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三少爺的劍 上
三少爺的劍──江湖人與劍的關係！
「他們已將自己的一生奉獻給了他們的劍，他們的生命正與他們的劍融為一體。因為只有劍，才能帶給他們聲名、財富、榮耀；也只有劍、才能帶給他們恥辱和死亡。劍在人在，劍亡人亡。對他們來說，劍不僅是一柄劍，也是他們唯一可以信任的夥伴」──(摘自三少爺的劍第四十章)。
但是，劍真能信賴嗎？
古龍這部小說最精采處，就在寫這種人與劍的關係。
阿吉在妓院裡打雜，「沒用的阿吉」，是韓家樓妓院裡人人對阿吉的稱呼。
因為阿吉既沒膽子，也沒有用，只能做著最卑賤的工作。直到有一天，有兩個帶著刀的小夥子想白吃白嫖時，大家才發現阿吉的另一面。
小夥子們正想揚長而去時，阿吉攔住了他們：小夥子們冷笑：「你想死？」 阿吉道：「我不想死，也不想被餓死，你們若是不付賬就走了，就等於敲破了我的飯碗。」
這句話剛剛說完，兩把刀就刺入了他身子，他連動都沒有動，連眉頭都沒有皺，就這麼樣站在那裡，挨了七八刀。他卻一聲不響的走了，直到走回後院的小屋後，才倒了下來，倒在又冷又硬的床上，咬著牙，流著冷汗在床上打滾。
他並不想要別人將他看成英雄，也不想讓別人看見他的痛苦。沒有姓的阿吉，究竟是什麼人？他有什麼苦衷，而要隱姓埋名在異鄉流浪？是想逃？逃開什麼？
「他們已將自己的一生奉獻給了他們的劍，他們的生命正與他們的劍融為一體。因為只有劍，才能帶給他們聲名、財富、榮耀；也只有劍、才能帶給他們恥辱和死亡。劍在人在，劍亡人亡。對他們來說，劍不僅是一柄劍，也是他們唯一可以信任的夥伴」──(摘自三少爺的劍第四十章)。
但是，劍真能信賴嗎？
古龍這部小說最精采處，就在寫這種人與劍的關係。
阿吉在妓院裡打雜，「沒用的阿吉」，是韓家樓妓院裡人人對阿吉的稱呼。
因為阿吉既沒膽子，也沒有用，只能做著最卑賤的工作。直到有一天，有兩個帶著刀的小夥子想白吃白嫖時，大家才發現阿吉的另一面。
小夥子們正想揚長而去時，阿吉攔住了他們：小夥子們冷笑：「你想死？」 阿吉道：「我不想死，也不想被餓死，你們若是不付賬就走了，就等於敲破了我的飯碗。」
這句話剛剛說完，兩把刀就刺入了他身子，他連動都沒有動，連眉頭都沒有皺，就這麼樣站在那裡，挨了七八刀。他卻一聲不響的走了，直到走回後院的小屋後，才倒了下來，倒在又冷又硬的床上，咬著牙，流著冷汗在床上打滾。
他並不想要別人將他看成英雄，也不想讓別人看見他的痛苦。沒有姓的阿吉，究竟是什麼人？他有什麼苦衷，而要隱姓埋名在異鄉流浪？是想逃？逃開什麼？
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Published May 22, 2006
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Gu Long
512 books87 followersalso known as: 古龍
Xiong Yaohua (Chinese: 熊耀華) (7 June 1938 – 21 September 1985), better known by his pen name Gu Long, was a Chinese novelist, screenwriter, film producer and director. Xiong is best known for writing wuxia novels and serials, which include Juedai Shuangjiao, Xiaoli Feidao Series, Chu Liuxiang Series, Lu Xiaofeng Series and Xiao Shiyilang. Some of these works have been adapted into films and television series for numerous times. In the 1980s Xiong started his own film studio, Bao Sian, to focus on adaptations of his works. He graduated from Cheng Kung Senior High School in Taipei and from the Foreign Language Department of Tamkang University.
Xiong was born on 7 June 1938 in Hong Kong but his registered identity claimed that he was born in 1941. His ancestral home was in Nanchang, Jiangxi, China, and he lived in Hankou in his childhood. He moved to Taipei, Taiwan in 1952 with his parents, who divorced in 1956. With help from his friends and using the money he earned from part-time work to fund his education, Xiong graduated from the Foreign Language Department of Tamkang University. He found a job in the United States Army Advisory in Taipei later.
In 1960, Xiong published his first wuxia novel, Cangqiong Shenjian (蒼穹神劍), under the pen name "Gu Long". From 1960 to 1961, Xiong published eight novels but did not achieve the results he desired. He moved to Ruifang Town (瑞芳鎮) and lived there for three years, after which he changed his perspective and adopted a new writing style. Between 1967 and the late 1970s, Xiong rose to prominence in the genre of modern wuxia fiction for his works. As the sole representative of excellence in the wuxia genre from Taiwan for an entire decade, Xiong was named along with Jin Yong and Liang Yusheng as the "Three Legs of the Tripod of Wuxia".
While he was still in university, Xiong lived with a dance hostess, Zheng Yuexia (鄭月霞), and had a son, Zheng Xiaolong (鄭小龍), with her. However, later, he started a relationship with another dance hostess, Ye Xue (葉雪), who also bore him a son, Ye Yikuan (葉怡寬). Shortly after that, Xiong met a senior middle school graduate, Mei Baozhu (梅寶珠), who became his first legal spouse and bore him his third son, Xiong Zhengda (熊正達). Xiong's extramarital affairs with other women caused him to break up with Mei later.
In the later part of his life, Xiong suffered from depression and the quality of his works declined rapidly. He had to employ ghostwriters to co-write many of his later works because of his ailing health. He died on 21 September 1985 at the age of 48 due to illness wrought by alcoholism, namely cirrhosis and esophageal hemorrhage, at around 6pm. Xiong's friends brought him 48 bottles of XO at his funeral.
Xiong was said to be influenced not only by wuxia fiction, but also by the works of Ernest Hemingway, Jack London, John Steinbeck and Friedrich Nietzsche. His novels are usually made up of short sentences and paragraphs, and mostly dialogues between characters like a play script.
In contrast with Xiong, other writers such as Jin Yong and Liang Yusheng take an alternative route in writing wuxia fiction, incorporating Chinese history, culture and philosophical ideas in their works. Xiong initially intended to follow them but changed his decision after exposure to western works such as the James Bond series and The Godfather novels. The influence of these works, which relied on the idiosyncrasies of human life, razor-sharp wit, poetic philosophies, mysterious plots and spine-tingling thrills to achieve success, enabled Xiong to come up with a unique way of writing.
(source: wiki)
Gu Long and Khu Lung are the same person, the latter is the Hokkien pronunciation in Indonesia.
Xiong Yaohua (Chinese: 熊耀華) (7 June 1938 – 21 September 1985), better known by his pen name Gu Long, was a Chinese novelist, screenwriter, film producer and director. Xiong is best known for writing wuxia novels and serials, which include Juedai Shuangjiao, Xiaoli Feidao Series, Chu Liuxiang Series, Lu Xiaofeng Series and Xiao Shiyilang. Some of these works have been adapted into films and television series for numerous times. In the 1980s Xiong started his own film studio, Bao Sian, to focus on adaptations of his works. He graduated from Cheng Kung Senior High School in Taipei and from the Foreign Language Department of Tamkang University.
Xiong was born on 7 June 1938 in Hong Kong but his registered identity claimed that he was born in 1941. His ancestral home was in Nanchang, Jiangxi, China, and he lived in Hankou in his childhood. He moved to Taipei, Taiwan in 1952 with his parents, who divorced in 1956. With help from his friends and using the money he earned from part-time work to fund his education, Xiong graduated from the Foreign Language Department of Tamkang University. He found a job in the United States Army Advisory in Taipei later.
In 1960, Xiong published his first wuxia novel, Cangqiong Shenjian (蒼穹神劍), under the pen name "Gu Long". From 1960 to 1961, Xiong published eight novels but did not achieve the results he desired. He moved to Ruifang Town (瑞芳鎮) and lived there for three years, after which he changed his perspective and adopted a new writing style. Between 1967 and the late 1970s, Xiong rose to prominence in the genre of modern wuxia fiction for his works. As the sole representative of excellence in the wuxia genre from Taiwan for an entire decade, Xiong was named along with Jin Yong and Liang Yusheng as the "Three Legs of the Tripod of Wuxia".
While he was still in university, Xiong lived with a dance hostess, Zheng Yuexia (鄭月霞), and had a son, Zheng Xiaolong (鄭小龍), with her. However, later, he started a relationship with another dance hostess, Ye Xue (葉雪), who also bore him a son, Ye Yikuan (葉怡寬). Shortly after that, Xiong met a senior middle school graduate, Mei Baozhu (梅寶珠), who became his first legal spouse and bore him his third son, Xiong Zhengda (熊正達). Xiong's extramarital affairs with other women caused him to break up with Mei later.
In the later part of his life, Xiong suffered from depression and the quality of his works declined rapidly. He had to employ ghostwriters to co-write many of his later works because of his ailing health. He died on 21 September 1985 at the age of 48 due to illness wrought by alcoholism, namely cirrhosis and esophageal hemorrhage, at around 6pm. Xiong's friends brought him 48 bottles of XO at his funeral.
Xiong was said to be influenced not only by wuxia fiction, but also by the works of Ernest Hemingway, Jack London, John Steinbeck and Friedrich Nietzsche. His novels are usually made up of short sentences and paragraphs, and mostly dialogues between characters like a play script.
In contrast with Xiong, other writers such as Jin Yong and Liang Yusheng take an alternative route in writing wuxia fiction, incorporating Chinese history, culture and philosophical ideas in their works. Xiong initially intended to follow them but changed his decision after exposure to western works such as the James Bond series and The Godfather novels. The influence of these works, which relied on the idiosyncrasies of human life, razor-sharp wit, poetic philosophies, mysterious plots and spine-tingling thrills to achieve success, enabled Xiong to come up with a unique way of writing.
(source: wiki)
Gu Long and Khu Lung are the same person, the latter is the Hokkien pronunciation in Indonesia.
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