![]() ![]() ![]() These novels contribute most of the elements used by Wuxia authors to create the basic structures of Wuxia literature, principally the Jianghu and the Wulin. Each of these four classics contributed to the overall structure of the Wuxia genre while simultaneously missing components present in the modern genre.įor its fundamental components, the Wuxia genre is indebted to "San Guo Yan Yi" and "Shui Hu Zhuan" (respectively known in the West as "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and - variously - "The Water Margin", "Outlaws of the Marsh" or "All Men Are Brothers"). Wuxia is a relatively modern genre of literature certainly it has its origins in the much more venerable tradition of the Chinese historical novel, but it is important to differentiate between the two.įour classics of Chinese fiction literature have had a lasting influence. ![]()
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