Gu Long and Jin Yong, the two martial arts masters are the literary masters in the author's mind, and the creators of our unique "wuxia" culture. As the saying goes, "wen is not the first, and Wu is the second." It is difficult to compare literary works of different styles together. There is always a feeling of "Guan Gong vs. Qin Qiong".
However, whether it is the spread or popularity of the work, Gu Long's martial arts novels are always slightly inferior to Jin Yong's martial arts novels. In addition, it is difficult for Gu Long to compare with Jin Yong in terms of literary achievements.
Gu Long's martial arts novels, what is the difference? Today, "Shishu Lingxuan Pavilion" is here to talk about this slightly heavy topic. It is a personal opinion. If there are any shortcomings, please correct me. In general, Gu Long's martial arts has three major injuries compared with Jin Yong, which are difficult to make up for.
Narrative ability
A great director once said that Gu Long’s martial arts novels are very suitable for making movies. This sentence affirmed the sense of picture and artistic conception of Gu Long's martial arts novels. At the same time, this sentence also shows that Gu Long's narrative ability for novels is not as good as Jin Yong. The author can make it a little bit simpler. It is also a work of 300,000 characters. Jin Yong's writing may be made into a 40-episode TV series, and Gu Long's writing may only be made into a 120-minute movie.
Gu Long's early works are quite satisfactory, with no obvious improvement, and no obvious quality fluctuations (except for ghostwriting by others). However, Gu Long's early works often have scribbled endings, and the more the plot goes, the more the storyline collapses. This phenomenon has not been improved until the two feature works of "Wulin Waishi" and "Peerless Twins". In Gu Long's mid-stage works, he has begun to focus on the setting of "suspense", and he also prefers weird and bizarre plots.
and later, to the "Legend of Chu Liuxiang", Gu Long's writing style gradually became: "Martial arts + reasoning + suspense". This is the biggest difference between Gu Long and Jin Yong. Some of Gu Long's martial arts novels can be regarded as suspense detective types, but the protagonists have become martial arts masters such as Chu Liuxiang and Lu Xiaofeng.
is mixed with a lot of "reasoning" styles, which makes the plot of Gulong martial arts novels very difficult to control. Generally speaking, the narrative logic of Gu Long's martial arts novels is deviated. On the surface, suspense is constant, foreshadowing one by one, but after the truth is revealed, it is found that reason and logic are not justified. For example, at the beginning of "The Amorous Swordsman and Ruthless Sword", Li Xunhuan returned to the Central Plains in a carriage, and encountered many warriors along the way. Masters such as "Blue and Blood Snake", Zhuge Lei, and Golden Lion Zha Meng frequently appeared. In the end, you find that these fights are actually not related to Li Xunhuan.
Looking back at Jin Yong's martial arts novels, as long as it is the suspense that Jin Lao deliberately set, he will definitely make great efforts to realize it. In "Tianlong Ba Bu", Qiao Feng has always been wronged, and he has been tracking down his enemies. In the end, Qiao Feng discovered that his big enemy was his father Xiao Yuanshan. May I ask, which reader thinks the appearance of Xiao Yuanshan is abrupt? Because Jin Yong had done enough before and straightened out the story logic. Gu Long couldn't do this, and he liked to set up suspense.
Character creation
Character creation is the most critical core of the novel. We remember a novel often because we remember a certain character in the book, not a certain plot in the book. In terms of characterization, Gu Long is also slightly inferior to Jin Yong. It is a bit ugly and flawed.
The protagonists in Gulong Wuxia are mostly writing Gu Long himself. Over 80% of these protagonists have the five labels of prodigal, chic, emotionally wounded, lonely, and drinking to death. The peerless masters in Gulong's martial arts novels are basically cynical, jealous and unrestrained. They never regard themselves as knights. On the surface, they seem cynical and cynical, but in fact they will always be chivalrous at critical moments.
In Jin Yong's works, only Linghu Chong in "Swordsman" is the kind of person in Gu Long's works. The other protagonists, Zhang Wuji, Xu Zhu, Yang Guo, Guo Jing, Qiao Feng, Duan Yu, Shi Potian and others all have their own personalities, the differences are very distinct, and they rarely give people a sense of repetition. The distinction between the protagonist is not high, and the characterization is a bit repetitive, which Gu Long can hardly make up for. Because his life experience is like this, it is difficult to get rid of the fate in reality when writing novels.
If you change the style a little bit, Gu Long's characters are too small compared to Jin Yong's heroes like Guo Jing and Qiao Feng. Shen Lang, Li Xunhuan, Tie Zhongtang, Gu Long's "Three Young Masters"". These three people are burdened with many unknown secrets, and their personalities are born with a bit of melancholy and introverted, and they can't reach the realm of "the great knight, for the country and the people". Z1z
battle description
likes ancient dragon martial arts How many readers of the novel can accept the combat description in the book?
The combat description in the ancient dragon martial arts novels is unique, with the writing style of classical novels such as "Water Margin" and "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms": "Two horses, two fights After more than ten times, Zeng Kui expected that Doulin couldn't rush, and he returned to the horse and walked into the willow forest. Lin Chong did not rush. "Z1z
The fighting in Gulong's martial arts novels is simpler and more straightforward than this. It is often a trick that determines the outcome. Especially the "little Li Fei Dao" Li Xunhuan, Gu Long is too lazy to describe how Li Xunhuan shoots, how to draw a knife, and directly describes Li Xunhuan. Coughing a few times, and then began to describe the tragic situation of the opponent falling down. For the first time reading Gu Long, I thought that Li Xunhuan came with a desert eagle in his waist.
Whether it is Li Xunhuan, Ximen Chuuxue, Xie Xiaofeng, there are many battles in Gulong martial arts novels. They are all of this type. Gulong first conceived a specific scene, such as a wilderness with heavy snow, such as the top of the Forbidden City on the night of the full moon, and then the two opponents used specific tricks to almost decide the outcome within one move. Life and death are determined.
and Jin Yong’s martial arts novels do not pay much attention to the scene, so you can just find a restaurant and restaurant to fight. Moreover, the combat descriptions in Jin Yong’s martial arts novels are far more exciting than Gulong’s martial arts novels. One style, one punch and one kick, one sword and one sword, light work, internal force, hidden weapons, and scheming, make people look excited, as if they are on the scene. This is also the fault of Gulong martial arts novels, like Li Xunhuan VS Shangguan Jinhong, Lu Xiaofeng VS Jin Jiuling , Such a wonderful peak match, if it were Jin Yong to write it would be very exciting. But Gu Long just couldn't write that taste, he closed the door, and finally came out Li Xunhuan and Lu Xiaofeng and it was over.
Qiao Feng fought Juxianzhuang and Zhang Wuji. Great battles against Guangmingding, Guo Jing forcibly into Zhongnanshan, Yang Guo's decisive battle for King of the Golden Wheel, wonderful duels in Jin Yong's martial arts novels abound. Looking at Gulong's martial arts novels, I am afraid that only Ximen Chuuxue and Ye Gucheng's "Top of the Forbidden" have gone deep. People's hearts.
