Golden Sky Sword

Name: Golden Sky Sword
Author: Fishpond Hermitage

金霄剑

by Fishpond Hermitage (池鱼庵)

Status: Completed
Length: 302k Words
Genre: Eastern Fantasy
Subgenre: Traditional Eastern Fantasy
Updated: 3y ago
Source: Fanqie

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When I was a student, I was very fond of Jin Yong: the wondrous martial arts, lifelike characters, and Chinese history in his novels. This wuxia novel was originally set in a real dynasty, but then I realized there was a problem: many controversial events and figures from history can become sensitive topics if they aren’t handled carefully. What’s more, the actions of historical figures may have fit the social values of their era, and they may once have been heroes, but that doesn’t mean they align with the values of modern civilization. Take Wu Song from Water Margin, for example. In the novel and its setting, he really is a hero, but in a civilized society, he would have broken the law. Perhaps that’s why the historical dynasty in my novel became fictionalized, set in an imagined version of the past,

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