 Volume 5 of one of the earliest editions of Sword Stained with Royal Blood. | |
| Author | Jin Yong |
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| Original title | 碧血劍 |
| Language | Chinese |
| Genre | Wuxia, historical fiction |
Publication date | 1 January 1956 |
| Publication place | Hong Kong, China |
| Media type | Print, serialised in the Hong Kong Commercial Daily |
| ISBN | 978-957-32-6038-7 |
| Preceded by | The Smiling, Proud Wanderer |
| Followed by | The Deer and the Cauldron |
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| Traditional Chinese | 碧血劍 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 碧血剑 | ||||||||||
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Sword Stained with Royal Blood is a wuxia novel by Jin Yong (Louis Cha). It was first serialised in the Hong Kong newspaper Hong Kong Commercial Daily between 1 January 1956 and 31 December 1956.[1] Since its first publication, the novel has undergone two revisions, with the latest edition being the third. Some characters from the novel play minor roles or are simply mentioned by name in The Deer and the Cauldron, another of Jin Yong's novels.
- ^ 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. 56.