Incredible experience My first full adult novel in Chinese aided by Pleco and the English translation online which I m surprised I barely had to rely on maybe a couple paragraphs per chapter For learners of Chinese this is a book I d recommend as an introduction to wuxia The language was simple and repetitive the cliches still just struggling to find themselves in this Republican era novel published serially in 1940 1941 I m afraid I ve not yet anything else to really compare this to It is a member of a genre which doesn t really exist in English and is the only book I ve read in Chinese yet so it is to my tabula rasa a sui generis and so I would loathe to make any ex ungue leonem assumptions with so small a sample On its own it was a fun story It seemed a great deal slower than I expected but that could be simply because some chapters took a week to read There was a romance but it wasn t portrayed romantically There was a fair bit of fighting but generally to no overarching purpose It was a simple tale of revenge and honor not very different relative to Icelandic sagas now that I think of it though with a different cultural take of course But at the end of the day it was fun It was a pleasant read I never once thought I should abandon it partway through and work on some other book What can I ask for in an introduction to Chinese language wuxia fiction Chinese

Wang Dulu Works: The Crane Shaking the Kunlun (Vol.1\u00262) 鹤惊昆仑(上下)(王度庐作品大系) By Wang Du Lu

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This book is the first in the Crane Iron Series Jiang Zhisheng is the disciple of the senior swordsman of the Kunlun Sect Bao Zhenfei widely known as Bao Kunlun Jiang Zhisheng is inordinately proud of his ability and carelessly violates a ban by seducing his neighbour s wife and is thus ejected from the house by his master His son Jiang Xiaohe who later becomes famous changes his name to Jiangnan Crane meets a domestic calamity in his youth and is bullied by others Through these events he swears to avenge his enemies but in a twist of fate he develops a romantic relationship with Bao Zhenfei s granddaughter Bao Aluan Wang Dulu Works The Crane Shaking the Kunlun Vol. 1 u00262 AKA site_link Wang DuluWang Baoxiang 1909 12 February 1977 was a Chinese mystery science fiction and wuxia romance novelist who wrote under the pseudonym Wang Dulu Wang is also known by the courtesy name Xiaoyu. He is most well known in the West for his series of interlinked novels collectively referred to as Crane Iron Series which includes Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon The novel been adapted to film and television several times most notably the award winning film adaptation of the same name directed by Ang Lee AKA site_link Wang DuluWang Baoxiang 1909 12 February 1977 was a Chinese mystery science fiction and wuxia romance novelist who wrote under the pseudonym Wang Dulu Wang is also known by the courtesy name Xiaoyu. He is most well known in the West for his series of interlinked novels collectively referred to as Crane Iron Series which includes Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon The novel been adapted to film and television several times most notably the award winning film adaptation of the same name directed by Ang Lee site_link.