Longfeng Baochai Yuan
| Author | Liang Yusheng |
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| Original title | 龍鳳寶釵緣 |
| Country | Hong Kong |
| Language | Chinese |
| Genre | Wuxia |
| Publisher | Ta Kung Pao |
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Publication date
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25 June 1964 - 15 May 1966 |
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| Preceded by | Datang Youxia Zhuan |
| Followed by | Huijian Xinmo |
| Longfeng Baochai Yuan | |||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 龍鳳寶釵緣 | ||||||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 龙凤宝钗缘 | ||||||||||
| Literal meaning | Romance of the Dragon and Phoenix Precious Hairpins | ||||||||||
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Lóngfèng Bǎochāi Yuán |
| Yue: Cantonese | |
| Jyutping | Lung4 Fung6 Bou2 Caai1 Jyun4 |
Longfeng Baochai Yuan is a wuxia novel by Liang Yusheng. It was first serialised between 25 June 1964 and 15 May 1966 in the Hong Kong newspaper Ta Kung Pao. The novel is the second part of a trilogy, and is preceded by Datang Youxia Zhuan and followed by Huijian Xinmo.
Previously in Datang Youxia Zhuan, Duan Guizhang and Shi Yiru arranged for their respective children to be married if they were of opposite sexes. A pair of ornamental hairpins, the Dragon and Phoenix Precious Hairpins (龍鳳寶釵), were kept by both sides as a token of this agreement. The Duans kept the Dragon Hairpin while the Shi family kept the Phoenix Hairpin. Shi Yiru committed suicide to prevent himself from being a burden to his rescuers when he was held hostage by the ruthless warlord An Lushan; Duan Guizhang died in the Battle of Suiyang. Duan Guizhang's wife, Dou Xianniang, survived the battle but died of illness not long later. Duan Guizhang and Dou Xianniang's son, Duan Keye, was raised by Nan Jiyun's widow, Xia Lingshuang. Shi Yiru's daughter, Shi Ruomei, was renamed "Xue Hongxian" and adopted by Xue Song, a general under An Lushan. Xue Song later surrenders to the Tang government and becomes the jiedushi (military governor) of Luzhou.
When Duan Keye turns 16, Xia Lingshuang relates his parents' story to him, passes him the Dragon Hairpin, and tells him to find his missing fiancée and marry her. At the same time, Xue Song betroths Hongxian to the eldest son of Tian Chengsi, the treacherous jiedushi of Weibo, who is trying to intimidate Xue into helping him. When Tian Chengsi sends a convoy of betrothal gifts to the Xues, Duan Keye and the outlaws on Golden Rooster Ridge ambush the convoy and rob the gifts. Out of curiosity, Duan Keye breaks into Xue Song's residence and encounters Hongxian. A fight breaks out and they develop a strong misunderstanding since Hongxian is unaware of her true parentage. Hongxian's adoptive mother reveals the truth to her daughter later. To repay her adoptive parents' kindness, Hongxian breaks into Tian Chengsi's house and steals a box from his bedside. Unknown to her, Duan Keye also infiltrates Tian Chengsi's residence that night and his misunderstanding with Hongxian deepens when he mistakenly thinks she is helping his enemy. After Tian Chengsi withdraws his forces from Luzhou, Hongxian leaves her adoptive parents and assumes her true identity as "Shi Ruomei". Shi Ruomei encounters her childhood friend, Nie Yinniang, and Mou Shijie, the young master of Fusang Island. The three of them travel to Golden Rooster Ridge to find Duan Keye.
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