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"Little Li Zi, high aspirations, want to learn the sword fairy to ascend to the clouds; three rods on the day without waking up, every day dreaming of joy."
--"Immortal Sword and Sorcery" poem Dream warrior
In front of time, all the dreams and those who do not want to grow old all seem unbearable.
Perhaps a good game should not pass with time, and what is truly valuable can still travel through the background of its creation to impress people in another time and space. It's like an old, dusty wine that still smells good when you taste it today.
In the nearly 10 years of gaming history, it seems that no Chinese game has conquered the crowd of players from all corners of the world as quickly and decisively as Immortal Sword and Wonderland. "You can't say no to Immortal Sword, just like you can't say no to love. Before Immortal Sword, no game could make me cry." In a post on an Immortal Sword forum, a veteran player is still immersed in those moving game moments eight years later.
In the minds of most players, "Immortal Sword" is a carrier, but it carries more than just a simple dream of a player to achieve chivalry in the game, and the beautiful and poignant emotions that run through the game from beginning to end make "Immortal Sword" have a unique charm. "has a unique charm. Those who are separated from the life and death of the moving emotion moment will be in a flash on the heart, become engraved in the bones of a long time can not let go of the sentiment.
"Immortal sword" is also a kind of complex, on behalf of the players of those who have passed away emotionally, the passing of the era of infinite feelings. In the past several years, all kinds of games like colorful fashions, instantly crushed by the wheel of time, become a permanent guest in the memory. During this period, if there are some games that people can still keep memories in the memory of the passing years, "Legend of the Immortal Sword and Chivalry" must be one of them.
"Strictly speaking, Immortal Sword is not a mere Chinese martial arts game, it is more like a folk myth and legend, embedded with rich humanities and emotional legends." Today, 8 years later, there is "the father of the immortal sword" known as the game producer Mr. Yao Zhuangxian, in talking about their most proud of the game works, still not without emotion. Facing the reporter, "Immortal Sword" seems to be a never-ending topic. The production of "Immortal Sword and Wonderful Warrior" began in 1993, after Taiwan's Daewoo produced a game called "Monopoly 2", Mr. Yao Zhuangxian decided to try his hand at a game genre he had never touched before - Chinese role-playing games (RPGs).
According to Mr. Yao's vision, the earliest positioning of "Immortal Sword" was a historical martial arts theme, with the Anshi Rebellion as the backdrop; the script was made very large, with history, gods and monsters, and martial arts, but it was found that the game could not be finished in this way. Then he realized that the game would never be finished. So he changed the script several times, and a year later, Yao found a theme, which was about the "human side". So all the previous ones were pushed back, and the historical background was removed. If at this point, said a person both script, planning, character design, the main program, game map and monster design, as well as writing most of the poems and words in the game, showing Mr. Yao Zhuangxian erudition and skill, then in the game ultimately insisted on designing the female protagonist to die, is a reflection of Yao Zhuangxian dare to break through in the production of the game, against the traditional spirit of the production, but also for the game to leave the most impressive players, the most heavy in the classic of the years, and the most important of all. Become the thickest strokes in the classic of the years.
When talking about the three female protagonists, Yao Zhuangxian said to the reporter: "the design of the first version of Zhao Ling'er fat, colleagues see all say: 'Huh? Isn't this Sun Xiaomei? By the time she was in New Immortal Sword and Sorcery, she had gotten fat again and there was no more empty inspiration. Lin Yueru's name was one that I heard others talk about, but never remembered whose friend it was, and never met. There was a 'Lin Family Residence' in Taiwan Province that was famous for its large family, and the surname 'Lin' sounded like it came from a large family, and the word 'Lin' itself was relatively elegant. The other names were chosen based on the character's personality after imagining many different kinds of names. For example, Zhao Ling'er had to have the word 'Ling' in one of her names to emphasize her character's background and traits."
"Anu's plot seems a bit thin in the whole game?" The reporter asked.
"Because it couldn't be done anymore, Anu's plot was cut down quite a bit. Because of the reduced plot, her age has also been adjusted downward by several years, but it's not a bad thing. In terms of the reaction the game has caused so far, a plot that's too lengthy might instead draw a blank."
And when a reporter asked Mr. Yao which of the three female protagonists was his favorite, he smiled and said, "They represent the image of three kinds of girls in my mind, so I like them all." In fact, in earlier media reports, "Immortal Sword" initial production of the motivation, a big reason from Yao Zhuangxian an unsuccessful emotional experience. Today, eight years later, when the reporter with the same questions to seek answers, Yao Zhuangxian denied this statement. "I should say that that less-than-perfect emotional experience happened when the game was already halfway through production, a crush that didn't even have the courage to speak. Being pessimistic about life at the time should be said to have been the motivation for making the game's tragic ending."
This DOS game, which was written in assembly language and QBASIC, was completed after 2 years and 4 months, with 15 people involved in its production, and neither the producers nor the players expected it to have such a far-reaching impact 8 years after its launch: to this day, the cumulative number of various DOS, Windows, and console versions has exceeded 1 million units; the cumulative number of "The Game" versions has exceeded 1 million units; and the number of "The Game" versions has exceeded 1 million units; the number of "The Game" versions has exceeded 1 million units; and the number of "The Game" versions has exceeded 1 million units. The cumulative sales of various DOS, Windows, and console versions have exceeded 1 million sets; Immortal Sword and Wonderful Warrior has been in the top three of Popular Software's game charts for six consecutive years; the cycle of new games has changed, and Immortal Sword and Wonderful Warrior is still as popular as ever, and the anticipation for Immortal Sword and Wonderful Warrior II has reached an extreme level.......
Behind this influence, the game's The protagonist, Li Yi, began to walk out of the small fishing village near the sea in Yuhang County, with the same dream as the producer Yao Zhuangxian, fledgling, walking the rivers and lakes, accompanying countless players in the game to achieve one after another never-ending dream ......
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"The emotional impact of "Legend of the Immortal Sword and Chivalry"
"The sound of the flute in the valley of the green hills, the white crane is soaring; the past is gone with the wind, hand in hand with the Cloud Peak, hidden in the land of the Immortals."
--Cloud Valley Crane Peak
The birth of a hero must have the soil to cultivate him. As for the liking of the hero, some people either because of the wealth, some people either because of the appearance, some people either out of the extension of the admiration, and some people are out of wishful thinking unrequited love ......
In fact, Li Yi Yiwu leaps from the unheard of fishing village teenager to become a warrior with the sword in the rivers and lakes, there is indeed an objective necessity of the objective and the subjective setup is also The subjective setting is also reasonable. In the jianghu defined by the usual Chinese martial arts and fantasy novels, after the warrior, nine times out of ten, there will be another warrior, and it is not difficult to understand the reason for Li's fame when it is still reflected in martial arts novels. He was already gifted, parents and aunt and once was a powerful figure, as long as there is a Bole's ability to the famous teacher point one or two, will become a great weapon, the result of chance to meet the Shushan School of Sword Wine Sword Immortal. Lee's parents died early, aunt and took him to live in seclusion, do not ask the world, so all kinds of concepts between the jianghu on him did not have half a point of influence. Since ancient times, Jiangnan more talented, LiYouYou young and wild, a passion, feel nothing but can not do, all day do the daydream of the warrior; parents of the fame and amazing performance and make him see his parents as an example, if the art into the world line, will manage the injustice, kill the bad (demon), take the money of the injustice; parents know each other through, "the immortal couple" name, more let him longing for a glimpse of the world. The "immortal couple", more so that he envisioned a romantic love at first sight instead of the traditional marriage of one bye bye heaven and earth and two bye bye bye bye high hall. The above three points determine the positioning of Li Yiwu in the story, and also determines his love experience in the process of walking in the Jianghu Lake. As an ordinary person, his early chivalry is more embodied in the helpfulness, very considerate of girls, he is only a girl in the eyes of the warrior, at this time, "chivalry" can only be manifested as "righteousness", and finally save the world in the midst of fire and water, to really complete a kind of chivalry of the great The last one is to save the world from the fire. Li's feelings, and Ling'er is the order of parents, matchmakers, at first because of the name, and then because of the kindness and sublimation of love; and Lin Yueru is half traditional, half romantic, "sword for the red face"; and Anu is a little unintentionally stay in love with the ingredients, said Anu unrequited love is also fine.
For the "Immortal Sword" story, the relationship between Zhao Ling'er and Li Yiwu can be said to be classic and exemplary. From the time he ate the "forget-me-not" given to him by the Miao people to the time he saved Zhao Ling'er, who was in her original form, at the Demon Pagoda, his feelings for Zhao Ling'er were in a completely ambiguous state. In his mind, the free life of chivalry and righteousness should not have been constrained by parental orders from both sides too early, although the encounter on the Immortal Spirit Island made him feel as if he was in the spring breeze, and the Forgetfulness Scattering was in fact the false borrowing of this concept in his mind. However, Zhao Ling'er always treats her beloved partner with a sincere heart, even after she becomes pregnant and suffers from frequent catastrophes, she does not hesitate to use up her own Holy Spirit's true essence to maintain the life within her. In the story, Zhao Ling'er didn't know her mother's double misfortunes in marriage and love at first, but just like the Empress Wu didn't feel ashamed of her husband, she never felt ashamed of the word "love" in all her behavior. In the midst of her many experiences, her concern, trust and reliance on Li Yi Yi is still the same as always, and Li Yi Yi's memories of the revival of the Zhen Demon Pagoda, the true feelings of the heart to accept this relationship - traditional things may not be bad, after all, the essence of true love is the most worthy of cherishing, as for the form of it is not so important. Although Zhao Ling'er in the Zhen Demon Tower has appeared in her original form, and was imprisoned, but really felt the other side of the sea of deep and strong love, the so-called "lifelong trust", then she will then eat ten times the suffering, she has no regrets. At the end of the story, Zhao Ling'er died with the water demon beast by the magic of the Holy Spirit, which is indeed a tragic ending. Whether it is said that she took up the responsibility of the Nuwa clan to save the living beings of the Miaojiang land, or whether it is said that she sacrificed her life for the sake of peace on earth, the praises of these big scenes are always less appropriate than the explanation of true love between children. "Ask the world, what is love, straight to call for life and death," Zhao Ling'er has always been to "repay" the intention to respond to the true love of Li Youyou. "A drop of water is returned by a spring of water" is a virtue of the Chinese people since ancient times, and "the promise of three lives must be from one to the end" is a creed that Chinese women in ancient times adhered to. No matter its limitations, in Zhao Ling'er's concept, Lin Yue Ru treats herself like a sister, and there is no suspicion, in order to save herself and Li Yi Yi was smashed to death by the broken wall has made her liver and heart broken; all the people in the White Hmong tribe have seen the spirit of the Queen Mother of Witch, Zhao Ling'er learned that Li Yi Yi Yi had rescued his own young self (of course, whether this is the Queen Mother of Witch for the test of Li Yi Yi Yi's set up a bureau, is not known), both for the love of lovers and offspring, then the sacrifice of If this is the case for the sake of her lover and offspring, then how much to sacrifice is no longer in the scope of consideration. Although the situation at that time was that only her death could be exchanged for everyone's life, Zhao Ling'er was more motivated by her deep love for her husband and daughter than by her mother's righteousness. Because Lin Yue Ru has already done, so she can also do, and she still must do ...... very sad, very sad, but the "love" of the realm has reached its peak. Although left numerous regrets, but the player should not have forced this ending change.
Lin Yueru in Li Yi's mind is estimated to be the most consistent with his parents "immortal couple" concept of the object. She was born in a martial arts family, and her father Lin Tiannan was the leader of the martial arts in Jiangnan, so because she was a martial arts woman, she had a savage personality. Li Yi Yiwu for Lin Yueru, may not be the best object, but it is the most ideal object. Lin Yueru's persona is the image of a warrior woman in the jianghu, and she and Li Yiwu in the story are described as a typical chivalrous couple. The main thing is that she has a strong personality and doesn't form a dependence on Li Youyi like Zhao Ling'er does; the two girls are completely complementary. Lin Yueru's straightforward personality and bold style are for the whole game an alternative female embellishment and reproduction of the ancient Chinese chivalrous society, and a reasonable product of the martial arts and gods and monsters cultures. Beneath her fiery personality lies a deep, gentle and tolerant heart. Lin Yueru belongs to the type of doing before speaking, and her expression of feelings is realized only through words and deeds. Although she is young, her attitude towards people and things has a maturity that does not match her age. It is because of Li's deep love for Zhao Ling'er that Lin Yueru feels that "such a man is worth committing to for life". When the trio traveled around the world, Li's emotions were always torn between the two, and it was only when he arrived at the capital that he finally said to Yueru: "When I find Ling'er and put an end to everything, we'll travel the mountains together, see the beauty of the world, and eat all of the world's delicacies." In the promise of Li Yi's favorite is Lin Yue Ru seems to have confessed very obviously. Until Lin Yueru incense to die, Li Yiwu only feel Lin Yueru in the emotional understanding, support and tolerance, and in the jianghu road, as always, the full support, but unfortunately it is too late ......
Anu is the daughter of the chief of the White Miao clan in the Miaojiang River, which is considered to be a status and position. In the ancient martial arts world, Miaojiang is a "barbarian land", always for the orthodox Chinese concept of disdain, even if Li free no longer have the concept of hierarchical sects, if you like her, but also a bit out of place. In the story, Lee treats Anu like a brother and sister, a friend in need, not a confidante. Moreover, Li's later behavior can also be seen that his heart is no longer in the talk about love, under the sudden change, people's heart change is completely possible. Even if Ah Nu was in love with Li, it was only unrequited love. The situation in the story is that at that time, the Miao Frontier was in the midst of a war, and everyone was on the verge of life and death, so it was impossible to have the leisure time to talk about love. At the end of the story, Li Loose lost his two lovers and died of grief, all the things in the world have lost their meaning, Anu can only play the piccolo to send the king back to the far side of the world. In this case, we can only answer with the word "destiny" after sighing. It is not that Li free and unfortunate, nor is Anu heartless, is really not the fate. Anu in Li Yi's chivalrous journey only as a kind of embellishment appeared, "Immortal Sword" story of the later part of the story, she joined the fighting team, but it is difficult to replace Lin Yueyue in the status of the small group. To say that Mr. Yao Zhuangxian deliberately arranged it as a kind of compensation for Li's feelings is biased. Zhao Ling'er is the queen of the White Hmong Witch, and is the first wife of Li Yi, Anu is not competitive in all aspects; on the dare to love and hate, but also not more distinctive than the personality of Lin Yueru. In the mind of Li Yi, the most is a "good friend". Moreover, after two love affairs, Li's character, shaped by the culture of chivalry, is so wounded that it is difficult for him to love a third woman. It makes sense that there is not much mention of Anu in the story.
This is a time when heroes are not needed.
If the same Chinese martial arts RPGs of the past had focused purely on the heroes of the game, then there's no doubt that Immortal Sword wouldn't have the far-reaching impact it has today.
This is an age of emotion.
Love, the most romantic and warm words in human language, over the past thousands of years, people have continued to explore the deep meaning of love, giving it a variety of great and noble mission at the same time, but also for it to paint a beautiful poetic colors. In the player's concept, when gradually get rid of the blood, violence, fighting, pornographic bondage, the game of emotion unprecedentedly become the softest solace in people's hearts.
Before "Immortal Sword," most Chinese RPGs were epic in nature, with love and friendship as only one component. Similar to most people's opinion, in "Immortal Sword and Chivalry," emotion was expressed for the first time as the main theme of the game like never before, and emotion was repeatedly recognized by later producers as the magic candy that could change the fate of traditional Chinese RPGs.
In fact, in many stories of "Immortal Sword", the main line of emotion has already been paved, whether it's a pair of servants who elope from Lin Yueru's home, or Han Mengci's waiting for her husband, who has become a monk, the peach blossom forest in the peach blossom spirit of the young girl's love with the mortals, the butterfly fairy Caiyi's feelings for Liu Jinyuan, and even in the snake cave. The feelings between the villainous characters, the snake demon and the fox spirit, are in fact not different from those of Li and Zhao, but the endings are different. But the ending is different. In the case of the butterfly, Liu Jinyuan saves the butterfly because it is beautiful and weak (trapped by a spider's web), and Caiyi remembers the kindness and returns the favor at all costs, but the final result is ...... Liu Jinyuan's lack of knowledge and understanding of the people, and if his reasoning of the fleshly eyes of the mortal world can still be justified, Caiyi's final action can only bring tears to the eyes of the people. I do not know that this is the "immortal sword" the most powerful place: the depths of love, it is difficult to self-repression, the player from this can be touched by the love, sighing the impermanence of the world, to re-localize the attitude of life. It is not about getting together but about parting, thus arousing the players to cherish their true feelings, which is where the true meaning of "Immortal Sword" "tenderness" lies.
Perhaps this is the reason why many people revisit "Immortal Sword and Chivalry" again and again, although in the end, Li Xiaolong failed to join hands with his soulmate and smile proudly in the jiangshan world, but "Immortal Sword and Chivalry" in the love of the materialistic world is almost hard to find again - broken to the point of letting a person's heart broken, sad and almost perfect. Being in the "Immortal Sword and Chivalry", as if escaping from the jungle of reinforced concrete, the hustle and bustle of the city, in the "white crane feathers to soar" between the green hills and valleys to roam and gallop, happy rivers and lakes; in the "sword fight for the face of the river and lake" of the surging passion of the experience of the main character's chivalrous bone The "star" is a very soft heart, "playing with the sun and the moon, drunkenly lying in the clouds and laughing at the world".
The tragic ending of "Immortal Sword and Chivalry" is also unexpected, but it is also it, only to the whole game added the most colorful one. Although life is not so much carved in the bones, but in the face of time and space predestination, we are so powerless, only and beloved people ghosts and ghosts, let the past in the memories of rolling.
When "Immortal Sword and Sorcery" also exists not to let Zhao Ling Er, Lin Yue Ru Xiangyu hidden ending of this rumor began to circulate online, I do not know how many players for this sleepless nights, just to let them and Li Xiaoyuan round. But this is just a rumor, players hate rumor mongers wantonly smear their hearts perfect, more complain producer Yao Zhuangxian's iron heart. They finally realized that the tragedy could not be changed. The sinking of Titanic made Jack and Rose different from each other, and the family feud between Romeo and Juliet separated them from each other in life and death - tragedy can touch people's heartstrings precisely because of the regrets they bring, and the regrets that can never be consummated make the viewers frustrated and reminiscent of them for a long time. Perhaps the fate of the main characters in the story can not be changed, but in people's inner space and time it will become eternal. Love is the eternal theme of mankind, in the pen of the madman, "Immortal Sword and Chivalry" vividly interpreted the word "love". Anyone who is touched by the "Immortal Sword and Chivalry", either in the game to find their own shadow, or the game and their own longing to reunite, and thus be y touched by the heartstrings.
Yes, perhaps we are not worshipping "Immortal Sword and Chivalry", but just worshipping love.
Third, the origin -- the historical evidence of the immortal sword culture
"The sword rides the wind, to get rid of the devil between heaven and earth. I'm happy to be free with wine, but I'm crazy without it.
One drink is all the rivers and rivers, another drink swallows the sun and the moon. I'm the only one who can drink a thousand cups and not fall down, I'm the Wine Sword Immortal."
--Wine Sword Immortal
"Immortal Sword" is a game, "Immortal Sword" is also a legend. In the course of the game, players feel that there are many episodes of déjà vu? In fact, these episodes are from our familiar folklore and allusions, can they be perfectly integrated into the "immortal sword" this game, enough to reflect the master style of the madman. When a game contains too many myths and tales, it has already risen to a cultural height, and its cultural tradition has a deep origin with the people who love it, and inculcate players in it. "Immortal sword" centralized Chinese mythological culture in the great success, in the game of a story, we not only see the heroes short of breath, love of children, but also vaguely see the loyalty of the Liangzhu, White Snake and Xu Xian's suffering, but also see the Shu Mountain sword flying fairy flying, Buddhist compassionate compassionate heart.
"Immortal sword" music, poetry is also one of the symbols that players can not forget, and all of this in the game a perfect combination of "immortal sword" with the unique flavor of the Chinese cultural aspects of the player's another kind of recognition.
It can be said that the reason why Immortal Sword is unique is not unrelated to its deep traditional Chinese cultural background. In this ancient game world that truly belongs to the Chinese, no one else will ever be able to understand the three flavors of it except ourselves.
Seeking Medicine on the Island of Immortality
Related Tales: The Legend of the White Snake, The Book of Sojourn, Chang'e Runs to the Moon
"The island of Immortality hides the trace of the Immortal, and the young man seeks the Immortal.
The fairies in the fairy palace didn't know each other, mistaking the cowherd for a lover."
--Poem on the Pan Long Pillar of the Demon Tower
The meeting between Li Yi and Zhao Ling'er is because Li Da Niang has a serious illness, and there is no medicine available (it seems that Li Da Niang's illness is not the usual acute appendicitis or other diseases). What to do? After hearing the villagers' legend about the elixir on the island of immortals, Li Yiwang decides to go to the island to seek medicine. In the ancient legend, the immortal elixir is a cure for all diseases - no way, modern medicine is so developed there are still many incurable diseases, the ancient people naturally even more incapable of doing, can only pin their hopes on the vague and uncertain divine immortal Buddha. The place where Li Yi lives is a small fishing village near the sea in Yuhang County, from the Warring States period onwards, the people of the coastal areas have a strong overseas to seek immortal mountains, immortals, immortal medicine ideology. In particular, Zou Yan and other yin-yang and five elements preached the Great Nine Continents, that there are nine continents outside of China, there are many wonderful places overseas. So the overseas world was cloaked in a veil of mystery, not to mention the general public, and even Emperor Qin Shi Huang had sent Xu Fu to go out to sea to seek immortal medicine. And the story of going to seek immortal medicine for the sake of loved ones, which is also common in our legends. In the familiar story of "The Legend of the White Snake", the White Snake went to the immortal mountain to seek for the Ganoderma lucidum in order to cure Xu Xian's illness, and finally fought with the heavenly soldiers and generals, almost without return; and in the story of Chang'e's journey to the moon, in order to satisfy Chang'e's wish for immortality on the earth, she had gone through a lot of hardship and climbed the peaks that ordinary people could not climb, and got the medicine for immortality from the Queen Mother of the West in the Kunlun Mountains. In contrast, Li Yiwu is really much more fortunate, not only got back the elixir, but also accidentally met a beautiful woman like a flower. To summarize the above story, the matter of seeking the immortal medicine is about "sincerity of heart is the key to success".
The Fairy Bathing
Associated allusion: "The Cowherd and the Weaving Maiden"
"The red face is like the moon with a full moon, and the gentleman's name is Easy, don't be sad;
Yesterday's heart was always planted deep in the heart, and the fragrance appeared in the dream of other nights."
--"Jun Mo Sorrow"
Li Free was forced by his grandmother to marry Zhao Ling'er, a big reason is that he saw Zhao Ling'er take a bath - ancient times, a daughter's innocence is more important than life, you peeped at my daughter's nakedness. You peeked at my daughter's nakedness, how dare you not take responsibility for it? However, compared to the Cowherd and Weaving Maiden, who can only see each other from a distance across the Heavenly River, Li Songyi really doesn't know whether he is more fortunate or more unlucky. He met a more than the Queen Mother of the West reasonable maternal grandmother, not only did not row down the Milky Way to block the love of the two, but instead took the initiative to fulfill the marriage, the cowherd will be jealous of red; but in the end, Li and Zhao Ling'er but life and death of the different paths, never meet the period of time, compared to once a year to get together of the cowherd and the weaving woman is still considered much happier.
Matchmaking
Related Tales: "The Legend of the Eagle Shooting Heroes", "The Legend of the Speaking Yue", "The General of the Yang Family"
"The heroes are in charge of their own business, and the happy enemies are hostile to each other;
In order to solve the former hatred and eliminate the old grudges, the ring of marriage is used for matchmaking."
--"The Kissing Competition"
The marriage of Li Youyi and Lin Yueru was accomplished through a good story that the people have been talking about since the ancient times - the Kissing Competition. As a matter of fact, in ancient times, men and women were not close to each other, and it was never easy for a strange man to get close to a woman, which is why these outlandish courtship tactics were developed. Young men and women in the mountains and fields used mountain songs to court each other, ladies from powerful families could set up a platform to throw embroidered balls, and what about our children in the jianghu? Of course, it's a marriage contest! The most famous story of this kind of match is in Jin Yong's "The Legend of the Eagle Shooting Heroes". Yang Kang, the thin-skinned lover, tries to be irresponsible after winning the match, and although he ends up having Mu Nianci in his heart, the matchmaking marriage is quite a failure in terms of their ending. Obviously, the risky nature of martial arts marriage is very great, if it is just more than fighting for strength, who knows what kind of husband he will attract? In the old school of martial arts novels after the feudal dynasty, Bai Yu, who was famous for his Twelve Money Darts, wrote that Liu Yanqing recruited for marriage in a martial arts competition, but recruited a gangster, which made the heroine weep and the old warrior regret. This description is very realistic, and it clearly tells us that not every marriage contest will lead to a charming story. Of course, Chinese people are still romantics by nature, and we would rather believe that every girl in a martial arts competition will get a happy ending, so we can still see happy stories of martial arts competition in many literary works. For example, in the traditional commentary books "Xue Gang Against the Tang" and "The Complete Story of Yue", and in the movies "Kung Fu Emperor Fong Sai Yuk" starring Jet Li, and "The Lion's Roar of Hedong", which was very popular some days ago. Finally, we can't leave out the most legendary story of martial arts recruitment: in the seventh century A.D., the Chinese land of the five hu messed with China. During the Northern Weekend, Dou Yi, a famous minister, invited his daughter to a martial arts competition to seek a young hero. A young aristocrat was able to win the competition and became the husband of Dou Yi's daughter. This handsome young man was Li Yuan, the founding emperor of the Tang Dynasty.
The Demon Fairy Repays Her Kindness
Related Tales: Taiping Guangji, A Cautionary Tale, The Legend of the White Snake, Liang Shan Po and Zhu Yingtai
"The spring flowers can't bear a few frosts, and who is with the autumn moon to **** the lonely light;
If an infatuation meets with a true love, the colorful butterflies will be transformed into red make-up."
--"Butterfly Dance in the Spring Garden"
"Waving tears to part with the infatuated heart, I only complain that the sky has not shown mercy for my long love;
True love will never be regretted, and I hope that you will remember me for thousands of years to come."
--"Butterfly Love"
In the "Immortal Sword" a large number of supporting characters, there are also people's love story is no less than a few protagonists, needless to say, naturally, is the love of the butterfly wonderful Yi. Caiyi was originally a butterfly, because Liu Jinyuan saved her from a spider's web, she took human form and married Liu Jinyuan to repay the favor, and finally sacrificed her thousand years of Taoism to protect Liu Jinyuan. In Chinese legend, the ancient love story of Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai ended with the transformation of both into butterflies. And the story of a demon immortal repaying his kindness is also well documented in our folklore, such as the Three Guards circulating in the Tang Dynasty, the Jiao Jing repaying his kindness in Feng Menglong's "A Warning to the World", and the Mongolian legend of "Hailibu the Hunter". Looking through the "Taiping Guangji", there are also a lot of similar stories. The one that is more similar to "Immortal Sword" is the story of Liu Yi, the dragon lady who repaid her kindness. Liu Yi, a scholar, helped the dragon lady, who married him and gave him the blessing of immortality. Of course, there are more legends that we players are familiar with. For example, the story of Xiao Cui, a fox fairy in "Liao Zhai", because her mother was once blessed by a man surnamed Wang on the night of thunder and lightning, Xiao Cui married Wang Yuanfeng, the demented son of Wang's family, and eventually cured him of his dementia. What cannot be left out is the love story that occurs in The Legend of the White Snake when the White Snake repays a favor. Because Xu Xian saved White Snake several lifetimes ago, White Snake later cultivated and became a Taoist monk, and came down to earth under the name of Bai Suzhen to marry Xu Xian to repay his kindness, but in the end, she was crushed by Fa Hai under the Leifeng Pagoda. The first half of this classic legend was borrowed by Caiyi's story, but the second half of the story was moved and placed on Zhao Ling'er, who is also a snake fairy. Do you think that stubborn old man, the Sword Saint, is very much like Fa Hai? And the Zhen Demon Pagoda and the Leifeng Pagoda are just only a name change. It's interesting to see the connection between "The Legend of the White Snake" and "Immortal Sword". In these stories, the demons and fairies show some **** the same good virtues, such as kindness, honesty, rich spirit of sacrifice, etc., compared to some cunning and vicious human beings, it is really much too noble. However, there are no absolutes in this world, and the Immortal Sword also portrays a demonic immortal repaying favors in a different way, that is, the Heavenly Ghost Emperor in the Demon Suppressing Pagoda. The way he repaid his favor was actually to eat Li Yiwu and Lin Yueru, which is really laughable.
The Six Paths of Reincarnation
Associated Tropes Buddhism "Earth Store Sutra", "Great Character Prajna Sutra"
"The devil is not a devil, the way is not the way, good and evil are in the human heart.
Lust is not lust, love is not love, marriage is determined by heaven."
--chanted by a fortune-telling fairy
The Six Paths of Reincarnation is a generalization of the cosmic biosphere in Buddhism. The so-called Six Paths are the six spheres in which beings are born, die and reincarnate for all eternity. The six paths of life, also known as the "sentient world", is divided into the heavenly realm, the human world, asura, animals, hungry ghosts, hell and so on. In "Immortal Sword", no matter from the monster setting or the main plot of predestined reincarnation and karma, it also indirectly reflects this Buddhist viewpoint. In the game, the most obvious episode that reflects the Buddhist idea is the Jade Buddha Temple in the small monk Zhi Ze (actually Dharma Buddha beads transformed) to force people to become a monk. Although its starting point is in line with the Buddhist scriptures, "everyone has Buddha nature, universal sentient beings", but the behavior of radical, and the Buddhist scriptures, "no self-sacrifice, compassion and help others" contrary, and ultimately in the Zhao Ling Er's enlightenment, transformed into the Jade Buddha beads.
The Snake God saves the world
Related Tales: The Classic of Mountains and Seas, Lingnan Miscellany
"The Snake Goddess, the body of the Holy Spirit. She beheads the wind demon in the western border, and kills the thunder god in the eastern sea.
The Northern Wasteland ambushes fire monsters, and the Southern Mountain collects earth demons. Finally, the water trouble was pacified, and the earth was reborn."
An inscription on the Miao temple
In this inscription, some legends of Nuwa's salvation are told. Instead of creating some weird gods, "Immortal Sword" borrows from classic myths and legends, which makes people feel close and familiar. Nuwa has a human head and a snake's body, and she has seventy transformations in one day. In addition to Nuwa, many important gods and goddesses in ancient Chinese mythology have human faces and snake bodies, including Fu Xi, Shen Nong, and **** Gong. In the legends of ancient clan tribes, Nuwa was the creator of mankind and the great god who mended the sky and saved the world. Clan tribes living in the ancient times could not have been without their own chiefs, and Fuxi and Nuwa were such figures. Even this name could be inherited and become the exclusive name of the clan leader, meaning there were several generations of Fuxi and Nuwa. Zhao Ling'er and her mother are also the leaders of the White Hmong tribe in the game, and in the game, players can see Zhao Ling'er transforming into a snake with a human head more than once (there is also the skill of "dreaming of snakes"). In reality, it is not uncommon for snakes to be the totem worshipped by a tribe. An important totem of the ancient Yue people was the snake, which later evolved into their god. Wu Zhenfang of the Qing Dynasty said in Miscellaneous Records of Lingnan: "There is a snake god in Chaozhou, whose statue is crowned with a southern face, honored as the Great Emperor of the Traveling Sky, and all the snakes in the niches are also snakes. ...... Anyone who worships the god, snakes often swim in his house." The Paiwan tribe in Taiwan Province also circulates the myth that their ancestors were born from snakes. In this regard, the madman production group's testimony is a lot, enough to show the "immortal sword" deep cultural heritage.
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