Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils: Postscript

When rewriting and revising the "Eight Divisions of the Dragon", the kind and graceful appearance of Mr. Chen Shixiang always appeared in his heart, remembering his demeanor and scholarly attitude while holding a pipe.

Chinese writing books do not have the habit of dedicating a book to a teacher, but I am eager to add a sentence to the "Postscript": "This book is dedicated to a friend I love— —Mr. Chen Shixiang.

"It is a pity that he is no longer in the world.

I hope he knows my little care in the spirit of heaven.

Mr. Chen and I have only met twice, not enough to say that we have a deep friendship.

He once wrote two letters to me, and wrote a lot of words that made me really ashamed of "Eight Dragons".

With his academic accomplishment and academic status, such a reputation is too much.

Perhaps because of his preference for Chinese traditional forms of novels, perhaps because our views on the human world have something in common, but his evaluation is more than I deserve anyway.

My gratitude and joy, in addition to being recognized by such a famous literary critic and increasing confidence, because he pointed out that martial arts novels are not purely entertaining boring works, which can also be written The joys and sorrows of the world can express a deeper state of life.

At that time, I thought that in the future, "Tianlong Babu" will issue a single copy, so I must ask Mr. Chen to write a preface.

At present, only two letters of Mr. Chen can be attached to the book to commemorate this friend.

Of course, readers will understand that it is also showing the praise of a famous expert.

Anyone who writes expects his work to be well received.

If the reader does not appreciate it, the author’s work becomes meaningless.

Someone rejoices at reading my novel, which is of course very happy for me.

There is a sentence in Mr. Chen's letter: "I'm still looking for the Christmas film of the four wicked people. I haven't seen it.

"There is a short story. Mr. Chen told me that Mr. Xia Zian also likes my martial arts novels.

Once he saw a Christmas card in a bookstore with four people painted on it. Mr. Xia felt that his expression was very similar to the "Four Great Wicked Men" written in "Eight Dragons", he bought it and wrote Put my name on it, write a few words of appreciation, and want to send it to me.

But we never met, he asked Mr. Chen to forward it.

Mr. Chen placed it in the sundries, but he could not find it later.

Mr. Xia Zian mentioned my martial arts novel several times in the article, which is quite beautiful.

My relationship with him is shallower, and I have never seen him, and I haven’t even received this Christmas card.

When I read "Xia Ji'an Diary" and other works, I often regret that such a talented person with passion and love is ultimately a frustrated one.

The "Eight Dragons" began to be serialized in Ming Pao and Singapore’s Nanyang Commercial Daily in 1963, and has been written for four years. During the outbound trip, Ni Kuang was asked to write More than 40,000 words.

Brother Ni Kuang wrote that paragraph on his own as an independent story. There is no need to contact the whole book. This time it was rewritten and amended, which was deleted with the consent of Brother Ni Kuang.

So I asked him to write on behalf of him, in order to report the serialization inconvenience for a long time.

But when publishing a single book, there is no reason to own someone else’s work for a long time.

Here is an explanation, and I would like to thank Ni Kuangxiong for his kindness in the past.

Zeng Xuebailiang wrote and wrote forty lines of ancient poems as a retrospective of "The Heaven Sword and Dragon Stories". In this book, he learned to fill in five words.

I don’t know how to write poems, but Chinese traditional novels without poems are not good.

The poems of these retrospectives are just for decoration, and their artistic value is equal to the label on the cover—a work for beginners with no power.

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