"Mencius" mentioned: "Therefore, when heaven is about to give a great responsibility, a person must first suffer his mind and mind, exhaust his muscles and bones, starve his body, and lose his body, and act and disturb his actions. Therefore, he has moved his heart and endured his nature and has made him unable to do so." This passage of
is most suitable for those heroes in martial arts novels. It seems that in most martial arts stories, the word "hero" is always associated with "tragedy" and "suffering". At least the heroes written by Jin Yong can be regarded as having a tragedy.
(stills of Yang Guo and Xiaolongnu)
For example, Xiao Feng for Dasong , but because of Khitan , he was excluded by heroes because of Khitan . Guo Jing has been for the country and the people all his life, but in the end he died in battle Xiangyang . However, in terms of the heroes in life, in my opinion, Yang Guo is still the one who has the most ups and downs in his life. Yang Guo has not had a few happy days in his life.
1. Yang Guo with ill fate
Although Huang Rong was guarded against Yang Guo since she first saw her child, and she couldn't even treat her child sincerely, her summary of Yang Guo's life is very reasonable.
She once said to Guo Xiang: "If you don't say that Guo and Yang have had a relationship with each other for three lifetimes, you will live with yourself. He has saved your father, mother, sister and you several times. We all have received his great kindness. He has made such a great contribution to Xiangyang today. Although we have had small benefits for him, it is not enough to repay him. Alas, he lived alone all his life, and he lived to be in his thirties, and there were only a few days of truly happy days. "
(stills from Huang Rong and Yang Guo)
Yang Guo's happy days were just a few days ago. He had no father since he was a child. It can even be said that he grew up with the "revenge of killing his father", so it is normal that he always has a dark side in his heart. When he was a teenager, the death of his mother Mu Nianci made Yang Guo become a helpless orphan, and he could only live like a beggar.
Although he was supported by Guo Jing's family, he was repeatedly excluded by big and small martial arts and Guo Fu . Coupled with Huang Rong's defense, his life on Taohua Island was not good.
Then Guo Jing sent him to Quanzhen Sect, thinking that he could learn from Quanzhen Sect. However, his master Zhao Zhijing is a despicable villain and he often beat and scolded him.
Until he worshipped Xiaolongnu as his teacher, he spent a relatively peaceful period in the ancient tomb, but that day was not necessarily happy for Yang Guo, who was lively by nature. After all, the days of the tomb of the Living Dead were always a bit boring.
(stills of the young Yang Guo being bullied)
Later, Xiaolongnu was poisoned by Yin Zhiping. He was forced to separate from his master, and experienced the Valley of Love and the poison of the flower in his body.
Then Guo Fu cut off his arm in anger. All his martial arts learned were wasted, and at the same time he almost became a useless person.
Then Xiaolongnu was plagued by various poisons and had the idea of suicide. She left without saying goodbye and jumped off the 后其后 , leaving only the "sixteen-year promise", which made Yang Guo suffer from sixteen years of lovesickness.
Looking back at Yang Guo’s life, it was indeed a few days of happy days. Everything he experienced was enough to crush someone on others, and even Yang Guo’s ending might not be good.
2. The ending may not be satisfactory
From the perspective of the situation, Yang Guo and Xiaolongnu survived the battle in Xiangyang. After the third Huashan Sword Contest, they retired to the world together. It seems that they can start to enjoy the days of fairy couples, but according to the details in the book, the subsequent development may not be as beautiful as you imagined.
For example, when Long Yang and the other two met again, Yang Guo was puzzled how the poisonous Xiaolongnu could survive the ruthless valley, so Xiaolongnu explained.
original work says: "I took honey, and the white fish in the pond, which can reduce the pain. I didn't expect that this jade bee honey mixed with white fish in the cold pond is a good agent for antidote. If I take it for a long time, the number of poisons in the body gradually decreased and the intervals increased. At the beginning of , it occurred once or twice a day, and then once a few days, and then once a few months. I haven't emitted it again in the past five or six years. I think it's already cured."
(Story of Xiaolongnu)
That is to say, the poison in Xiaolongnu's body is not good, but the frequency of attacks is less, and the poison in her body can be suppressed because of the extreme cold power of the cold pool. Once she leaves the Valley of Revenge and loses the power of the cold pool, the poison in her body will most likely suffer when the poison in her body recurs.
The sentence "I think it's good" also implies that the poison in her body has not been completely eliminated.
If Xiaolongnu dies, Yang Guo is afraid that he will not live alone. As for how many years Xiaolongnu died of poison, it is no longer important.
But why did Jin Yong arrange such a bumpy fate for Yang Guo? In fact, the answer may be related to his historical prototype.
3. Yang Guo's historical prototype
There are many characters in Jin Yong's works that have historical prototypes, such as Wang Chongyang , Zhou Botong , and Genghis Khan. They all use their real names. Their fate is roughly the same as their prototype, but they are given some martial arts polish.
And who is Yang Guo's prototype? There are hints in the book, for example, in Chapter 35, a famous general from the Three Kingdoms period, namely Yang Hu .
The book says this: "Our brothers used to oppose benefactor, but later they saved his life. The benefactor's heart is comparable to Yang Hu's and Yang Taifu... When Yang Hu died, even the soldiers guarding the border in Eastern Wu cried for several days. This kind of hero is called a hero... After Lu Kang died of , the Lord of Wu was unrighteous, and Yang Hu submitted a letter to attack the Eastern Wu, which could not only save the people of Eastern Wu, but also take advantage of this to unify the world, but was blocked by the treacherous ministers in the court. Therefore, Yang Hu sighed: "HTM7 The world is not satisfactory, and the ten always live in seven or eight. ’ What the benefactor calls this sentence... Sun Sange, Yang Hu, Yang Hu, this name is not the same as the benefactor...”
Yang Guo, Yang Hu, actually pronunciation is slightly different. I don’t know where the people in the book have accent. It says that Yang Guo’s name is the same as Yang Hu, but that’s important. What’s important is that Jin Yong mostly uses Yang Guo as the prototype to shape the character Yang Guo. He often repays his grudges with kindness, even if he doesn’t know what kind of accent he says. When facing his enemies, he often shows kindness. For example, he saved Guo Fu several times, and seemed very generous, just like Yang Hu's behavior.
(Photo of Yang Hu)
And in the Book of Jin: Biography of Yang Hu mentioned a famous saying by Yang Hu: "Accompanying Qin and Liang were defeated many times. Hu said again: 'Wu Ping, Hu will be determined, but he should help him quickly. ’How many people discuss it are different. Hu sighed and said, " The world is not satisfactory, and it is always seven or eight, so there should be no end to the end." '"
This sentence is most appropriate to summarize Yang Guo's life. But then I think about it, whose life is not like walking on thin ice, especially for adults, there is never the word "easy" in our dictionary.
Jin Yong created the character Yang Guo based on Yang Hu as the prototype, mostly because he wanted to promote a spirit of not fearing hardships and not surrendering to fate through his deeds. This is the real reason why Jin Yong's martial arts story has become a classic.
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