Since we talk about martial arts or martial arts novels, how can we not talk about Liang Yusheng? Liang Yusheng, Jin Yong, Gu Long and Wen Ruian are the four great masters of China's martial arts novels.
Chivalrous chivalrous man with a cold spring breeze.
Mr. Liang Yusheng, who is quite talented in martial arts, has been wandering for 37 years and has never returned home. Let's review Mr. Liang Yusheng's "Solitude for Perfection" and walk into his martial arts world.
Liang Yusheng, a native of mengshan county, Guangxi, was originally named Chen. According to my pen name, this "Liang" comes from the surname of "Liang" in the Northern and Southern Dynasties, when there were many talented people. This name is related to poems sent by friends.
Liang Yusheng was born in a local landlord family. In a relatively wealthy family, he also came into contact with ancient poetry. Clever Liang Yusheng is familiar with ancient poems, writes lyrics and is good at couplets.
When he was preparing for the college entrance examination, the situation changed. He had to go home temporarily, and later took refuge in Mengshan, where he met several Guangdong scholars who took refuge in him. Zhou Jian was a teacher.
1945, Mengshan failed to resist the Japanese invasion. Liang Yusheng, his family and teacher Jane Youwen fled all the way to Liupai Mountain and Han Peng Village for refuge. In the same year, the Japanese army retreated and everyone went home.
Later, he was admitted to Lingnan University and served as the editor-in-chief of the newspaper. Liang Yusheng, thousands of miles away, learned that his father had been falsely accused and was ready to leave to rescue him. On the way, he met a friend and advised him to go back. After that, he hasn't been home for 37 years.
Liang Yusheng's Martial Arts World
1954, Liang Yusheng's first martial arts novel "Long Hudou Jinghua" was published, and it was published in the same year. Liang Yusheng once described his understanding of martial arts novels to people like this. Martial arts novels should be "chivalrous" at present, that is, there is no chivalry without chivalry, and there is no need for chivalrous chivalry.
Why do you say that? It must be mentioned that Mr. Liang Yusheng is the originator of the new martial arts novels.
Contrary to the revenge and bloodthirsty nature of the characters in the old-school martial arts novels at that time, he began to focus on the idea that the characters in the novels defended justice and dignity and loved the people.
Mr. Liang Yusheng once commented on Jin Yong and Liang Yusheng under the pseudonym of Tong Shuozhi, in which he analyzed the differences between them from the cultural temperament behind martial arts novels.
He pointed out that if Jin Yong was deeply influenced by western literature and art, then Liang Yusheng was more influenced by China's traditional culture, such as ancient prose, poetry and history that Mr. Liang Yusheng was familiar with.
Moreover, we can also see that the chivalrous men in Liang Yusheng's novels put chivalry first, and they have some similarities with the chivalrous men in ancient China. Liang Yusheng detached himself from the traditional culture of China and created a chivalrous culture that was in line with people's aesthetics at that time.
However, Liang Yusheng's just and wise personality makes his understanding of martial arts novels relatively peaceful and indifferent.
The "martial arts craze" that was once very popular was poured cold water on by Mr. Liang Yusheng. This provides some clues for us to fully understand Mr. Liang Yusheng's inner world.
The characters in the novel and Liang Yusheng outside the novel
Mr. Liang Yusheng's works, which are still well known by people, are The Wandering Xia Ying, among which the Andy generation of chivalrous men have both the elegant demeanor and behavior style of Confucian scholars and the free and easy spirit of enjoying the Jianghu.
Standing in the central plains of Saibei, he turned his economic talent and peerless martial arts into "chivalry" in his heart. Andy not only galloped his military and cultural talents in the book, but also made generations of Chinese sons and daughters surge in emotion outside the novel.
Bride with white hair is also a well-known novel. The love tragedy between Zhuo Yihang and Lian Nishang really makes people rethink the trust and paranoia in love.
According to Mr. Liang Yusheng's own description of how to write a good martial arts novel, if you want to write a good martial arts novel, you need to have a certain cultural background and know something about history, religion, folk customs and geography. But also requires considerable artistic means and ancient China skills; On this basis, I understand the three strokes and two styles of China Wushu; If you want to succeed in the end, you can't do without the correct attitude of the screenwriter.
We can all see these in Liang Yusheng, and the "chivalry" in the hearts of many martial arts figures created by Liang Yusheng may be the "chivalry" in his own mind!
After 37 years of wandering, how did Liang Yusheng come home by accident?
In the late 1980s, the Mengshan government in Liang Yusheng's hometown wrote to invite Mr. Liang Yusheng to visit his hometown. In Liang Yusheng's reply to the government, he made it clear that he still had a wish, that is, he hoped that his dead father would be rehabilitated by the Mengshan government and avenged himself.
After Liang Yusheng's wish came true, he went back to his hometown to visit relatives. This time, after 37 years, he is 63 years old. Liang Yusheng returned to his hometown and was warmly welcomed by the people in his hometown. The people in Guangxi regarded Liang Yusheng as the pride of the people in Guangxi.
With the consent of Mr. Liang Yusheng, the mengshan county Municipal Government built the Liang Yusheng Park in today's mengshan county.
A chivalrous legend
1994, when Liang Yusheng was 70 years old, he attended the "China Martial Arts Fiction Symposium" in Sydney and delivered a speech on "China Martial Arts and Chivalry". In this speech, Liang Yusheng said, "It is our guest Mr. Jin Yong who has really made great contributions to the martial arts novels".
At this time, Liang Yusheng had bladder cancer, and his condition recurred shortly thereafter.
1995 Liang Yusheng, 7 1 year-old, martial arts novel lecture in Sydney Library. In the same year, he participated in the first martial arts literature seminar held in Beijing, won the "Golden Sword Award" with Jin Yong, and created more than 30 martial arts masterpieces.
Looking back on Mr Liang Yusheng's life, I can't tell the difference between fiction and non-fiction. Every character he has decorated has become lifelike and within reach.
Mr. Liang Yusheng understands "Jianghu chivalry", and we understand Liang Yusheng.
He took us into the world of martial arts, angry or stupid, right or evil. Influenced by the characters, we seem to wear magic glasses that can open a new world.
When Mr Liang Yusheng leaves us, the characters he created will be with his blood.
"Colleagues of the same age are all grandfathers, and they are also crazy, chivalrous and good friends."
In the elegiac couplet written by Jin Yong to Liang Yusheng, we saw Liang Yusheng in Jin Yong's heart. Although the legend has ended, chivalry will last forever. The decency outside the text and chivalry inside the text will be the treasures for us to understand China's martial arts novels.