Liang Yusheng's martial arts novels are characterized by both the advantages of historical novels. I think the best one is The blur. The book is based on the change of the civil fort in Ming Dynasty, with Yu Qian's deeds of anti-Japanese war against Mongolia as the writing end, and is quite faithful to the history of Ming Dynasty. At the same time, there was a deep and sad love between Andy and Lei Yun, the descendant of his enemy. Andy's ancestor is Zhang Shicheng, who once competed with Ming Taizu for the hegemony of the Central Plains. Rise up as a smuggler, set up Suzhou Grand Week, and want to win the world; Zhu Yuanzhang, who was finally defeated by a beggar, was buried in the Yangtze River by Zhu Shen. Zhang and Zhu have blood feuds, and Zhang Shicheng's orphans went to Mongolia. For generations, he helped Waci organize the army to fight against the Ming Dynasty.
Zhang Shicheng's third generation, on the other hand, has cultivated such a visionary "key figure" as Andy. He saw through his parents' practice of fighting for the world for one family and one surname, and did not hesitate to resort to tile thorn. This practice is chaotic and narrow, and it is against the interests of the people. Under the deep crisis of internal troubles and foreign invasion, with amazing martial arts and eloquence; He shouldered the heavy responsibility of the country and the nation, and traveled between Saibei and the Central Plains, making great achievements repeatedly.
He has a gully in his chest, but he never pretends to be vulgar. "Mad man, a real celebrity, can cry, can sing and can be vulgar", which vividly connects the mental outlook of the characters. He is good at crying and drinking, which reminds people of Ruan Ji, a famous man in Wei and Jin Dynasties. He is also good at crying and drinking. But never as passive as Ruan Ji Ji Kang. He is willing to give up his wealth and give Yu Qian the map of his ancestral treasure as a "soldier's pay for defending the country." This plot seems to originate from the story of a campus guest donating assets to help Li Shimin. However, for the sake of "the only thrill", Andy is fighting for justice and peace of mankind. Liang Yusheng deliberately wrote above the realm of tramps.
The emotional wear and tear experienced by Andy and Lei Yun reminds people of Nalan's poem "Flowers in Tang Chun": "Two people in a lifetime have won two ecstasy. Acacia does not look at each other, who is spring? " This deep and profound feeling is organically intertwined with the fate of home and country, and it is more detached than ordinary children.
It seems that Liang Yusheng still failed to surpass himself in shaping this ancient intellectual. Isn't it a pity? (Excerpted from "Liang Yusheng Martial Arts Literature" Author: Sima Zhongyuan, etc. This article was originally published in1April, 977 15 to April 28th in Hong Kong New Evening News. ) In Liang Yusheng's view, Andy is the most perfect knight.
After the new school of martial arts novels persisted for 32 years, with more than 30 novels 100 volumes, Liang Yusheng was asked: 32 years of swords and swords, there are more than 100 characters in his works, who is the best?
"Still Andy."
At that time, Liang Yusheng must have said with a smile, somewhat calm and somewhat satisfied.
Andy in the blur.
Only when Andy, the son of the prime minister in Chivalrous Xia Ying Lu, is ambitious and well-informed, can he improve China, be natural and unrestrained, and be "crazy and chivalrous, can he cry and be vulgar", which can best show Liang Yusheng's ambition of governing the country and safeguarding the country and expressing his broad feelings of patriotism and love for the people.
It is not surprising that no writer will leave a trace of his own thought and life prototype in his own works and characters.
Just like Cao Xueqin wrote a dream of red mansions, Zhang Ailing wrote the love of the whole city, and Ba Jin wrote home.
Liang Yusheng will naturally write The blur and Andy.
He not only inherited the blood of Confucian culture-he has a strong spirit of joining the WTO, but also has the heroic and free-spirited sons and daughters of Jianghu-and regards fame and fortune as a cloud.
Therefore, apart from being a celebrity who only publicizes China, he is also a quick visitor with a peaceful mind and a national hero with a broad mind and an open mind.
This is certainly something that Liang Yusheng should be proud of. In many new martial arts novels, are there any other characters who can combine Andy's virtues and surpass them?
Judging from the situation of Liang Yusheng's writing martial arts novels at that time, when he started to write "Long Hudou Jinghua", it was accidental and hasty, and many readers who have read martial arts novels know the reasons. If Liang Yusheng didn't have the ambition to revive martial arts novels and create "sects" at the beginning, then his eighth work "A Record of the Past of the Chivalrous Man" and "The White-haired Witch Down the Tianshan Mountains with Seven Swords" has already established his position as the originator of new martial arts novels, so it is logical that Andy, a super chivalrous man, stands out.
He is the embodiment of the author's ideal and has modern consciousness. Modern ideas should be expected.
He is a national hero admired by readers. Without progressive ideas and good deeds, how can people admire him?
His chivalrous spirit is embodied in this environment full of thorns. In the painstaking efforts of several generations, under the cruel reality reminder, he gradually saw through that his parents and grandparents won the world for one family and one surname, and they did not hesitate to resort to foreign countries, being narrow and selfish, regardless of people's survival and national interests. To this end, under the deep crisis of internal troubles and foreign invasion in the Ming Dynasty, he helped Yu Qian, who left a generation of famous soldiers in the world, resist the invasion of Mongolian troops. With amazing martial arts and eloquent eloquence, he shouldered the heavy responsibility of the country and the nation, shuttling between Saibei and the Central Plains, and repeatedly made outstanding achievements.
His celebrity style was also established in the shadow of swords and swords. The third time, he appeared, and then disappeared for a long time. He has a gully in his chest, but he never pretends to be vulgar; Can sing and drink well, but not frivolous; Chivalrous and soft-hearted, but full of integrity.
His informality reminds people of another typical example-Ruan Ji, a famous person in the Jin Dynasty, is also fond of crying and drinking, but he is not as passive and reclusive as Ruan Ji and Ji Kang.
His talent is very high in China, which reminds people of Li Bai, a great genius born in Long song, who spun a thousand pieces of silver and came back! But he is not too arrogant.
His broad-minded knowledge reminds people of the real Li Shimin seen in Campus Biography. However, campus visitors provide assets to help Li Shimin out of the consideration of "inviolability of destiny", while Andy provides treasures for social stability and peace.
Therefore, Cai, who is familiar with Liang Yusheng, praised this in his "Liang Yusheng has a firm but gentle heart", saying that Andy in Liang Yusheng is better than the realm of a tramp.
Therefore, when Chen Qiang's Andy premiered by Harvest in 1970s, millions of viewers were fascinated by it. (Excerpted from The Legend of Liang Yusheng The blur) Andy is a classic figure who defined Liang Yusheng as a "celebrity romantic" and the first madman in Liang Yusheng's works. Although he was born in Mongolia beyond the Great Wall, he still looks like a gentle mountain and reads widely. Interestingly, although he often dresses up as a scholar, he is not a pedant, but an impassioned singer whose ambition is comparable to that of Lu You and Xin Qiji. Although he is arrogant and uninhibited, he is a sad man with different arms. First, he is out of breath because of the chain of fate. Secondly, the relationship with Lei Yun is full of twists and turns. Only crying and pretending to be crazy can express his concern just in case, otherwise he would have had a nervous breakdown.
The fiercest drama conflict in Andy lies in that he ignored his own fate, obtained the treasure of his ancestors, and then did the opposite, donated it to his enemy, the Ming Dynasty, as a salary, thus giving up his ambition to compete for the world. This noble patriotic feeling is indeed an act of "serving the country for the people and being a chivalrous man", but on the other hand, only a madman like Andy can do it. According to the logic of normal people's thinking, weather, geographical location, people and harmony are all under control. When can we stop the revolution? Therefore, Andy's greatest "chivalrous behavior" is actually an unimaginable "crazy behavior", which makes his title of "crazy chivalry" inadvertently have a deeper meaning.
If Andy's achievement only lies in himself, excluding the provincial complex and making great contributions to the country's peace and stability, I think this work will probably not become an instant hit. The second reason why Andy's image can be deeply rooted in people's hearts lies in his romantic feelings: how heroic it is to say "no" in the ninth generation of Ming Dynasty thousands of miles away! As it happens, Lei Yun, the daughter of an enemy, can be taught to be crazy about her dreams. Before meeting Lei Yun's parents, Andy's madness was understandable, because he was young and romantic, because he was handsome and expensive, because he was good at writing and sword dancing, and because he worshipped the world.
How many difficulties and obstacles did not defeat him from entering the customs for treasure hunting to drawing swords to protect the enemy? A man who can't marry Lei Yun, how can he lose his heart and memory and become crazy (really crazy this time)? Isn't this ridiculous and illogical?
This can be explained by the formula of martial arts novels: "If a protagonist is successful in all aspects, the author will arrange for him to have personality defects or encounter emotional setbacks. Because a love story hurts deeply, no matter how advanced your martial arts are, no matter how strong your mind is, it's useless to think hard. Therefore, Andy's infatuation with Lei Yun is just the finishing touch. The flesh and blood of Andy's characters are closely connected with historical elements, which creates his basic image of "madman", but it is lifelike because he is a teenager trapped by love!
There are two classic heroes in Yu Sheng's works: Andy and Jin Shiyi. We made Andy Lunchang a "madman" because he was generous and broad-minded. Although Jin Shiyi is crazy, he can only be regarded as a "little madman" because his madness is basically ignorant and narrow-minded. If you don't believe me, you can compare Ling Huchong and Yang Guo, and you can know the difference between big madness and small madness. (Xiaomei Chetian) The image of Andy, the hero of the blur in the past, seems to be a simple incarnation of an ideal personality, that is, a formulaic artificial god. Actually, it's not easy to draw conclusions. In the idealized outline of Andy's image, there is real flesh and blood and its unique character, which can not be ignored.
First of all, on the whole, the narrative of the novel is to express Andy's character in double contradictions and conflicts. On the one hand, we mentioned in the last article that as a descendant of Zhang Shicheng, that is, as an "avenger", he came to the Central Plains of his old country with the intention of revenge and revival. On the other hand, he helped the Zhu Ming dynasty to defend itself against the enemy because of extraordinary moments (national peril and national disaster) and extraordinary changes (including emotional, psychological, conceptual and ideological changes caused by returning home, meeting Lei Yun and seeing the world). This point, we have said in the previous article.
But as the enemy of the cloud and the object of revenge. This gives him another identity and another layer of hardship, but also shows another layer of meaning in the image. If the former point is "the hatred of rivers and mountains", then this point is "the hatred of rivers and lakes", so that novels are intertwined; If the previous point shows Andy's "yang" side, that is, the big festival, the sense of honor, the hero and the grand duke, then this point shows its "yin" side, that is, the personal, private and emotional side; In addition, in the former hatred contradiction, Andy is the active avenger and can choose freely, but in this contradiction, he is the passive object of others' revenge and cannot choose freely. With such a combination of Yin and Yang, Andy's image naturally presents real flesh and blood, and becomes an ideal embodiment of three-dimensional rather than plane.
In the face, Andy was in an awkward position, and the contradiction was extremely complicated: (1) Jia Yun and the Zhang family did have a blood feud, and the formation of this blood feud was indeed the crime of the Zhang family, which made Yunjing innocent in a foreign land suffer hardships and humiliation for 20 years! Although Zhang finally changed his attitude, worshipped Yunjing and felt guilty, and wanted to remedy it, but Yunjing was ungrateful and ignorant until his death, and regarded the Zhang family as a blood feud. (2) If this is the case, it is not difficult for Andy to resist or avoid it. The hard part is that he met Lei Yun and fell in love with him, and then developed into a pair of lovers, which is hard to get rid of. Both of them love and hate, and they are miserable. It is really good or bad to want to fight and hurt, to avoid and love; Can't fight or avoid; Can't cry, can't laugh, have many contradictions, and can't control myself. (3) Andy certainly didn't want to be an enemy of Jia Yun, and Lei Yun slowly felt that the enemy had not reported it. This situation is hard to disappear, which is a heavy difficulty; Lei Yun's brother reappeared in the cloud, and a pair of lovers were torn into enemies. Later, Andy was no longer regarded as an enemy in the cloud, but it was absolutely impossible to betroth Lei Yun to Andy. What's more, even if YunZhong agrees to get married, or turn a blind eye, how can YunZhong and Lei Yun's dead father, Yuncheng, promise? Yuncheng was lucky not to die in the battle to save his father, but he was disabled and humiliated from then on. How could he not put the bill on the Zhang family?
In the face of all this, Andy is helpless. No matter how big a hero is, he can't do anything about this contradiction. So, only anxiety, pain, humiliation, expectation, madness, and even, in the end, I really can't control myself, I can't control myself, and I am crazy! -"Unforgettable grudges will never forget you, only for infatuation and only for true feelings"-This couplet written by the old demon Shangguan Tianye seems to be a portrayal of Andy's emotional pain and even madness. With this clue, we can say that we have seen another Andy, that is, helpless Andy and lonely Andy, which are completely different from Andy, who was ambitious and once in America. The combination of the two, one thing and two sides will turn the idealized super chivalrous mode into a living real person image. "Only for infatuation, only for truth", writing about Andy's infatuation is the only way to mold this character into reality. The author deeply understands this truth, so he writes it with ease and the characters are lifelike. This is the first floor.
On the other hand, more specifically, the author's Andy is handsome and versatile, wearing a white robe, riding a white horse, riding a horse alone, drinking and reciting poems, singing and dancing, and being chivalrous and crazy. It is really not like a human, but like a free and easy fairy. This is of course the author's ideal personality image and his ideal behavior. But under this appearance, we still slowly saw his fiery heart and his true humanity and psychology. And it can be traced back to the reason: (1) It should be noted that it is the son of Prime Minister Zhang of Walla. His family background is noble, and his upbringing is not bad. Jiangnan races are blooming in the north, so it is not surprising that he is handsome, talented and famous. (2) Moreover, although Andy is not a dude, even many dude have no habits, but after all, he is youthful, knows the world like nothing, and doesn't know the taste of sorrow, so it is not surprising that he has all kinds of chic and even arrogance; (3) What's more, Andy was neither an ordinary Wulin hero, nor a white horse scholar, nor the son of Prime Minister Vala, but the next ambitious restorer and successor of the Zhou Dynasty in Zhang Shicheng. He is bent on competing with the dynasty for the "little master" of the Zhang family in the world. His spirit and demeanor are naturally very different, ambitious and brilliant.
Furthermore, although Andy shoulders the heavy responsibility of revenge and revival, and has extraordinary ambitions and talents, it has nothing to do with the ruthlessness, cruelty and fierceness of kingship hegemony in history; Second, there is no Confucian "king orthodoxy" type of "gentleman", but it is very emotional and has a distinct personality. As the saying goes, "I am crazy about my chivalry, I can cry and sing, which is far from the authentic overbearing, kingly and chivalrous, highlighting my personal temperament and personality." Andy's madness, chivalry, singing and crying are all seen in the book, and his feelings and actions are naturally satisfied. This has two meanings. First, we know that although Liang Yusheng personally insists on traditional chivalry and writes formal articles, he has a celebrity demeanor, especially a celebrity ideal. Therefore, this book is to create such a famous chivalrous hero. Second, while writing this famous chivalrous man, although there are obvious traces of idealization, this ideal is not a general or formulaic chivalrous thought, but a personality ideal with unique humanistic color and personality foundation. This makes Andy "this one" rather than a simple incarnation of an ideal.
Imagine if Zhang Fanfeng is so refined, chic, affordable, practical and knowledgeable, how can he treat thousands of treasures like dirt, treat princes like nothing, put the world first, restrain his personal grievances, help the enemy resist the enemy and defend the peace and stability of the country? If it weren't for Andy, how could it be that the Emperor Zhu Ming hung his head, the famous minister Yu Qian loved him, impressed the heroes all over the world, made the beauty Lei Yun deeply loved him, and made the stubborn cloud as heavy as an ox and hated him as deep as the sea, which finally changed his impression and prevented Lei Yun from falling in love with him?
Finally, to be more specific, let's erase the framework of all concepts and don't generalize. For example, we don't know or care about any theory, and we don't have preconceived ideas, so let's take a look at Andy. We can easily see that Andy, a young man, is lively, witty, enthusiastic, straightforward and humorous, with enthusiastic vitality and admirable personality. (Appreciation of Chen Mo's Chivalry) The hero in Liang Yusheng's novel Chivalry. A great military commander in the Ming Dynasty, the son of Zhang, the prime minister of Walayou, a disciple and a martial arts legend, later became a pair of martial arts heroes with another disciple of the mysterious scholar Ye Yingying. Andy is a legendary, personalized, romantic and poetic literary figure, full of youthful flavor, and also one of the most unique and successful martial arts figures in Liang Yusheng's works.
At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, Zhang Shicheng, the ancestor of Andy, competed with Zhu Yuanzhang, the Ming emperor, for the world. Suzhou committed suicide after the defeat of World War I, and Zhang Shicheng's descendants were forced to go far beyond the Great Wall and settle in Walla. Born in a foreign land beyond the Great Wall, he was influenced by Zhang, the father of Prime Minister Valla, and determined to destroy the Ming Dynasty and restore it. However, his appointed teacher, Xie Tianhua, is a chivalrous and fearless master of Central Plains martial arts. Influenced by him, Andy is also a passionate young man with a strong sense of national justice and patriotism.
All this forms the first contradiction of his character-it is difficult to coordinate national hatred and family hatred with the spirit of patriotism and love for the people: without the help of the Walla army, his ambition to destroy and regain sight will always be a dream; If we use the Walla army to attack our parents' country and slaughter our compatriots, it is incompatible with the chivalrous education we received from Xie Tianhua. This contradiction oppressed Andy's sensitive mind like a poet, forcing him to flee from Walla after he began to study.
After starting his career, he fell in love with Lei Yun, the daughter of his enemy, and was opposed by Lei Yun's father and brother, which formed the second contradiction of Andy's character-family feud and budding. It is difficult to give up love, but it is extremely difficult to resolve the feud between the two generations. For Andy, he fell into the deepest and most difficult contradiction vortex in his life. He kept singing and crying, wandering on the wrong road, even drunk and playing games, hoping to escape the pain in the depths of his life. Andy's personality crisis was aggravated by the invasion of Vara's army to the south, but it also provided him with an opportunity to get rid of his personal spiritual conflict completely. At the critical moment of national survival. Finally, he stepped forward, gave up the idea of personal family's vision, presented the treasure prepared for vision and the topographic map of the world with great military value, and personally devoted himself to the cause of the Ming army and civilians fighting against the invasion of Vara, finally eliminating the contradictory crisis that had been smoldering in my heart for a lifetime and combining with Lei Yun, the daughter of my beloved enemy.
On the surface, Andy's final choice is just an idea with contingency, but in fact it is the inevitable result of his character development. Andy is a generation of martial arts leaders. His reputation has lasted for more than 300 years, but he is essentially a moderate pacifist. Unlike ordinary martial arts figures who take pleasure in Chou He's bloodshed, he hates the Chou He war between the wicked and the wicked country, and he also wants to destroy the Ming Dynasty, but as he told Lei Yun, all this is not only for being king and emperor, but also for being king. This is, of course, a beautiful dream of Andy, and it is also a real call from the depths of Andy's heart, which is the most primitive driving force for the development and perfection of his character. The characteristics of horizontal multiple personality conflicts and vertical development variation endow Andy with an insurmountable depth of ordinary martial arts literature characters, which makes him a perfect embodiment of the author's specific humanitarian ideal-the martial arts spirit of patriotism and love for the people, and also makes him a symbolic figure in Liang Yusheng's martial arts literature creation and even the whole China's martial arts literature creation. (Appreciating China's appreciation dictionary of martial arts novels, embracing the snow)