Emei Sect
| Emei Sect | |||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 峨嵋派 | ||||||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 峨嵋派 | ||||||||||
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Éméi Paì |
| Yue: Cantonese | |
| Jyutping | Ngo4-mei4 Paai3 |
The Emei Sect is a fictional martial arts sect mentioned in several works of wuxia fiction. It is commonly featured as one of the leading orthodox sects in the wulin (martial artists' community). It is named after the place where it is based, Mount Emei.
In Jin Yong's The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber, the Emei Sect is founded in the early Yuan dynasty by Guo Xiang around the same time as the Wudang Sect. Guo Xiang is the sole descendant of the Guo family from The Return of the Condor Heroes after the Battle of Xiangyang. She escapes from Xiangyang with the Heaven Reliant Sword (倚天劍), becomes a powerful martial artist and roams the jianghu as a youxia. At the age of 40, she becomes a nun and founds the Emei Sect. Abbess Fengling becomes her successor, who in turn, is succeeded by Abbess Miejue.
In Jin Yong's works, the sect's members are predominantly women and its leaders are Buddhist nuns. In wuxia works by other writers, the Emei Sect has members of both sexes, who play equally important roles in the sect.
In Sword Stained with Royal Blood, set in the late Ming dynasty, Emei is briefly mentioned as one of the "Four Great Sword Sects" (四大劍派) and has male members as well. In Gu Long's The Kingdom of the Golden Bird of the Lu Xiaofeng Series, Emei is led by Dugu Yihe, who is slain by Ximen Chuixue.
In Jin Yong's novels, Emei's martial arts are the best among those suited for women. The origins of Emei's martial arts come from its founder Guo Xiang. Guo's martial arts were mostly inherited from her family, including some of Huang Yaoshi (her maternal grandfather)'s skills. She also learnt part of the Nine Yang Manual from Jueyuan in her younger days. However, it does have some elements of unorthodox skills, as exhibited by Zhou Zhiruo when she uses the 'Nine Yin White Bone Claw' (九陰白骨爪) after finding the Nine Yin Manual (九陰真經).
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