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Xiang Tao suddenly remembered: "That martial arts movie related to Buddha?"

Luoyang had told him before that Buddhism is divided into eight divisions: heavens, dragons, ghosts and gods. Since the heavens and dragons are the first among the eight divisions, they are called the eight divisions of heaven and dragons. The eight divisions are one day, two dragons, and two dragons. The three yakshas, ​​the four gandharvas, the five asuras, the six garudas, the seven kinnaras, the bamahurakas...

"That's right, it's "Tian Long Ba Bu"."

When he said this name, Luoyang looked extremely serious.

The debate over which of Jin Yong's novels is the most classic has never stopped in the past life, and some fans of Jin Yong are always noisy about it. Among them, the three novels mentioned the most by readers are: "The Swordsman", "The Deer and the Cauldron" and "The Eight Parts of the Dragon"!

One is a work of freedom that implies political struggle.

One is an anti-martial arts work based on sublimated ideas.

The other is a magnificent masterpiece based on Buddha and full of compassion for heaven and earth.

Yes, even a super classic like "The Condor Trilogy" can only be said to have established Jin Yong's status as the leader of the martial arts world. Jin Yong relied on the "Condor Trilogy" to dominate the martial arts field, but he could not rely on the trilogy to enter the pure martial arts field. In the palace of literature, it is "The Deer and the Cauldron", "The Swordsman" and "The Eight Parts of the Dragon" that make Jin Yong truly known as a master.

Let’s exclude “The Deer and the Cauldron” here.

As mentioned before, it's not that "The Deer and the Cauldron" is bad, it's just that in Luoyang's view, "The Deer and the Cauldron" no longer belongs to the category of martial arts. As Ni Kuang commented, "The Deer and the Cauldron" is Jin Yong's best novel, while "The Deer and the Cauldron" is Jin Yong's best novel. " is Jin Yong's best martial arts novel. This statement coincides with Luoyang's thoughts. Some things in "The Deer and the Cauldron" are profound, but they are no longer martial arts, and are even anti-martial arts.

What remains is the comparison between "Dragon" and "The Swordsman".

The public is right about this, and the mother-in-law is right, and Luoyang does not dare to make a conclusion lightly. The reason why he wanted to write "The Eight Parts of the Dragon" first was just in accordance with the order of creation by Jin Yong in his previous life.

So what kind of work is "Dragon"?

From Luoyang's perspective, this is a martial arts novel that fully demonstrates Jin Yong's broad and profound knowledge. Before "The Eight Parts of the Dragon", Jin Yong liked to use traditional Confucianism to narrate and explain martial arts. This is true from Chen Jialuo, Yuan Chengzhi to Guo Jing , Zhang Wuji, all have active or passive aspirations to serve the country. It can be seen that Jin Yong used these protagonists to express his outlook on life.

When "The Eight Parts of the Dragon" came out, Jin Yong used the "great compassion and compassion" of Buddhism to break evil and turn it into ignorance!

In this work, he began to use the Buddhist concepts of "get rid of greed", "get rid of love", "get rid of" and "get rid of entanglement" to enlighten readers, which increased the ideological depth and philosophical connotation of martial arts novels——

This book has three protagonists.

Duan Yu, Qiao Feng, Xu Zhu, a young man, a hero, and a monk.

The three people have different identities, different experiences, and different personalities, but they each play a role. They are intertwined and set off each other. They are both distinct and coherent. This structure and characterization technique created a new way of writing human narratives in martial arts novels. The new approach also shows Jin Yong's terrifying control. This is the only three-protagonist work in the history of martial arts. Based on this alone, "Dragon" can establish a monument of martial arts.

In addition, any work with multiple protagonists cannot compare to "Dragon Movie".

Not to mention, "The Eight Parts of the Dragon" still has two chapters, which are given to Zhuang Juxian, who can be called the invisible fourth protagonist.

In this book, both martial arts and chivalry are written, and people and emotions are written, all with ups and downs, and the music is wonderful. In the past life, some people even said that reading martial arts novels without reading "The Eight Parts of the Dragon" is really a big problem in life. Unfortunately, the vastness of Tianlong is evident.

In fact, this is indeed the case.

Compared with the trilogy of The Condor Trilogy, the plot of Tian Long is indeed more bizarre, and the scenes are also magnificent, including gratitude, hatred, depression, and venting, including the lingering fantasy of an ice cellar and the reality of relieving oneself by a tree. In this book, the characters In terms of shaping, it has reached the pinnacle. It can be called an encyclopedia of the world. When writing this book, Jin Yong was in the prime of life, and his control of the rhythm of the story and the control of the scenes have reached a whole new level.

This is unmatched by Jin Yong in the early stage.

Therefore, The Condor Trilogy is one of Jin Yong's peaks, and "Dragon" is another peak of Jin Yong's.

Xiang Tao looked thoughtful: "It turns out that the name of this book is "The Eight Parts of the Dragon". Does the boss think this work can surpass the Condor Trilogy?"

Xiang Tao, who currently doesn't know the plot, can only make random assumptions about the plot based on the title of the book.

Luoyang smiled calmly: "Of course, "Dragon" is a serious drama, and it is more serious than any previous martial arts drama."

This is Luoyang's own view. "The Legend of the Dragon" is a solemn drama, a typical drama that reflects on the fate of human nature. The various issues discussed in "The Legend of the Dragon" have gone far beyond the present. Beyond the discussion of reality, history and politics, through this book, Jin Yong looks at human beings' own hard struggle and struggle in the face of fate with compassion. This is a kind of human's love for nature, life and love. An exploration of ideals, reality, and soul desires in various aspects of life.

This high intention is naturally not as high as the Condor Trilogy.

Because the discussion of human nature itself is a proposition that no great work can avoid. Tolstoy has done similar things, Dostoyevsky has done it, Cao Xueqin has done it, and Marquez has done it. , Jin Yong also did it, but Jin Yong only did two books with such propositions, namely "The Eight Parts of the Dragon" and "The Secret of Liancheng".

It's a pity that the structure of "Liancheng Jue" is too thin, so Luoyang did not write it.

A series of works including "Yue Nu Sword", "White Horse Roaring in the West Wind", "Mandarin Duck Knife" and other works were not written by Luoyang because the works were relatively thin.

He personally prefers "Dragon".

The seven sufferings in Buddhism are birth, old age, illness, death, meeting of resentments and hatreds, separation from love, and not being able to seek what you want.

If history, politics, and culture are the superficial manifestations of human nature, then fate, reincarnation, etc. are based on the self-realization of human nature in the world. "Dragon Babu" deepens the understanding of ordinary people in facing nature. It is a discussion of contradictory human nature. Everyone is struggling and persevering in the face of fate. The things it writes are not only ancient people and ancient things, but also virtual people and virtual things. The world in it is both bright and clear. There are shadows of ghosts and monsters in the universe, and there are also strange peaks and dangerous ravines, and winding paths leading to secluded places...

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After The Condor Trilogy, Luoyang chose to interpret martial arts with "Dragon".