Caoze Qunlong

"Northern" martial arts novels of the Republic of China. A novel about swords and guns, neither killing nor beheading, would be too annoying for readers to read. They killed a lot and said it was too chaotic. The bad-mouthed master has to say a few wisecracks: "He is not tired of writing, and he doesn't care whether the master can bear the beating or not?" If he touches the supernatural, he will say that he promotes superstition. Even if I write about men and women, I would say it hinders the moral character. In fact, "The Legend of Immortals" and "Shu Yi Ji" are not full of absurdities, but they are not included in the banned books. "Dream of Red Mansions" and "Jin Ping Mei" are not only pink but almost scarlet, they are chosen as textbooks by gifted scholars. How should we explain this? According to my thinking, novels, regardless of whether they have academic status or not, at least can help the country's social, criminal, political, educational and legal deficiencies, and make everyone a little vigilant to take them. Although the writing is clumsy, the intention should not deviate from the original purpose. But reading is the same as listening to a play. When watching Ma Siyuan, he pays attention to the flirting scene. When it comes to riding a donkey in the street, he scolds the playwright for the bad scenery. That is, he has a bad nature. Even if you wrap him up with the Tao Te Ching every day, he will kill people, set fires, rob men and dominate women. He will never change it without receiving a knife from the executioner. Although what I write below is a martial arts novel, its purpose is still to satirize society, to respect loyalty, teach filial piety, bring good fortune and harm evil, and also promote a little martial spirit. As for whether it is effective or not, it cannot be proven, and we dare not make random comments. We can only plagiarize two idioms from the drugstore: "No one can see the combination" and "God knows the intention" to avoid ridicule.