The Return of the Condor Heroes
Total Issue No. 105, Chapter 7 of The Return of the Condor Heroes, as originally appeared in the September 1, 1959 issue of Ming Pao
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| Author | Jin Yong |
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| Original title | 神鵰俠侶 |
| Country | Hong Kong |
| Language | Chinese |
| Series | Condor Trilogy |
| Genre | Wuxia, romance |
| Publisher | Ming Pao |
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20 May 1959 |
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| Preceded by | The Legend of the Condor Heroes |
| Followed by | The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber |
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| Traditional Chinese | 神鵰俠侶 | ||||||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 神雕侠侣 | ||||||||||
| Literal meaning | The Divine Eagle and the Heroic Couple | ||||||||||
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Shén Diāo Xiá Lǚ |
| Yue: Cantonese | |
| Jyutping | San4 Diu1 Haap6 Leoi5 |
The Return of the Condor Heroes, also called The Giant Eagle and Its Companion, is a wuxia novel by Jin Yong (Louis Cha). It is the second part of the Condor Trilogy, and was preceded by The Legend of the Condor Heroes and followed by The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber. It was first serialised between 20 May 1959 and 5 July 1961 in the Hong Kong newspaper Ming Pao.
The story revolves around the protagonist, Yang Guo, and his lover and martial arts master, Xiaolongnü, in their adventures in the jianghu (also called the wulin, the community of martial artists), where love between master and apprentice is seen as taboo. Jin Yong revised the novel in 1970 and again in 2004. There are 40 chapters in the second and third revisions. Each chapter has a title composed of four Chinese characters. Most of the revisions are either clarifications or minor alterations of character motivations or names.
The protagonist, Yang Guo, is the orphaned son of Yang Kang, the antagonist in The Legend of the Condor Heroes. The couple Guo Jing and Huang Rong take Yang Guo under their care for a short period of time before sending him to the Quanzhen Sect on Mount Zhongnan for better guidance in moral values and orthodox martial arts. In Quanzhen, Yang Guo is often picked on and bullied by his fellow students, and discriminated against by his master, Zhao Zhijing. Yang Guo flees from Quanzhen and ventures unknowingly into the nearby Tomb of the Living Dead, where the Ancient Tomb Sect is housed. He is saved by Xiaolongnü, a mysterious maiden of unknown origin, and becomes her apprentice. They live together in the tomb for many years until Yang Guo grows up.
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