A Comparative Analysis of New Martial Arts Novels by Jin Yong, Liang Yusheng and Gu Long

As far as the content of the works is concerned, Liang Yusheng's and Jin Yong's martial arts novels pay attention to the expression of the historical environment and attach themselves to history, from which they develop and narrate a series of fictional stories. But judging from the historical materials, there are obvious differences between them; Liang Yusheng is a fictional character and event, which is placed in the historical background to strengthen the historical atmosphere; Jin Yong, on the other hand, directly took historical figures and events and perfumed them into martial arts novels. Jin Yong wrote the historical figures and events in his works seriously and often confused them with the truth. They all re-recognized and re-evaluated history. As far as the historical thickness contained in his works is concerned, Jin Yong is higher than Liang Yusheng, and his writing style is much better. Gu Long's novels simply put aside the historical background and are not bound by any restrictions, but rely on emotional brushstrokes to directly explore real life. Gu Long's novels do not pay attention to the reflection and review of history, but pay attention to the perception of real life. The emotions and concepts of modern people make the artistic conception of Gu Long's martial arts novels broad and profound.

As far as the mainstream tendency of characters in novels is concerned, the characters in Liang Yusheng's martial arts novels have strong moral color, strict distinction between right and wrong and rich social connotation, but the characters are single and have the defects of conceptualization and formulation. The characters in Jin Yong's martial arts novels are complex and have an anti-traditional spirit. The characters in the novel have both good and evil, and they also degenerate when stepping on the moral rope. They have complex and contradictory characters, and the complexity and contradiction of characters' ideological character are based on the complexity and contradiction of life itself. In this way, the exploration of human nature has profound and extensive social significance. The most important thing in Gu Long's novels is the experience of human nature. He often uses delicate brushstrokes to describe the subtle and complicated emotions of characters, and often uses sharp contradictions such as life and death, happiness and pain to express the inner world and noble and independent personality of characters, thus revealing the meaning and true meaning of life. In Gu Long's novels, he writes more about abnormal personality and pursues the characterization of externalized weird characters. Most of the protagonists in his works are grotesque, mysterious, withdrawn, stubborn, self-respecting, moody and affectionate. This situation may be related to Gu Long's life experience, mood and experience.

When it comes to the plot of the novel, Gu Long's martial arts novels are obviously different from those of Liang Yusheng and Jin Yong. All three of them are good at weaving stories, and their novels are very tortuous, ingenious and full of suspense. The foreshadowing leads thousands of miles, interlocking. Liang Yusheng's martial arts novels are clumsy in plot, attractive in opening, and dull in subsequent plot, which seems a bit lacking in talent. On the contrary, Jin's martial arts novels often have a dull beginning. As the plot unfolds, the characters emerge one after another. The plot is intertwined, the trunk is towering, the leaves are lush, the concept is meticulous, the layout is strange and unpredictable, the gods are unpredictable, the fluctuations are endless, fascinating and thrilling. Jin Yong's talent is like fire, and the plot of the novel is like a pot of water on the fire. The fire is burning and the water is boiling. The plot of Gu Long's martial arts novels is different. His novels are the most powerful from beginning to end. The plot is strange, ingenious, accidental, inevitable, unpredictable, appropriate, scheming, true and false, false and true, difficult to distinguish between true and false, unpredictable. The development of the plot of the novel is unpredictable, thrilling and breathless, and the detail in the book is heartbreaking. The plot structure of Gu Long's martial arts novels is really a must. As for the description of martial arts in the novel, Liang, Jin and Gu all have their own styles. The "martial arts" in Liang Yusheng's martial arts novels are very vivid in illusion, with a single stroke, clear and delicate realism and fierce exaggeration. Liang Yusheng's "martial arts" also have moral tendencies, including decent martial arts and evil martial arts; Decent martial arts combine rigidity with softness, symbolizing kindness and kindness, which is not only conducive to attacking the enemy's defense, but also conducive to cultivating the mind, while evil martial arts are very overbearing, vicious and cruel, meaning evil, such as shura Yin evil, thunder palm, poisonous palm and so on. The development of decent martial arts is gradual and slow, but it has a solid foundation, while the martial arts of evil factions have made rapid progress, but they are easy to get possessed and endanger their lives. All these make Liang Yusheng's "martial arts" both wonderful and monotonous. Compared with Liang Yusheng, Jin Yong's Martial Arts is more fascinating. Jin Yong combined the description of martial arts novels with the spirit of China literature, art and traditional culture. Chyi Chin, calligraphy and painting, nine palaces and eight trigrams, medical skills and poison techniques can all be turned into peerless magic, while the traditional spirit of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism in China is regarded as the highest realm of "martial arts". Jin Yong also focused on describing the difficult course and tenacious character of the characters, vividly and aptly describing the philosophical artistic conception that every cloud of the protagonist has a ray of light, doomed to death and bound to live by accident, which makes Jin Yong's "martial arts" shocking. Another feature of Jin Yong's "Martial Arts" is that it is humorous and interesting, and it is hilarious to insert jokes in fierce fights. Gu Long's "martial arts" style is different. He won by a strange trick. His "martial arts" emphasize god over tricks, such as Ye Fei's "flying knife" stunt in "The Sound of Knife in Border Town". "No one in heaven and earth ever knows where his flying knife is, and no one knows how the knife came from. No one can imagine the speed and strength of the knife before it is drawn ... the knife must be where it should be! ..... heaven and earth, you'll never find anyone to replace it. If you can't understand his great spirit, you will never make that earth-shattering knife! Flying knife! I haven't got the flying knife yet, but the soul of the knife is already there! That's not killing, but it's more daunting than killing. " The "flying knife" written here is no longer a simple martial art, but a noble personality and great spirit, that is, the spirit of "benevolence and fraternity" of Ye Fei teacher Li Xunhuan, which shows that "justice will surely overcome evil"! Gu Long's "Kung Fu" also emphasizes "attacking the heart is the best". The temperament, mood, temper, clothing, environment, and even muscle tremor and tension of all the characters will have an impact on the play of martial arts, and the master will make no mistakes in the decisive battle. "Their emotions, manners and standing posture are perfect." In this situation, "martial arts" no longer need routines, and between one move, life and death are judged. Gu Long's "martial arts" also shows a realm-the realm of Zen. Its purpose is to see the essence clearly, and the observation of opponents depends on the realm of non-ego and the unity of things and me, because only non-ego can eliminate the limitations of understanding and quickly and accurately observe the weaknesses of opponents' martial arts. This state of selflessness is a state of freedom after long-term training. In this selfless state, the combatants become "unconscious people", and there is no "I" as an observer in their hearts, only weapons in their hands and enemies on the other side; In this state, the body and sword are integrated, and the boxer can maximize the power of martial arts and destroy his opponent with one blow. It is precisely because of these "strange tricks" that Gu Long's "martial arts" has a unique style: no tricks and no styles, short and pithy, focusing on the spirit, and hitting it with one blow.

Gu Long's novels show a distinctive and unique style in language and skills. The language of Liang Yusheng's novels is full of literary talent, and there is a strong bookish atmosphere between the lines. Poetry and folk proverbs are often used in stories to create a beautiful artistic conception and atmosphere, which sets off the inner world of the characters. His novel techniques are mainly based on traditional inheritance, and he often exaggerates stories in the form of Zhang Hui's novels. His narrative has an obvious tone of storyteller, showing national style and national style. Jin Yong's talent is like the sea, his writing is handsome, humorous and varied. His novels are both poetic and euphemistic. Like western novels, they directly discuss the true meaning of life and destiny. On the basis of inheriting the tradition, he boldly absorbed the creative skills of western novels and combined Chinese and western techniques to make the novel structure exquisite, complicated, precise and complete. The language sentence pattern of Gu Long's novels is short, the syntax is changeable, concise, neat and free and easy. The article is casual and lively, and the narrative power avoids straightforward narration. The style of writing is more about jumping and shocking, the plot is thrilling and strange without violating feelings, creativity and deliberate innovation. If Liang Yusheng abides by elegance without losing the demeanor of the martial arts masters, then Jin Yong is an outstanding figure in the "martial arts". He is a combination of Chinese and Western, elegant, simple and generous, humorous, witty, diverse and unified, and has created a new look in the martial arts! As for Gu Long, he is an uninhibited, unconventional, arrogant, innovative and profound Wulin geek.