書劍恩仇錄
core novel 1955 The Book and the Sword
Record
| First published | 1955 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  ZH |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.93 (661 ratings, collected 2026-11-02) |
| Internal chronology | 1 |
Synopsis
In the reign of the Qianlong Emperor, the Red Flower Society is a secret brotherhood sworn to overthrow Manchu rule and restore Han Chinese government. When its founder dies, his adopted son Chen Jialuo takes the leadership. After a senior member, Wen Tailai, is captured because he knows a secret about the emperor's origins, the society mounts a rescue and forms an alliance with Uyghur tribesmen in the northwest. The brotherhood must weigh loyalty, kinship and politics as it learns the emperor's identity and tries to force a reckoning, while Chen Jialuo's own loyalties are tested by a romance with a Uyghur princess. (English title: The Book and the Sword.)
Where it sits
- Universe: The Book and the Sword
- Series: The Book and the Sword core; position 1 of 3 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Jin Yong
Notes
- Serialised in the New Evening Post (Hong Kong) from 8 February 1955 to 5 September 1956. English translation by Graham Earnshaw, Oxford University Press, 2004/2005.
- From the series record (The Book and the Sword): Qing-era wuxia novels following the Red Flower Society and the swordsman Hu Fei.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings and are never conflated: a book's place in one says nothing about its place in the other.
- Publication order, within the series The Book and the Sword: position 1 of 3: next 雪山飛狐 (1959)
- Internal chronology, within The Book and the Sword: position 1 of 3: next 飛狐外傳 (1960)
Sources
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