Who knows the character background in Jin Yong's martial arts?

I'm afraid the figure who seeks defeat alone is the most famous one in Jin Yong's works. He is mentioned in The Condor Heroes, the legendary swordsman and Duke of Lushan. One of the reasons why this character is famous is that he has a distinctive name (according to some estimates, he changed it himself after he became famous).

According to this "documentary record", we know that Dugu used five different swords in his life, namely the Unknown Sword, Wei Zi soft sword, darksteel epee, wood blade and even no sword. In fact, these five kinds of swords represent five different realms of solitary sword learning, and we might as well name them here as: sword level, soft sword level, epee level, wood blade level and no sword level.

First, let's take a look at the "sword level".

Nine Swords of Dugu obviously belongs to this level of martial arts. What is certain is that it is impossible to display Nine Swords of Dugu with darksteel epee. In the tombstone of solitary sword, there is the following comment on the unknown sword: "fierce, strong and invincible, used to compete with Heshuo before the weak crown."

Ancient men were crowned at the age of twenty, and "before the weak crown" meant before the age of twenty. It is hard to imagine that a young man under the age of 20 can create his own swordsmanship like "Nine Swords Alone". Even if the creation time is postponed to the stage of "soft sword Class", that is, before the age of 30, it is still unreasonable. Some people say that the creation of fencing is a process of experience accumulation, which is somewhat similar to the formula of Go, and it is a structure that has been gradually improved after the scrutiny of countless predecessors. Anyone who has seen the legendary swordsman should know that Nine Swords of Dugu is an extremely complicated and perfect martial arts system structure, including general tactic, broken arrow, broken knife, broken palm and so on. As an individual, to build such a complete martial arts system requires extremely rich experience and experience. In any case, it is almost impossible for a young man under the age of 30 to have such a high accumulation of experience and knowledge. Martial arts wizards like Zhang Sanfeng have to wait until they are over 100 years old to create their own Taiji sword and Taiji biography (this is a set of martial arts system that combines rigidity and softness, which is quite complete and unprecedented, and deserves to be called a master). In contrast, Yang Guo's The Enchanting Palm, written in his thirties, is just a hodgepodge with no system at all.

It is not difficult to assert that "Nine Swords of Dugu" is the most likely martial art of Dugu family, just like "Give him a way" by Murong and "One Yang Finger" and "Six Pulse Excalibur" by Dali, it is more likely to be a martial art from the name of fencing. Dugu was lucky to be born in this martial arts family, so he learned this family heirloom before he was twenty years old and was able to "compete with Heshuo".

However, after all, the defeat of Dugu War has its own advantages. At the age of twenty, he entered the second realm of fencing "soft sword level".

Regarding this soft sword, the inscription of Dugu seeking defeat is quite intriguing: "Wei Zi and soft sword used it before the age of 30, and accidentally injured the righteous, which was ominous, but abandoned it."

On the surface, it is not as good as Master to blame soft sword for his "ominous" and "abandoning it". But after careful scrutiny, it is not difficult to find its rationality.

We might as well analyze the reasons for abandoning the sword and going to soft sword first.

As we all know, "Nine Swords of Dugu" is a kind of swordsmanship that can easily reach the "immobile" state, but what will happen after reaching the "immobile" state? Before studying Nine Swords of Dugu in Ling Huchong, he asked Feng Qingyang an original question: What would happen if both the enemy and the enemy reached a state of "immobility"? Feng Qingyang obviously never thought about this problem. In order not to be scolded by younger children, he seems to lose face. He prevaricated with the phrase "such a master is hard to find in today's world" (this uncle is obviously irresponsible). Because of this sentence, Ling Huchong suffered a lot in the future and almost lost his life in World War I with Dong Fangbubai. Dugu obviously thought of this question at that time. Naturally, he also thought of a straightforward answer: "There is no comparison, and the fastest one wins." Ling Huchong suffered a lot in World War I with Dong Fangbubai, precisely because his opponent was too fast. ) It is not difficult to understand why soft sword was defeated in Dugu War. Soft sword's advantage lies in its lightness and quickness, which can make it faster than its rivals.

However, everything has advantages and disadvantages. When the sword is too fast, it is often difficult to send and receive it freely. At first, you may not realize that your fencing has gradually entered the magic road (probably because Jianghu people call him "Demonbane"), until the "vicious accident" of "injuring the righteous by mistake" occurs.

Although the book does not record in detail how to "injure a righteous man by mistake", according to the result (even if you seek defeat alone, you define "Wei Zi soft sword" as an unknown thing and "abandon it in a deep valley", thus creating a new realm of "epee"), it is related to the inability to send and receive "soft sword" fencing. From this point of view, Dugu's move of "abandoning Wei Zi and soft sword" actually represents Dugu's determination to give up the detour of "soft sword Class" and start a new stove, which is quite a bit like "feeling right today and wrong yesterday". Moreover, it is beyond people's reach to write "injuring the righteous by mistake" straight on the sword tomb, which shows that it is open and aboveboard.

(Off-topic: It is very likely that the Nine Swords of Dugu was passed on to the descendants of the "righteous" during this period, so that this set of swordsmanship can be passed on to Feng Qingyang in the future, but there is no record of the sword spectrum in the sword tomb that Yang Guo saw. ) After giving up the wrong swordsmanship of "soft sword Class", he finally realized the swordsmanship wisdom of "outwitting cleverness with clumsiness, and making light weight", thus making the first substantial breakthrough in his ancestral swordsmanship.

It is called a "substantial breakthrough" because "immobility", as the highest realm of the ancestral swordsmanship of the Dugu family, has become a foundation in the new realm of epee.

In The Legend of the Condor Heroes, Yang Guochu's practice of darksteel epee is described in the following paragraph: "After a few days of sword practice, Yang Guo's epee-carrying hand is not as heavy as before, and his hitting and swinging are becoming more and more handy. At the same time, I feel more and more that the fencing I learned before is too complicated and skillful. I think of the eight characters' epee without front, great skill without power' left on the bluestone, which is far better than all the most exquisite swordsmanship in the world. While fighting with the condor, he mused about the castration circuit of the sword, but he felt that the more ordinary the sword, the more difficult it was for the other side to resist. For example, the sword is straight, as long as it is strong and powerful, it is far more powerful than the wonderful sword moves such as the jade girl sword. "

From this passage, it is not difficult to find that the so-called "the more common the sword is, the more difficult it is for the opponent to resist" is actually the natural embodiment of Yang Guo's frivolous character of "not recruiting" (in my opinion, Yang Guo's character is extremely unsuitable for practicing epee-level fencing, and if Guo Jing is still a teenager, his understanding of martial arts is far more than Yang Guo's), and he can be urged to practice fencing by the god carving in a few days without knowing why. (To be exact, Yang Guo failed to reach the realm of "immobility" in the concept of martial arts all his life, but he naturally put "immobility" into practice when using the black iron sword. ) This is the wonder of epee fencing.

"Epee without front, Da Qiao work. Before I was forty years old, I used it to run the world. " This inscription, full of self-confidence and heroism, shows that in the prime of life, the "epee" swordsmanship was founded, which was invincible in the world at that time.

However, there is no end to learning, and loneliness begins to seek self-transcendence. "After forty years old, if you don't leave your name on things, you can be a sword." It is a portrayal of this history.

As for how to use wood blade to hit the epee, it once caused Yang Guo to think as follows: "The black iron sword weighs nearly 70 Jin, and this kind of light wood blade can be controlled by light weight. There are only two ways: First, the swordsmanship is exquisite, and it is slow to hit; First, the internal force is abundant, strong and weak. "

These two methods are obviously wrong. "Skillful fencing, fast attack and slow attack" has regressed to the level of "sword class" and "soft sword class" and will not be considered; And "abundant internal force, bullying the weak with the strong" only applies to epee. If both the enemy and the enemy are "desperate", if they compete in this way, wood blade will lose because of "desperate", so there is no such thing as "a wooden sword wins a heavy sword".

Yang Guo obviously practiced according to the latter method, so although he practiced wood blade elegantly, his achievements were limited to "epee class". This was proved in his decisive battle with King Jinlun. At that time, he fought against King Jinlun empty-handed, trying to save Guo Xiang. Obviously, he was at a disadvantage, so he began to regret not bringing his dark iron sword. It can be seen that his martial arts at that time still needed the help of the dark iron sword to exert its greatest power, so it still belonged to the category of "epee class".

So what is the real "wood blade class"? A hundred years later, another martial arts master, Zhang Sanfeng, gave the answer, that is, Taiji swordsmanship is "taking softness as rigidity", "taking me as dullness and taking no front as block". On Wudang Mountain, when Zhang Wuji confronted Fang Dongbai with wood blade, this essence was fully reflected. However, Zhang Wuji's martial arts accomplishment did not reach the level of "wood blade". Like Yang Guo, he put these profound martial arts theories into practice under the guidance of others, so he will be defeated by the "romantic messenger" of Persian Zoroastrianism in some strange ways in the future. Dugu tried to be defeated when practicing sword in the tide. Facing the infinite power of the sea, he finally realized the truth of "using softness to control rigidity" Use wood blade against the black iron sword, so that the wooden swordsman can fight with it as long as he doesn't go straight to the black iron sword. After a long time, people who make dark iron swords will inevitably lose their real strength. At this time, those who make wood blade will surely win. This is how wood blade won the epee. As a result, the lonely pursuit of defeat has reached the realm of "not leaving things, plants, bamboo and stones can be swords".

The sculptor followed Dugu for a long time. Although he knew how to practice, he couldn't speak, so he had to pull Yang Guo to the seaside and let him know for himself. It's a pity that Yang Guo's understanding is poor. He only knows how to make waves by brute force. Although his internal force has been strengthened a lot, his martial arts practice has not made any progress. No wonder he never reached the level of "wood blade".

Finally, Dugu's failure mentioned that "from then on, intensive cultivation gradually progressed to the realm that no sword is better than a sword." This so-called "no sword is better than a sword" is not difficult to understand, but it refers to "invisible shock wave"

Compared with the above-mentioned level, fencing practice to this extent is an inaccurate metaphor, which can be regarded as the difference between foreign guns and cold weapons. Moreover, the "invisible firm but gentle" of seeking defeat alone is different from Duan Yu's "Six-pulse Excalibur". First, the "invisible firm but gentle" of solitary defeat is self-created, and compared with the "six-pulse Excalibur" of Duan Yu's self-study map, the difficulty is far from the same; Secondly, the "Six-pulse Excalibur" still has a sword trick, while the "invisible shock wave" that seeks defeat alone obviously has no tricks, and the competition is different.

It can be seen that the real genius of Dugu's defeat lies in his unfathomable martial arts cultivation. If the unknown old monk in Tian Ba Long Cloth is the most profound person in Nakauchi Isao, then if the martial arts practice is the most, it must be a lonely failure. Yang Guo and Ling Huchong just learned their nine Niu Yi hairs, which are unique in Wulin, which shows the so-called "Alas! Unfortunately, the hero is helpless, and the sword is empty! "At this time, this is by no means a bluff.

The levels of Wushu can be simply summarized as follows: First, the sword period mentioned in the previous question. Simply put, it is to win with change and win with complicated moves. The highest state is nothing more than ingenuity, and ultimately ingenuity. At the level of nine swords, it is already the limit. But winning by change is not king after all, so it is necessary to return to the road of winning by strength to exercise your ability in the end. But the same exercise was won by strength, and the stages of Yang Guo and Dugu were different. Dugu has seen all the changes in the world's moves, and he can strengthen himself without practicing. Yang Guo's practice is obviously far from that stage. So their understanding of budo is also far from each other. There is a big difference in grades. Regarding the realm of "wood blade" and "no sword", the above article is a kind of view, let alone. Personally, I think there is nothing wrong with Yang Guo's choice at that time, but he didn't reach his understanding of moves when he was young. Similarly, wood blade and Yang Guo may not be able to beat the Golden Wheel, but in the hands of Dugu, it is invincible in internal skills and moves. Further up, there is no sword at all, and it doesn't matter what you do. When you hand it out, it is like a piece of iron. If you are a character in the sword period, you can't beat even the strongest moves. There may be another answer to the confrontation between two people who have no tricks, except that the quick one wins, and that is that the strong one wins.