2000 Years Evolution of the Wuxia Genre 

Sorry to ask a sensible question wihout looking at the video yet (I'm busy right now), but did you will adress the recuring racism problem of modern Wuxia/cultivator novel?

The "Xia" Dynasty

Not quite related I guess, but in the Kill Bill Diary, David Carradine made the point that the months of training the cast got for the movie was in Wuxia, not Kung Fu. They all learn to fly with wires, including him. There was a scene shot with Bill fighting alone against a bunch of guys and winning. Would that make of Bill a secret Xia hero?

The manga Doctor Big Beard - 流氓侠医， tells of a doctor who possessed extraordinary medical skills who could have made it big in a private hospital yet chose to serve the underbelly of society. He healed beggars, prostitutes, deserving gangsters, etc. Not only did he restore their physical well-being, he also cared for their mental states as well. Definitely a 侠医.

@Malaysia Viral Video Well their the comics "Cultivator vs super heroes" where the ancient Chinese looking protagonists easily defeat the super hero based on well known not Chinese characters. So basicly One Punch Man wihout the humor and social commentary, but with nationalist undertone. Based on some of my research it seems to be a regular problem with Chinese novels and comics.

As for the myth, we know some myth figures such as Si Pitung who cultivate his power, and tend to stick his mentor's ideals for proctect the weak from colonialist evil

I never expected that another Filipino will know and love Condor Heroes.

@@c.d.s.g9742 it was on Channel 7 before haha

R U chinese ethnic?

I was weaned on Sunday morning Chinese shows on rpn 9. It was cc in Mandarin, too. Did not understand anything but so fascinated. Im Gen X tho, so that was ages ago.

Usually the side characters defy the established order and the protagonists protect it. Even the protagonists that become reclusive contribute to maintaining order before they leave. That is far more common throughout Chinese literature.

@@JinFX Guo Jing outright told Kublai that he was fighting to protect the people and not the corrupt Song Dynasty. Yang Guo was an anarchists who took pleasure at giving the finger to convention. Zhang Wuji & Chen Jialuo were outright rebels fighting against the established governments. Although the protagonist would sometimes fight to maintain to status quo, this was to protect the people not to support the establishment.

​@@426mak The established order is Chinese traditional philosophy, not the government establishment. Also Jin Yong heavily relied on Chinese religious characters in creating his characters. In China the dynasty is tasked with maintaining order and righteousness, not the other way around. Guo Jing growing up in Mongolia saw that Temujin was a hero but turned against him because of the siege at Samarkand. Also Temujin is central to the novel and probably the antagonist. I was thinking more along the lines of the four greats as each defying tradition in their own way but then Guo Jing comes and rights their wrongs or brings them peace. Each of them has some great internal conflict that reflects their corruption of beliefs. He also saves the lives or souls of many other characters, and you can even include Temujin and Tuolei in there. Guo Jing was born in the Song but he only fully returns to the Song to stop the Mongol invasion which he saw while on campaign to be against Chinese tradition. Yang Guo of course rebelled first against Guo Jing, then Quanzhen, and then the taboo of marrying a different generation, but the point of the novel was that righteousness is not about fussing over the fine details, in light of the deterioration of the many schools as Song society as a whole declined and corrupted, tradition was being lost and Yang Guo rediscovered it through his travels and later heroics. Yang Guo even though he was eccentric like the four greats, saved the established order at the Battle of Xiangyang and saved powerful martial arts traditions from Dugu and Wang Chongyang. Wang Chongyang was also the hidden protagonist, who went underground to protect the Nine Yin Manual from the clutches of the four greats, and the Quanzhen of his time was a beacon of light, even though it was Jin and not Song. Again the side characters are the ones really defying the established order, which causes their side conflicts. Zhang Wuji was born into the Ming cult, so he did not choose to rebel against the orthodoxy or the government, and it's pretty clear that the Ming cult is continuous with the Ming dynasty that restores order after the decline of the Yuan. The orthodoxy is also painted as outcasting the cult only because of a conspiracy, and they eventually become uneasy allies. The orthodoxy eventually fully embraces Zhang Wuji and Zhang Sanfeng, who is also a hidden protagonist. The orthodoxy school leaders are all vividly described as having their illnesses that Zhang Wuji heals one by one, analogous to their deviations from true orthodoxy being corrected by the truth bringer that is Zhang Wuji. It's easy to see why this novel would be less popular because there are less complexities in the core characters, even Zhao Min is a bit simple. Chen Jialuo is an earlier character, and I don't know his story, but I believe Jin Yong meant for the Qing to be anti-villains as he does later in Deer and Cauldron and maybe Flying Fox. Chen Jialuo tried to re-establish what he believed in, the Ming. Again the major political powers and schools are central to the stories but they are not the most important characters.

@@JinFX And Jin Yong understood the ideal that the Dynasty should bring law and order but also recognized the truth that if often fails to do so and such he created characters to bring justice to the people. GJ was the very antithesis of the traditional Chinese hero. Raised in a barbarian society, barely literate and almost ignorant of Chinese etiquette he is the last person you would expect to champion Chinese culture. The Four Greats, with the exception of Northern Beggar took themselves out of society. Eastern Heretic disillusioned by the Song treatment of his ancestor. Southern Monarch by his personal demons and Western Venom by his own ambitions. That Eastern Heretic and Southern Monarch ended up in Xiangyang was pure coincidence and neither of them was there to save traditional Chinese values. That goes for Yang Guo as well. He showed up in Xiangyang purely to save Guo Xiang, not because he wanted to save the city. His inheritance of Dugu Qiubai skill was also a gesture of defiance for DQB was the Sword Devil, who saw himself as someone outside of convention and tradition forging his own path. With Wang Chongyan, YG inherited his forbidden love that defied tradition not his patriotism. ZWJ was not born into the Ming Cult but had the position thrust upon him when he saved them from annihilation. In fact his pedigree as the son as of a Wudang Hero and Lady of the Eagle Cult was breaking tradition. Not only was his parent's love forbidden, but they were never formally married a big taboo to traditional Chinese. His treatment of the orthodox schools was a reflection of his benevolence. He would save anyone in trouble regardless of whether they were orthodox or not. Chen Jialuo is JY most failed character. Fighting for a lost cause and sacrificing the two most important women in his life. He is an example of what happens when one stubbornly sticks to tradition. You not only fail but lose everything that as truly important.

​@@426mak I like how we can interpret the story in different ways. Chinese politics and religion were as not focused on law and order of ideas, but the scholarship and morality of persons. The Wulin and heroes are outside the law already, but that only makes them more reliant on religion and philosophy. They are not police or vigilantes, but followers of teachings. So the conflicts in Wuxia and other Chinese stories come from Chinese philosophies, not politics or etiquette. For an example outside Wuxia, Mulan is another barbarian who breaks laws but is celebrated for her filial piety and fealty. Guo Jing received a good philosophical education, whereas Yang Kang learned more martial and social skills but lacked philosophical guidance. (This is Temujin being a better organizer than the Jin princes.) Guo Jing is a champion of Chinese culture even if he'd make a really bad Tiktoker. The Northern Beggar also took himself out of society and neglected his sect, but he just appears so often because of his gluttony vice. The four greats create conflict, not resolve them. Yang Guo saves a lot of people throughout his life, but the bigger thing is he fully learned Quanzhen religious teachings unlike his father and peers who were too busy with politics over philosophy. So he was more educated and therefore became more powerful than them. Zhang Wuji was the same with Wudang philosophy.

In fairness, Edward Kenney wasn't really sticking to a code of ethics, in my opinion. There weren't really lines he didn't cross, just lines he wasn't being asked to cross. He's certainly the closest in terms of being independent, but I don't think that that makes him Xia.

@@Duiker36 Ah... but a personal code of ethics was never really necessary and tends to be nebulous. It's just something we tend to associate with the protagonist. Jin Yong's story in particular tends to emphasize on the hypocrisy of Xia. The 'orthodoxy' tend to be 'polite' on the surface, but mostly asshole underneath. When people address a group as '各路英雄', there is rarely any actual 英雄 among them. Kenway would be call a ‘绿林好汉’ which often associate with the idea of Robinhood because of the Water Margin but really it's just the polite way of calling someone a highwayman.

No Chinese thinks that the Wuxia novel story is history. But the Wuxia story joins a large number of historical backgrounds, historical people, Taoism (yin and yang) and traditional culture. The content is also very like ancient China.

@@barbiebarbie1813 Of course it's not history (I didn't say it is). It's fiction, even historical fictions are still fiction.

what's your favorite one and your favorite character?

@@hagongda123 My favourite book would be Heavenly Sword and Dragon Sabre (倚天屠龙记) and my favourite character is Zhang Sanfeng (张三丰）

@@dan_was_here9328 not the best of Jin Yong

Now on Book 2😸

@@tonerikohime this series is one of my favs from Jin Yong!!! i'm glad you like it too!

The sequels in the trilogy are even better in my opinion. Legend (the 1st) is a very much straightforward Wuxia story, Return (the 2nd) starts to turn against and question the heroes we encountered in Legend, Heavenly-Dragon (the 3rd) lets chaos take over and overturns the entire order so beloved in Legend.

Government not meddling into the business of the world of xia is also a very common trope of wuxia literature. In John Wick 1, a police officer visited John Wick's house, asked few questions and just left without doing anything. This felt like the wuxia trope of Government not interfering.

@@bloodmure1 Not exactly the case. One of main force of "Flying fox of Snowy Mountain" (a classic wuxia novel btw) is the Qing government, the protagonist Lu Ding Ji is somewhat a government officer, etc I don't think John Wick fits in "wuxia" genre, considering he fits the "heroic" aspect, but doesn't on the "martial art" one. Wuxia isn't just about "heroes fighting martial art", but martial art is the main focus and the driving force of a wuxia story.

Wuxia also involved it environment /atmosphere, not just focus on a character. Like underground society aka gangs but with certain attitudes and mannerism. Kind of like Peaky Blinders series.

@@bloodmure1 Not exactly, it is more of 2 world that trying not to crash with each other hard. Wuxia world is like an underground society. There are several Jin Young novel also imply the characters involved in war against government, or with government against others countries(Gou Jing is one of those) Kind of like the world of samurai.

like leia, huang rong is a badass that is the master of the beggars faction, daughter of the east master, disciple of the north master.

Chi is not like the force. The force is like chi. Star Wars borrowed its elements from East Asia, not the other way around

That's because Star Wars is not only openly inspired by Kurosawa's works, but in general is a cheap copy of a lot of wuxia stuff, specially Condor Heroes. Star Wars is the most over-hyped thing in the world. There is even a video uploaded by a Mongolian girl, how for SW's "A New Hope" Portman's outfit was a straight steal from a traditional Mongolian costume. Now, it would have been all right if they had had the decency of stating where they took it from, but no! they say it was straight out of Lucas' fantastic mind. Portman's name Padme Amidala, is derived from Buddha Amida (Amithaba) what else? isn't Neeson's character actually called Hong Qi Gong lol? and there is also one called Ahsoka, obviously from King Ashoka. What is outrageous is how they never had the decency to admit where they took all that from. But sure, it was catered to western audiences that had no idea about anything of this.

Pretty much

Agree, but not with ur description about madman, I'd just go with crazy, cuz ouyang Feng just turns crazy and even got his name lol

Wuxia has a typical focus on the kung fu and martial prowess of the character, The Romance of Three Kingdoms focus on the stories, although it discusses some martial prowess of its characters like Lu Bu or Guan Yu. Like typical run-of-the-mill Shonen anime/manga, the MC of a wuxia typically is on a quest to learn secret ancient kung fu technique that should let him defeat new villains for various motives. They are either good vs evil (e.g. Jin Yong's "The Smiling, Proud Wanderer", my late father's favourite), restoring justice (e.g. "Fong Sai Yuk"), or patriotic (e.g., contemporary ones like Wong Fei Hung's tales, stories of Ip-man, Huo Yuanjia's "Fearless"). There are some religious elements too like in The Legends of 8 Immortals or Journey to The West, each featured characters with various martial arts ability and use them to do justice in vigilantism manner (e.g. Sun Wukong got punished for doing the "right" thing). Since The Romance doesn't have that much detailed of a fight, it instead focuses on the strategies instead of one's martial might. There are cross genre between historical literatures like "The Romance of Three Kingdoms" and Wuxia. I think "Water Margin" could classify as such, since most of Song Jiang's gang of rebels (much like Robin Hood or Money Heist gangs) are martial artists, especially known is Wu Song, known in here as "Tiger-slaying hero". These classic stories, full of pompous and sometimes ridiculously magnamous characters are often spoofed in Master Q's comic. Through these movies, you will learn a lot of East Asian values and cultures. Bear in mind, you might have encountered similar stories or plotlines in many famous cartoons or anime / manga. For example, the very famous Japanese RPG game "Suikoden" is none other than Japanese take on "Water Margin" (Shui hu zhuan). In turn, it also influences quite a lot of how East Asians portray "battles" like sports, you see a lot of kung fu magic BS in anime like Kuroko no Basket.

No, "Romance of 3 Kindom" is a historical classic, it's not within wuxia genre. The wuxia genre is typically about heroic deeds via the means of martial arts, so the 2 main focuses of wuxia is the "hero", and the "martial art", these 2 focuses drive the story forward. Among Chinese 4 epics, "Water Margin" feels more wuxia than the rest (including "Romance of 3 Kingdoms"), but overall the "martial art" side isn't exactly as well-described or important as modern wuxia. In that sense, if you've ever watched "Kungfu Hustle", it can be somewhat considered a wuxia movie. In fact, it has lots of references from wuxia novels (some of which you can read in my recommendation below) If my explanation is still too vague, I recommend watching some adaptations of classic wuxia novels (I don't recommend watching any adaptations that were produced AFTER 2010 though, because Chinese film-making of wuxia fictions had dropped badly in terms of qualities of acting, scripting and choreography) 1. Demi-god and Semi-devil: The story is heavily influenced by Buddhism philosophies, but if you don't understand those, it's still fine because the story covers lots of real life concepts, such as: heroism, kindness, love, racism, patriotic, etc. You may find it confusing at first because there are 3 protagonists, but I think that's why watching this story is better than reading. Imo the 1997 adaptation of this story is the best one, they have the best actors, the best choreography and has the most success in translating the original morals of the novel. But if you can't find this film with the translations you need, the 2003 adaptation is also good. Main martial arts: 28-Subduing Dragon Palms, Beiming Powers, Six Solar Palms of Heavenly Mountain, Lingbo Footwork, Spirit Blade of Six Divine Meridians, Yijin Jing (Muscle-Tendon Change Manual), etc ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. The Legend of the Condor Hero: Typical underdog story. The journey of the an orphan with lack of talent in martial arts to become a hero that was among the best fighters of China, also the struggle between morality (love, patriotic, etc) and power (supreme martial art, royalty, etc) Main martial arts: 9 Yin True Classic (literally involved in 90% of events of the story), 18-Dragon Subduing Palms, Peach Blossom Falling Leaves Palm, Toad Kungfu, Yi Yang Finger, Dog Beating Staff, Iron Palm, etc ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. The Return of the Condor Hero: The sequel to #2. The focus of the story is the protagonist's romance that were hindered by feudal prejudices, and his struggle between revenging for his own father and the duty to protect his country Main martial arts: Swordplay of Jade Maiden, Melancholic Palms, 18-Dragon Subduing Palms, etc -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. The Smiling, Proud Wanderer: One of the main focuses of this story is their "Greed" for power, in the form of a secret swordmanship as well as power to rule over others. The other one is about "What makes someone good or evil". I have watched 2 adaptations of this novel, although they're entertaining, I think they don't do that well in translating the dramas and the author's intention into films, so I suggest you read the novel. Main martial arts: 9 Swords of Dugu ("Dugu" means "Lonely person"), Bixie Sword Manial (the main focus of the story), Star Sucking Skill, etc

Romance of 3K (novel adaptation) is not typically considered Wuxia, but there ARE wuxia shows based on the Three Kingdoms period.

@@shazamsakazaki Romance of 3 Kingdom technically is a fiction story. The main event and characters were there in the three kingdom era. Actually what going on doesn't really match totally in all the historical records and documents at that time.

Japan's "Elegant Traditional Culture" is replicated from ancient China (different dynasties). Including Japanese martial arts (karate, ninja ...).

no the force thing come from Dune.

The Last Jedi..and the prequels..specifically revenge of the sith feel like wuxia films..even the last jedis throne room fight, with fighters standing back, posing with weapons..reminds me of shaw brothers wuxia..I know people didnt like last jedi but...I absolutely loved it

Actually 白蛇传 is some kind of 仙侠，xian xia (fairy xia)。wu means kongfu，xia means hero. In Wuxia world all people are human. Meanwhile xian xia(仙侠）may have all kinds of creatures from ancient myths.

Yeah 笑傲江湖 and 包青天 are one of the classics for me

@@louiswu6300 白蛇传 classifies as 玄幻 (supernatural) I believe. Usually, if there is no key characters from the heavenly realm, it is not 仙侠。Although there is a lot of crossovers.

@@YongShengOng 玄幻和仙侠真没什么区别

@@YongShengOng 白蛇还是比較仙侠的。毕竟多數是接触了妖和仙。 玄幻則沒那麼偏向妖仙的。玄幻比較是凡人修練到神化的境界，涉及宇宙/界面 之類的，比較接触到一點點科幻的。 玄幻和仙侠的區別是沒那麼的強調與劃清人，妖，魔，仙的界線。 玄幻是fantasy了, 不是supernatural。就是The Lord of the Ring, Game of Thrones 那種的題材。

It is kind of a new phenomenon that's more often used in new school wuxia, which was inspired by the rivalry of Hong Kong's martial arts schools. As far as I can tell, it was hardly present in older works. The bandits in water margin were outlaws, they're not trying to become the number 1 fighter in wulin.

@@CoolHistoryBros ahh, gotcha. Same with qigong I’m assuming?

Also, I kinda thought the Avatar the Last Airbender and AMC’s into the badlands were American takes on wuxia; what do you think?

@@TheKillakick I haven't watched Into the Badlands, so I can't comment about it. As for Avatar, it is kinda complicated, because it was Aang's destiny to bring peace. It wasn't 100% his will. "The chosen" one trope don't really exist in ancient China and Japan. In Buddhism, Maitreya, the future Buddha don't come to stop war or solve any worldly problems either.

He did mention Wulin

That was a classic of this adaptation

@@fraderiktan1505 Its my favorite of the many adaptations, even though it was short and had to skip a lot of characters, I still feel like it still holds up as a great adaptation. It also got me into the 范阳笠 hat, which has made many appearances in settings during the Song-Ming era

Just try watching "Kungfu Hustle" first. It's really close to your general wuxia stories, most of the ideas in there are reference to wuxia culture. If you like the movie, maybe you can like wuxia genre as well.

@@shazamsakazaki it's not about liking, but about relating. One can still like the product of a distant culture, but there is always a sense of otherness that prevents a full appreciation or understanding. It's like the "culturally uncanny" sensation mentioned in the video about "Avatar: The Last Airbender".

@@alessandrodelogu7931 No I don't mean it as an insult or something. I only suggest this as an option so that you can see if wuxia genre is within your liking or not

@@shazamsakazaki I'm not offended at all. I've watched "Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon", "Hero" and other wuxia and chanbara movies and I enjoyed them. But they are things you like if you already like the genre. Here they are a niche product.

I think you should try the Star War series, those movies has a lot of Wu Xia elements in it. George Lucas probably borrowed a lot of inspirations from the East.

i think that's a different category in itself, *xian* xia.

I’ll check it out it looks really fun ty

I don't know wether Qi is exist. But tendon and vessel is definitely exist.

Some adaptation changes around 2000s are because Jin Yong edited his novels. He continued changing them after too but the newest editions aren't as popular.

@@JinFX I also didn't like Demi Gods & Semi Devils new ending I don't think the changes in the Duke of Deer Mountain 2000 is because of the book since adaptation after it is very similar to the one before it & feature none of the changes like combining the fake queen dowager(important in the beginning but not at the end) & Su Quan(appear in the middle but become important at the end). These changes are based on the Royal Tramp(a film version of the story in 1992) version which was to condense the story for a film

Some of his main character(Wei Xiaobao) sucks at martial art but are still Xia

@@aokhoinguyenang3992 I really wouldn’t call Wei Xiaobao a xia. He is loyal to his friends and holds real affection for his lovers but ultimately, his actions are based on how best to benefit himself. As the protagonist of Jin Yong’s last novel, many interpret Wei Xiaobao as the author’s way of telling his readers that in the real world, it is not any xia but someone like Wei who would survive and thrive. Ultimately, the wuxia concept remains a fantasy.

My favorite line from JY goes something like: Those of the small xia protect the weak from the wicked strong Those of the great xia serves the country and the people.

@@426mak I think that came from the Condor Hero

@@aokhoinguyenang3992 Return of the condor hero when Guo Jing was explaining xia to Yang Guo

Considering the impact it has on East and South East Asia cultures, and most of the characters' motivations are greed (or ambition), it's not completely wrong

A. It's mostly because Dugu Qiubai doesn't have an official novel written by the creator (Jin Yong), except for fan-fictions here and there B. There is a TV series about him. But because there is no good source (Jin Yong never wrote about Dugu more than a few lines in The Legend of The Condor Hero and The Smiling Proud Wanderer), the film isn't exactly good and people tend to forget about it.

You are Shanren? Me too

Nowadays, it more develop into 玄幻/玄幻武侠(Xuan Huan/Xuan Huan Wuxia, aka fantasy series of wuxia). Most of the chinese anime that adapted from novel in China are fantasy wuxia genre, kind of like The Lord of The Ring or Games of Thrones kind of setting. The traditional wuxia meet with xianxia hence developed xuanhuan wuxia. Xianxia is more fixed on heavens/angels/fairy/demons/God kind of settings while xuanhuan is more of the journey of human to train and becoming godly(and the fantasy genre make it more wide, the story not fixed in the time line, universe or the world Earth that we know of.)

Couldn't get it more wrong. They are both Taoist way.

Gongfu is more close to Reality. Meanwhile wuxia have nei gong or qi.

I have a project I will announce next year.

@@CoolHistoryBros *clicking sound* N o i c e .

Legend of Condor Heroes, Water Margin is a good start i guess.

Its because JY set the bench mark to high. The man was a literary genius adding elements of poetry, history, traditional and contemporary culture. His protagonists can be upright, rebellious, brutal, cunning or even amoral. The man cast too long a shadow.

To begin, Water Margin is a must because it will help you connect with the Xia concept and the plot is actually easy to understand. Jin Yongs are super if you pay your time in learning more about Chinese culture and terms like Yin Yang or qi. Start with the Condors Trilogy, then Demigods and Semi Devils because that is the Condors prequel, The Smiling Proud Wanderer, then Deer and Cauldron. After that you can read anything you like because in the Jinyongverse they are all connected. For Gu Long you can start anywhere because they are kinda episodic and does not require a lot of history researchs You can watch the kids anime Hongmao and Lantu if you want to know about Liang yushen

Water Margin isn't similar to general modern wuxia, because the "martial art" aspect of it is more of a tool to use than a force to drive the story like in modern wuxia. But it kinda generalized the idea of "heroism" of the genre, in terms of what make someone "heroic" and others not. ------ Condor Trilogy consists of The Legend of The Condor Hero, The Return of The Condor Hero, Heavenly Sword and Dragon Saber 1st book, The Legend of The Condor Hero, is your typical underdog story, where the protagonist overcame hardships to become a heroic figure. The main theme of the story is patriotic and the idea of the good would be rewarded and the evil would be punished. 2nd book, The Return of The Condor Hero, focuses more on romance, and the core morality is a bit more complex. It's about the love against society prejudice and struggle between greater good (the protagonist's country freedom) and personal affair (vengeance for his father's death) 3rd book, Heavenly Sword and Dragon Saber, is a complete love story with martial arts element if you may say. The hardest trial for the protagonist was literally choosing who is the one he loved the most between the 4 girls who loved him. Even the author later regretted being too focused on romance and neglecting the relationships between male characters (father-son, teacher-student, master-servant) --------- Demi Gods and Semi Devils is the prequel of the Condor trilogy, but you don't need to read one to understand the other. Although it's about Buddhism philosophies, non-Buddhist can still understand the story because it covers the most discussed topics in fictions: love, kindness, ambition, patriotic, racism, etc. The martial art world (wulin) was very well described in this story, with complex relationships and martial art system. ---------- The Smiling of Proud Wanderer main themes are "greed" (greed for power, greed for strength, greed for vengeance) and about what makes a person "good" or "evil". I highly recommend reading this because I haven't watched any adaptation that could cover the moral of the story to its fullest. ---------- Flying Fox of Snowy Mountain is much shorter than the ones I listed above. It's also more focused on dramas and less on action, but it's really worth the read. The story focused about greed and vengeance.

perhaps u wanna watch this wu xia? ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-fv4Jcq52ThQ.html

You should read The Return of the Condor Heroes and then, Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber. These two are part of the Condor Heroes trilogy. After you finished those 3, I recommend Laughing in The Wind, Semi Gods and Demi Devils. These two are so cool.

@@feizai245 I'd like to. But I've been having trouble finding the translations.

They are Chinese classics and I recommend watching them. But on a note, "Romance of 3 Kingdoms" isn't wuxia. "Water Damp" is close, but the martial art aspect isn't strong enough to be called your typical wuxia

@@zararias If you like to, you can watch the live action adaptations. They have English subtitles

Drizzt definitely qualifies as a xia, and a very stoic one at that.

A Gary Stu though.

Maybe, but Salvatore also worked as a bar bouncer before becoming a full-time writer, so he saw his share of real brawls.

@@amandajean7738 i don't many Gary stus or Mary sues that have no choice but to outlive everyone they know and love. It's not as if drizzt hasn't had his plentiful share of troubles, he just also happens to be a bit OP. I'd argue that the dragonborn is a much bigger gary stu. Drizzts skills were honed in brutal combat in menzobberanzan, not granted to him by birth. The only supernatural power he has is guenhwyvar... and that option has failed him plenty of times. I suggest you actually read the books instead, that way you're not just talking out your ass. Regis the halfling tho... definitely a Mary Sue. Fucking Hobbits and their magic bling....