 Chapter 1, Part 1 of The Return of the Condor Heroes, as it appeared on the 20 May 1959 issue of Ming Pao | |
| Author | Jin Yong |
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| Original title | 神鵰俠侶 |
| Language | Chinese |
| Series | Condor Trilogy |
| Genre | Wuxia, romance |
| Publisher | Ming Pao |
Publication date | 20 May 1959 |
| Publication place | Hong Kong, China |
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| Preceded by | The Legend of the Condor Heroes |
| Followed by | The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber |
| The Return of the Condor Heroes | |||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 神鵰俠侶 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 神雕侠侣 | ||||||||||
| Literal meaning | The Divine Eagle and the Heroic Couple | ||||||||||
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The Return of the Condor Heroes, also called The Giant Eagle and Its Companion,[1][2] is a wuxia novel by Jin Yong (Louis Cha). It is the second part of the Condor Trilogy and was preceded by The Legend of the Condor Heroes and followed by The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber. It was first serialised between 20 May 1959 and 5 July 1961 in the Hong Kong newspaper Ming Pao.[3]
The story revolves around the protagonist, Yang Guo, and his lover and martial arts master, Xiaolongnü, in their adventures in the jianghu (also called the wulin, the community of martial artists), where love between master and apprentice is seen as taboo. Jin Yong revised the novel in 1970 and again in 2004. There are 40 chapters in the second and third revisions. Each chapter has a title composed of four Chinese characters. Most of the revisions are either clarifications or minor alterations of character motivations or names. The Chinese title of the novel approximately translates to The Magical Condor and its Hero Companion.
- ^ Hamm, John Christopher (2005). Paper Swordsmen: Jin Yong and the Modern Chinese Martial Arts Novel. University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 9780824828950.
- ^ Rojas, Carlos; Chow, Eileen, eds. (2008). Rethinking Chinese Popular Culture: Cannibalizations of the Canon. Routledge Contemporary China Series. Routledge. ISBN 9781134032235.
- ^ 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. 57.