Why did Mr. Jin Yong mention the loneliness of failure many times? What is his secret to fame?

Solitary defeat is a fictional character in Jin Yong's novels and one of the best martial arts experts in Jin Yong's novels. Dugu's nickname for defeat was "Demonbane", which never appeared in the novel, but was mentioned in the characters' mouths. Its name once appeared in Jin Yong's three novels, namely The Condor Heroes, the legendary swordsman and Duke of Lushan.

In The Condor Heroes, Yang Guo, the protagonist, has been promoted to the top of contemporary masters after learning how to use epee and cultivate internal force.

In the legendary swordsman, Ling Huchong, the protagonist, used to be mediocre in martial arts, but in Nine Swords of Dugu, he became a contemporary fencing master.

In Duke Lushan's book, there is actually only one sentence about seeking defeat alone, which was remembered by the monk Cheng Guan when he thought of the previous example of "winning without recruiting".

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Most of the background information of Lonely Defeat comes from The Condor Heroes. His date of birth is unknown, but it can be confirmed that it was before the end of the Southern Song Dynasty. His life can be seen from the information on his sword tomb:

"Brave and invincible, used to compete with Heshuo before the weak crown."

"Wei Zi soft sword, used before the age of 30, accidentally injured the righteous and fierce, but abandoned the deep valley."

"Epee without front, Da Qiao work. Before I was forty years old, I used it to run the world. "

"After forty years old, don't indulge in things. Plants, bamboo and stones can all be swords. Since then, intensive training has gradually progressed to the realm that no sword is better than a sword. "

In addition, the following words are engraved outside the sword tomb:

"Demonbane world-beater, but died by the sword. Oh! Unfortunately, the hero is helpless, and the sword is empty! "

Lonely for defeat, he lived in seclusion in the mountains in his later years, surrounded by a giant eagle (later called the Condor). This sculpture has lived with Dugu for a long time, and I remember some ways to advance and retreat. Later, fighting with Yang Guo inspired Yang Guo to know how to make epee.

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In the sword tomb, there are several swords that have been used in several stages of Dugu's life.

The first handle is a green and shiny sword: "fierce and powerful, invincible, competing with Heshuo for the weak crown."

The second handle is "Wei Zi soft sword", used before the age of 30. Those who accidentally hurt righteousness are ominous, and those who abandon them are deep valleys. "This sword has been abandoned in a ravine, so it is not in the sword tomb, represented by a feldspar piece.

In the first edition, this sword was acquired by Yang Guo's giant snake fighting with the condor. This sword is purple and shining, and the blade is only one inch wide. There are two gold seal characters on the hilt, which are "Wei Zi". The blade of the sword is soft and sharp, and the swords such as gentleman's sword and lady's sword have been cut off by this sword. This sword was used by Yang Guolin in the war with Wu Santong. Later, Guo Fu broke Yang Guo's arm and used Wei Zi soft sword, which was regarded as an "ominous thing" by this sword.

Wei Zi soft sword did not appear in the second and third editions. Yang Guo used a gentleman's sword. In the second edition, Guo Fu used a lady's sword when cutting Yang Guo, and in the third edition, it was changed to a gentleman's sword.

The third handle is the dark iron epee: "The epee has no front, and great skills are useless. Before I was forty years old, I used it to run the world. " . The appearance is dark, and the blade is faintly red in the dark. It is more than three feet long and weighs 8864 kilograms. The blades on both sides are blunt and the tip of the blade is round like a hemisphere.

In the middle period of the condor heroes, Yang Guo defeated the Mongolian master, played the Golden Wheel French King (renamed the Golden Wheel French King in the third edition), and defeated Ci 'en. He used this sword when he had a big fight in Chongyang Palace.

Second edition, this sword weighs 8864 Jin. Later, it was mentioned in "Eternal Dragon Slayer" that it was given to Guo Jing and Huang Rong, and then melted and recast with western refined gold to create Eternal Tu Longdao and Eternal Tu Longdao respectively. In the third edition, the weight of the black iron sword was changed to 998 1 kg, only western refined gold was added to the black iron sword to recast Tu Longdao, and the eternal sword was changed to a combination of a gentleman's sword and a lady's sword.

The fourth handle is wood blade, whose handle is rotten. The reason is that he seeks failure alone. "After forty years old, you don't leave your name on things, but all plants, trees, bamboo and stones can be swords."

Wushu knowledge

There are two kinds of martial arts described and passed down in the book: epee fencing and nine swords in solitary.

1. epee

In "Heroes of the Condor", under the guidance of the condor, Yang Guo explored the method of making epee, and learned many principles of fencing, such as forward stabbing, backward hitting, horizontal cutting and back splitting. In this way, the sword is invincible, and there is no need for a front on the sword. The philosophy of epee is that the more plain the sword moves, the more difficult it is for the opponent to resist. For example, stabbing a sword directly, as long as it is powerful, is far more powerful than the wonderful swordsmanship such as jade girl swordsmanship. But if you don't use epee, which is dozens of times heavier than ordinary sword, this kind of swordsmanship can't be put into use. As long as the ordinary sword is shaken gently, the blade will be unbearable and broken early.

Because epee fencing can only be performed with strong internal force, under the guidance of sculpture, Yang Guo followed the process of seeking defeat and practicing internal force. First, holding a dark iron sword in a mountain torrent, practicing sword and practicing qi, then dancing sword in heavy snow, and finally going to the seaside to practice sword in rough waves. The sound of the thorn is from light to loud, and it is repeated seven times. Finally, if you want to be light, you can ring if you want to, and the strong wind on the sword can resist the huge waves.

About the internal force obtained by this training method, Yi Deng described it in the book: However, I feel that Yang Guo's whistling is too overbearing, which makes it not pure yang and righteousness, but not so abundant internal force in the prime of life. Yang Guo's internal strength and tenacity are "beyond the reach of any contemporary master".

This is the swordsmanship that Dugu used to defeat himself in his thirties and forties.

2. Nine Swords of Dugu

In the legendary swordsman, Feng Qingyang, the last descendant of Huashan Sword School, passed it on to disciple Ling Huchong. After Ling Huchong learned the Nine Swords of Dugu, his martial arts strength was greatly improved instantly, and he defeated many masters in fencing.

There are nine types of nine swords * * * in Dugu:

(1) General formula: It is the keynote of the Nine Swords of Dugu, and there are various changes to embody this general formula.

(2) broken arrow style: It is used for swordsmanship of various schools in broken arrow.

(3) Knife-breaking type: used for breaking single knife, double knife, The Lancet, ghost knife, machete and horse-chopping knife.

(4) Breaking marksmanship: including long weapons such as pike, spurge, snake spear, eyebrow piercing stick, mace, pewter stick, mord stick and convenient shovel.

(5) Whip-breaking type: short blades such as Strafe, iron house, acupoint, kidnapper, moth-eyebrow thorn, dagger, Banax, iron brand, octagonal mallet and iron vertebra are broken.

(6) Broken rope type: long rope, soft whip, three-legged stick, chain gun, chain, fishing net, flying hammer, meteor and other soft weapons break the rope.

(7) palm-breaking style: fist refers to palm-breaking kung fu, and all kinds of palm-breaking kung fu include short strokes, grasping points, talons, Tiger Claw and iron palms.

(8) Broken Arrow Style: There are various hidden weapons. To practice this sword, you must first learn the skills of wind identification. You should not only use a long sword to break all kinds of hidden weapons launched by the enemy, but also use your strength to fight back and hurt the enemy with the hidden weapons reflected by the enemy.

(9) Qi-breaking style: Feng Qingyang just passed on the formula and practice, saying, "This style is used to deal with enemies with excellent internal skills, and it is clear and single-minded." There are no clear principles in the book, which is also a topic that gold fans often discuss.

The characteristics of the nine swords of Dugu:

Nine swords alone, no retreat. Dugu's nine swords are full of tricks, only attacking and not defending. The reason is that every move is an attack. If you want to defend the enemy, you don't have to defend yourself at all.

The essence of this swordsmanship lies in "predicting enemy planes first". Anyone who does something must have several signs. If you know what the enemy is going to do, you can get it in his mind. The enemy's hand has not been mentioned, and the long sword has pointed to his key, and the enemy can't catch up with it no matter how fast.

The essence of the nine swords of Dugu lies in the word "enlightenment". When you are familiar with the meaning of the sword, you can't do anything. It doesn't matter to forget all the changes. The cleaner you forget, the less bound you will be by the original swordsmanship.