Author | Jin Yong |
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Original title | 雪山飛狐 |
Translator | Olivia Mok |
Country | Hong Kong |
Language | Chinese |
Genre | Wuxia |
Publisher | New Evening Post , Chinese University Press |
Publication date | 1959 |
Published in English | 1996 |
Media type | |
Preceded by | The Young Flying Fox |
Fox Volant of the Snowy Mountain | |||||||||||
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Traditional Chinese | 雪山飛狐 | ||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 雪山飞狐 | ||||||||||
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Fox Volant of the Snowy Mountain,also known as Flying Fox of Snowy Mountain,is a wuxia novel by Jin Yong (Louis Cha). It was first serialised between 9 February and 18 June 1959 in the Hong Kong newspaper New Evening Post .
The novel has a prequel, The Young Flying Fox ,which was released in 1960. Flying Fox of Snowy Mountain is one of Jin Yong's shortest novels,with only 10 chapters. The chapters are labelled in numerical order,instead of Jin Yong's typical style of using a short phrase or duilian as a chapter's heading. Of all the wuxia works by the author,this novel has the latest historical setting chronologically,in the late 18th-century Qing Dynasty.
Fox Volant of the Snowy Mountain is unique in structure among Jin Yong's novels because it employs a frame narrative as well as the literary devices of unreliable narrators and storytelling flashbacks. [1] The actual time frame of the novel lasts only a day,but the stories encapsulated in it stretch back months,years and even decades before.
In the revised afterword to the novel,Jin Yong mentions that he did not draw inspiration from Akira Kurosawa's 1950 film Rashomon as many people had falsely assumed. The literary devices used in the novel have been used very often in literature,such as in One Thousand and One Nights and Illustrious Words to Instruct the World . [2]
The story begins in the Changbai mountains in northeast China during the reign of the Qianlong Emperor of the Qing dynasty. It follows the classical unity of time,taking place on a single day,which is the 15th day of the third month of the 45th year of the reign of the Qianlong Emperor (i.e. 19 April 1780 in the Gregorian calendar).
A group of martial artists unearth a treasure chest and begin fighting for it. Midway during their tussle,they are overpowered and coerced by a highly skilled monk,Baoshu,to travel to a manor at the top of Jade Brush Peak to help the manor's owner drive away an enemy,"Fox Volant of the Snowy Mountain" Hu Fei. They start telling stories concerning the origin of a precious saber in the chest and their mysterious foe. In doing so,they gradually reveal each other's personal secrets.
The saber's story dates back over a century ago to the feuds of the four bodyguards of the warlord Li Zicheng,who led the rebellion that overthrew the Ming dynasty. The four guards' family names were Hu,Miao,Tian and Fan. Owing to a massive misunderstanding which lasted several generations,their descendants have been slaying each other in a vendetta that prevented any of them from uncovering the truth. The Hu family was opposed to those from the Miao,Tian and Fan families;the latter three were allies.
The people gathered at the manor are either descendants of the four bodyguards or are otherwise embroiled in the feud. Hu Fei's father,Hu Yidao,met Miao Renfeng,a descendant of the Miao family. Both were masterful martial artists without peer. Miao Renfeng,Hu Yidao and his wife developed an uncommon friendship and grew to admire each other,but Hu and Miao must fight unwilling duels to avenge their parents' deaths. Under the schemes of the villain Tian Guinong,Hu Yidao was unintentionally slain by Miao Renfeng when Tian secretly smeared his sword with poison. Hu Yidao's infant son,Hu Fei,was rescued and raised by a waiter,Ping Asi,whose life Hu Yidao once saved. Hu Fei grew up and became a powerful martial artist nicknamed "Fox Volant of the Snowy Mountain".
The various scheming martial artists are eventually punished by their greed. Hu Fei makes an appearance midway in the story.
The conflict reaches a climax when Miao Renfeng challenges Hu Fei to a duel after mistakenly believing that Hu had intentionally molested his daughter,Miao Ruolan. They fight for several rounds but neither emerges the victor. They are stranded on a cliff about to collapse under their weight when the novel ends. Hu Fei has an opportunity to attack Miao Renfeng and knock him off the cliff,but he hesitates because Miao might become his future father-in-law. However,if he does not attack,either they will fall to their deaths or Miao will kill him. The novel ends on a deliberate cliffhanger and leaves the conclusion to the reader's imagination.
Year | Production | Main cast | Additional information |
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1964 | Emei Film Company (Hong Kong) | Chiang Han,Pearl Au,Lee Yuet-ching,Shih Kien | See The Flying Fox in the Snowy Mountains |
1978 | CTV (Hong Kong) | Barry Chan,Jason Pai,Law Lok-lam,Michelle Yim,Wen Hsueh-erh,Lee Tong-ming | See The Flying Fox of Snowy Mountain (1978 film) |
2022 | iQiyi (Mainland China) | Zhao Huawei,Chen Yusi,Ray Lui,Chen Zihan,Yang Yi | See The Hidden Fox [3] |
Many of the television adaptations combine the plots of Fox Volant of the Snowy Mountain and The Young Flying Fox .
Year | Production | Main cast | Additional information |
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1985 | TVB (Hong Kong) | Ray Lui,Patrick Tse,Kenneth Tsang,Rebecca Chan,Chow Sau-lan,King Doi-yum,Margie Tsang | See The Flying Fox of Snowy Mountain (1985 TV series) |
1991 | TTV (Taiwan) | Meng Fei,Mini Kung,Mu Sicheng,Tong Chun-chung,Wu Yujuan,Wang Luyao | See The Flying Fox of Snowy Mountain (1991 TV series) |
1999 | TVB (Hong Kong) | Sunny Chan,Felix Wong,Wan Yeung-ming,Cheung Siu-fai,Maggie Siu,Charmaine Sheh,Joyce Tang | See The Flying Fox of Snowy Mountain (1999 TV series) |
2006 | ATV (Hong Kong) | Nie Yuan,Gillian Chung,Athena Chu,Ady An,Patrick Tam,Alex Fong,Anthony Wong | See Fox Volant of the Snowy Mountain (2006 TV series) |
2022 | Tencent Video (China) | Qin Jun Jie,Liang Jie,Xing Fei,Lin Yu Shen,Peter Ho,Ye Xiang Ming,Ray Lui,Leanne Liu | See Side Story of Fox Volant (2022 TV series) |
In 1981,Hong Kong's RTHK made a 15 episodes radio drama based on the novel.
An English translation by Olivia Mok was published in 1996 under the title Fox Volant of the Snowy Mountain.
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