Heroes Shed No Tears: Book review: 1 starry sky looking up at Gu Long: The hero has no tears

Author: Nilin　 Originating:?

One person, one mouthful of the box.

A silent ordinary person, carrying an old ordinary box, silently walked into the ancient city of Chang'an under the sky full of sunset.

At a dusk on a certain day of a certain year, I don’t know if it was just a simple image like the prologue in the book that easily moved me, like a non-stop sadness hitting the passing me. I don't think people who are not so lonely can't write sentences that are so lonely so beautiful.

From then on, I remembered "Heroes Without Tears", and from then on I fell in love with this ordinary box, especially better than Xiao Li's flying knives, Ximen Fuxue's sword, and Duan Xiaolou's "Xiaolou Listen to Spring Rain".

The prodigal three sings only heroes, the prodigal has no roots, and the heroes have no tears.

——"Heroes Without Tears", I think Gu Long's loneliest novel.

Different from the early works such as "Huahua Bell" and "Swordsman's Walk", this is a late Gulong work, and has become a lot of Gulong fans, and most of them have relished the sword, Li Huai, and Meng Xinghun of the three young masters. However, there are few critics of "Heroes Without Tears".

I have never understood why this novel cannot resonate with Gulong fans? Perhaps every reader of martial arts novels has their own different entropy when reading, such as fish drinking water and knowing how cold or warm they are. As the often quoted Gu Long's original saying, "The one that made me feel the most painful and frustrated in my life is "The End of the World Bright Moon Knife"." But after reading it several times, I couldn't feel the pain Gu Long called it. , What is the frustration, or there is a deeper pain than "Xiao Shishilang".

But "Heroes Without Tears" should undoubtedly be classified as a first-class martial arts work. To use the term of Go, it is Gu Long's famous game, although there are many casual and evil hands. To say who a hero is a hero has always been an unclear topic. Sima Chaoqun, Zhuo Donglai, Zhu Meng, Xiao Gao, and Xiao Leixue all look like great heroes, but it is not difficult for readers to find that they all have their own fatal weaknesses. In the letter, we no longer know who can be regarded as a joyous hero, we only know that the hero has no tears, and the hero has blood.

This is a simple Jianghu story. It is an iron-blooded story between two big gangs in two ancient cities (Chang'an and Luoyang). The Jianghu version of "A Tale of Two Cities" or "The Meeting of Two Heroes" appears to be a duel of two heroes. , Sima of Chang'an vs. Zhu Meng of Luoyang, Sima Chaoqun has risen from the age of eighteen, and has gone through thirty-three battles, and has never lost one time. Has gradually become the idol in the minds of the heroes of the rivers and lakes ─ ─ never use the undefeated hero idol. Similarly, only Zhu Meng, the master of Luoyang Lions Hall, has the courage not to pay attention to Sima Chaoqun and his dart board. But in fact, Sima is just Zhuo Donglai’s puppet, just the Sima myth he carefully maintained. Due to his physical disability, Zhuo Donglai is a real hero mixed with arrogance and low self-esteem. He is a representative of the evil side in the novel. Although Zhu Meng opened the show with heroic spirit Yun, the horse went deep into the Chang'an Red Flower Collection, and the enemy retreated all over his head, happily for a while. But a woman Die Wu instantly turned him into a sick lion, who made the hero sad for the beauty gate? Because Die Wu is not only beautiful in people, but also more beautiful in dancing posture. Borrowing the words of the hereditary first class Hou Di Qinglin, who knows how to appreciate women, "I have nothing to say. I never thought that a mortal would have such a pair of legs, and I have never seen it." This woman was crushed. Zhu Meng of Zhu Meng also chilled the hearts of his brothers, and the Lion Hall fell apart overnight.

So the real confrontation was between Zhuo Donglai and the protagonist Xiaogao. An unknown swordsman like Xiaogao was just trying to challenge the undefeated Sima at first, but encountering Zhu Meng and regretting each other became a life-and-death friendship, which made him shoulder the help of depression. Zhu Meng resisted the burden of the Escort.

This is the role Gulong is best at. The unnamed person who has nothing, or the protagonist who is lonely deep in the bones, often possesses the perseverance, grandeur, and chivalry of a hero, and of course he also has incredible martial arts. I think the most prominent point of the heroes in Gu Long’s novels is their spirit, the spirit of freedom. They can be prodigal sons, alcoholics, loneliness, disabilities, or unseemly appearance, but in any case, for them, as long as Have lived, been here, loved, life has no regrets. Therefore, Xiao Leixue made a tempting offer. The room full of stunning beauties, the wealth of an invincible country, and the world's unparalleled martial arts, Xiao Gao is at his fingertips, but in Xiao Gao's view, as a sword learner, these are no better than him. It is important to use the sword freely to challenge Sima in the sun. This is actually an attitude to life, a kind of confidence, just like Xiao Gao, although he is eating cabbage and cooking noodles in a small restaurant full of coolie coachmen, but he looks like a new champion sitting too Qionglin feast in Huadian. In Zhuo Dong’s words, “This kind of thing cannot be pretended. Only a person who has absolute confidence in himself will have this kind of tolerance.”

Because Gu Long's heavy color and thick ink describes human nature, the struggle of people in adversity, the courage to raise their heads among tens of thousands of people, and the lonely state of mind that can withstand loneliness in the poor alleys, so Gu Long's characters are more modern People’s lives can resonate even more with young people. In this sense, Jin Yong is inferior to Gu Long. Most of the characters he portrays are stable and stable. The roots are Zheng Miaohong. After Guo Jing and Yuan Chengzhi are Zhongliang, Zhang Wuji, Linghu Chong, Xiao Feng, Chen Jialuo and Duan Yu are either descendants of a family or well-known teachers. Walking in the rivers and lakes often has this faction and that gang as their counterparts. What they emphasize is justice and awe-inspiring. This is very different from Gu Long.

If only Xiao Gao challenged Zhuo Donglai, the story would be a bit too plain, so the strange man Xiao Leixue runs through it. His whereabouts almost strung up the whole story, and it is also the key to the advancement of all the plots. This is my appreciation for Gu Long. The reason for the layout in this novel. In the shadow of the fate of the sword of Tearshen, as the fateful recipient of Gu, Xiao Leixue always appeared mysteriously and disappeared in good time. His box, claimed to be the most dangerous weapon in the world, is more mysterious than its owner. We seized it for our eyes and drove by God, but we have not seen its fatal blow for a long time. In the end, Zhuo Dong came to play with fire* *Style performance. In any case, this box is used as a weapon. I think it is the most brilliant and successful part of Gu Long's novel, and it is also the most regrettable place, because he did not fully describe this box like Xiao Li Feida, I wonder if there is any. People feel the same with me. (If I write about martial arts, I must write this box in first, so I am happy.)

Speaking of shortcomings~IndoMTL.com~ I have to say that the description of the two women in "Heroes Without Tears" was unsuccessful. Wu Wan was not quite satisfactory. She just muttered to herself before committing suicide, but later came back from the dead. , Seemed a bit blunt. As for Die Wu, from the time she approached Xiaogao to the last dance following Zhuo Dong's instruction, she always felt that the character's personality was in a trance, and it was difficult to comment. On the contrary, the depiction of two small characters is very prominent. Zhuo Donglai's Zheng Cheng and Zhu Meng's spiked shoes, especially spiked shoes. During the hard fight, he even had half of his nose cut off, leaving only a layer of leather to hang on. As long as he moved his face, most of the nose hung on his face would follow him. He simply tore off his nose and belt, and swallowed his stomach in one bite. A backhand cut. Spell out another one. He didn't fall down until the last two arms and one leg had been cut off, and when he fell down, there was still a piece of meat that had been bitten off from someone else's body in his mouth. Such a **** scene can only be said to be cruel, but the last sentence before the death of Spikes: "Report to the hall master, the villain can no longer serve the hall master." Spikes said: "The villain is dying." But it is enough to make anyone. The reader is moved. Although he is just a servant like Zhu Menggu, at this moment, can you say that there is a hero who is more heroic than spikes?

Many people say that most of the epigrams in the ancient dragon book are clichés. I agree with this point. But as long as there is a cliché that can move you and inspire you, I think it is more valuable than the whole book. Just like the last paragraph of "Heroes Without Tears", Zhu Meng and Xiao Gao look forward to tomorrow after the decisive battle, "The song of the showgirl, the dance of the dancer, the sword of the swordsman, the pen of the literati, and the fighting spirit of the hero are all like this, as long as If you don’t die, you can’t give up."

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