陆小凤传奇

陆小凤系列 #1

by Gu Long

古龙四大巅峰系列之三，“陆小凤传奇”系列包含：《陆小凤传奇：金鹏王朝》《陆小凤传奇2：绣花大盗》《陆小凤传奇3：决战前后》《陆小凤传奇4：银钩赌坊》《陆小凤传奇5：幽灵山庄》《陆小凤传奇6：凤舞九天》《陆小凤传奇3：剑神一笑》七部经典作品。
在“陆小凤传奇”系列中，古龙塑造了有四条眉毛的陆小凤这个家喻户晓的角色，他总会遇到江湖上最离奇的事件，但凭借着过人的头脑与绝世武功“灵犀一指”，每次都能成功解决，化险为夷；另外，还有西门吹雪、叶孤城、木道人、公孙大娘、老实和尚等一系列个性十足的角色，在本系列中纷纷登场。随着“陆小凤传奇”系列不断被改编成影视剧、网络游戏，乃至成为其他大量文学作品的灵感来源，也越来越深入娱乐、文化生活，成为影响中国人精神世界的重要组成部分。
《陆小凤传奇6：凤舞九天》是古龙倾注所有想象力的巅峰之作。陆小凤传奇性的冒险在《凤舞九天》中遭遇了最大的危机。随波逐流漂落孤岛的陆小凤，意外发现了胜似仙境的世外桃源。然而，在歌舞升平的宁静表面下，隐藏着众多个性迥异、实力超凡的隐居高手。更为可怕的是，岛主“小老头”正在暗中策划着江湖最大的惊天阴谋。只凭陆小凤一人，绝对无法化解这场旷世危机。
古龙说：“陆小凤是一个绝对令你永难忘怀的人。”翻开本书，走进古龙大师波谲云诡的江湖传奇，回味古龙最精心设计的浪漫与冒险。

Genres: China, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Chinese Literature

2167 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1976

About the author

also 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.

Reviews

[Mizuki · Rating 3 out of 5]

Pre-review: Finally I got my lazy butt to read one of Gu Long (a Taiwanese novelist) classic martial art novels: Legend of Lu Xiaofeng vol. 1.


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A note on the author, Gu Long: this guy's personal life is as colorful as his novels! He seemingly got into fistfights (after drinking) from time to time, he married (not sure these marriages were legal or not) one woman after another, he got cut up because he refused to pay his respect to a crime boss. Then he basically drank himself to death at age 47. When he was buried, his buddies (many famous novelists among them) decided to put 48 bottles of XO Cognac into his coffin to guide him through his journey to the afterlife. What a way to go out with a bang! *smirks*

Rating: 3.5 stars

My remark in Chinese: 世上只有古龍一個這樣寫書寫對白寫成這樣但還是不會顯得很中二，反而你會覺得他寫得高明。

Legend of Lu Xiaofeng is the first book of a highly popular martial art series by Gu Long, and many of its characters have become household names through the years.

The hero of the story is Lu Xiaofeng (his name means 'Lu the young phoenix'), an extremely skilled swordman who has a great love for all kinds of earthly pleasure and a laid back attitude toward life. When a beautiful princess (from a fallen kingdom) seeks him out and asks for his help to right a wrong which had been done to her family some 50 years ago, Lu and his merry band of friends must go on a quest to find the princess' enemies and solve a mystery from 50 years ago.


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Honestly, the novel has many flaws, for example the colorful, remarkable but undeveloped characters, how characters from a supposed 'fictional ancient China' backdrop talk like they are modern men and women, plus all these highly skilled swordmen, assassins and bodyguards in the story spend most of the novel chatting instead of doing the actual fighting.


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The flaws are obvious and there is no defending them.

However, the strength of this novel lays on the witty dialogues (they are endless) among characters (and I don't even want them to stop having these witty dialogues once they are at it), the great sense of humor and the 'devil-may-care' attitude pulls up by the author. At first the story looks like a typical revenge-themed martial art tale but soon it is takes over by a murder mystery and conspiracy plot. I quite like how plot twists keep on coming by the end of the story. For example, the princess isn't a real princess and there is a conspiracy to seize the kingdom's fortune.

As for the writing, I invite you to look at the opening sentence for this novel:

Lu Xiaofeng was a man, an unforgettable man.

A few sentences later, we have this:

Full moon, heavy fog. Full moon in the heavy fog, the moonlight so sorrowful and blurry, it was heartbreaking.

Sentences like these are everywhere in each of Gu Long's novels, and I can only say Gu Long probably is the only guy who can get away with writing like this. LOL

Review for book 2: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Yeyu · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5

Ok...there's a HUGE difference in writing skill between Gu Long and Jin Yong (No wonder my parents only bothered to read Jin Yong's works), but the story/plot is engaging enough, and pretty funny at times. Kind of wish the fights were more in detail though. After book 1 I still have no idea just to what extent Lu Xiaofeng's abilities are, they kept building up the expectations, but no awesome fight ="= I liked Ximen Chuixue though, lolz.

[Thanh Ha · Rating 4 out of 5]

Đã đọc KD thì khi đọc Cổ Long khó mà không so sánh hai người này, nhưng đáng ra không nên so sánh làm gì. Những gì có thể định lượng được (cốt truyện, kết cấu, chi tiết, bề sâu, bề rộng) thì có lẽ KD đều hơn Cổ gia. Những gì không định lượng được thì đương nhiên không so được.

2 quyển đầu Kim Bằng vương triếu với Tú hoa đại đạo thì cũng tàm tạm thôi no cigar. Mặc dù cũng như nhân vật Lục Tiểu Phụng, chẳng có điểm gì đáng nói nhưng nhìn chung lại thấy có phần khả ái. U Linh sơn trang và Phụng vũ cửu thiên lại là 2 phần thích nhất, thích đến tối đa trên mọi thang điểm, ngay cả khi lúc đọc xong chẳng còn biết đọng lại gì. Lục Tiểu Phụng yêu cô nào cũng long trời lở đất, sẵn sàng nhảy xuống biển bơi lại vào bờ để có thể nhìn người ấy thêm một lần mặc dù thuyền đã ra khơi được hơn 1 tiếng. Người thương mất đi tưởng như trong lòng đã chết, không thèm nhích người tránh một chiêu kiếm. Ấy thế mà sang phần sau đã yêu ngay cô khác được. Cuộc đời lại nở hoa!

Quyển cuối cùng Kiếm thần nhất tiếu đã có cả bộ Lão thực hòa thượng, Tư Không Trích Tinh, Tây Môn Xuy Tuyết, thế mà lại không có Hoa Mãn Lâu ;__;. Nv Hoa Mãn Lâu dương quang chỉ được tỏa sáng trong 2 quyển đầu lại là 2 quyển tôi để ít tình vào nhất. Ngoài ra 2 quyển này cũng nhiều nv nữ tôi yêu mà các cô cứ đến cuối truyện lại thi nhau chết ngoẻo. Những người đàn bà trong Lục Tiểu Phụng ngoài được tả xinh đẹp thế nào, hung dữ thế nào, dễ yêu thế nào thì cũng chẳng có gì mấy để phân biệt với nhau. Một người tự cho là yêu đàn bà mà lại xây dựng những nhân vật nữ nhạt nhòa như thế. Điểm này tôi đành nhắm mắt cho qua.

Ngoài đoạn nhảy thuyền bơi vào bờ, còn có đoạn Cửu thiếu gia lại phòng Sa Mạn để tặng một bông hoa nằm trong băng đá cho nàng, nhưng vì nàng đang nằm trong tay người đàn ông khác nên đành đặt lên bàn và dùng khinh công siu hạng để bỏ đi mất. Nv Cửu thiếu gia về sau hóa ra lại là một tên M không cò gì đáng yêu mấy. Một đoạn cảm khái khác là Lục Tiểu Phụng chia tay Tây Môn Xuy Tuyết cũng là ở cuối truyện Phụng vũ cửu thiên. Chẳng hiểu sao chỉ là rời xa một người bạn tỉ năm không ló mặt mà phải đau lòng còn tả là bước đi nhanh không dám quay đầu. Thật ra có khi tôi đã từng trong tình cảnh thế này rồi nên nói chẳng hiểu sao cũng là có phần không thật.

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[庆忌 · Rating 3 out of 5]

原来是推理武侠，结尾的时候有点儿感觉，但总归，还是没办法喜欢上古龙的文字。他笔下的人物，不食人间烟火。其实，我可以说他不会写人物吗？

[Jack Lau · Rating 5 out of 5]

其描寫的武林讓人眼前一新，與金庸筆下的武俠不同，古龍世界充滿了陰謀和詭計。本來的朋友可以是下一秒的敵人，反之亦然。古龍用一道詭計隱藏另一道詭計，讓你永遠猜不透誰才是真正的幕後黑手，但同時又不忘在黑暗的世界中，加進一點友情、一點正義必勝、沉冤可雪的信念、一點人性的光。非常推薦喜歡武俠和推理的朋友閱讀此書。

[ด.ญ. ฉ่านี · Rating 5 out of 5]

เล็กเซี่ยวหงส์ เป็นนิยายที่เราเคยอ่านจบครั้งนึงตอน ม.ต้น
ที่มีโอกาสได้หยิบมาอ่านอีกรอบเป็นเพราะบังเอิญไปเจอในชั้นวางตรงหัวเตียงที่บ้านเก่าของตัวเอง พอเห็นปกแบบนี้ก็จำได้ทันทีเลยว่าเป็นหนังสือที่เคยอ่านเมื่อนานมาแล้ว และความจริงก็ลืมเนื้อเรื่องไปหมดแล้วด้วยแต่ที่ยังอยู่คือความรู้สึกตอนอ่านจบ จำได้ว่าตอนอ่านจบครั้งแรกรู้สึกว้าวมาก คิดไม่ถึงเลยว่าจะจบแบบนี้
ก็เลยเป็นเหตุให้ตัดสินใจหยิบเล็กเซี่ยวหงส์ขึ้นมาอ่านอีกรอบ เพราะอยากไขความข้องใจของตัวเองว่าตอนนั้นรู้สึกว้าวในตอนจบเพราะอะไร ._.

ซึ่งพอได้กลับมาอ่านจนจบเป็นรอบที่สองในอีก 4 ปีต่อมา ความรู้สึกว้าวและคาดไม่ถึงในรอบแรกยังคงมีอีกเป็นครั้งที่สอง ประทับใจมากจริง ๆ แล้วก็ทึ่งกับตัวเองที่ลืมเนื้อเรื่องหลัก ๆ ไปจนหมดเลยแบบนี้ได้ยังไง ทึ่ง 2 ตรงที่ลืมเนื้อเรื่องไปแล้วแต่ความรู้สึกตอนอ่านจบยังอยู่อีกได้ยังไง พิศดารมาก

Anyway, อยากจะหักคะแนนตรงการกล่าวถึงบุรุษและสตรีแบบโบร่ำโบราณนั่นเหลือเกิน แต่ก็เข้าใจว่าเป็นวัฒนธรรม ขนบธรรมเนียม stereotype ในสมัยก่อน เพราะฉะนั้นจะไม่หักก็แล้วกันค่ะ

สุดท้ายแล้ว นิายยเล่มนี้จะอยู่เป็นตำนานในใจของเราไปตลอดกาลจริง ๆ ชอบการเขียน ชอบตัวละคร ชอบมุกตลกที่พ่วงด้วยการสอดแทรกคุณธรรม คำสอนของคนเขียนมากจริง ๆ รู้สึกว่าทุก ๆ บทพูดของตัวละครมันบ่งบอกอะไรอย่างใดไม่ก็อย่างหนึ่งได้หมดเลย สนุกกับการคิดตามบทสนทนาของตัวละครมาก ๆ ส่วนตัวชอบลุงฮวยมาก ทึ่งกับตัวร้ายของเรื่องที่ฉลาดเป็นกรดได้ขนาดนั้น แล้วก็สนุกกับนิยายเรื่องนี้มากจริง ๆ

ถ้ามีโอกาส จะแนะนำให้เพื่อนที่สนใจนิยายจีนอ่านต่อ ๆ ไปเรื่อย ๆ แน่นอนค่ะ

[Tippy Chee · Rating 4 out of 5]

อยู่ๆ ก็คิดถึงสำนวนเขียนโกวเล้งขึ้นมา ขุดกองดองสิบปีมาเคลียร์อีกสักเรื่อง ไม่ได้อ่านสำนวนแปลจีนสไตล์เก่ายุคบุกเบิกมานาน รู้สึกอ่านยากจังแฮะ โดยเฉพาะชื่อคนที่ถอดเสียงด้วยสำเนียงอะไรที่มันไม่ใช่จีนกลางอ่ะ ผันวรรณยุกต์ยากจนเลิกพยายาม ฮาๆ
แล้วตัวละครเยอะมาก สรุปว่าจำใครไม่ได้เลยนอกจากเล็กเซี่ยวหงส์ กับฮวยมั่วเล้า เพื่อนสนิทพี่เล็กที่มีบทเยอะหน่อย
เล่มแรกนี้ เพิ่งเริ่มสนุกจริงๆ ก็ช่วงท้ายๆ เลย ก่อนหน้านั้นคือเข้าขั้นมึนงง แต่พออ่านจบก็ไม่งงแล้วนะ ชอบชั้นเชิงการเล่าเรื่อง ที่โยนปริศนาหลายๆ เรื่องถมใส่หัวเรา แล้วค่อยๆ เฉลยแบบช้าๆ ทีละนิดทีละหน่อย มีสับขาหลอกแบบสับแล้วสับอีก มันเลยทำให้เราต้องไปต่อกับมันจนจบไง แล้วสุดท้ายก็เฉลยหมดแบบไม่มีอะไรค้างคา แต่ระหว่างทางคือเดาอะไรไม่ออกเลยสักนิดเดียว
เพิ่งสังเกตว่า บทบรรยายไม่เยอะ เน้นเดินเรื่องด้วยบทสนทนาเป็นหลัก จัดว่าอ่านได้เพลินๆ ดี และถึงแม้ว่าทั้งซีรี่ย์ 7 เล่ม จะเป็นเรื่องที่ไม่ต่อเนื่อง แต่ยังไงก็ต้องอ่านเรียงเล่มอยู่ดี เพราะในเล่ม 2 ก็จะมีการกล่าวถึงตัวละครบางตัวในเล่ม 1 แล้วลำดับเวลาก็เรียงต่อกันมาเรื่อยๆ ด้วย
ที่แน่ๆ คือ เมื่ออ่านจบเล่มแรกแล้ว ไงๆ ก็ต้องต่อเล่ม 2 ให้ได้ เพราะสิ่งที่น่าติดตามกว่าปริศนาสารพัดนั้นก็คือ อยากรู้ว่า พี่เล็กจะแล่นไปกวนส้นเท้าใครเป็นรายต่อไป ฮาๆ

[Carlos Wang · Rating 4 out of 5]

年輕的時候不太喜歡看古龍的小說，覺得受不了他那種「耍帥」的風格；最近老了心態變了，發現他這種靠台詞推進劇情的方式也是簡潔有力的一種方法。但缺點是，很容易常常主角跟每個人的對話都很像。主角講話那個風格，對方也用同樣的方式回，就覺得奇怪。大家的個性不同，難道連說話的方式都會被同化嗎？

之前看完鄭丰的書之後想來找古龍的看看，上網查一下，發現大家共同首推的有陸小鳳，而且最推《金鵬王朝》、《繡花大盜》跟《決戰前後》，於是我就特別借了風雲時代版的第一、二集回來拜讀。說真的，感覺就像看了包裝著武俠的推理小說。不過，我做了一些功課，確實古龍本來就這個調調，比起金庸，他一直在嘗試突破不同的風格。我接下來讀的《歡樂英雄》又是另外一個變化會讓你懷疑是不是同一個作者的路數，雖然寫法還是差不多。

有人說古龍文筆普普，個人是覺得至少他故事說的好，雖然他選詞用語常常讓人覺得很「出戲」，因為他並不像金庸那樣會在意「古人不會用這種現代詞」。但不知道為啥我總覺得比起金庸可能現代年輕人會更接受古龍，後者的筆調很像是輕小說的寫法。

但不管怎樣，武俠小說的盛況似乎已經結束了。現代人大多看修仙，不然就玄幻之類的。有看到人家推《英雄志》，不過沒寫完。然後發現一套奇書《妖刀記》，不太正經(笑)。轉到漫畫去探索，《鏢人》劇情是挺燃的，角色刻劃的也不錯，但又是一部有生之年系列。不過，我看電腦的武俠遊戲在Steam上也有外國玩家捧場，據說他們雖然小眾但也都很有熱情，倒是挺有意思的。

[Sahathust Num · Rating 4 out of 5]

ได้มีโอกาส หยิบนิยายซีรีย์เล็กเซี่ยวหงส์ มาอ่าน มีประสบการณ์กับชอลิ้วเฮียงมาหนึ่งซีรีย์ เลยอ่านเพื่อทำความรู้จักตัวละครที่โด่งดังเป็นที่ชื่นชมโดยเฉพาะในประเทศไต้หวัน ถือว่าสนุกและกระชับ สำหรับเนื้อเรื่องตอนที่หนึ่ง จุดที่น่าสนใจของตัวละครที่คล้ายคลึงกันระหว่างสองซีรีย์นี้ กลุ่มเพื่อนของตัวละครหลัก บรรยากาศ บทสนทนาระหว่างตัวละครทำให้เรานึกบรรยากาศที่ดูสนุก โดยเฉพาะในตอนแรก ในเล่มหนึ่งนี้

[Fabish Caruri · Rating 4 out of 5]

Giờ mới biết sao cuốn này được coi là kiếm hiệp pha trinh thám. Trùm cuối được giấu khá kỹ đến cuối mới lộ mặt. Cách xây dựng nhân vật vẫn đúng phong cách Cổ Long: võ công tài ba không rõ xuất xứ, giao đấu chỉ một hai chiêu là phân thắng phụ... chứ không mô tả kỹ càng như Kim Dung.

[Masayuki Arai · Rating 5 out of 5]

cute liar :)

[Ploy · Rating 4 out of 5]

A page-turner. Pretty funny as well.