No Jin Yong, no martial arts, if you want to compare Jin Yong to a certain character in his pen, then only the image of the "Sword Demon" Dugu seeking defeat is the most suitable for him, that swordsman has not tasted defeat for more than 30 years, and Jin Yong is a rare opponent in the world of martial arts novels.
However, even Jin Yong may not be able to make every work satisfying, and he has even written a "unfinished" story, but who would have thought that his unintentional act of inserting willows would accidentally create a classic.
1. The unfinished story
Which of Jin Yong's works is unfinished? The "unfinished" mentioned here is not that the ending is very bad, but that it was not finished at all.
However, not to mention whether it is bad or not, even Jin Yong's story has only half of the plot development, which makes readers criticize it very badly.
(Xiaolongnu, Yin Zhiping stills)
For example, "The Condor Heroes" is a work with mixed reputations, the protagonists of this work, Yang Guo and Xiaolongnu, can be said to be the most out of all the protagonists in Jin Yong's pen, but the story itself may not satisfy everyone.
The reason for this is nothing more than the existence of the "Yin Zhiping Incident", even if you look at it now, the bridge section of "making the heroine lose her virginity" can be called explosive, not to mention the relatively conservative era at that time? Jin Yong is really bold in writing this plot.
However, putting aside the "Yin Zhiping incident", the overall plot of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" is also much inferior to the previous work "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", because its main plot has almost nothing else except "Yang Guo looking for an aunt" or "Yang Guo flirting with his sister", so it is inevitable that people will feel tired after reading it.
(Guo Xiang stills)
But the end of this work can't be said to be bad, after all, Long Yang and Yang reunited at the bottom of the valley, Xiangyang City was defended with the cooperation of the heroes, Guo Jing and Yang Guo also won the name of the Five Uniques, everything is just right.
As a sequel to "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", "Heaven and Dragon Slayer" was criticized at the beginning.
Most people may not know that the original book does not start with Xie Xun snatching the dragon slaying knife, but begins with Guo Xiang looking for Yang Guo, but just two times later, Guo Xiang is no longer alive, and the story has reached the era of decades later, the protagonist at this time is like Yu Daiyan, the reason why it is said to be "like", but because the story unfolds from his perspective, but who would have thought that Yu Daiyan was inexplicably disabled.
and then Zhang Cuishan and Yin Susu appeared on the stage and took over the identity of the protagonist, but as a result, the husband and wife both died in the tenth episode of the original work, this kind of setting of frequently changing the protagonist is really unpleasant.
(Zhang Cuishan, Yin Susu stills)
However, "Heaven and Dragon Slayer" is not unfinished, but allows Zhu Yuanzhang to defeat the Dayuan court with the help of Mingjiao, and then establish the Ming Dynasty, which is a very ingenious setting.
And Jin Yong's other work is called "unfinished" in the real sense, because it has no ending at all, or in other words, Jin Yong only wrote a beginning.
That work is "Thirty-Three Musketeers".
2. A work that has not been fully written
The so-called "Thirty-Three Musketeers" It is a work created with thirty-three swordsmen as the protagonists, and the thirty-three people are Zhao Virgin, Bearded Guest, Rope Technique, Woman in the Car, Ruzhou Monk, Jingxidian Old Man, Lanling Old Man, Lu Sheng, Nie Yinniang, Jing Thirteen Niang, Red Line, Wang Jinghongfu, Kunlun Mole, Siming Toutuo, Ding Xiucai, Sewing Needle Girl, Xuanci Temple Menzi, Li Guishou, Jia Ren's Wife, Weiyanghe Street Shangsuo, Temple Walker, Li Sheng, Zhang Zhongding, Xiuzhou Assassin, Zhang Xun's Wife, Pan Yan, Hongzhou Scholar, Yixia, Qing Turban, Zichuan Taoist, Chivalrous Woman, Xie Xun Woman, Jiaojin Taoist。
It is not easy to create a character into three-dimensional, let alone thirty-three characters, even for a master like Jin Yong, it takes a lot of energy to create such a work.
Therefore, he only wrote the beginning, that is, "The Sword of the Yue Woman", and then gave up the idea of creating the rest of the characters.
Jin Yong later explained in a short article why he gave up creating "Thirty-Three Musketeers" in the first place.
(A Qing stills)
Here's what he said: "I have a collection of engravings drawn by Ren Weichang called "Pictures of Three Musketeers", with a total of 33 swordsmen's figures, and the figures are very vivid. Occasionally, flipping through a few pages in my spare time triggers some imagination and often leads to the thought: 'It's better to 'insert' a short story into each picture.'" ’...... But the wish to write thirty-three swordsman stories in a row will never be fulfilled. After writing the first "Yue Nu Sword", the second novel "The Bearded Guest" could not be written. Writing a narrative essay is much less strenuous than writing a novel, so I use a flat and direct narrative to introduce the original story...... Among them, the four stories of "The Bearded Guest", "Nie Yinniang", "Red Line", and "Kunlun Nu" are well known and will not be described in detail, and the original writing is excellent, and I am not able to translate it into the same concise and clear style, so I appended the original text. ”
Just as Jin Yong gave up creating the story of the theme of the Three Kingdoms, it is also because of Zhuyu in front, if he follows the classics to write, it is undoubtedly an axe, but if it is too innovative, it will inevitably be criticized by readers for adding snakes, so he gave up this plan after creating the first character in "Thirty-Three Musketeers", "Zhao Virgin", that is, Yue Nu.
However, his move made "Yue Nu Sword" a classic.
3. A classic of unexpected achievements
Compared with Jin Yong's long stories, which are often hundreds of thousands of pages, "Yue Nu Sword" is short and concise, with only more than 10,000 words, but it is a perfect combination of martial arts and history.
The main plot of "Yue Nu Sword" revolves around the shepherdesss Ah Qing and the Yue Guo doctor Fan Li, that Ah Qing plays with a white ape all the year round, and inadvertently realizes a set of magical swordsmanship, strictly speaking, it should be a stick method, after all, her weapon is just a bamboo stick, but she can defeat the Wu warriors with that bamboo stick, and even stab the other party in an instant, Fan Li suddenly became interested in her.
(Xi Shi, Fan Li stills)
And those who have read the original book know that Fan Li approached her just to get her swordsmanship, but she was moved by Fan Li, when she saw Fan Li rescue Xi Shi, she was furious and entered the palace of the king of Yue, vowing to ask for an explanation, and she also had a murderous intention against Xi Shi.
But the moment Ah Qing saw Xi Shi, she suddenly lost the idea of killing the woman, just because she was so beautiful, but Ah Qing's sword wind had hurt Xi Shi, so Xi Shi covered her heart and left a very beautiful picture.
Although this work is short, it is a reinterpretation of the two allusions of "Three Thousand Yuejia Can Swallow Wu" and "Xizi Holds the Heart" in a martial arts way, which is really wonderful, so even if it is not long, it can be called a classic.
Of course, readers still prefer to see the complete "Thirty-Three Swordsmen", but Jin Lao has passed away, and this matter has become an eternal regret in the hearts of Jin fans.