Martial arts: As the name implies, it is a chivalrous man who upholds justice by virtue of his own bravery. This legend has been described since Tai Shigong's Biography of the Ranger. However, the word "martial arts" came into being very late. It is said that it was invented by the Japanese and spread to China in Ming and Qing Dynasties, that is, the word "martial arts" became popular.

Biographies of Rangers in Historical Records, although written about the real history of people and events, have nothing to say, but what Sima Qian wrote reads like a novel. So that since then, the plots of many martial arts novels have borrowed from their contents or characters.

Chivalry is the spiritual feature of the Chinese nation. Wushu has a long history in China. There are different opinions about his development history, among which two are more popular: one is from novels of the Tang Dynasty, such as Nie Yinniang, Kunlun Slave, Red Line and Campus. And chivalrous novels began to flourish, and more people accepted this opinion. Another way of saying it is: it originated from Biography of the Knight Rider and Biography of the Assassin. Because chivalrous novels are legendary novels, they can't be compared with the official story of Tai Shigong, so not many people accept this statement.

Biographies of knight errant assassins written by Tai Shigong in Han Dynasty, including biographies of Jing Ke, Guo Jie, Nie Zheng and Yu Rang, created a chivalrous image with chivalry and flesh, and cleansed the hearts of readers for thousands of years, which is the driving force for the development of chivalrous novels. But after all, this is biographical literature, not pure martial arts creation. Strange stories were popular in the Six Dynasties, but there were also works praising the chivalrous, such as the famous "Searching for the Gods", in which there were similar chivalrous stories, but the length was not long and the plot was simple.

Later, there was a legend of the Tang Dynasty. Although the legend of Tang Dynasty is not only a martial arts, it is also an important link in the history of martial arts development. In the Tang Dynasty, the national strength was strong, the economy was developed, the literary world was extremely prosperous, and biographical novels began to flourish. In the early Tang Dynasty, love and ghosts dominated, and the representative works were: Pillow Story, Biography of Conan, Biography of Huo Xiaoyu, etc. By the middle and late Tang Dynasty, the vassal regions were independent and powerful, containing each other and being intimidated by assassins. Assassins have become a tool to fight for power and gain profits, so the wind of chivalry prevails in society, and a large number of works have been created on this basis, the most famous of which are: Nie Yinniang, Kunlun Slave, Red Line and Campus Guest, which shows that in the turbulent society at that time, people were helpless about reality, but they could not see hope and way out, so they could only pin their feelings on those hoes. A chivalrous man who is not afraid of violence and has extraordinary skills has become a hero in people's minds. In particular, Campus Guest is the story of campus guests, Hongfu and Li Jing in the late Sui Dynasty. The whole story is full of chivalrous spirit, and a chivalrous story is derived based on history. Jin Yong called this novel the originator of China's martial arts novels. During the Song and Yuan Dynasties, the martial arts culture declined and reached a peak in the Ming Dynasty.

The Water Margin and Romance of the Three Kingdoms in Ming Dynasty are another peak of martial arts novels. He changed martial arts novels from classical Chinese to vernacular Chinese, from short stories to long stories, and romance novels became popular, which also marked the maturity of martial arts novels. Other books, such as The Journey to the West's Romance of the Gods, The Legend of the Three Cavaliers and The Wizard of Oz. It is quite different from the martial arts novels, but it is in the same strain as the later series of sword fairy novels, which can be regarded as another branch in the development of martial arts novels.

In the Qing Dynasty, case-solving novels developed rapidly. Such as Shi Gong An, Biography of Green Peony, Biography of Heroes of Children, Wanhualou, Three Heroes and Five Righteousnesses, and so on. This kind of novel is characterized by the combination of official and chivalrous, honest and clean, and chivalrous. There are heroes, sentient beings and righteousness in the book, which breaks through the limitations of the novels of gifted scholars and beautiful women. In addition to this kind of chivalrous novels, supernatural novels have also developed, such as Biography of Jigong and Strange Tales from a Lonely Studio. The characters in this kind of novels are both knights and monks, and the immortals are also strange. The plot is mostly about fighting between good and evil, fighting for justice, catching demons and subduing demons, which is the predecessor of the series of sword fairy novels.

In the early Republic of China, the creation of martial arts novels was unprecedentedly prosperous. At that time, it was divided into two schools. The Legend of the Wonders in the Jianghu of the Northern School was the first modern martial arts novel and the first authentic martial arts novel in China, with far-reaching influence. Similar novels include Wild Jiang Nv, Loyalty and Righteousness, Four Seas of Ji Long, Twenty-four Heroes in Jianghu, Twelve Money Darts, Eagle Claw King and so on. The representative of the Southern School was Princess Huanzhu, the landlord who wrote fantasy sword fairy. The representative works include The Legend of the Swordsman of Shushan and Nineteen Heroes of Qingcheng Mountain, which are fantastic works of myth, mystery, swordsmen. Its whimsy is all-encompassing, which has opened an unprecedented spectacle in China's novel world! The influence on later martial arts writers is unparalleled so far.

In addition, since modern times, there are two schools of martial arts novels, old and new, which are generally divided from new and old literature. Therefore, Fan Yanqiao's A Brief History of the Novels of the Old School in the Republic of China points out that the "old school" mainly refers to the novels of Zhang Hui style. However, this definition does not have much meaning for martial arts novels; Because all martial arts novels will be divided into chapters, regardless of their

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So what does the so-called "new school" martial arts novel mean? The author thinks that it should be expressed through the content of the work.

New ideas, new concepts and new literary skills are indispensable. From this point of view, the so-called "new" after the 1950s

The works of Liang Yusheng, the founder of the school of martial arts novels, are too "new" to be regarded as "schools". So do you understand?

This reputation for security was promoted by the media in Hong Kong at that time, which was different from the "old school" completely banned in the Mainland.

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However, it is undeniable that since Liang Yusheng and Jin Yong rose to Xiangjiang successively, martial arts novels appeared on the basis of tradition.

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