Chapter 12 On "The Legend of Condor Heroes"

"The Legend of Condor Heroes" was created in 1959.In this day and age, it is quite noteworthy.At the end of the 1950s, Jin Yong had created two extremely prominent characters.One is the little dragon girl who is completely ignorant of the world and the social norms, and the other is the Yang Guo who is deeply sophisticated and possesses unique skills, but ignores the pressure of the environment he is familiar with and insists on going his own way.Of these two people, one is naturally and unconsciously rebelling against society, and the other is deliberately rebelling against society.

The reason why I want you to pay special attention to the creation year of "Sculpture of the Gods" is because from the beginning of the 1960s, the dominant thinking of young people all over the world is rebellion, and the type of rebellion cannot be separated from self-consciousness and self-consciousness. Two types of unconsciousness.The rebellion written by Jin Yong is Yang Guo and Xiaolongnv's rebellion against the Song Dynasty society at that time.But in terms of human nature, it can be suitable for any era. This is the greatest success in the creation of "Sculpture of God".

From the beginning to the end of "The Condor of the Gods", the whole book is written with a word of love.Asking what love is is the gist of the book. The various relationships between men and women described in the book, and the different loves encountered by people with different personalities, some become comedies and some become tragedies. It can be said that there have never been so many descriptions of love in a novel. In "Sculpture of the Gods", there are not only love flowers, which can kill people, but also ecstasy palms, which have become the supreme martial arts.Even at the last line, Guo Xiang had a crush on Yang Guo's youngest daughter.

"Sculpture of the Gods" is a love letter, and there is no comparable example in Jin Yong's other works for the delicate description of love. In "Sculpture of God", the conflict between Guo Jing, Huang Rong and Yang Guo is a conflict between social norms and human nature.During the conflict, Huang Rong even used conspiracy. Huang Rong, who had already gained the upper hand, wanted to do this, which shows how great the power of human nature is to break free from the shackles. In "Sculpture of the Gods", Yang Guo experienced all kinds of hardships and became a generation of heroes. He accepted the advice of Guo Jingxia, but Yang Guo was still Yang Guo.Guo Jing chose a name for him: the name was changed, and the word was changed.It was a kind of hope, but he was disappointed. Yang Guo did not change his nature, which is exactly what Jin Yong emphasized in "The Sculpture of God".

The structure of the entire book "Sculpture of the Gods" has one of the biggest shortcomings, that is, Xiaolongnv and Yang Guo were separated when they had to. Huang Rong made up a lie, which made Yang Guo full of hope and waited for sixteen years.These sixteen years have been extremely painful for a person who has a deep understanding of what love is.As a result, 16 years later, Xiaolongnv and Yang Guo reunited, and the comedy ended. In "The Sculpture of the Gods", Yang Guo is a tragic character from the beginning to the end, and so is Xiaolongnv, because they are completely incompatible with the society at that time.The reunion of Yang Guo and Xiaolongnv is great news for the readers, and everyone celebrates it, but it is a failure for the whole novel.Let's see if the little dragon girl reappears, where is there any brilliance to speak of?It is far better to let Yang Guo continue to be tragic!

It is not known what Jin Yong’s original creative intention was, but as far as novels are concerned, "Sculpture of the Gods" was destined to be a tragedy from the very beginning. It is not known whether it was changed into a comedy to accommodate the wishes of readers. . As one of the readers, I speak hard now, but when watching "Sculpture of the Gods", I also hope that Xiaolongnv and Yang Guo will meet again. At the beginning of the creation, tragedy was also the main theme. Otherwise, why let Xiaolongnu be raped by an irrelevant Taoist priest?When Jin Yong wrote "The Sculpture of the Gods", it ended in a comedy, which is absolutely understandable, because at that time, it was the period when "Ming Pao" was first established, and "The Sculpture of the Gods" was serialized on "Ming Pao".If Xiaolongnv disappeared suddenly, and Yang Guo was desolate, depressed and alone, living a lonely life, I am afraid that readers would get angry and never read "Ming Pao" again.But at the time of revision and correction, it still maintains a comedy ending, but it is a bit unclear.

Now, because "The Condor of the Gods" ended in comedy, only a few people talking about it can say that it should be a tragedy and that Xiaolongnu should not come back.But if Jin Yong really wrote it like this, he must not agree and ask him to change it to a happy ending.Who can really bear the disappearance of Xiaolongnv and Yang Guo's heartbroken death?This shows how difficult it is to write a novel! In "Sculpture of the Gods", Jin Yong expresses a kind of conceptual contradiction.On the one hand, it is the natural development of human nature, on the other hand, it is the traditional thought of serving the country and the people.This kind of contradiction has repeatedly conflicted between Yang Guo's self-willedness and Guo Jing's loyalty.But how it should be, Jin Yong did not come to a conclusion, Guo Jing is still Guo Jing, Yang Guo is still Yang Guo, no one can change the other.

There is a proud eagle in "The Condor". The giant sculpture in "Sculpture of the Gods" is real, while the sculpture in "Shooting the Condors" is imaginary. Some people criticized the plot of Yang Guo killing the Mongolian emperor outside Xiangyang City in "Sculpture of the Gods": it does not conform to history.This kind of criticism is very rigid.After writing about Yang Guo's life experience in detail, the section where Yang Guo killed the Mongolian emperor was exactly the power of thunder.It's like a torrential rain under the gloom, how hearty and joyful it is!Or say: There is no such thing in history!Answer: There is no Yang Guo in Chinese history, and there is a prince named Hamlet in foreign history! The theme song of "Sculpture of God" is: Ask the world, what is love, and teach life and death directly?

"Sculpture of God" ranks fourth among Jin Yong's works.