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Post by siuyiu on Jul 9, 2014 7:13:41 GMT
through the years, whether via reading the books themselves or participating in forum discussions, we've picked up some facts and interesting trivia about JY's stories. i thought it'd be nice to compile them into one handy thread. i'll just jot down some--please feel free to add whatever you want! (1) in the books (vs all adaptations), yang guo loses his right arm (2) historical figures in the various books include: (a) genghis khan/temujin and his sons (LOCH) (b) emperor qianlong (B&S) (c) zhang sanfeng, zhu yuanzhang (HSDS) (d) emperors shunzhi and kangxi, aobai/oboi, li zicheng, wu sangui, chen yuanyuan (LDJ) (e) qiu chuji (LOCH, ROCH) (f) fan li (sword of yue maiden) (3) JY deliberately avoided pinpointing a historical era/dynasty for XAJH
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Post by chefying on Jul 10, 2014 15:49:06 GMT
Well, I have learnt that quite a few places in China actually bear witness to the existence of Qiu Chuji. I had always thought he was a fictional character.
I must admit my knowledge of Chinese history has improved from watching TV serials adapted from Jin Yong's books.
I was rather disappointed when I went to wikipedia and found that wikipedia did not quite acknowledge the abdication of Qing Emperor ShunZhi for priesthood in WuTai Shan.
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Post by Admin on Nov 5, 2014 8:28:37 GMT
Well, I have learnt that quite a few places in China actually bear witness to the existence of Qiu Chuji. I had always thought he was a fictional character. I must admit my knowledge of Chinese history has improved from watching TV serials adapted from Jin Yong's books. I was rather disappointed when I went to wikipedia and found that wikipedia did not quite acknowledge the abdication of Qing Emperor ShunZhi for priesthood in WuTai Shan. Totally agree with you. I also admit that my knowledge of Chinese history began with watching TV serials adapted from JY and wuxia novels. But I think we have to be careful cause nowadays more and more random wuxia stories are created with no historical research at all. Btw, WuTaiShan? you mean..the mountain in Shanxi, not far from DaTong?
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Post by chefying on Nov 9, 2014 8:42:21 GMT
I was rather disappointed when I went to wikipedia and found that wikipedia did not quite acknowledge the abdication of Qing Emperor ShunZhi for priesthood in WuTai Shan. Btw, WuTaiShan? you mean..the mountain in Shanxi, not far from DaTong? Yes, I mean 五台山 WuTai Shan, not far from DaTong. I took a bus from DaTong to get to WuTai Shan, and it was not an easy journey. Apparently not that many buses leave for Wutai Shan from DaTong at that time of the year.
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