Created from 1967 to 1969, "Smiling Proud of the River" belongs to the later works of Mr. Jin Yong, because of the twists and turns of the plot and the distinct personality of the characters, it is widely loved by readers as soon as it is published.
As the first male protagonist of the book, Ling Huchong has excellent martial arts and open-minded personality, and is the object of pursuit by thousands of readers. But can Ling Fox Chong be called a "hero"?
Chivalrous people must not only have noble personality cultivation, but also have the self-consciousness of acting bravely and courageously, eliminating violence and being good. And the great hero, on this basis, must also have the feelings of the family and the world, as well as the courage and responsibility of giving up who I am, just as the so-called "the great hero, for the country and the people", is not to be alone, but to help the world at the same time.
Guo Jing
Of course, as a hero in the martial arts world, superb martial arts are also indispensable, such as the "Seven Heroes of Jiangnan" boss Ke Zhen evil, its routine operation is from the domineering introduction of "the old man does not change his name and does not change his nature", to the "to kill to slash, listen to the respect", it is ridiculed as "the momentum has never been lost, the fight has never won", its explosive sense of justice can be called a hero, calling it a hero but also making people feel far-fetched.
Based on this criterion to objectively evaluate Ling Huchong, he can only be called a hero and a young hero, and it is inappropriate to call him a big hero.
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"Ling Fox Young Man" - of course, it deserves its name
Let's take a look at Ling Huchong's life history. There are 41 chapters in the whole book of "Smiling Proud of the Jianghu", and the first 10 chapters belong to the "low opening" stage of Ling Huchong's life, with a little martial arts, but not a master.
Chapter 11 is happy to descend from heaven, and once the wind is clear and the sword is passed, it enters the stage of "high walking", and by chapter 23, he has learned the Star Absorbing Dafa, "feeling that life has reached its peak", and has the capital to laugh at the rivers and lakes.
But what is worth affirming is that no matter what stage of life Ling Hu Chong is in, his chivalrous feelings of reporting unevenness and knowing gratitude are throughout.
When he knew that he was invincible, he fought Tian Boguang to save Yi Linzhi; when he was wronged for no reason, he endured humiliation and burden, and the White Horse Temple bravely fought dozens of masters of Song Mountain, Qi Sect and Green Forest, and at the most dangerous moment of the Huashan Sect, he tried to save the building from the general.
Tian Boguang
Unbeknownst to him, he reciprocated with a fountain of grace, facing the Shaolin and Kunlun factions, which represented the moral orthodoxy of the jianghu, and the "mother-in-law" of Wubagang Yihu who had compassion for him.
When his life was shortly over, he drew his sword to help each other, and joined hands to fight against the heavens and the good and evil factions; in the face of kindness, he ignored the sneers of the world, was willing to be the head of the nuns, and took over the leadership of the Hengshan sect.
All of the above makes Fox Chong's title of "hero" worthy of the name.
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"Ling Fox Hero" - it is actually difficult to match
Chivalry and righteousness are connected, and righteousness is the core. Regardless of whether Ling Huchong's "true love" is Yue Lingshan or Ren Yingying, whether he is single-minded in love. Regardless of whether as the leader of the Hengshan Sect, he was deficient in ability in the face of the negative response to the ultimatum of the Hengshan Sect by Ren Yixing.
The reason why ling fox "young hero" is not a "big hero" is that in the final analysis, when facing the overall situation and making a choice in the face of great righteousness, he "has a small pattern.".
Make the fox rush
Let the fox rush to the rivers and lakes at that time, the real villain and the hypocrites came out together, conspiracies and tricks ran rampant, the good and evil sides fought each other, and they fought each other internally, and you sang and I appeared on the scene, and the fight was very happy.
So, in the face of such a complicated situation, how did he deal with major events?
The most difficult thing to lose is to accept the grace of beauty - to help me take back the Demon Sect
At that time, the Demon Sect, as the pole of the "evil" of both good and evil sides, was able to oppose all upright sects including Shaolin, Wudang, Kunlun, wuyue sword sect, and so on, and was highly centralized -- only listening to the orders of the sect leader; well-organized -- from the sect leader to the left and right envoys, elders, church masters, incense lords, etc., leaders at all levels performed their duties; loyalty and reliability -- there was a "three corpse brain god Dan" as a guarantee.
Fortunately, the current boss of the Demon Sect, Dongfang Undefeated, was busy "embroidering", all thanks to the blind toss of Yang Lianting's "bronze" position, and the good and evil sides also maintained a relative balance of power. Unfortunately, the appearance of Ling Fox Chong upset this balance.
The East is undefeated
The father-in-law and mother-in-law's affairs are as big as the sky, not to mention the father-in-law.
In order to repay Ren Yingying's deep affection for him, Ling Hu Chong helped the demon sect's original boss Ren Yixing to retake the demon sect, and changed the demon sect to a "strongest king" duan family, and the jianghu was no longer peaceful.
The facts behind also proved that the Demon Sect under the leadership of Ren Yixing was more cohesive and had higher combat effectiveness, and from the section where the Demon Sect besieged Huashan in Chapter 40, it can be seen that its banner is in retreat and order is no longer like a jianghu gang, but more like an army.
If it were not for the sudden and violent death of Ren Yixing, the final result of the contest between good and evil would be unknown.
Haggard for the yixuan people - bi jian lost to Yue Lingshan
Ling Hu Chong's feelings for Yue Lingshan, that is called a "love you for ten thousand years, love you can stand the test." Leaving aside the rest, let's just talk about the sword to win the marshal.
In order to maintain the "peace and stability" of the jianghu, Master Fang Zheng and the Head of chong xuan dao specially went to Hengshan to analyze the "general trend of the world" for Ling Huchong, exposed to him Zuo Lengchan's ambitious plan of "five mountains and factions - strengthening the power - eliminating the demon cult - ordering the jianghu", and hinted at Yue Buqun's hypocrite nature, and earnestly hoped that he could "bravely shoulder heavy burdens" and "take the initiative" to seize the position of leader of the Five Peaks sect.
Realistically speaking, under the circumstances at that time, Fang Zheng and Chong Xuan's views were very pertinent, and only by making Hu Chong the leader of the Wuyue Sect could he effectively alleviate the fierce struggle within the upright faction.
Looking at what Ling Fox Shaoxia did, when he saw Yue Lingshan crying because he was slapped by Yue Buqun, the book said, "Ling Fox rushed to the chest with an impulse: Of course, I want to coax her to burst into laughter!" And "I must pretend to be very similar, and I must not let her see that I am deliberately allowing", which can be described as "thoughtful".
Yue Lingshan
So he crashed into the falling sword himself, and the "national dancer" lost to the "square dance mother", and the long sword actually nailed him to the ground.
I don't know how Ren Yingying, who was not far away, felt at that time, let alone how Fang Zheng and Chong Xuan felt at that time.
Give up the bear's paw and take the fish - always confused in the face of big things
Mencius said: Fish I want, bear paws also I want, the two can not be combined, give up the fish and take the bear paw also.
In the face of national righteousness, Guo Jing chose to coexist and die with Xiangyang City, and Guo Jing, Huang Rong, Guo Fu, Guo Shaoyu, and Yelüqi were all killed in battle.
Faced with the dilemma between Song and Liao, Qiao Feng abandoned the glory of the king of the Southern Courtyard of the Liao State and coerced the Liao lord Yelü Hongji to order that "for the rest of his life, no soldier or soldier of the Liao army should be allowed to cross the border of Song and Liao", creating a peace between the two countries for decades.
Even if the personality is as weak as Zhang Wujie, when faced with the choice between great righteousness and small righteousness, he can restrain the revenge of killing his father and killing his mother, and strive to resolve the two grievances between good and evil.
In contrast, in Ling Hu Chong's life, he only had a narrow little attachment.
When the merger of the Wuyue Sword Sect needed a righteous leader, he deliberately lost to Yue Lingshan because of his obsession with his children, and eventually the leader of the Wuyue Sword Sect fell into the hands of Yue Buqun.
Yue Buqun
When he learned that Yue Buqun had swung his sword from the palace and could no longer be regarded as a human standard, he did not stop and stop it because of his attachment to the division of master and apprentice.
Even if Ning Zhong could wake up when he committed suicide in shame, he didn't have to kill Yue Buqun, as long as Yue Buqun's personal freedom was restricted, there would be no later Songshan, Taishan, Hengshan, and Huashan factions who almost lost their lives and thought about the cliff.
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"Ordinary Hero" - reflects Jin Yong's mental journey
Ling Hu Chong, he has a stubborn side, but also a cowardly side, there are many advantages, there are many shortcomings. If we put aside martial arts, he is actually more like an ordinary person living around us.
In the face of difficulties, they will sometimes be timid and evasive, and they will be hesitant and overwhelmed at the crossroads of life. Perhaps it is the most appropriate to call it an "ordinary hero".
As mentioned above, "Smiling Proud of the Jianghu" belongs to the later works of Mr. Jin Yong, and the only long martial arts novels created by Jin Yong after that are "Deer Dingji".
From the perspective of the creation time dimension, from Guo Jing, Yang Guo, Zhang Wuji to Qiao Feng, Xuan Zhu, Duan Yu, and then from Ling Hu chong to Wei Xiaobao, the protagonist in the novel is step by step from the altar to the mortal.
Ren Yingying, Ling Fox Chong
Jin Yong said to himself: "The great heroes I admired when I was young were all perfect, and later I found out that the real heroes also have an ordinary and even despicable side." ”
Plain and indifferent is the truth, most of the time in life is to spend in the plain, the vast majority of us who are sentient beings, most of us also have to live as ordinary people.
Idly watching the flowers blossom and fall in front of the court, wandering with the clouds outside the sky, having a quiet heart, living a plain life, is the real life. The path of the great hero's "transformation into mortals" is not the road of "transformation into holiness" of Jin Yong's soul!
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