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Created by Dugu Qiubai, the Nine Swords of Dugu (獨孤九劍; Dúgū jiǔ jiàn) are nine independent sword stances created to overpower all sorts of weapons, including swords, sabers, spears, clubs, staffs, whips and arrows, as well as barehanded attacks. This swordplay has nine stances, each of which is designed to counter a particular style ...
The two titular weapons, the Heaven Reliant Sword (倚天劍) and the Dragon Slaying Saber (屠龍刀), were forged from the Heavy Iron Sword, which Yang Guo wielded in The Return of the Condor Heroes. The Heavy Iron Sword belonged to Dugu Qiubai, a great swordsman whose skills were unmatched in his time. Yang Guo chanced upon the Heavy Iron ...
The Condor Trilogy (射鵰三部曲) is a series of three wuxia novels written by Hong Kong–based Chinese writer Jin Yong (Louis Cha). The series is amongst the most popular of Jin Yong's works.
The Condor helps Yang Guo recover from his wound and leads him to the items left behind by Dugu Qiubai. Yang Guo inherits Dugu Qiubai's Heavy Iron Sword (玄鐵重劍; xuántiě zhòngjiàn) and learns Dugu's swordplay techniques from the Condor. Dugu Qiubai's swordplay skills are advantageous to the handicapped Yang Guo as they focus on great ...
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The Divine Condor (神鵰; shéndiāo) is a giant eagle-like creature living alone in a valley and a former companion of the swordsman Dugu Qiubai. After roaming the land for years and failing to find someone who can rival him in swordplay, Dugu Qiubai came to a cave near a forest and spent the rest of his life there as a hermit. Several years ...
Linghu Chong becomes famous after he learns the Nine Swords of Dugu from the Sword faction elder Feng Qingyang. [3] Linghu Chong's generation sees the revival of the Sword faction. In Sword Stained with Royal Blood , Mu Renqing is highly revered in the jianghu for his outstanding swordplay techniques, as his nickname "Divine Sword Immortal Ape ...
The folk tales featuring the sword of light may be bridal quests, and the hero's would-be bride often becomes the hero's helper. [9] [10] [b]But also typically the story is a sort of quasi-bridal quest, [c] [12] where the hero wins a bride by wager, but then suffers a loss, becoming oath-bound (compelled by geis [d]) to never come home until he has completed the quest for the sword (and other ...