Mandarin Duck Blades

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Mandarin Duck Blades
by Jin Yong
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Original title鴛鴦刀
CountryHong Kong
LanguageChinese
Genre(s) Wuxia
Publisher Ming Pao
Media typePrint
Publication date1961
  • Yuan Guannan (袁冠南; Yuán Guànnán)
  • Xiao Zhonghui (蕭中慧; Xiāo Zhōnghuì)
  • Lin Yulong (林玉龍; Lín Yùlóng)
  • Ren Feiyan (任飛燕; Rén Fēiyàn)
  • Xiao Banhe (蕭半和; Xiāo Bànhé)
  • Zhuo Tianxiong (卓天雄; Zhuó Tiānxíong)
  • Zhou Weixin (周威信; Zhōu Wēixìn)
  • "Four Heroes of Taiyue" (太岳四俠; Tàiyuè Sì Xiá):
    • Xiaoyaozi (逍遙子; Xiāoyáozǐ)
    • Chang Changfeng (常長風; Cháng Chángfēng)
    • Hua Jianying (花劍影; Huā Jiànyǐng)
    • Gai Yiming (蓋一鳴; Gài Yīmíng)

Adaptations

  • In 1961 Hong Kong's Emei Film Company produced a two-part Cantonese-language film based on the story. The film was directed by Lee Fa and starred Lam Fung and Chow Chung as Xiao Zhonghui and Yuan Guannan respectively. [4] [5]
  • In 1982, Hong Kong's Shaw Brothers film company produced the film with the title Lovers Blades. Directed by Lu Jungu, screenwriter by Ni Wei, Hui Yinghong as Xiao Zhonghui, Meng Yuanwen as Yuan Guannan, Yuan De as Lin Yulong, Wen Xueer as Ren Feiyan, and Wang Longwei as Zhuo Tianxiong.

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References

  1. Huss, Ann; Liu, Jianmei (2007). The Jin Yong Phenomenon: Chinese Martial Arts Fiction and Modern Chinese Literary History. Cambria Press. ISBN   9781934043080.
  2. Hamm, John Christopher (2006). Paper Swordsmen: Jin Yong And the Modern Chinese Martial Arts Novel. University of Hawaii Press. ISBN   9780824828950.
  3. The date conforms to the data published in Chen Zhenhui (陳鎮輝), Wuxia Xiaoshuo Xiaoyao Tan (武俠小說逍遙談), 2000, Huizhi Publishing Company (匯智出版有限公司), p. 58.
  4. Twins Swords Part 1 at the Hong Kong Movie DataBase
  5. Twin Swords Part 2 at the Hong Kong Movie DataBase
Mandarin Duck Blades
Traditional Chinese 鴛鴦刀
Simplified Chinese 鸳鸯刀
Literal meaningMandarin Ducks Sabers