Chapter 6 On "The Eight Parts of the Dragon"

"Dragon and Babu" is a thousand waves that lift the sky, and the readers are floating on a flat boat in the vast ocean.When a huge wave hits, the reader can sink hundreds of feet, and when another huge wave rises, the reader can be lifted up by dozens of feet.When watching "Dragon and Babu", I can't help myself, fluctuating with the characters and plots in the book.Jin Yong's works have reached a new peak in "Dragon Ba Bu". One peak after another is the proof of Jin Yong's inexhaustible creativity. Each novel has a different style and brings readers new feelings.When it came to "Dragon Babu", I thought that there would never be any more in the future, but there is still a new peak.

The imagination of "Dragon Ba Bu" is a step further than "Yi Tian Tu Long Ji".More unrestrained, more relaxed, more romantic and passionate, it can be regarded as a masterpiece of world novels. "The Eight Divisions of Heaven and Dragons" explained the names at the beginning: the eight divisions, one day, two dragons, three yakshas, ​​four gandharvas, five asuras, six garudas, seven kinnaras, and eight marakas.Then the meaning of each of the eight parts is explained.Judging by the title of this article, Jin Yong wanted to write about eight people to represent these eight kinds of Taoist monsters.

However, in "The Eight Parts of the Dragon", which eight people represent these eight kinds of Taoist monsters!Which person represents which kind has been studied in detail, but there is no conclusion. Who is Yasha?Is it Xiangyao Chamu Wanqing?Mu Wanqing's status in the book is not high at all, and certainly cannot represent one of the eight volumes.What is Duan Yu?What is Qiao Feng?My conclusion is that at the beginning, Jin Yong did have the will to write eight people to represent the eight kinds of Taoist monsters, but the plan before writing and the will are one thing, and what kind of novel will be written is another matter. one thing.

It may sound absurd, but in fact, almost everyone who has ever written a novel has had the same experience: during the creation process, plans are often unrealized, and will suddenly change midway, new ideas will suddenly appear, and Can't control myself. When Jin Yong wrote "The Eight Parts of the Heavenly Dragon", such a situation must have occurred.So in the end, there is such a vast novel. It is no longer possible to find a single person in the novel to represent a certain idea, but all the people are mixed together to represent a general idea. This situation is better than the original creative plan, and it also makes "Dragon Babu" deeper, more vast, and majestic, to the extreme.

In terms of structure, "Dragon Babu" adopts a unique structure in which after writing about a certain person, it writes about another person, and they are staggered back and forth, connecting different people.This structure was used in "Water Margin".It is more impressive than every paragraph of "Water Margin", and the overall structure is fresh.If there are still people who doubt the ancient, modern, Chinese and foreign, unprecedented eight-character interpretation, there is no need to argue with them. "Dragon Babu" has reached the point of seamlessness in the connection between the appearance of the main characters one by one. Among the novels, only Song Jiang suddenly kicked over the charcoal fire of a big man who was warming the fire, and this big man is Just Wu Song.

Every character in "Dragon Babu" is excellent, and there is a tragic character, especially earth-shattering. This tragic character is a great hero, a great hero, who has the power to do everything, but he cannot change his own tragic fate. . An accidental encounter is not a tragedy. Knowing that you will go this way, the result is tragedy, but you still have to go this way, this is tragedy. The story of Qiao Feng in "Dragon Babu" is a typical tragedy. Such a tragedy is rare in novels both at home and abroad. In "Dragon Babu", Jin Yong wrote the other side of the positive characters more thoroughly.The abbot of Shaolin Temple revered by the whole world will have an illegitimate child.This style of writing was repeatedly developed in the next two extremely important works, and finally in "The Deer and Ding Tale", the concept of anti-hero was established.

A hero must be a human being, and a human being must have human nature, which will not be changed by any shackles. Monk Xu Zhu's admiration for gods, no one will doubt, but he still can't become a monk in the end, it has nothing to do with the environment, but Xu Zhu is fundamentally a person! The status of human beings is higher than that of heroes and Bodhisattvas. Even if they are regarded as gods and monsters, they cannot change their status. In terms of the bizarre twists and turns of the story, the many characters, the extensive historical background, and the rich imagination, Tianlong Babu is above all other works of Jin Yong.What is not clear is why Jin Yong retained the title of "Tianlong Babu" in the release of the title, which is about the story of Dali Kingdom in Yunnan in the Northern Song Dynasty.This sentence.In the whole novel, Dali in Yunnan occupies at most one-fifth of the place.From this, it can also be proved that the idea planning before creation and the spring of inspiration during the creation process are two different things.

The use of characters in martial arts novels as metaphors for characters in real life began in "Dragon and Babu".The Xingxiu faction is a metaphor for any organization. Anyone with a discerning eye can know it at a glance. After knowing it, they will definitely smile knowingly.Metaphors of the same nature appear again in "Swordsman", and it will be more interesting if you combine the time of creation with what happened in mainland China at that time. The martial arts that appear in "Tianlong Babu" include Ding Chunqiu's Huagong Dafa and Duan Yu's Zhu Ha Shengong, both of which can absorb other people's martial arts for their own use.In "Swordsman", this form of martial arts is brought into play, and it is also a breakthrough in terms of the imagination of martial arts.

So far, the various martial arts descriptions in Jin Yong's novels have been seldom mentioned, and in the following pages, I do not plan to mention them in detail.Although martial arts is an indispensable part of martial arts novels, it is also the easiest part of martial arts novels to write.The description of martial arts in Jin Yong's novels is of course exquisite, but compared with other wonderful parts, it seems that there is no need to specifically discuss it in detail. Watching "The Eight Parts of the Dragon", when Qiao Feng led the Yanyun Eighteen Cavalry, the horseshoes turned gold, and they drove directly to the Shaolin Temple, when they regarded the heroes of the world as nothing, when they roared and swallowed strong wine.

Watching "Dragon Babu", Xuzhu is in the ice cellar, unable to withstand the first temptation in the world, and when he and Menggu are having fun together, it is advisable to think of his lover and drink honey wine. Watching "Dragon Babu" until Xiaokang bit off a piece of meat from Duan Zhengchun's shoulder, he should smile knowingly and drink alcohol. Watching "Dragon Babu" until the four girls of plum, orchid, bamboo and chrysanthemum make a scene in Shaolin Temple, it is advisable to drink fragrant wine with pleasure. After watching "Dragon Babu" until Duan Yu finally wins Wang Yuyan's favor, he should dance and drink sweet wine.

Watching "Dragon Babu", when the old monk in Shaolin Temple talked about the Buddha, everyone worshiped him, Murong Bo and Xiao Yuanshan clasped hands, looking at each other and smiling, they should be calm and drink light wine. When watching "The Eight Parts of the Dragon" and seeing all kinds of turmoil and evil deeds, it is advisable to drink bad wine. Watching "Dragon Babu" to Tianshan Child Elder and Li Qiushui fighting to the death, it is advisable to drink sour wine. When watching "Dragon Babu", when Qiao Feng makes a big fuss in Juxian Village, he can drink spicy wine when he sacrifices his life for Ah Zhu and the heroes. Watching "Dragon Ba Bu" until Xu Zhu made a mistake and solved the Zhenlong chess game, you can have a wedding wine. When watching "Dragon Ba Bu", when Xu Zhu, Duan Yu and Qiao Feng become sworn brothers and fight against the enemy together, they can drink old wine. Watching "The Eight Parts of the Dragon" until Mrs. Wang plans to capture her lover, it is advisable to drink new wine. Watching "Dragon Babu", from beginning to end, all in one go, forgetting to eat and sleep, even the person next to the bed is like a stranger, it is advisable to hide the book and meditate, and use books as wine to get drunk. The ice silkworm in "Dragon Babu" is the cutest insect in the world. You Tanzhi in "Dragon Babu" is the most pitiful person in the world. Ah Zhu is the most tender. Don't blame Ah Zi, she has unspeakable pain in her heart. Zhao Qiansun felt unspeakable pain in his heart. Murong Fu felt unspeakable pain in his heart. Qiao Feng felt unspeakable pain in his heart. Erniang Ye and Xuanci felt unspeakable pain in their hearts. Tianshan Child Elder and Li Qiushui felt unspeakable pain in their hearts. So many people have unspeakable suffering, but the whole book is not bitter, and the bitterness turns into passion, which permeates the whole book. The happiest person in "Dragon Babu" is Li Puppet, who already knows that life is like a play and should be happy, but those who don't know will be miserable. The extraordinary achievement of "Dragon and Babu" lies in the fact that the whole book is all-encompassing, with all kinds of people, all kinds of martial arts, and all kinds of plots, it is like a vast ocean that contains everything. The tragic character in "Dragon Ba Bu" is Qiao Feng. The comic character in "Dragon Babu" is Duan Yu. In "Dragon Ba Bu", the person who encounters the most adventures is Xu Zhu. The most disappointed person in "Dragon Ba Bu" is Murong Fu. The luckiest person in "Dragon Babu" is Jiumozhi. The most unfortunate people in "Dragon Ba Bu" are Feng Bo E, Bao Tong and Deng Bai Chuan. The most infatuated person in "Dragon Babu" is You Tanzhi. The most ruthless person in "Dragon Babu" is Xuanci. The most sentimental person in "Dragon Babu" is Duan Zhengchun. The most dedicated person in "Dragon Ba Bu" is Ye Erniang. The most honest person in "Dragon Babu" is the God of Crocodile in the South China Sea. The most hypocritical person in "Dragon Babu" is Yelu Hongji. "Dragon Babu" is an extremely outstanding novel by Jin Yong. It ranks first among martial arts novels and second among Jin Yong's works.