Xiaoli Feidao (novel series)
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Duoqing Jianke Wuqing Jian
Biancheng Langzi Jiuyue Feiying Tianya Mingyue Dao Feidao Youjian Feidao |
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| Author | Gu Long |
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| Country | Taiwan |
| Language | Chinese |
| Genre | Wuxia, romance, adventure |
| Published | 1968-1981 |
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| Traditional Chinese | 小李飛刀系列 | ||||||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 小李飞刀系列 | ||||||||||
| Literal meaning | Little Li Flying Dagger series | ||||||||||
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Xiǎolǐ Fēidāo xìliè |
| Yue: Cantonese | |
| Jyutping | Siu2-lei5 Fei1-dou1 Hai6-lit6 |
The Xiaoli Feidao series is a wuxia novel series by Gu Long.
The Little Li Flying Dagger (小李飛刀) is the weapon of Li Xunhuan, Ye Kai, Ding Lingzhong and Li Huai.
The blade of the dagger is three cun and seven fen long. It was forged from ordinary steel and iron unlike other fictional weapons that were forged from special types of materials. It ranks third on the Bingqipu (兵器譜), a fictional book of weapons.
Duoqing Jianke Wuqing Jian (多情劍客無情劍; 多情剑客无情剑; Duōqíng Jiànkè Wúqíng Jiàn; Do1-cing4 Gim3-haak3 Mou4-cing4 Gim3; "Sentimental Swordsman, Ruthless Sword") is the first novel in the series, first published in 1968. It details the adventures of Li Xunhuan and his friend A'fei.
Li Xunhuan rises to prominence as a martial artist in the jianghu for the expert use of his signature weapon, the Little Li Flying Dagger. He is in love with Lin Shiyin but decides to give up on her to repay his sworn brother Long Xiaoyun's kindness towards him. Long Xiaoyun marries Lin Shiyin eventually. Li Xunhuan is emotionally hurt and he retires from the jianghu.
When Li Xunhuan comes out of his reclusive life ten years later, he meets A'fei and befriends him. Both of them are drawn into the mysterious Case of the Plum Flower Bandit and Li Xunhuan is wrongly accused of being the bandit. He clears his name eventually. Meanwhile, he is also drawn into the complex feuds between Lin Xian'er, Shangguan Jinhong and Long Xiaoyun. He defeats and kills Shangguan Jinhong. He marries Sun Xiaohong and retires from the jianghu again to lead a new life with her far away from society.
Biancheng Langzi (邊城浪子; 边城浪子; Biānchéng Làngzǐ; Bin1-sing4 Long4-zi2; "Bordertown Prodigal") is the sequel to the first novel and the first part of the Biancheng Langzi Trilogy. It was first published in 1972. The novel begins with the murder of Bai Tianyu and his family. Ye Kai and Fu Hongxue set forth to solve the mysterious case and embarks on their adventures.
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