Liu Canyang's Broken Blade

Answer 1

" Broken Blade " was a mafia novel written by Liu Canyang in 1968. The main character of the story,"Yama Blade" Li Jueling, killed and robbed people when he was a chivalrous man. After offending the assassin organization,"Black Tower", he began to run for his life. He accidentally saved Huang Junya, the orphan daughter of an official. The two of them traveled together and gradually fell in love. Under Huang Junya's persuasion, Li Jueling wanted to leave the martial world, but the enemy did not let him go and killed Huang Junya. After that, Li Jueling lost all hope and broke the treasured sword "Life and Death Bridge" and retired from the martial world. This was one of the few stories in Liu Canyang's works that involved the relationship between men and women. It was exciting to read. The protagonist, Li Jueling, was a typical rebellious underworld figure.

In terms of writing, the book's narrative was not sloppy. The plot was closely linked and the climax was repeated. Although the martial arts design lacked highlights, it was intense and exciting. The story was readable in a small space. However, there were also some shortcomings. For example, the language was repetitive and long-winded. The description of the two sides often scolding each other before the fight would make the readers feel bored or even choose to skip it. The book was basically composed of dialogue and martial arts. The story content was small and the plot development was simple. If the plot development could be enriched, the effect might be better. When the book was published, it was very popular. The original version had more than 100,000 copies circulated, and the number of pirated copies could not be counted. At that time, it was very popular among young people, but now it was not very famous.