Mount Hua Sect
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| Traditional Chinese | 華山派 | ||||||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 华山派 | ||||||||||
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Huàshān Pài |
| Yue: Cantonese | |
| Jyutping | Waa4-saan1 Paai3 |
The Mount Hua Sect, also known as the Huashan 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 Hua. The sect appears in three of Jin Yong's novels.
There is a real-life Mount Hua Sect but it has nothing to do with martial arts. It is a religious sect and is one of the branches of the Taoist Quanzhen School. It was founded in the Song dynasty by Hao Datong, one of the "Seven Immortals of Quanzhen", who also appears as a character in Jin Yong's Condor Trilogy. However, in wuxia fiction, these two sects do not appear to have any connection at all.
The origin of the sect is unknown. In The Smiling, Proud Wanderer the sect's leader Yue Buqun is the 13th generation leader. The Mount Hua Sect is part of the Five Mountain Sword Sects Alliance and Yue Buqun becomes the alliance's chief after defeating his predecessor, Zuo Lengshan of the Mount Song Sect. Yue Buqun and his wife Ning Zhongze are among the top ten martial arts experts from orthodox sects. The novel's protagonist Linghu Chong is Yue Buqun's eldest student. In the novel, the Mount Hua Sect is inferior to only three sects, namely Shaolin, Wudang and the Sun Moon Holy Cult.
In Sword Stained with Royal Blood, set near the end of the Ming dynasty, the protagonist Yuan Chengzhi is a member of the Mount Hua Sect. His teacher Mu Renqing is the sect's leader and is reputed to be the best living swordsman in the jianghu during that time. The Mount Hua Sect is one of the Four Great Sword Sects (四大劍派) alongside Emei, Kunlun and Diancang.
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