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'''Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber''' () is a Chinese wuxia novel by Jinyong, first serialized in Ming Pao ISBN 1-58899-183-0 [1]. The literal translation is ''The Tale of Relying on Heaven to Slay the Dragon ''.
Jinyong revised the novel in 1979 with a number of amendments and additions. This is the version most familiar to readers. A third revision was published in early 2005, incorporating later thoughts and a lengthier conclusion. The third revision added many changes and cleared up some mysteries in the second version, such as the origin of ''Jiu Yang Zhen Jing'' (means Nine-Yang True Blessing). However, some Jinyong Loyalists were disappointed with the new revisions.
The novel is intended to be the third part of a trilogy after ''The Legend of the Condor Heroes'' and ''The Return of the Condor Heroes''. It is set about a hundred years after the second novel, in the late Yuan Dynasty.
As in a number of his novels, Jinyong makes use of a number of historical figures in the story, including the founder of the Ming dynasty Zhu Yuanzhang, Chen Youliang, Zhang Sanfeng and the Ming Cult. The political clash between Han Chinese and the Mongols also features strongly in the plot.
The story revolves around a pair of priceless and extremely powerful weapons, known respectively as the Heaven Sword and Dragon Slaying Saber (more precisely dragon slaying's saber), which all of ''wulin's martial artists covet. Either or both of them are thought to allow their wielder to rule the martial arts world, according to a widely circulating rumor in an oft-repeated mantra, though for some reason they are now lost.
The novel's hero is 'Zhang Wuji' (張無忌), who through a series of dramatic events becomes a highly skilled martial arts practitioner and 34th leader of the Ming Cult.
Like in most Jinyong's novels, romance forms a major backbone to the book. Interwoven in the plot is the protagonist's romantic entanglements with four female characters.
The secret of the sword and saber is revealed midway in the novel, but the impetus of the narrative is not lost, as the author traces the upheavals which follow it.
The novel ends with a hint of the imminent founding of the Ming Dynasty by the treacherous Zhu Yuanzhang.
Midway through the book, it is revealed that the two weapons, Heaven Sword and Dragon Slaying Saber, are actually made from a single sword, Xuan-Tie-Jian, which Yang Guo had wielded in The Return of the Condor Heroes, which was set nearly 100 years ago. The great sword (a very heavy sword that weighed many many kilogrammes) belonged to
'''Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber''' () is a Chinese wuxia novel by Jinyong, first serialized in Ming Pao ISBN 1-58899-183-0 [1]. The literal translation is ''The Tale of Relying on Heaven to Slay the Dragon ''.
Jinyong revised the novel in 1979 with a number of amendments and additions. This is the version most familiar to readers. A third revision was published in early 2005, incorporating later thoughts and a lengthier conclusion. The third revision added many changes and cleared up some mysteries in the second version, such as the origin of ''Jiu Yang Zhen Jing'' (means Nine-Yang True Blessing). However, some Jinyong Loyalists were disappointed with the new revisions.
The novel is intended to be the third part of a trilogy after ''The Legend of the Condor Heroes'' and ''The Return of the Condor Heroes''. It is set about a hundred years after the second novel, in the late Yuan Dynasty.
As in a number of his novels, Jinyong makes use of a number of historical figures in the story, including the founder of the Ming dynasty Zhu Yuanzhang, Chen Youliang, Zhang Sanfeng and the Ming Cult. The political clash between Han Chinese and the Mongols also features strongly in the plot.
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Plot
The story revolves around a pair of priceless and extremely powerful weapons, known respectively as the Heaven Sword and Dragon Slaying Saber (more precisely dragon slaying's saber), which all of ''wulin's martial artists covet. Either or both of them are thought to allow their wielder to rule the martial arts world, according to a widely circulating rumor in an oft-repeated mantra, though for some reason they are now lost.
The novel's hero is 'Zhang Wuji' (張無忌), who through a series of dramatic events becomes a highly skilled martial arts practitioner and 34th leader of the Ming Cult.
Like in most Jinyong's novels, romance forms a major backbone to the book. Interwoven in the plot is the protagonist's romantic entanglements with four female characters.
The secret of the sword and saber is revealed midway in the novel, but the impetus of the narrative is not lost, as the author traces the upheavals which follow it.
The novel ends with a hint of the imminent founding of the Ming Dynasty by the treacherous Zhu Yuanzhang.
The two weapons
Midway through the book, it is revealed that the two weapons, Heaven Sword and Dragon Slaying Saber, are actually made from a single sword, Xuan-Tie-Jian, which Yang Guo had wielded in The Return of the Condor Heroes, which was set nearly 100 years ago. The great sword (a very heavy sword that weighed many many kilogrammes) belonged to
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