Chapter 9 On "The Deer and Ding Tale"

After "Swordsman", Jin Yong created "The Deer and Ding Tale". "The Deer and Ding Ji" is Jin Yong's last novel.After "The Deer and Ding Tale", during the dinner and chat, people familiar or unfamiliar often asked Jin Yong: Why didn't you write it? Before Jin Yong had time to answer, he always took the liberty to answer: because he couldn't write it!After doing this dozens of times, Jin Yong also sighed: I really can't write it! Everything has an end. In theory, even the universe has an end.The creation of novels is no exception, and when it comes to an end, if you want to move forward, you really have to do it, you can’t.If I write it out again, I am still hovering at the end, why not write it?So Jin Yong stopped writing martial arts novels after "The Deer and Ding Tale", and probably won't write any more in the future.Therefore, "The Deer and Ding Tale" can be regarded as the highest peak and culmination of Jin Yong's creation.

First introduce the words from Jin Yong's novels, which can be seen in "The Legend of Condor Heroes".In the former residence of Dugu Qiubai, Yang Guo found a message: fierce and strong, invincible, before the weak crown, he used it to compete with the heroes of Heshuo. Ziwei soft sword, used before the age of thirty. The epee has no front, great skill and no workmanship. Before the age of forty, it will run rampant in the world. After the age of forty, don't stick to things, plants, trees, bamboo and stones can all be swords.Since then, he has been intensively practicing and gradually progressing to the realm where no sword wins with a sword.

Dugu Qiubai's message is written about the gradual way of martial arts, and it is also the gradual way of novel creation. Jin Yong's previous works are sharp and fierce swords, soft swords, heavy swords, and even grass, wood, bamboo and stone. Although they are enough to run rampant in the world, but in "The Deer and Ding Tale", it is true that no sword is better than a sword. situation. As long as there is a sword, there must be moves, and there must be flaws.Jin Yong has repeatedly emphasized this point in "Swordsman", although it is a truth in martial arts, it is also a truth in any artistic creation.This reasoning is the gist of Dugu's Nine Styles (it's Dugu again, Jin Yong has no rivals in novel creation, I think I feel very lonely without the stimulation of a strong enemy and my desire to be strong, if there is, after "The Deer and Ding Tale", there can be another A peak?) "The Deer and Ding Tale" is completely in a situation where no sword wins with a sword. "The Deer and Ding Tale" is not even a martial arts novel, and a martial arts novel that is not a martial arts novel is the highest state of a martial arts novel.

All martial arts novels are full of heroes, but the protagonist of "The Deer and Ding Tale" is not a hero, but a person of flesh and blood, just like you and me, and like everyone else in the world. The protagonists of all martial arts novels are all superior in martial arts, and there is a process from low martial arts to superb martial arts. However, the protagonist of "The Deer and Ding Tale" has never been able to martial arts. At the beginning of Jin Yong's creation of "The Deer and Ding Tale", he may not have prepared to write like this. Wei Xiaobao met many masters and had many encounters. As long as Wei Xiaobao changed his pen, Wei Xiaobao could become a martial arts master.But Jin Yong has finally entered the realm where no sword is better than having a sword. Wei Xiaobao has only learned one skill of escaping, and has never mastered martial arts, which is unprecedented since the creation of martial arts novels.The protagonists of all martial arts novels are supermen, who can be judged by various moral standards. Only the protagonist of "The Deer and Ding Tale" is not, he is an ordinary person, and cannot stand the balance of moral standards.But no one can blame him.Whoever wants to blame him, please first measure yourself with moral standards.Jesus Christ once said: If anyone among you is without sin, let him throw a stone at him!

In "The Deer and Ding Tale", Jin Yong mixed fictional and historical figures into one. In Jin Yong's writings, history is as round as it wants, as square as it wants, and you can do whatever you want without any disappointment.You can narrate historical facts in a serious manner, or you can make historical jokes casually.It can be all historical facts and cannot be debated; it can also be fiction and it is purely a game. "The Deer and Ding Tale" is about a person who has no special skills, who is attached to each other by fate and keeps climbing upwards.But if you look carefully, this person is definitely not without any special skills, but full of skills all over his body.Everyone has his ability and is born with it, but some people dare not do it, disdain to do it, can't do it, can't do it, but Wei Xiaobao has done it all, without any scruples, and he doesn't think it's wrong, so he succeeded up.

From the moment when he was beaten by Mao Shiba, Wei Xiaobao did not admit his mistakes, and he resolutely did what he thought he should do. This is a new concept expressed by Jin Yong in "The Deer and Ding Tale", which breaks through all the rules and regulations, completely liberates human nature, and the individual is affirmed.Even in terms of the concept of the relationship between men and women, it has been completely released. Wei Xiaobao has married as many as seven wives. Anti-hero, anti-tradition, anti-shackle, "The Deer and Ding Tale" can be said to be an anti-book.

Proclaiming humanity, self, independence, and happiness, "The Deer and Ding Tale" is out-and-out, an authentic book. Shenlong Sect is a further step of XingXiu Sect and Chaoyang God Sect.The shadow is the political situation in mainland China at that time, and metaphor literature has reached its peak at this point. "The Deer and Ding Tale" makes all the jokes of history, but it is never nonsense.Emperor Kangxi highlighted this one of the three most wise monarchs in Chinese history in "The Deer and Ding Tale" (the conclusion in Bo Yang's "Compendium of Chinese History"), and his wisdom can be seen in the book.In the book, Kangxi is a superior figure.

Wei Xiaobao does everything, except betraying his friends.But in the end, he was inevitably betrayed by his friends, which is really a joke to the extreme of the world. If "The Deer and Ding Tale" is not a martial arts novel, it is also a martial arts novel. From the three beauties created by Master Hong, there is nothing new in martial arts novels. The failure in "The Deer and Ding Tale" is the invulnerable vest and the dagger that cuts iron like mud, but it is indispensable. There are all kinds of bets in "The Deer and Ding Tale", and the gamblers win or lose.

The bet made by the king of swords is his whole life, the bet is an inexplicable love affair, and it is unknown whether he will win or lose. Wu Liuqi's loss was the most unclear. Wu Sangui lost everything after a long and hard fight. Kangxi sits in the banker, and as a result, everyone loses, and the banker wins alone. Chen Yonghua made a bet with others, and if he won, it would not be his turn, and he was doomed to lose. Master Hong took only one class, but even lost his wife. Wei Xiaobao is a banker, and he accepts when he sees a good deal. Naturally, he is also a big winner. Ake, Shuang'er, Mrs. Hong, Zeng Rou, and Xiaojunzhu collect chips for the helper and eat red money, so naturally they each get something.

Wu Yingxiong lost the most. Feng Xifan refused to admit defeat, and fought to the end, losing the worst. As soon as Mao Shiba came up, he lost. The Russians came up with a trick, but luckily saved the leader and returned without losing. Chen Yuanyuan just watched the game from the sidelines. Jiu Nan is also watching the bet, she has nothing to bet, she has already lost all. Lama Sangye lost his finger. Princess Sophia of Russia is a winner who wins over people and power. Li Zicheng is the worst gambler. Wei Xiaobao's gambling is the best. Kangxi gambled the most generously. It is said that "The Deer and Ding Tale" is not a martial arts novel, but it is a martial arts novel.Take a look at the detailed description of Hong Jiaozhu's three beauties. Which martial arts novel has such a good plot about martial arts.Therefore, whether "The Deer and Ding Tale" is a martial arts novel, it is a masterpiece of martial arts novels, and it is the best of martial arts novels.

"The Deer and Ding Tale" is the best novel in ancient and modern China and abroad, ranking first among Jin Yong's works.