Gu Long wrote more than 60 martial arts novels in his lifetime, and there may be more than 100 ghostwritten and fake books. After Gu Long's death, there were copyright disputes over the novel, and there were many lawsuits between relatives, friends and publishers, which affected the dissemination of the novel to some extent.

In 2005, Tamkang University in Taiwan held the 9th International Symposium on Literature and Aesthetics, with the theme of martial arts novels, focusing on Gu Long's works.

After that, Lin Baochun compiled a collection of essays: "Proud Ghost Talent and Ancient Dragon: Proceedings of the International Symposium on Ancient Dragons and Martial Arts Novels".

Gu Long himself thinks that he is still learning Jin Yong in "Famous Sword Romance" and "Peerless Double Pride", which is for the early stage; the postscript of the book "Parting Hook" says that he stopped writing before the parting hook and felt a lot of feelings, and thought that the parting hook was later stage.

Some scholars believe that Gulong is divided into four phases (Dividing Point Huanhua, Xiao Shiyi Lang, Seven Weapons) or five phases, one of which is defined by its style in the following table.

The first novel in 1955 from the North to the South was not a martial arts novel, but a short literary novel.

Sky Excalibur was written in 1959 and made his martial arts debut. Sword Poison Mei Xiang only wrote 4 episodes and 14 chapters in 1960, and then was ghostwritten by Shangguan Ding. "Gossip Gu Long - Interview with University Classmates" said that Shangguan Ding wrote worse and worse, and Gu Long finished the formalities. Shangguan Ding wrote a sequel to "Long Trunk Xing", and Gao Yong said that he would ghostwrite it after 3 episodes

Liang Yusheng, one of the gatekeepers of the Demon Catalogue

Liang Yusheng (Chen Wentong, 1924-2009), born in Tunzhi Village, Wenwei Town, Mengshan County, Guangxi Province, graduated from the Department of Economics of Lingnan University. After studying international economics, he worked in Hong Kong's Ta Kung Pao and New Evening News.

He settled in Hong Kong in 1949 and wrote 35 martial arts novels, as well as a number of essays and couplets.

In 1987, he moved to Sydney, Australia. He died in Sydney in 2009. Liang Yusheng is known as the "originator of new martial arts novels".

Liang Yusheng was born in a scholarly family, familiar with ancient texts, good at couplets, and could recite "Three Hundred Tang Poems" at the age of 8. After finishing high school at Guilin Middle School in Guangxi, I liked to write words in middle school.

Due to the invasion of the Japanese army, he returned to his hometown, and several Cantonese scholars took refuge in Mengshan, so they took refuge in Mengshan, so they took Jian Youwen as their teacher. Jian Youwen, an expert on the history of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and Jao Tsung-i, who was famous for his Dunhuang studies, poetry, calligraphy and painting, both lived in his home, and Liang Yusheng studied history and literature from them. Later, he returned to Sui with his teacher. Admitted to Lingnan University majoring in International Economics.

He settled in Hong Kong in 1949. After being introduced by the President, he became an assistant editor of Ta Kung Pao's supplement, which was immediately corrected and became a member of the Social Comment Committee. At the end of the following year. Transferred to the "New Evening News" affiliated with Ta Kung Pao.

Early 1954. Because of the "Wu Gongyi and Chen Kefu Guoshu Performance and Red Singer Charity Singing Fundraising Conference" was very sensational. The writing of "Dragon and Tiger Fighting Jinghua" is the beginning of the source of "new" martial arts novels.

Since then, the pen has been cultivated until 1983 "Wudang One Sword". A total of 33 martial arts novels were serialized, and "The Legend of the Absolute Sai" and "Sword Net Dust" were divided into two when they were published, and "The Three Uniques of Martial Arts" are still being revised, and there are 34 of them. Revised editions of some of the novels were published before and after the closure of the pen, but none of them were published.

His works have been adapted into movies or TV series many times, and he considers his three books, "The Legend of the Empress Qiying" and "The Jade Bow of the Sea of Clouds" as his masterpieces.

He moved to Australia in 1987 and became a Christian a few years later. He is a member of the Chinese Writers Association and has also been employed as the honorary president of the Shenzhen Couplet Society.

In 2006, when he returned to Hong Kong to participate in the 30th anniversary event of Tiandi Book Publishing Company, he suddenly suffered a stroke and had difficulty moving his hands and feet. He continued to recuperate at Tan Bing Tat Sanatorium and died in Sydney in 2009 at the age of 85.

From 1954 to 1984, Liang Yusheng worked in the literary world for 30 years, creating a total of 35 martial arts novels, with a total of more than 10 million words. Liang Yusheng has written a total of 35 martial arts novels, including "Seven Swords Under the Heavenly Mountain", "The Legend of the White-Haired Witch", "Pingxia Film" and so on.

Tang Dynasty: "The Legend of the Empress Qiying", "The Legend of the Tang Ranger", "Dragon and Phoenix Baochai Yuan", "Hui Jian Heart Demon". "Big", "Dragon" and "Hui" are the Datang series.

Song Dynasty: "Wulin Tianjiao", "Flying Phoenix and Hidden Dragon", "Crazy Hero, Tianjiao, Witch", "Hanhai Heroic Wind", "Ming Di Fengyunlu", "Wind and Clouds and Lightning".

"Wu" and "Madness" have conflicts, "Madness" and "Ming" are closely related, "Han" and "Wind" are closely related, and the Song Dynasty era and plot are chaotic.

Ming Dynasty: "Returning the Sword", "Pingxia Film", "Scattered Flower Woman", "Lianjian Fengyunlu", "Wulin Three Uniques" (newspaper serial, unpublished), "Guangling Sword"

Ping trace series: (6 in total), the upper half of the Tianshan series. "Wudang One Sword" does not belong to the Tianshan series, it is an independent article, and the story of the era conflicts with "The Legend of the White-Haired Witch".

Authentic Tianshan series: (14 in total) "The Legend of the White-Haired Witch" (since the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, "White" is the first part of the second half of the Tianshan series)

Qing Dynasty: "The Legend of the Strange Heroes of the Saiwai", "Seven Swords Under the Heavenly Mountains", "The Three Heroines of the Rivers and Lakes", "The Ice Spirit Cold Light Sword", "The Legend of the Glacier Heavenly Maiden", "The Jade Bow of the Sea of Clouds", "The Record of the Glacier Washing the Sword", "The Wind and Thunder Shook Kyushu", "The Heart of the Heroic Bones", "The Sword and the Rivers and Lakes", "The Meteor of the Wild Fields", "The Thunder of the Fingers", "The Legend of the Absolute Fortress", "The Dust of the Sword Net" - "Phantom Sword Spirit Flag" is a sister chapter, which has nothing to do with the Tianshan faction, but some characters have appeared in "Absolute Stopper".

"The Legend of the Dragon and Snake" - "Dragon and Tiger Fighting Jinghua" is a sister chapter, Tai Chi, which tells the story of the Boxer Rebellion.

Note: There is a partial connection between Liang Yusheng's martial arts novels. "Ping Trace" series: "Returning the Sword", "Ping Trace", "Scattered Flower Woman", "United Sword Record", "Guangling Sword".

"Tianshan" series: "The Legend of the White-Haired Witch", "The Legend of the Strange Heroes", "Seven Swords Under the Heavenly Mountains", "The Three Heroines of the Rivers and Lakes", "Ice Soul Cold Light Sword", "The Legend of the Glacier Heavenly Maiden", "The Jade Bow of the Sea of Clouds", "Glacier Washing Sword Record", "Wind and Thunder Earthquake Kyushu", "Chivalrous Bone Danxin"

Collections can also be combined.

"Tang Ranger" series: "The Legend of the Tang Ranger", "Dragon and Phoenix Treasure Hairpin", "Wisdom Sword and Demon" This series integrates some Tang legends and history, and is the best martial arts masterpiece of Liang Yusheng

"Tianjiao" series: "Wulin Tianjiao", "Flying Phoenix and Hidden Dragon", "Crazy Hero, Tianjiao, Witch", "Hanhai Heroes", "Ming Di Fengyunlu", "Wind and Thunder"

"Makino Meteor" series: "Wandering Sword Jianghu", "Makino Meteor", "Finger Thunder", "Legend of the Absolute Fortress"

"The Three Uniques of Martial Arts" involves nearly a thousand years of history from the Tang Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty, and almost involves the entire Liang Yusheng martial arts world, Jianghu factions and characters, which is Liang Xue's summary work.

The relationship between the six divisions of the Song Dynasty is very large, and it can also be made in a series.

In 2009, Liang Yusheng was awarded the "Australia-Chinese Cultural Lifetime Achievement Award" by the Australian Federation of Chinese Cultural Organizations in Sydney.

Liang Yusheng is known as the "originator of new martial arts novels". Readers in the 6th and 70s called Liang Yusheng and Jin Yong the two peaks of martial arts: "Jin Liang is called together, and Yu Liang is bright for a while".

Liang Yusheng's "Dragon and Tiger Fighting Jinghua" is recognized as the beginning of the new martial arts novel, creating a new generation of martial arts novels.

Liang Yusheng once commented on his status as a martial arts creator: "Open up the atmosphere, Liang Yusheng, the one who carries it forward, Jin Yong. 」

Liang Yusheng is good at infiltrating more traditional Chinese culture and art into martial arts novels that are not considered orthodox.

He likes to intersperse traditional Chinese poetry in his novels, blending literature, history, poetry, and couplings into one furnace, catering to the aesthetics of traditional Chinese culture. In addition to martial arts novels, Liang Yusheng is also good at writing essays and miscellaneous conversations, and his joint chess stories are widely acclaimed.

Jin Yong, a master of martial arts novels, wrote in Liang Yusheng's elegy: "Mourning the death of Liang Yusheng's brother: a colleague and a great ancestor in the same year; Those who are ashamed of themselves: the same year brother Jin Yong respects and redeems"

Director Zhang Jizhong: "The biggest feature of Liang Yusheng's literature is that he has a strong sense of history, and it should be said that the people in his martial arts world live in the real historical background and society, in contrast, Jin Yong's works often show the knights living in the martial arts world, and they live a life of isolation. (To be continued......)