1960 is a moment worth remembering by all ancient fans and even martial arts fans. This year, 23-year-old Gu Long was ambitious, and he produced six sets of books: Excalibur, Evil in the Moon, Scholars, Fei Xiangjian, Sword Poison and Lonely Star Fragrance. The second half of Gentle Shock The Scholars was ghostwritten by Mo Yusheng, and most of Sword Poison Mei Xiang was ghostwritten by Shangguan Ding: ghostwriting was a fashion at that time. Gu Long's novels, written at the beginning, still follow a very traditional path. The shadow of ghostwriting for others has not been erased from him, and he still lives in the shadow of others. It is really not easy to construct six novels at such a young age.
196 1 year, Gu Long published two sets of books, namely Lost Soul and Ranger Record. The technique of reasoning psychedelic in Lost Soul has begun to take shape: this is a bridge that Gu Long used repeatedly later. At this time, Gu Long was still exploring. Gu Long, born in tradition, is not confined to tradition. He has been looking for how to make the story wonderful and fascinating-naturally, this is what every popular novel writer is doing. However, Gu Long's search for the starting point of "storytelling" is relatively heavy, and he is also resourceful in promoting plot characterization.
Hua Ling (1962) is already a thoughtful story on the traditional scale. Gu Long's creativity and ability to make up stories are well reflected in this book, and Gu Long's haggle over every ounce temper has just emerged. This year's works include "Colorful Ring" and "Broken Gold with Jade", and Gu Long's scheming is still used to write beautiful and unexpected stories.
1963 maintained the speed of the previous two years, and published the fragrance of sword rain, the Xuan Lu of sword and the journey of swordsman.
1964 is usually regarded by ancient fans as a watershed in the creation of Gu Long's martial arts novels. Because this year, Gu Long wrote "Huanhua Washing Sword Record". It is a kind of Wushu expression and pursuit different from traditional Wushu. Those people began to stop living in traditional rivers and lakes. The next "Arrow of Lovers" is a bizarre story, with the focus on the story, but it is extremely lively, but unfortunately it is anticlimactic. These two works were published by Zhenshanmei Publishing House and reprinted by Hanlin Publishing House 1976. The former was changed to "foil washing" and the latter to "angry sword". It doesn't matter whether there is a record or not, but the word "angry sword" is not appropriate, far less than "lover's arrow"
1965' s Biography of Heroes of the Banner and Legend of Wulin are both representative works. Gu Long, who needs to deal with a huge story system and complicated character relationships, can still handle it with ease. The story is full of twists and turns, and excellent characters are deeply rooted in people's hearts. The reason why Gu Long is still taking the traditional way at this time is because of his traditional style of writing: countless things are handled one by one, and there are many gangs-all of which are very traditional styles. The Legend of the Heroes of the Banner was also published in Hanlin Edition on 1976, and it was renamed the Red Flag of Iron Blood. In the course of Gu Long's writing, this work occupies a very peculiar position: it is not the best in previous works, nor is it a precedent, but most real ancient fans attach great importance to it. Because he created Tie Gu Long's first hero who was deeply rooted in people's hearts. Although Shen Lang, who followed him closely, was more brilliant than him, he was as tenacious as Daqimen.
1966' s romantic sword is another attempt to continue the style after lover's arrow. It is worth noting that Ji Lingfeng used drugs to control his subordinates' behavior: the novelty is not here. Other martial arts novels control people by giving antidote regularly, but Ji Lingfeng made them addicted-as if drugs were marijuana and other drugs. The modernization and living of ideas has always been the basic point of Gu Long's innovation. Gu Long's fantastic ideas are widely known in these books. He is really good at weaving new plots different from other martial arts novels. Freshness and strangeness are attractive enough. Gu takes risks from the front, but this does not make his works look evil and thin. The ending of this work is said to be ghostwritten by Qiao Qi, but in my opinion, there is more than one ghostwriter.
1967 cologne should be proud. Although it does not represent his highest achievement, he did represent his highest achievement in the form of a large-scale martial arts novel in his early days, "Two Prides at Home". This is one of Gu Long's most famous works. The tortuous plot, wonderful characters and funny dialogue are the most attractive places in Gu Long's novels. It is they who make people ignore Gu Long's grasp of the true thoughts and spirits of the characters. Yes, this is a thoughtful novel. Moreover, the thoughts of the characters in Gu Long's works are not only endowed by Gu Long with a pen. From this year to 1980, almost all of Gu Long's novels are wonderful.
1968 is also an important year. Gu Long only published "The Smell of Blood", but this is the first positive appearance of Gu Long-style reasoning martial arts. Moreover, it also leads to a brand-new "chivalrous and romantic" Chu Liuxiang. As the first novel in the Legend of Chu Liuxiang series, Gu Long's advantages have been fully brought into play, and most of the subsequent Gu Long's works are of this scale: concentrated and compact stories around a main line, mysterious but fascinating. Compared with the previous large-scale traditional martial arts forms, this writing is undoubtedly much cleaner. The former is flourishing, while the latter stands out. After all the oblique branches are removed, the straight tree may not be a pillar. Gu Long has enough ability to control novels, but writing a novel with a scale of 200,000 words can write a Gu Long-style reasoning story: this is one of the most special places where Gu Long is different from other martial arts writers. The second is the thought revealed by Chu Liuxiang: He never acts as an outsider and thinks that no one has the right to deprive others of their lives. This is a great progress in the humanistic thought of martial arts novels for quick success and instant benefit. The third is that heroes are no longer lonely. Gu Long surpassed the former concept of friends and appeared as a group in front of readers for the first time. Whether it is a good friend, a bad friend, a friend who never leaves, or a friend who will betray and hurt you, all of them begin to appear in Gu Long's works with a clear face.
1969 is a continuation of the previous year, and Gu Long published Desert. The most special feature of this book is that Gu Long introduced modern abnormal psychology into martial arts novels: Shi Guanyin's extreme narcissism and abnormal love psychology, which created the most wonderful Gu Long novel.
1970' s works are wonderful. In addition to the legends of Chu Liuxiang in the previous two years, thrush birds and ghosts in chivalry have all been written, and the most controversial one is the ruthless sword of passionate swordsman. Chivalrous Man, also known as Rebirth, is a well-written novel by Gu Long. The Ruthless Sword of the Passionate Swordsman is the most remake of Gu Long's novels, shaping the most admirable and exciting protagonist Li Xunhuan in Gu Long's works. This novel was divided into two parts when it was first published. The former is the first knife of the wind, and the latter is the soul of the iron brave chivalrous man. Later, it was unclear why the name "sentimental swordsman ruthless sword" was synthesized. One of the highlights of passionate swordsman's ruthless sword is Xiao Li's flying knife, which is close to the mythical example of Xiao Li's flying knife and represents a realm of Gu Long-style martial arts. In other words, the martial arts that Gu Long has been pursuing was finally expressed completely and clearly in the dialogue between the old man and Li Xunhuan and Shangguan Jinhong.
197 1 This year is so special that I don't know what words to use. This year, Xiang Shuai continued to stay fragrant, the legend of bats continued to be wonderful, and the bad guys were so bad, so lonely, so helpless, so elegant and creative, which Gu Long could not do. The negative characters in Gu Long's works are not only plastic surgery and simplification, but also living people with thoughts. To make the characters' thoughts more humanized, it is obvious to start with "double arrogance". If Gu Long only focused on the idea of positive characters at that time, the legend of Chu Liuxiang has begun to focus on a wider level. The endowment of the characters' own thoughts makes the characters in Gu Long's works three-dimensional and real, which is actually a pioneering work. The most special thing this year is "Happy Hero", whose significance lies in completely breaking away from the traditional martial arts mode and the Jianghu pattern, and completely shaping a number of characters different from the protagonists of traditional martial arts novels. It also lies in a pure attitude under the sharp world situation, a mixture of blood and passion after maturity and sophistication. The story is not the most beautiful, complete and rich in Gu Long's works, but it contains the most extensive and profound content. "Big Man" is another breakthrough of Gu Long's works. A simple story, simple, small and exquisite, but there is no lack of profound meaning. A mature writer of martial arts novels can be big if he wants to be big, but Gu Long just chose small: seeing the big from the small and seeing the greatest feelings and thoughts in the smallest place. This year, Gu Long was thirty-four years old.
1972 Gu Long wrote martial arts novels to a very small realm, and no matter how strange the situation is, it can't cover up the innocence and beauty of the peach blossom legend. It is from here that we know that martial arts novels can be so naive and gentle.
The two works of 1973 are very representative. The sharpness of revealing the ugliness of human nature in Xiao Eleven Lang reached its peak. Gu Long's works have always revealed his insight into the world and human nature, but it is the first time to write Xiao Yilang so tragically. Tragedy is always more touching, so its achievements are unparalleled in the hearts of many real ancient fans. The highlight of Xiao Eleven Lang lies in the creativity of the doll's house. Meteor butterfly sword is probably the most artistic novel written by Gu Long, which is heartbreaking.
1974 published "Eagle Flying in September", which almost returned to the more traditional mode, but this book is a rare masterpiece with twists and turns, fluent writing and complete structure. Seven Weapons is the second of the three representative novels of Gu Long series, which was written in 1998. Four novels were written: Sword of Eternal Life, jasper knife, Peacock Feather and Caution. The story is very thin, focusing on the expression of emotions, and these emotions are thin because of the thin story. Instead of creating a writing style, Seven Weapons expresses Gu Long's choice to return to the true nature after facing the sinister humanity in the rivers and lakes with complex plots: every story is pure, regardless of love or hate, it is simple and direct.
1975 is a year of constant change and trial, tangled between inheritance and innovation. The Seven Swords continues, and the focus on black and white in Overlord Gun is not new in Gu Long's works. Tianya Yueming Dao is not only a stylistic attempt, but also a psychological innovation. Among the stories of the seven killers, the most striking thing is Liu's simple mentality. In this book, Gu Long shows a situation in which the plot and mentality are completely opposite: he is not sure whether to continue the complicated and tortuous reasoning process or to give up all this clutter and choose a simpler one. Reasoning martial arts writing here, has been written more pale, in order to seek novelty and difference, in order to attract and lead. The sword flowers and misty rain in the south of the Yangtze River are basically a continuation of the style handed down by great men, expressing some profound contents with the simplest things. In this complicated and simple pull, Gu Long's writing attitude seems to be very confused, which is why there is a more confused third young master sword. The helpless "Jianghu people" series, and finally the helpless Gulong in Jianghu only wrote this one. At this point, Gu Long doesn't seem to know his own way. He jumped around looking for it just because he didn't have a clear understanding. This year, a modern martial arts book "Never Bow Your Head" was published, which shows that Gu Long tried in many ways because he was uncertain.
1976 Gu Long published nine sets of books in one breath. At the beginning, he no longer gave up inheriting what he had worked so hard to create, and persisted for a period of time without opening a wider space. The Legend of Lu Xiaofeng, Legend of Lu Xiaofeng, Embroidered Thief and Before and After the Decisive Battle were all published at this time. This series is actually a continuation of the legend of Chu Liuxiang, but at this time, Gu Long's writing style is more skillful and his control of the plot characters is more perfect. So the overall level of Lu Xiaofeng is better than that of Chu Liuxiang. "Merging Xiao Shilang" is a tragic inheritance of Xiao Shilang. It's sad because Gu Long just brought his bad plot into a more tragic atmosphere, without innovation, and inherited more pure things. The fist published in the same year is a gratifying attempt. It may not be successful, and it may not continue, but it is extremely vivid. Fist, also known as Angry Pony, is not about the characters in the plot, but about the meaning and feelings. But the newborn is too weak, too weak for Gu Long to persist. The prodigal son in Border Town is a repetition of old plots, old stories and old figures, which obviously shows Gu Long's conservative mentality of not taking risks. Because, once you take risks, there will be a situation like "blood parrot". This work is one of the six stories in Crying, which was written only once. Its idea is very strange and creative. However, Gu Long's eagerness to break the old situation made him lack of calm and self-confidence and became grotesque. This kind of book indicates the decline of martial arts novels based on Gu Long's reasoning. The White Jade Tiger is another attempt to return to the traditional large-scale martial arts novels, but it is difficult to return because of the stereotyped plot of the Gulong characters. Back off, no; Forward, how to go? In fact, the martial arts pursued by the earth eagle and the original religious feelings can move forward, but Gu Long was tired in some kind of degeneration and even wasted a good theme.
1977 After a year of tortuous adventure and conservatism, Gu Long quietly turned back to his safest road. "Silver Hook Casino" and "Ghost Villa" are both well-written stories by him. Of course, nothing will happen. The only thing that can be played is the good and evil orientation of the characters, who are almost possessed by Gu Long. Most of the full moon machete written by Sima Yanzi is creative, and it is possible to write a rather strange story, but the writing is extremely vulgar, and endless word games can't save that specious story. In my opinion, "Flying Knife Flying Knife" is a review of offering a magic weapon again, but the huge source of "Passionate Swordsman's Ruthless Sword" makes it difficult for this work to express more innovative things. That kind of helplessness and fate, to be honest, is a bit old-fashioned. Although it is not new, The Game-writing protocol Wash the Silver Gun, published in the same year, finally adheres to the standard of Gu Long, which is not declining, decadent and unpretentious, and is full of vitality.
1978' s Gu Long wrote, Incredible, incredibly large-scale return. This year, he continued his three most representative series, Chu Liuxiang, Seven Weapons, Lu Xiaofeng, successively: parting hook, Phoenix Dance for Nine Days, and Legend of the New Moon. Because the series itself is extremely wonderful, these three stories have always maintained a level above the horizontal line. It is worth noting that in these three books, the protagonists in the series are interested in indifference, seclusion and more unknowable forgetfulness. The great significance of Heroes Without Tears is that Gu Long found a new breakthrough in a bleak scene, and made a more specific exposition on the idol issues involved in Tianya Dao: this work is full of passion and sadness from the beginning to the end, from butterfly dance to blind girl, except for Xiao's inexplicable blood and tears. "The Dragon King with Seven Stars" is a return to "The Great Man", which is neither a success nor a failure: it is estimated that no one dares to write such a character or a story except Gu Long.
1979 was a heartbreaking year, and the last piece of Chu Liuxiang's legend, Midnight Orchid, was published. Its writing is an innovation, but in martial arts novels, the innovation of a single text is sometimes a dead end: popular novels pay more attention to the plot after all and need to understand the reading experience. This work is so frustrating.
1980 There is only one song "The Sound of Knives in Wind Bells", which continues the consistent style of Gu Long and has a beautiful writing style. Yu Donglou's "Happy Tail", however, uses the simplest method to solve all kinds of things that cannot be justified in Gu Long's novels.
198 1 Smile of the Sword God is the last film of The Legend of Lu Xiaofeng. Just write for the sake of writing, and sacrifice old stories and old people for the box office. What can we expect? "White Jade Carving Dragons" was written by Gu Long disciple Shen Suimei.
1982 Furious Sword and the style of that sword are both written by Ding Qing, just like Shen Suimei, both of them are just repeating or concentrating the sentence pattern and artistic conception of Gu Long. Leaving self-righteous cologne is just a waste.
1983 Ding Qing wrote "The Sound of Knives in Border Town".
1984 published the short story "Falcon Gambling".
1985 As you know, Gu Long passed away on September 2 1. Twenty-five years of creation is a complete process from beginning to maturity and then to decline. I never imagined that Gu Long was lucky enough not to die young. Where will his novel go? Is it another peak? Or did you completely give up your innovation career? However, after all, he left us with only a prodigal son's back besides dozens of novels.