in the big dyeing vat is full of bitterness. In order to make a living, Gu Long began to write martial arts novels. At that time, martial arts novels were becoming popular, and Gu Long's vision could be described as unique, choosing the outlet period.
Although the martial arts world seems to be a blue ocean, the competition is also quite fierce. Just like doing live broadcasting now, we all know how to make money, but it is so difficult to become a head anchor. Gu Long began with 1960's "Heavenly Excalibur" and wrote a lot of martial arts novels, but what really made him famous was writing novels such as "The Legend of the Hero of the Great Banner" and "Absolute Double Pride", until the birth of "Amorous Swordsman Ruthless Sword" in 1968, Gu Long really began to sit on an equal footing with Jin Yong and others.
It took 8 years to gain a firm foothold in the martial arts world. It can be seen that success is never achieved overnight, even if it is a master, it needs to go through thousands of hammers and hammers to succeed. Hardships and hardships Yuru Yucheng, long-term writing tempering, let Gu Long find his own style and direction. Since then, Gulong has maintained its peak period for a long time, and classics such as Xiao Shiyilang, Chu Liuxiang, Lu Xiaofeng, Happy Hero, Border City Prodigal Son, Meteor Butterfly sword and so on are from this period.
The peak of the cologne lasted almost ten years, and from 1977, when the dragon contracted liver disease, the health of the cologne gradually declined. During this period, although Gu Long's body was in a condition, his creative ability was still very strong, and he launched novels such as "The Sword of the Three Young Masters", "White Jade Tiger", "Earth Flying Eagle", and "Blue Blood Washing Silver Gun". The real recession period was after writing "Heroes Without Tears" in 1979, the amount of creation decreased sharply, and ghostwriting began to run rampant. To make matters worse, in 1980, the Ginsongkaku Incident, in which Gu Long injected blood with hepatitis, worsening his already weak body.
Nowadays, it seems that the name "Hero Without Tears" is really meaningful, as the last work before the decline of Gu Long, "Hero Without Tears" still maintains a consistent standard. At its peak, The ancient dragon launched a lot of fine products, but the most skilled penmanship was "Blue Blood Washing Silver Gun", "White Jade Tiger", "Parting Hook", etc., because at this time, the ancient dragon can already play freely, do it at will, have no tricks to win, and enter a swordless state. Get rid of the past clichés, you can use words to sketch out different rivers and lakes.
There is a passage in "Heroes Without Tears", "The song of the singer, the dance of the dancer, the sword of the swordsman, the pen of the literati, and the fighting spirit of the hero are all like this, as long as they do not die, they cannot give up." This is the sublimation of the main theme in "Heroes Without Tears", although the content of Gu Long's novel looks dark and terrifying, but the main theme always gives people hope and sunshine. Looking at this passage now, it seems that Gu Long is saying to himself, at that time, gu long's body has already appeared in a state, life and death are big, in the face of death, everyone will have fear, and gu long is the same. But Gu Long still maintained an optimistic spirit, and continued to drink the wine he loved to drink, writing the novels he loved to write, "As long as he does not die, he cannot give up." ”
"Hero Without Tears" as a watershed in the later period of Gulong's novel, after this novel, The amount of Gulong's creation began to decrease sharply, and ghostwriting began to run rampant, "Flying Knives And Flying Knives", "Midnight Orchids", "The Sound of Knives in wind chimes", "The Age of Great Martial Arts", "The God of Wealth and Short Knives", etc., can clearly feel that Gulong has declined, and the hero is white-headed.