"White Horse Neighs in the Western Wind" | |
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Short story by Jin Yong | |
Original title | 白馬嘯西風 |
Country | Hong Kong |
Language | Chinese |
Genre(s) | Wuxia |
Publication | |
Publisher | Ming Pao |
Media type | |
Publication date | 1961 |
White Horse Neighs in the Western Wind | |||||||||||
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Traditional Chinese | 白馬嘯西風 | ||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 白马啸西风 | ||||||||||
Literal meaning | White Horse Neighs (in) West Wind | ||||||||||
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"White Horse Neighs in the Western Wind", [1] [2] also translated as "Swordswoman Riding West on White Horse", [3] is a wuxia novel by Jin Yong (Louis Cha). It was first published in 1961 in the Hong Kong newspaper Ming Pao . [4]
The plot follows the third edition of the novella. The original serialised version has a different ending,while the characterisations of certain characters such as Old Man Ji have been drastically altered in the revised editions.
Li Wenxiu,a young Han Chinese girl,loses her parents in the Gobi Desert while escaping from a group of bandits who are after a map of Gaochang. Placed on a white steed,she flees to Kazakh territory and is taken into the care of Old Man Ji,an elderly Han Chinese man. While growing up,she meets Supu,a Kazakh boy,and starts a romance with him. However,Supu's father disapproves of the relationship between his son and a Han Chinese girl,so they are forced to separate.
Several years later,Li Wenxiu meets Hua Hui,a hermit,in an oasis in the Gobi Desert,and helps him cure his wounds. Feeling grateful to her,Hua Hui accepts her as his apprentice and teaches her martial arts. She returns home in the midst of heavy snowfall and sees Supu,his father,and his new lover taking shelter in her house. Chen Dahai,the leader of the group of bandits who killed Li Wenxiu's parents,shows up and suspects that the map he has been hunting for is inside the house. He ransacks the house for the map and eventually finds it. The secret of the map is revealed when blood is spilled on the cloth. Chen Dahai wants to silence Supu and the others but Li Wenxiu,who has disguised herself as an old man,intervenes and defeats him.
Chen Dahai flees with the map and finds his way to Gaochang,while Li Wenxiu and Supu gather five others to join them in pursuing Chen and the bandits. The seven of them make their way to Gaochang,where they are surprised to find ordinary items associated with Han Chinese culture instead of treasure and riches as they had expected. To their horror,they encounter a "ghost" who haunts them by killing their companions without leaving any traces. Just as they are about to flee,Supu learns that his lover has been kidnapped by the "ghost" and he tracks the "ghost" to its lair,where he discovers that the "ghost" is actually a martial artist in disguise.
The "ghost" tells his story and reveals that he was forced into exile because he had been betrayed by his apprentice,who is actually Old Man Ji. The "ghost" is the hermit Hua Hui,whom Li Wenxiu saved earlier. To everyone's surprise,Old Man Ji turns out to be actually a man in his 30s in disguise as an old man. Old Man Ji and Hua Hui start fighting with each other. Li Wenxiu is shocked to realise that the two,who are close to her,are actually bitter enemies. Hua Hui eventually dies in his futile attempt to kill everyone in Gaochang. After leaving Gaochang,Li Wenxiu hears the true story behind the items hidden in Gaochang and their origins. She decides to leave Kazakh territory and head to central China as she feels miserable after the loss of two of her loved ones and the marriage of her lover to another woman.
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