Gu Long Catalog

Gu Long Introduction

1. Family

2. Friends

3. People who influence Gu Long Creators and Movies

4. Achievements

5. Original Works and Film and Television Adaptations

6. Biography

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The Legend of Gu Long and the Heroes

The Legend of Gu Long and the Heroes

[Edit this paragraph] Introduction to Gu Long

Gu Long, formerly known as Xiong Yaohua, is a famous martial arts novel Home. Born on June 7, 1941 (there are also various versions such as 1936, 1937, 1938, etc.), his ancestral home is Jiangxi, and he moved to Taiwan when he was young. After his parents divorced, Gu Long continued his studies through work-study and financial support from friends, and later graduated from Tamkang University (majoring in English). His original dream was to become a pure literary writer, but he eventually embarked on the path of martial arts creation.

Gu Long’s martial arts novel creation has always adhered to the purpose of “seeking novelty and change”. In his writing career of more than 20 years, he used his extraordinary imagination and profound literary knowledge to The cultural heritage and innovative consciousness of keen change broke through the stereotypes of the predecessors and gave new life to martial arts novels, making them appear in the world with a new look. In the past half century, Gu Long has not only conquered the world with his popular classic novels such as "The Sentimental Swordsman", "Chu Liuxiang", "Lu Xiaofeng", "Seven Weapons", "Peerless Two Prides", "Happy Heroes", etc. With hundreds of millions of readers, it has profoundly influenced the martial arts creations of latecomers, and has also triggered a continuous wave of film and television adaptations. It has been popular in China and even Southeast Asia for a long time and has been enduring for a long time. Due to his great achievements in these aspects, Gu Long is known as the two martial arts masters on par with Jin Yong. To this day, there are still many martial arts/fantasy novels that repeatedly imitate Gu Long, and there are also many film and television works that use Gu Long's golden signature to continuously create ratings climaxes.

Compared with Gu Long’s novels, which are famous all over the world, Gu Long’s film and television are equally charming. In the Hong Kong and Taiwan film industry in the 1970s and 1980s, there was a saying that "Chu Yuan + Gu Long + Ti Lung = blockbuster". Film adaptations of Gu Long's works have also won the Asian Film Festival and Taiwan Golden Horse Awards many times, such as the film adapted from "A History of the Martial Arts" The movie "Maurion" won Chor Yuan the Asia's Best Action Film Director Award in 1979, and Tsui Hark's debut TV series "The Golden Sword" was also adapted from "The Eagle Flies in September". What's more, for a long period of time in the last century, when singers took the stage in Southeast Asia, if they didn't sing "Little Lee Flying Knives", the audience would boo. The "Chu Liuxiang" series of TV series starring Zheng Shaoqiu and others were popular in various places, and they were still talked about today. In the 1990s, "Lotus Fighting for Hegemony" and "Swords of Swords" adapted from "Meteor, Butterfly and Sword" played the strongest voice in the peak period of Chinese martial arts dramas.

Gu Long has been experimenting with the interaction between film and literature for a long time. For example, he applied montage techniques and structures to martial arts novels, which opened up a new world of martial arts creation. He also engaged in screenwriting and founded Powerlong Pictures, which brought martial arts to the world. The unique charm and twists and turns of literature were brought into the film, ultimately achieving the glory of the Qiqing martial arts film for decades in the last century and profoundly influencing generations of people. The folk song "Xia Ke", written by Gu Long and sung by Shi Xiaorong, is high-spirited and heroic. It is known as the three greatest talents in lyrics, music and singing. It was a popular song in Taiwan in the 1980s. In fact, Gu Long's huge contribution to the formation of the concept of "martial arts aesthetics" and the promotion of "martial arts culture" goes far beyond this. His achievements can be regarded as great in China's literary and film and television circles.

Gu Long is sincere, informal, generous and heroic. Wine, beautiful women and reading are his biggest hobbies, but what Gu Long values ??most is his friends. Gu Long has read a lot of books, which provides his martial arts world with a wider space and richer connotation; Gu Long is also romantic and passionate. Although he has many women with him, they are all attracted to each other and treat each other sincerely; Gu Long makes friends more often He acts spontaneously, with sincerity and courage, and is all-encompassing in all three religions. He often invites friends and company, drinks and sings wildly. Gu Long is lonely, and his compassionate feelings seem so out of place in the chaotic and contradictory world; Gu Long is also lucky, and countless friends and readers have come together with him through wine and books. In 1985, Gu Long became addicted to alcohol again, causing his esophagus to rupture, which worsened his already poor health. He finally found relief through alcohol, and ended his colorful and legendary life on September 21 at the age of 48!

He said that a woman who loves to laugh will not have bad luck.

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