Tianlong Babu comes from Buddhist scriptures, which means eight kinds of "non-human" existence. Because these eight kinds of "non-human" are headed by "Heaven" and "Dragon", with Tianlong in front, and the order is: One Day, Two Dragons, Three Monks, Four Gandalf, Five Asura, Six Geluda, Seven Kinnara and Eight Maharajas.

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Eight Dragons is a novel written by Jin Yong, a modern writer in China. This novel was written from 1963 and took four years to complete. Before and after the three editions, the third edition in 2005, six drafts were changed, and the ending changed greatly. Based on the Song Zhezong era, the novel examines and describes life and society from a philosophical perspective through the Wulin feuds and ethnic conflicts in Song, Liao, Dali, Xixia, Tubo and other countries, showing a magnificent picture of life. His story is bizarre and tortuous, involving many characters, extensive historical background, vast martial arts battles and rich imagination, which can be called "the golden book". The style of the work is magnificent and tragic, and it is an epic masterpiece with strong human nature and tragic color.

Eight Dragons has been adapted into movies, TV series, comics and games for many times. In 2004, the forty-first novel "Yan Yun Eighteen Flying Rides, Running Like a Tiger, Smoke and Smoke" was selected as a full-time Chinese reading (compulsory) published by People's Education Publishing House.

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Baidu encyclopedia-Tianlong Babu