What's good about Jin Yong's novels?

There is always a set of stereotyped things in general martial arts novels: the characters are divided into two categories, one is a righteous hero, full of righteousness, and the other is the embodiment of evil, sinister and kindness; The overall model is "evil does not suppress right": although the wicked have high martial arts, they will eventually be eliminated by the power of justice. Reading this kind of novel too much will make people bored.

Jin Yong's novels broke through this frame. In Flying Fox of Snowy Mountain and The Legend of Flying Fox, Hu Yidao, a hero with high martial arts and indignation, has just been ambushed by a villain and lost his life on a poisonous knife for no reason. The most wicked Tian Guinong was born with a handsome appearance, which made his wife fascinated by him and eloped with him.

The evil and vicious Ouyang Feng in The Legend of the Condor Heroes was not defeated by Hong Qigong, a nine-fingered beggar representing justice. On the contrary, Ji seriously injured Hong Qigong. Until the last time, the second Huashan tournament was defeated by Qigong and Huang Yong with abnormal and strange martial arts.

Other important bad guys in the book, such as Ouyang Ke and Yang Kang; They were not destroyed by the power of justice, but died at the hands of the bad guys themselves-Ouyang Ke died at the hands of Yang Kang and Yang Kang died at the hands of Ouyang Feng. Guo Jing's master, the Seven Monsters in the South of the Yangtze River, is brave and chivalrous, and very decent. Instead, six out of seven people were killed by bad guys. These are the places where the aesthetic concept of the novel is not summarized.

The author embeds the story in the historical background to write. Writing history has a very harsh side-it does not develop according to the good wishes of any kind person.

Genghis Khan was militaristic and often brutally slaughtered the people of the whole city; He also forced Guo Jing to attack Lai Chao and forced Guo Jing's mother to commit suicide on the spot. But such a Genghis Khan does not represent justice. After all, he won and established an unprecedented Mongolian empire. And civilians like Guo Jing, despite their best efforts, can't save the overall situation. Similarly, Wan Yan Honglie is cunning and vicious, but she has been in power for a long time. All these enhance the faltering and tragedy of The Legend of the Condor Heroes and The Legend of Shen Peng Heroes, and bring tragic atmosphere to the novels.

Martial arts novels, as a kind of popular novels, have their own narrative mode. The most common modes are "revenge mode" and "treasure grab mode".

The so-called "revenge mode" means that decent people suddenly encounter the tragic disaster of extermination, and then orphans study hard and master high-tech martial arts before seeking revenge. It's a little tortuous, and in the process of revenge, the protagonist falls in love with the enemy's children or disciples.

The so-called "treasure-grabbing mode" may be wealth, powerful weapons or martial arts classics, or a panacea.

In addition, there is also a mode of "subduing demons" or "competing with others": an evil force rises in the Wulin, killing decent people repeatedly, and has the potential to dominate the Jianghu. As the leader, the hero leads the heroes to win the decisive battle with the evil forces.

There is also an "anti-violence model", that is, upholding justice, resisting tyranny and opposing bullying. In Jin Yong's novels, these patterns are generally available.

Like Sword with Royal Blood, it tells the story of Yuan Chengzhi's revenge for his father Yuan Chonghuan, and there is also a hidden line of revenge for the golden snake.

For example, Lian Ji Cheng and Yi Tian Slaughter the Dragon are all based on the mode of "grabbing treasures".

Like "Laughing and Doing Jianghu", it is close to "Demon-reducing Mode".

For example, the earliest "The Book of Sword and Revenge" takes anti-alien rule as the main line and is close to the "anti-violence mode".

The Legend of the Condor Heroes is a combination of various modes and different strengths. Like Guo Xiaotian and Yang Tiexin, their children Guo Jing and Yang Kang want revenge when they grow up, which should be regarded as "revenge mode". But in the middle, Guo Jing and Yang Kang were apprenticed to the seven eccentrics in the south of the Yangtze River and Qiu Chuji in Changchun, respectively, and agreed to compete in 18 years. As the main clue of the story, it also shows the magical kung fu of various groups of Wulin characters and their struggle for the suicide note of Wu Mu and Jiu Ming Zhen Jing.

This has broken through the "revenge mode", just like "striving for hegemony", "resisting violence" and "robbing treasure". As for the revelation of the mystery of the six victims of the "seven eccentrics in the south of the Yangtze River", it is more like a detective mystery novel.

"The Condor Heroes" focuses on Yang Guo's tortuous growth path and his unswerving love story with the little dragon girl, but it also runs through the plot of fighting for so-called martial arts secrets such as "Heart Sutra of Jade Girl" and "The True Sutra of Jiuyang", and there are many modes to choose from under the background of resisting Yuan and violence.

Chivalrous Man and Dragon Eight Branches are contradictory from the beginning, which deserves attention.

From the very beginning, the legendary swordsman has an extremely tense scene: after the young master of the whoring bureau fought with someone and was forced to kill a Sichuanese surnamed Yu, dead people kept dying in the drifting bureau that night, and prostitutes were killed one by one without any scars.

More than 20 people died in succession in the whole whoring bureau. The enemy wrote in blood on the ground: "He who walks out of ten steps dies!" "An atmosphere of terror. Lin Zhennan, the chief prostitute, dissected the body of the deceased, only to find that his opponent was a master of Qingcheng School. He used a powerful "heart-destroying palm": he could shake the heart into many pieces without hurting the skin appearance. In this case, Lin Zhennan and his wife had to abandon their homes and flee, and were quickly arrested by the Qingcheng Sect, leaving only the young master Lin Pingzhi to escape after being rescued.

There are many suspense in the first chapter of the novel: what is the tragic situation of the Lins' whoring bureau? What is the reason behind it? What happened after Lin Pingzhi escaped? Can he practice martial arts and take revenge in the future?

In the course of the story, the original suspense has not been completely solved, and the author of the novel has created and arranged a series of new suspense: Liu Zhengfeng, a famous teacher of Hengshan School, tried to get rid of the right and wrong in the Jianghu, but was resolutely stopped by Wuyue Sword School such as Songshan School, and even Liu Zhengfeng's whole family was going to be killed. What is the reason?

Being good at setting suspense is a major feature of Jin Yong's novels in plot. Some works remain in suspense until the end. Some readers asked Jin Yong: "Have the knives of Snow Mountain Flying Fox, China and Pei Hu been cut?" Jin Yong smiled and said, "I don't even know."

Jin Yong seems to be particularly good at raising suspense through a sudden turning point. Zhang Wuji, Xie Xun, etc. After all the difficulties and obstacles, I finally returned home by boat from overseas. Suddenly, the situation changed: the Dragon Slayer Road and the Sword of Eternity suddenly disappeared, the warships of Zhao Min and Persia also dispersed, and Zhang Wuji and Xie Xun also weakened.

This is a sudden major turning point in the plot. Who stole the Dragon Slayer Road and the Sword of Eternity? What does this matter have to do with Zhao Min or Persian ships? How did Zhang Wuji and Xie Xun weaken? Since then, the novel has entered the confusing realm of detective solving crimes, which makes people want to stop.

Suspense in Jin Yong's works sometimes exists in the form of suspense. Mystery is actually a kind of suspense, but sometimes it is very clear, and sometimes it is not pointed out or realized by readers. The mysteries in Jin Yong's novels are often multiple: dark and bright, big and small, combined with each other and interlocking. Take "Chivalrous Man" as an example, that is, there is a little mystery in the big mystery.

The poems of "Chivalrous Journey" and "Tai Xuan Jing" on the stone wall of Chivalrous Island contain a set of superb martial arts, which no one can decipher. This is a big mystery. There is another mystery in this mystery: the Chivalrous Island Master sends people to punish evil and promote good every year, and every few years, he invites the leaders of various gangs to the island to drink Laba porridge, and those who have gone never come back, thus causing panic among Wulin gangs, and everyone is afraid of losing the boss's life. In this case, Changle gang cleverly robbed a little beggar-born figure to be the leader.

There is still a mystery below: why did Changle gang rob this little beggar to be the leader?

It turns out that he looks like Wang Zhongyu who disappeared before. This used to be a playboy, but after he was hailed as the king, he got what he wanted. Before he disappeared, he had caused a lot of trouble, and the consequences were borne by a little beggar who looked like him, causing many embarrassing things.

And this little beggar has his own mystery of life experience, which gradually leads to the contradiction between love triangle and stone when he was young, and so on. The plot is so complicated, but it is like peeling bamboo shoots layer by layer, and it is very compact and organized. Until the end, it was a semi-open ending: because of the suicide of Mei, the foster mother of the little beggar, the answer was clear, but the author did not reveal it.

There are similarities and differences in the plot composition methods of Tian Ba Long Bu. The three protagonists here have three mysteries of life experience. They are three rings, forming three interlocking sets with each other.

Duan Yu's father Duan Zheng Chun was merciful everywhere, so that Duan Yu met several girls he liked one after another, but it turned out to be his sister. This is a big mystery. There are also some small mysteries, such as Duan's wife, Dao Baifeng, who solved the mystery of Duan Yu's life experience regardless of her husband's sexual relationship.

The mystery of Qiao Feng's life experience and his tragic ending are the most touching, including many social contents in the period of sharp contradiction between Song and Liao Dynasties. It is related to the previous riddles through the sworn relationship between Duan Yu and Arjun and A Zi, Duan Yu's half-sisters, and especially through the relationship between Duan and Madame Ma Kang Min. It itself contains several smaller riddles, such as Arjun and A Zi.

The third mystery, Xu Zhu's life experience, was revealed by gradually solving the mystery of his sworn brother Qiao Feng. The so-called "evil" Ye Erniang's abnormal personality and why Xu Zhu became a monk were explained at this time; It also contains several small mysteries, such as Mu Tong in Tianshan Mountain and Princess Xixia.

In this way, the structure of the book seems a little scattered at first glance, but it is quite compact on closer inspection, which really embodies profound and rich ideological connotation. It is really called "all beings are guilty, and no one is unjust." A novel with such a complicated plot structure may be an outstanding creation that only Jin Yong can achieve, and it is difficult for other martial arts novelists to do so.

In the legendary swordsman, Ling Huchong and Ren Yingying finally achieved a happy marriage. As a demon religion, Sun Moon Shintoism reconciled with orthodox sects such as Hengshan Sect, Shaolin Sect and Wutang Sect after Yingying became the leader.

This ending is of course happy, but if you tell the readers in this ordinary way, it will be indifferent and tasteless, and will not leave a deep impression on the readers.

Jin Yong's writing style is to fully exaggerate the tense atmosphere of "the coming rain will cast its shadows before it": after Ling Huchong refused to lead Hengshan Sect to join Sun Moon Shinto, Ren Woxing announced in front of tens of thousands of people at Huashan Conference that he would kill all the chickens and dogs on Hengshan Mountain within one month.

Ling Huchong walked down Huashan with a stubborn and desperate mood. He felt that he would never have a chance to see Yingying again in his life, and he knew that his death had come and he was outnumbered. The Hengshan Sect, which has taught tens of thousands of people to climb Mount Hengshan, with a total of one or two hundred people, will of course be wiped out in an instant. Even if he tries his best to kill more magical characters, it won't help.

I'm in a bad mood, just doing nothing. Later, Shaolin and wu-tang clan people actively supported, brought explosives, buried mines, planned a big battle, set up several defense lines, prepared to kill Ren Woxing in a planned way, arranged a planned retreat, and preserved their effective strength. Everything is ready, and readers will wait and see how to fight the next big war and what the result will be.

At this time, the news suddenly came from the aspect of magic teaching, preaching mainly to visit Ling Huchong, Master Zheng Fang and Taoist in Xu Chong, and a sedan chair went up Mount Hengshan. Readers wonder: What tricks are the demons playing? Until a precious gift was given, the leaders met Ling Huchong in secret, and finally the sedan chair was sent down the mountain. The mystery in everyone's heart is still unsolved.

When the Six Immortals of Silly Peach Valley told Yingying and Ling Huchong Ren Woxing in the sedan chair that they were dead, Yingying's conversation of taking over as the leader was leaked. The more the author emphasizes the description of the tense atmosphere ahead, the more unexpected the peaceful ending will be, and the stronger the psychological effect will be among readers. This is called a diversion. Readers are also relieved and very happy.

In "Dragon's Eight Branches", Duan Yu was kidnapped to Gusu by the cave of the wine demon, saying that he would take it to Murong Bo's grave for incineration the next day. Jiu Mo-zhi is skilled in martial arts, and he is also an "old friend" with Murong family. He has surrendered to Yan Zhi, Cui Baiquan and Duan Yu many times. Arjun and A Bi secretly sympathize with Duan Yu, but they are no match for this formidable enemy.

For Duan Yu, the environment is really dangerous to the extreme. He thought that there was no way out, so he had to sadly enjoy the last moment of his life: he asked A Bi to play a song for him in the "rain house" surrounded by water. "Even if this big monk is burned to ashes tomorrow, it's not worth it."

Unexpectedly, I was surprised. Look:

A Bi stood up and said, "As long as you are not afraid of ugliness, make a fool of yourself and entertain guests." Said, and walked behind the screen, holding a lyre. A Bi sat on the brocade stool, put the lyre on the front seat, waved to Duan Yu, and said with a smile, "Duan Gongzi, please come and have a look. Do you know what kind of piano this is? "

Duan Guan walked up to her and saw that the lyre was one foot shorter than the ordinary lyre, but it had nine strings, each with a different color. He said thoughtfully, "This nine-string lyre is the first time in my life." Ah Zhu went over and pointed to a string, which sounded loud. It turns out that this string is made of metal. Duan Yu said, "Sister, this piano ..."

Just said these four words, I suddenly felt that my feet were empty and my body sank straight down. I couldn't help shouting "Ouch", and then I felt that I had fallen into a soft place. At the same time, I heard "Ouch", "Oops" and plop, and then my body shook and something moved out.

This change is strange and rapid. I sat up quickly and found myself in a boat. Arjun and Abi are at the stern, each with a wooden paddle. Looking back, it turned out that the heads of Jiu, Cui Baiquan and Guo were coming out of the water. Arjun and A Bi rowed only a few times, and the boat was a few feet away from "Listening to the Rain".

It turns out that there is an organ in the "rain house" on the water. Open the flippers from the outside, people in the room fall into the water, and the sound of the piano is the signal. The boat under the piano saved Duan Yu's life. What the novel brings to readers at the moment is an unexpected surprise.

The more the immediate danger is fully contrasted, the more readers worry about the fate of Duan Yu, and the greater the surprise they will get later. Jin Yong's novels are good at writing from the opposite side with such false words, which has received a strong effect of surprising readers. On the fourth day, Qifeng suddenly turned and dared to use a dangerous pen.

In the legendary swordsman, this is an article about selecting teachers, entrusting Ling Huchong to be the principal of Hengshan School before his death. Although such an arrangement can show that Ling Huchong is a decent person and is trusted and loved by the Hengshan Sect, it will certainly arouse the discussion of many people in the Jianghu and cause all kinds of right and wrong and twists and turns.

In addition, the little dragon girl in The Condor Heroes was raped by Yin Zhiping before marrying Yang Guo, which is also a sketch. This was an ambush more than ten years after she broke up with Yang Guo, which pushed the innocent story of a dispatched person to the extreme.

Jin Yong in "Eternal Dragon Slayer", let Zhang Cuishan of Wu Tangmen and Yin Susu of Zoroastrianism (regarded as magic religion) combine because of love, and pull two sectarian members who have feuds together, which is naturally another kind of sketch. Sure enough, it brought a sudden turning point in the development of the plot and formed the climax of the novel.

When the couple returned from overseas with their five-year-old child, Zhang Wuji, Wudang Mountain was beaming for a while. But soon, the truth of his wife Yin Susu's injury to the three senior brothers came to light, and she was so ashamed that she had to confess to her master and disciples and then committed suicide on the spot. When his wife Yin Susu saw that her husband was dead, she drew her sword and killed herself.

The festive atmosphere of reunion turned into a cruel scene of corpses everywhere in an instant. This scene is extremely heroic, which not only highlights the brotherhood of the Wudang Seven Heroes, but also shows the deep affection between Zhang Yin and his wife. It can be described as dripping with ink and touching. Without an adventurous pen, this touching effect is unimaginable when the climax comes.

In "Dragon's Eight Branches", Duan Yu, who was the most heartless, finally became the emperor, and the monk who had the least desire for men and women became a very happy Xixia Xu, while the one with the deepest national hatred was "killed to death" in order to quell the war in Liao country, and the one who wanted to be the emperor was finally crazy, so he could only die alone in the south.

Did we anticipate it in advance? It can be said that it was completely unexpected.

Yue Buqun and the legendary swordsman, the leaders of Taihuashan Sect, are called "Gentleman's Sword" and have done so many unnatural things. A hypocrite is even more terrible than a real villain, as if surprising. But looking back, it is not surprising that he did a lot of bad things long ago, just hiding it.

He had long coveted the Lins' sword spectrum to ward off evil spirits, and sent people to Fuzhou almost at the same time as the Qingcheng School. He stole the sword spectrum while Ling Huchong was seriously injured and unconscious, and in turn framed Ling Huchong and expelled Ling Huchong from Huashan School. The meanness of the means is outrageous.

From the beginning, he stood with Zuo Lengchan, the head of Songshan Sect, on the merger of Wuyue Sword Sect into one faction. At first, the reader thought that he just gave in to the pressure of Zuo Lengshan, but in fact, he had greater ambitions than Zuo Lengchan, and even Yi Ding and others who opposed the merger were assassinated by him.

In The Legend of the Condor Heroes, Ouyang Feng finally turned everything upside down, walked upside down with his hands, and his qi in his body was upside down, making him insane. Facing his own shadow, he shouted in horror, "Don't chase me, don't chase me!" " This ending is very unique, who would have thought!

Of course, it is not that Jin Yong is perfect. Some plots in the book also show obvious flaws. For example, The Legend of the Condor Heroes wrote that Guo Jing went to Zhao to steal medicine to cure Wang Chuyi's toxic injury, arrested Jane's housekeeper, twisted his right arm, and asked him to ask Wan Yankang for medicine. This housekeeper Jane is incredibly honest, and she doesn't shout in front of Zhao's many martial arts experts (that's his best umbrella). Instead, after leaving them, Guo Jing was called a "thief" when he got the medicine.

I'm afraid the only purpose of writing this article is to give Guo Jing a chance to drink the blood of poisonous snakes that Liang Ziweng has been feeding with ginseng for a long time.

Another example is "Sword stained with royal blood", the third anniversary of Yuan Chonghuan's disaster, and Li Zicheng sent Liu Fangliang. Tian Jianxiu came all the way to Dongguan County, Guangdong Province to contact the old employees in Yuan Chonghuan. This is also an unreasonable thing.

The third anniversary of the Yuan Chonghuan disaster is the sixth year of Chongzhen. At that time, Li Zicheng was still a little boy under Gao Yingxiang (he defected to Gao Yingxiang during Chongzhen years four years ago). How could he send and contact Guangdong (Tian and Liu had not voted for Li Zicheng at that time)? Li Zicheng was promoted as the top scholar until the original top scholar Gao Yingxiang was killed by the loyalist in Chongfen nine years. Obviously, in this particular plot, the novel has shortcomings.

But these are individual defects after all. Generally speaking, the plots of Jin Yong's novels are tense, lively, tortuous, reasonable, open and close, and the stitches are dense, so they are extremely wonderful. This is a great achievement of Jin Yong's novels, which is difficult for other martial arts novelists to reach.

First, it is magical and well-founded.

Without magical and illusory plots, martial arts and character events are well-founded.

Second, skillfully use the model to turn stone into gold.

1, Jin Yong's novels made a bold breakthrough in the character mode.

For example: Huang, Yang Kang, Ouyang Feng, Hong Qigong, etc.