The origin of the Legend of the Condor Heroes, is there any historical basis for it?

Liu Guozhong, a researcher on Jin Yong's novels, once wrote an article, believing that the name of Little Dragon Girl comes from Xu Zhimo's wife Lu Xiaoman, because "Jin Yong's cousin Xu Zhimo's "Ai Mei Xiaozha" refers to Lu Xiaoman as follows:' There are four types: "Little Dragon", "Love Dragon", "Dragon Dragon", and "My Sweetest Dragon". Xu's poem "I came to the Yangtze River to buy a lotus pod": "I can't bear the tears in my eyes - I'm thinking of you." , I'm thinking of you, ah Xiaolong! '." Based on the similarities between Xu Zhimo and Lu Xiaoman's love affair with Xiao Longnu, it was determined that Xiao Longnu's fame came from Lu Xiaoman, and Yang Guo's prototype was Xu Zhimo. .

Little Dragon Girl may come from Lu Xiaoman, but Yang Guo may not be Xu Zhimo.

The year Xu Zhimo was killed, Jin Yong was only seven years old. Xu Zhimo married Lu Xiaoman in 1926, when Jin Yong was three years old. No matter how unblessed Xu and Lu's love affair was, no matter how shocking the world was, by the time Jin Yong became sensible, it had probably become calm. Jin Yong had never seen such a scene of fighting with secular ethics. Therefore, it would be far-fetched to say that the prototype of Yang Guo is Xu Zhimo. Considering Jin Yong's personal history, it is more likely that Yang Guo's prototype is Jin Yong.

"In 1936, young Jin Yong graduated from Longshan Primary School in Yuanhua Town, Haining, his hometown, and was admitted to Jiaxing Middle School. The beautiful Nanhu Lake and the ancient Yanyu Tower have since become a lingering dream for him. Mathematics teacher Zhang Kebiao and Chinese language teacher Wang Zhizhen were all things he would never forget. Unfortunately, a year later, the beacon fire at Marco Polo Bridge had just started, and the "August 13" artillery fire sounded. Shanghai was already filled with smoke, and people near the front lines in Jiaxing and Haining entered. After entering the war zone, there was no room for a quiet desk in the Hangjiahu Plain. Jiaxing Middle School first moved to Xincheng Town in the north to continue classes. This was the only way to retreat to the rear.

"November 1937. At dawn on September 5, 200,000 Japanese troops landed in the Jinshanwei and Quanggongting areas of Hangzhou Bay under the cover of heavy fog, burning and killing them wantonly. Jiaxing was in danger. Hundreds of students who had no "home" to return to remained in the school. People were panicked and plunged into chaos. In times of crisis, principal Zhang Yintong, regardless of lack of funds and an unpredictable future, resolutely shouldered the heavy responsibility and led teachers and students to move south. He did not even bother to arrange for his parents, both senior and junior, who were also in danger and difficulties. family. On November 11, they hurriedly left Xincheng and embarked on a thousand-mile journey into exile. ”

This paragraph is about the young Jin Yong. Jin Yong was thirteen years old at this time. Yang Guo was about this age when he appeared in "The Legend of the Condor Heroes". The wandering in his youth is probably also reflected in In the book.

In 1940, Jin Yong published an article in the school to satirize the school's education director. This spirit is also quite similar to Yang Guo's words to ridicule Zhao Zhijing and others and rebel against Chongyang Palace.

On September 4, 1941, Jin Yong published his first article in "Bi Lei": "A Young Man Who Can Be Crazy" naturally praises young people, including Jin Yong himself, and the novel "Crazy" is a praising of young people. Yang Guo in "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" was later called "Western Kuang", which has a lot to do with Jin Yong's youthful spirit. In "The Biography of Jin Yong" written by Leng Xia and Xin Lei, there is also a story about Jin Yong being beaten and beaten. Records of being ordered to drop out of school.

In 1950, Jin Yong came to Beijing to pursue his dream of being a diplomat. After talking with Qiao Guanhua, the actual head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs at the time, Jin Yong knew that with his background - the landlord class. It is impossible to realize this dream. The Yang Guo in the novel was the son of the traitor Yang Kang, but he eventually became a great hero.

In 1953, Jin Yong divorced his first wife and his second wife in 1956. His wife got married, and in 1954, an actress named Xia Meng got married. In 1957, Jin Yong joined the Great Wall Film Company as a screenwriter. It is certain that many women in Jin Yong's works, including Xiao Longnu, have the shadow of Xia Meng. The 24-year-old Xia Meng is known as the "Princess of the Great Wall" and has long been a popular star. She is young and beautiful and is well-known in Hong Kong. The famous "Beauty" is known as the "Beauty" in the Hong Kong entertainment industry and is a guarantee of box office sales.

The famous director Li Hanxiang praised her as "the most beautiful female star in the history of Chinese movies. She has a good temperament and is intoxicating." After Xia Meng quit the entertainment industry and immigrated to Canada, Jin Yong wrote an article to describe it as "returning to the deep valley, reclusive and independent." This is exactly the same as the ending of Xiao Longnu and Yang Guo's retreat into seclusion in "The Legend of the Condor Heroes". And long before Jin Yong entered the "Great Wall", Xia Meng had already "married a businessman's wife" in 1954. This regret is probably the real source of Xiao Longnu's corruption by Yin Zhiping.

In 1959, Jin Yong left Great Wall Films and Xia Meng to write "The Legend of the Condor Heroes".

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Du Shisan 2008-04-14 17:31

Freud said: "The work of a writer is the behavior of a child at play. It’s the same. He creates a fantasy world that he takes seriously—that is, it’s a world that he creates with great enthusiasm—and at the same time he strictly separates it from the real world.” In "The Writer and Daydream" (1908), Freud used his powerful theory to convince people that "the work of art is the artist's daydream." Writers use their works to construct fantasy worlds to satisfy their desires that are not satisfied in reality. And we find support for Freud's theories by reading the works and the author's history.

Judging from Jin Yong’s biography, there are four major setbacks Jin Yong suffered:

The first was his long-distance exile in his youth;

The second was being a diplomat. The shattering of dreams;

The third is the death of his father;

The fourth is the pursuit of summer dreams but not getting them.

These four major setbacks were written into the novel one by one by Jin Yong, and their desires were satisfied in the novel:

The exile in his youth, the hasty incident, He fled in a hurry from the Japanese army. He was exhausted along the way, but Yang Guo encountered many adventures one after another. What was originally a miserable journey turned out to be very satisfying.

Jin Yong failed to become a diplomat, but Yang Guo traveled between Mongolia and the Song Dynasty many times, and eventually became a chivalrous man who served the country and the people.

Jin Yong has a very deep feeling for his father. "Returning to Hong Kong's Ta Kung Pao and returning to his old job, his wounded heart gradually healed. Unexpectedly, the sad news came that his father had been executed for "resisting food, harboring bandits, and attempting to murder cadres." He cried for three days and three nights. , he was immersed in pain for half a year. "Yang Guo grew up from an ignorant country boy to a generation of heroes who served the country and the people. In the novel "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", there are many questions Yang Guo has about his father, such as. "Is my father a bad person?" are actually Jin Yong's unconscious words. Yang Guo's journey to find his father is actually filled with Jin Yong's feelings for his father. Moreover, although Yang Guo's biological father had been dead for many years, he unconsciously identified with his other father - Guo Jing. This may be because Jin Yong unconsciously defended him for "resisting food, harboring bandits, and plotting to kill cadres." The father who was executed for his crime tried to be rehabilitated.

In the novel, Yang Guo and Xiao Longnu went through many twists and turns, and finally were able to go into seclusion together, leaving a good story in the world. This might not mean that Jin Yong created the most beautiful ending for himself and Xia Meng in his daydream.