Chapter 16 Talking about "Jade Blood Sword"

Jin Yong was already seeking a new breakthrough when he was creating "The Sword of Jade Blood". His novel adopted a peculiar structure.The real protagonist in the book, Mr. Golden Snake, is a dead person, and all his activities only appear in flashbacks.And another character, Yuan Chengzhi, who is posing as the protagonist with seriousness, pales in comparison. Therefore, when Jin Yong was on the same line as Jin Snake Langjun and Yuan Chengzhi, although he was only outstanding in the first line, there was still something to be considered.After the line of Mr. Jin Snake came to an end, there were signs of collapse.Especially when it comes to the last paragraph, it is the worst paragraph in Jin Yong's novels, and it can be called a failure.

When Jin Yong re-edited his work, it was almost completely rewritten. After the rewrite, it was naturally much better than when it was published last time, but its inferior status in Jin Yong's works remained the same. In "Jade Blood Sword", Jin Yong first challenged the orthodox concept of right and wrong.Golden Snake Langjun is a bohemian character, but Jin Yong affirmed his personality and wrote him extremely moving and lovely. Another feature of "Jade Blood Sword" is that the combination of Jin Yongcai's real history and fictional plots is more mature. Chongzhen's daughter, Princess Changping, can walk on the rivers and lakes.This is a combination of fiction and reality, true and false, which has become a major feature of Jin Yong's novels, and when it comes to "The Deer and Ding Tale", it is even more fully developed, which is amazing. Among Jin Yong's works, "Jade Blood Sword" is the most lackluster one, and its status ranks twelfth.

It is worth mentioning that, in the new edition of "Jade Blood Sword", there is an appendix: "Yuan Chonghuan's Commentary Biography". This commentary, written about Yuan Chonghuan in simple and easy-to-understand words, gave a very detailed account of the history of the late Ming Dynasty, and also described the tragic and helpless situation of a hero in history because of his personality. It is sad to read. In this text, although there are no serious words to condemn the blindness of the masses, the meaning of criticism is vivid on the paper. "Critical Biography of Yuan Chonghuan" is an extremely valuable paper, and its readability is extremely high. The only comparable text in modern times is "Chinese History Net" by Bo Yang.