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Wuxia Wanderings
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Site is focused on #wuxia fiction articles and translations, news, occasionally some new research. Also sometimes Chinese culture, history, and poetry.
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I compiled a list of English #wuxia translations. Over 60 entries! Want to read wuxia? Look no further:
wuxiawanderings.substack.com/p/wuxia-nove...
Wuxia Novels in English — a list
Table of Contents
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Short clip of my favorite wuxia author, Yun Zhongyue: www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbNW...
#wuxia #武俠
Yun Zhongyue intro video
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April 26, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Part 1 of a deep dive into the various sects, schools, gangs and other groups you will encounter in wuxia novels:
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Schools and Sects, Gangs and Guilds: Part 1 — General Overview
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April 23, 2025 at 10:45 AM
New translation: The Legendary Sword, the original novel that the 1980 film The Sword starring Adam Cheng and directed by Patrick Tam was based on.
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#wuxia #fantasy
The Legendary Sword: The Original Novel of the 1980 film The Sword
I’m starting a translation of Huang Ying’s novel The Legendary Sword《名劍》, which was released in late 1979 and was adapted into the film The Sword in 1980, starring Adam Cheng and direct…
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December 9, 2024 at 8:28 PM
I've got a new complete translation of another Snowblade Vagabond novel: The Demon Staff by Long Chengfeng:
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The Demon Staff — New Complete Translation
I’ve just completed a translation of another Snowblade Vagabond story: The Demon Staff《魔杖》by Long Chengfeng 龍乘風. Previously I have translated the first story in the series, Snowblade Vagabond…
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December 3, 2024 at 5:41 PM
I'm just one chapter away from finishing translating my third Snowblade Vagabond story (it's called The Demon Staff).
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December 3, 2024 at 8:32 AM
《風雨燕歸來》(The Weathered Swallow Returns) by Wolong Sheng 臥龍生, 1964. This cover is a later reprint. Sequel to Flyring Swallow Startles the Dragon《飛燕驚龍》The swallow in wuxia novels is code for a woman. Dragon here refers to the villain's gang. Cover designed by Peng Huarong 彭華茙
#wuxia #books #booksky 💙📚
October 25, 2024 at 1:58 PM
Wuxia novel Heavenly Whirlwind《天香飆》by Wolong Sheng 臥龍生. 1981 reprint, original 1961. Not sure of artist, but back cover designed by Peng Huarong 彭華茙. Perhaps WLS' masterpiece, it switches MCs partway through, Gu Hanxiang seeking revenge for the murder of her husband, Hu Boling. 💙📚
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October 23, 2024 at 12:43 PM
Leather case my dad made for my Kindle Paperwhite. The cutout on the site allows you to charge it without taking it out of the case. Bonus: now my Kindle smells like leather! 💙📚
#booksky #books #reading
October 22, 2024 at 12:57 AM
A clip from an unreleased #wuxia documentary about the early days of wuxia fiction in Taiwan:
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The Early Days of Wuxia in Taiwan
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October 21, 2024 at 6:46 AM
Currently reading:《玉扇神劍》(Jade Fan, Divine Sword) by Cao Ruobing 曹若冰, 1961.
Textbook example of the typical traditional wuxia novel. In just ch.1 we already many of the standard tropes (cont…)
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October 21, 2024 at 5:32 AM
I compiled a list of English #wuxia translations. Over 60 entries! Want to read wuxia? Look no further:
wuxiawanderings.substack.com/p/wuxia-nove...
Wuxia Novels in English — a list
Table of Contents
wuxiawanderings.substack.com
October 21, 2024 at 12:54 AM