Second edition changes
Ode to Gallantry was written in 1965 and revised several years later in the 1970s.
- One of the more prominent changes in the revised edition concerned the name of the island from which the Twin Emissaries of Rewards and Punishments came. Since the novel was called Xiake Xing (literally, 'The Way of Heroes'), the island was renamed Xiake Dao, or Isle of Heroes. In the original work, the island was called Longmu Island, after its two discoverers-cum-owners, Mr Long and Mr Mu.
- Wu Daotong, the holder of the Black Steel Symbol who was subsequently killed by Zhou Mu from the Golden Sabre Stockade in Chapter 1, was [strangely] a woman in the first edition. However, the character became a man in the second edition.