Chapter 3 On "Flying Fox"

In Jin Yong's creative life, it is rare for him to write two novels at the same time. "Flying Fox" is an exception, it was created at the same time as "The Legend of Condor Heroes".That is to say, at that time, Jin Yong wrote two novels at the same time: "The Legend of Condor Heroes" for "Ming Pao", and "The Legend of the Flying Fox" for a martial arts fiction magazine called "Martial Arts and History". Jin Yong's creative ability can fully cope with writing two novels at the same time. The status of "Flying Fox" in Jin Yong's works is not high, obviously it has nothing to do with writing two novels at the same time.

"Martial Arts and History", a martial arts novel magazine, has now ceased operation.But it not only published Jin Yong's "Flying Fox", but also Gu Long's "Peerless Twins".It has an important position in the history of modern martial arts novels. "Flying Fox" makes up for the deficiencies of "Flying Fox in Snow Mountain" and describes the growth process of Hu Fei.In "Outside Biography", Hu Fei is the real protagonist.However, in order to establish the concept of "Snow Mountain Flying Fox" that Jin Yong has finished writing, in "Wai Zhuan", he is restrained everywhere, so Hu Fei is always covered with dark clouds in "Wai Zhuan", and there cannot be a thunderbolt, and the heavy rain is like a note.In addition to Hu Fei's encounter with Wuchen Daoist, and the fast sword fight, which can make people elated, like the plot in Foshan Town, Feng Tiannan, Yuan Ziyi is Feng Tiannan's daughter. It is the most dull and untouching plot in Jin Yong's works.

The main section of "Outside Biography" is hard to let go, but the side branches are brilliant.The characters in the Red Flower Club don't appear much in "Gateway", but they shine brightly, which is better than in "Book, Sword, Enmity and Enmity".Chang Hezhi and Chang Bozhi rescued people in the meeting of the leaders of the world. They came and went like ghosts and ghosts. There is no such wonderful scene in "Book and Sword".Even Chen Jialuo, who is melancholy and silent, shedding tears at the grave, is much cuter than in "Book and Sword".

In "Wai Zhuan", there are three pairs of twin brothers: Ni Buda and Ni Buxiao, Chang Hezhi, Chang Bozhi, and a pair of twins born to Ma Chunhua and Fu Kang'an.When Jin Yong wrote about Ni Buda and Ni Buxiao, he was very expressive. When they spoke, they spoke one sentence and combined it into a paragraph.Years ago, I met a pair of twins working in the film industry in Taipei. I found that they spoke half a sentence and combined it into a sentence, which was even worse than Jin Yong's description. This is a very interesting phenomenon.When there is a chance to make corrections, Ni Buda and Ni Buxiao can each say a few words?The pair of twins born by Ma Chunhua have grown up in "Snow Mountain Flying Fox", but it is a pity that Jin Yong has stopped writing, otherwise, this pair of Yuxue's lovely characters could constitute a masterpiece.

Another brilliant side branch in "Gaizhuan" is a long section about the poisonous hand medicine king.Poison Hand Medicine King used poison completely different from Western Poison Ouyang Feng. There were so many ways to use poison, it was dizzying to see.Among Jin Yong's works, the best writing about poison occupies the second place.The first one is Wang Nangu in "Yi Tian Tu Long Ji". In "Outside Biography" there is a weapon, the golden cudgel of Feng Tiannan: This golden cudgel is seven feet long and one and a half inches in diameter, and it is made of gold all over.This golden stick might not be as rich and magnificent as Yin Kexi's gem-studded whip in "The Legend of Condor Heroes", but there is no doubt that it is heavy.How heavy?It is easy to calculate, after calculating the volume and then multiplying the specific gravity, it is 88278g.

Feng Tiannan's golden stick weighs more than 88 kilograms. In "The Romance of the Sui and Tang Dynasties", the golden mace of Qin Qiong, the first hero in Shandong, is only about one-third of its size, which is really extraordinary. For Hu Fei to be a countryman for no reason, it is indeed impressive to deal with a rich man with strong martial arts like Feng Tiannan to the end. "Flying Fox" ranks eleventh among Jin Yong's works.