Wuxiapedia / Authors / Gu Long / 1967 to 1975

Prosperity: 1967 to 1975

Huang Yushi <huangyushi[at]lycos[dot]com>

Published: Tuesday 13 June 2006 - Updated: Tuesday 13 June 2006 - Current version: 4

* A Wuxiapedia Pictorial Special * on twenty-one novels that pushed Gu Long into the upper echelons of wuxia-writing, featuring book covers, posters of movie adaptations and box-set covers from serialised television adaptations.

To be continued...

1967: 绝代双骄 The Legendary Siblings

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Mandarin: 绝代双骄 Jue Dai Shuang Jiao.

Cantonese: 絶代雙驕 Jyut Doi Seung Giu.

Chapters: 127.

** Read the translation here! **

Movie Adaptations(3):

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Title: And the Twain Shall Meet.

Alternative Title:

  • The Jade-Faced Assassin (pix: 2nd/3rd from left).
  • Mandarin / Cantonese: 玉面侠 Yu Mian Xia / 玉麵俠 Yuk Min Haap.

Year: Unknown.

Main Cast: Gao Yuan (高远), He Lili (何莉莉).

An adaptation which features a pair of fraternal (boy/girl) instead of identical (boy/boy) twins as the main characters.

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Title: The Proud Twins.

Year: 1979.

Main Cast: Alexander Fu (傅声).

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Title: The Handsome Siblings.

Year: 1992.

Main Cast: Andy Lau (刘德华), Bridget Lin (林青霞).

Television Adaptations(6):

Title: 绝代双骄 / 絶代雙驕.

Year: Unknown, Taiwan.

Main Cast: Xia Lingling (夏玲玲), Jiang Ming (江明).

Apparently, Gu Long himself chose Xia, a prominent actress in Taiwan's Dragon-Phoenix Station (龙风台), to play the lead role of Xiao Yu'er or Little Fish.

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Title: The Twins.

Year: 1978, HK TVB.

Main Cast: Huang Yuanshen (黄元申), Shek Sau (石修), Michelle Yim (米雪).

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Title: The New Legendary Siblings / 新绝代双骄 / 新絶代雙驕.

Year: 1986, Taiwan.

Main Cast: Sharon Yeung (杨盼盼), Huang Xianglian (黄香莲).

Another Taiwanese adaptation with women in the leading male roles of Xiao Yu'er and Hua Wuque.

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Title: 绝代双骄 / 絶代雙驕.

Year: 1989, HK TVB.

Main Cast: Tony Leung (梁朝伟), Hugo Ng (吴岱融).

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Title: The New Legendary Siblings / 新绝代双骄 / 新絶代雙驕.

Year: 2000, Taiwan/China.

Main Cast: Jimmy Lin (林志颖), Alec Su (苏有朋).

The sequel to this adaptation, called The Great Paragon of the Peerless Warrior (绝世双骄 Jue Shi Shuang Jiao / 絶世雙驕 Jyut Sai Seung Giu, pix on the right) features Tae in Alec Su's role.

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Title: The Handsome Siblings (Little Fish and Flawless Flower).

Mandarin: 小鱼儿与花无缺 Xiao Yu Er Yu Hua Wu Que.

Cantonese: 小魚兒與花無缺 Siu Yu Yi Yu Fa Mou Kyut.

Year: 2004, HK/China.

Main Cast: Nicholas Tse (谢霆锋), Dicky Cheung (张卫健), Fan Bingbing (范冰冰).

1968: 铁血传奇 The Chronicles of Iron-Clad Determination

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Mandarin: 铁血传奇 Tie Xue Chuan Qi.

Cantonese: 鐵血傳奇 Tit Hyut Chyun Kei.

Chapters: 99 (27 + 36 + 36; see below).

** Read a summarised translation here! **

Consists of three stories (pix: top row, left to right):

  • The Scent of Blood / 血海飘香 Xue Hai Piao Xiang / 血海飄香 Hyut Hoi Piu Heung / 27 chapters.
  • The Great Desert / 大沙漠 Da Sha Mo / 大沙漠 Daai Sa Mok / 36 chapters.
  • The Thrush / 画眉鸟 Hua Mei Niao / 畫眉鳥 Waak Mei Niu / 36 chapters.

Alternative Title:

  • The Marvellous Adventures of Chu Liuxiang.
  • Mandarin: 楚留香传奇 Chu Liu Xiang Chuan Qi.
  • Cantonese: 楚留香傳奇 Cho Lau Heung Chyun Kei.

Movie Adaptations (8):

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Title: Clans of Intrigue.

Mandarin / Cantonese: 楚留香 Chu Liu Xiang / Cho Lau Heung.

Year: 1977.

Main Cast: Ti Lung (狄龙), Nora Miao (苗可秀), Yueh Hua (岳华).

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Title: 楚留香传奇.

Year: 1978, Taiwan (Baolong Films 宝龙影业).

Main Cast: Liu Dekai (刘德凯), Gui Yalei (归亚蕾).

Reportedly directed by Gu Long himself.

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Title: Red Dot Chivalry.

Alternative Title: Middle-Kingdom's Mark-of-Blood.

Mandarin: 中原一点红 Zhong Yuan Yi Dian Hong.

Cantonese: 中原一點紅 Jung Yun Yat Dim Hung.

Year: 1979, Taiwan.

Cast: Ling Yun (凌云), Long Jun'er (龙君儿).

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Title: 侠影流香 Xia Ying Liu Xiang / 俠影流香 Haap Yeng Lau Heung.

Year: 1980.

Main Cast: Meng Fei (孟飞), Long Jun'er (龙君儿).

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Title: 楚留香弹指神功 / 楚留香彈指神功.

Mandarin / Cantonese: Chu Liu Xiang Tan Zhi Shen Gong / Cho Lau Heung Taan Ji San Gung.

Year: Unknown.

Main Cast: Meng Fei (孟飞), David Chiang (姜大卫), Angie Chiu (赵雅芝).

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Title: Legendary Swordsman.

Mandarin: 楚留香大结局 Chu Liu Xiang Da Jie Ju.

Cantonese: 楚留香大結局 Cho Lau Heung Daai Git Guk.

Year: 1983.

Main Cast: Adam Cheng (郑少秋), Norman Chu (徐少强).

Alternative Titles:

  • The Denouncement of Chu Liu Hsiang.
  • The Denouement of Chu Liu Hsiang.
  • Titanium Blade.
  • Chu Liu Xiang - The Final.

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Title: Legend of the Liquid Sword.

Mandarin: 笑侠楚留香 Xiao Xia Chu Liu Xiang.

Cantonese: 笑俠楚留香 Siu Haap Cho Lau Heung.

Year: 1993.

Main Cast: Aaron Kwok (郭富城), Sharla Cheung (张敏).

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Title: 西门无恨 Xi Men Wu Hen / 西門無恨 Sai Mun Mou Han.

Year: 1993.

Main Cast: Meng Fei (孟飞), Yang Junjun (杨钧钧), Leung Kar Yan (梁家仁).

Television Adaptations (5):

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Title: 楚留香新传 / Chu Liu Xiang Xin Zhuan / Cho Lau Heung San Jyun.

Year: 1979, HK TVB.

Main Cast: Adam Cheng (郑少秋), Angie Chiu (赵雅芝), Lisa Wang (汪明荃).

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Title: 楚留香传奇 Chu Liu Xiang Chuan Qi / Cho Lau Heung Chyun Kei.

Alternative Titles:

  • 香帅传奇 Xiang Shuai Chuan Qi / Heung Seui Chyun Kei.
  • 舍利子传奇 She Li Zi Chuan Qi / Se Lei Ji Chyun Kei.

Year: 1995, Taiwan.

Main Cast: Adam Cheng (郑少秋), Yang Lijing (杨丽菁).

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Title: 新楚留香 / Xin Chu Liu Xiang / San Cho Lau Heung.

Year: 2001, Taiwan.

Main Cast: Richie Jen (任贤齐), Ruby Lin (林心如), Ekin Cheng (郑伊健).

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Title: 西门无恨 Xi Men Wu Hen / 西門無恨 Sai Mun Mou Han.

Year: 2003, China CCTV.

Main Cast: Chen Mingzhen (陈明真), Jiao Enjun (焦恩俊).

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Title: 铁血传奇 / Tie Xue Chuan Qi / Tit Hyut Chyun Kei.

Year: 2006, China (Guangdong Qiangshi Films 广东强视影业).

Main Cast: Jiao Enjun (焦恩俊).

To be continued...