Huang Yaoshi
| Huang Yaoshi | |
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| Created by | Jin Yong |
| Appearances |
The Legend of the Condor Heroes, The Return of the Condor Heroes |
| Personal information | |
| Nickname(s) | "Eastern Heretic" (東邪) |
| Alias(es) | "Old Evil Huang" (黃老邪) |
| Gender | Male |
| Spouse(s) | Feng Heng |
| Children | Huang Rong |
| Affiliations | |
| Organisations | Peach Blossom Island |
| Students |
Official students: Chen Xuanfeng, Mei Chaofeng, Qu Lingfeng, Lu Chengfeng, Wu Mianfeng, Feng Mofeng, Cheng Ying Unofficial students: Guo Jing, Yang Guo |
| Skills and abilities | |
| Qinggong | Holy Turtle Steps |
| Neigong | Nine Yin Manual skills |
| Unarmed combat skills | Jade Waves Palm, Complex Five Turns, Fallen Hero Divine Sword Palm, Air Slicing Palm, Finger Flicking Skill |
| Armed combat skills | Jade Flute Swordplay, Jade Leaking Silver Pushing Sword, Three Fork and Three Palm Styles |
| Weapons | Bone Penetrating Needle, Jade Flute |
| Huang Yaoshi | |||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 黃藥師 | ||||||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 黄药师 | ||||||||||
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| Transcriptions | |
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Huáng Yàoshī |
| Yue: Cantonese | |
| Jyutping | Wong4 Joek6-si1 |
Huang Yaoshi is a fictional character in the wuxia novel The Legend of the Condor Heroes and its sequel, The Return of the Condor Heroes, both of which are written by Jin Yong (Louis Cha). He is one of the Five Greats of the wulin (martial artists' community) during the Song dynasty, alongside Wang Chongyang, Hong Qigong, Ouyang Feng and Duan Zhixing. He is nicknamed "Eastern Heretic" (東邪) for being an unorthodox radical who behaves as he wishes without showing any regard for formalities or moral ethics.[SheDiao Ch.10] He loathes the dogma of traditional rites in Chinese society and admires only genuine honour and pure love.[SheDiao Ch.10] As such, he is often regarded by his contemporaries as a cultural heretic.[SheDiao Ch.10] His nickname may be translated to "Eastern Evil" because the character Xie (邪) in his nickname also refers to "evil" and "unorthodoxy" in jianghu terminology.
Huang Yaoshi is a loner who harbours unorthodox and heretical views on traditional Chinese rites and social norms. He is the master of Peach Blossom Island. Apart from being a formidable martial artist, he is also versed in other fields such as military strategy, music and divination. His eccentric personality causes him to be feared and shunned by others.
Huang Yaoshi is married to Feng Heng and has six students. He has scores of servants on his island, who are deaf and mute. Rumours in the jianghu say that Huang Yaoshi intentionally disabled them, but in fact, they were already mute and deaf before they became his servants. He recruited them as his servants to relieve them from the social stigma of their impairments so that they can enjoy a better life on his island. However, he does not wish to promote an image of himself as a kind and compassionate person so he spread those negative rumours about himself. Only his family and friends would know about the truth about his character.
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