Which wuxia characters bear your real surname?

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Mine is Cai 蔡. But I can't think of any with the same surname as me.

In the most famous wuxia novel Shuihu Zhuan (Outlaws of the Marsh), two of the bold fellows of Mt Liang had this surname: Cai Qing and Cai Fu. Their roles were pretty minor, though. They had just a little more 'screen time' than Guo Jing's ancestor Guo Sheng did.

[Ian Liew]

In the most famous wuxia novel Shuihu Zhuan (Outlaws of the Marsh), two of the bold fellows of Mt Liang had this surname: Cai Qing and Cai Fu. Their roles were pretty minor, though. They had just a little more 'screen time' than Guo Jing's ancestor Guo Sheng did.

If we're going outside wuxia then in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms the Cai family were quite prominent in Jing, although the characters we meet are less than nice. Cai Mao and his sister Madam Cai try to get Liu Bei killed, and want to have Madam Cai's son Liu Zong as Liu Biao successor. Cai Mao's cousins Cai He and Cai Zhong are sent to spy on the Wu camp and horribly outsmarted by Zhou Yu who uses them to relay false intel back to Cao Cao. All four end up getting killed eventually.

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The ROTK is not strictly a wuxia novel but I can see quite a few wuxia elements in it. For example, I don't know if JY was influenced by Zhao Yun's impressive feat at the Battle of Changban when he wrote the part about XF's massacre of the brave fellows at Juxian Manor, but there're obvious similarities between these 2 events. In the ROTK there are also duels between strong generals which last 100+ bouts or several days, which definitely resemble the fights between some major characters in JY novels.

Speaking of the people with the surname Cai in the ROTK, besides those 4 uncool characters that you mentioned, there're 2 decent ones: Cai Yong and Cai Wenji (Cai Yan) (I bet most readers of the ROTK can't recall these 2, esp. Cai Wenji). In the ROTK they only made short appearances, but other characters held them in high regard, and their historical counterparts are quite famous, esp. the daughter Cai Wenji.

[Alinda]

sorry to bump this thread but my surname is Yin anyone know a character for it? the only character i think is the rapist of Xiao Longnu in 1st and 2nd edition ROCH

[PJ]

sorry to bump this thread but my surname is Yin anyone know a character for it? the only character i think is the rapist of Xiao Longnu in 1st and 2nd edition ROCH

There's also Yin Kexi of ROCH.

Edit: there's apparently a fellow in Book & Sword by the name of Yin Zhanggai. 尹章垓

[Ken Cheng]

There's also Yin Kexi of ROCH.

That might not count, as it's likely just a Sinicization of a Persian name.

[jadebunny9]

Mei Chaofeng. That's probably why I've always been partial to her character.

[Ian Liew]

Mei Chaofeng. That's probably why I've always been partial to her character.

You should read Flower Guarding Bell and fall in love with Mei Yinxue too!

Another Jin Yong "Mei" who is quite respectable is Mei Niansheng from Linked Cities. Mei Jianhe from Sword Stained With Royal Blood and Mei Fanggu from Ode to Gallantry aren't that inspirational, sadly.

[Yuet Thi]

My last name is Nguyễn, which would be 阮 in Chinese. The only 阮 I can think of is Ruan Xingzhu, or 阮星竹, one of Duan Zhengchun's lovers and the mother of A'zhu and A'zi. Does anyone know another character with the same surname? 阮 is not that uncommon of a surname. I'm surprised there's not more in wuxia.

my mom knew a 徐開富, which, if you say it with homonyms in canto, means unbutton your pants.

Speaking of which, Yue Buqun 岳不群, translates to Nhạc Bất Quần in Vietnamese, which somewhat means no pants.

[daydreamer_gal]

Hong Qigong for me.. and I think the sect leader in DOMD was also a Hong? Anyone else?

[devilz91]

My last name is Nguyễn, which would be 阮 in Chinese. The only 阮 I can think of is Ruan Xingzhu, or 阮星竹, one of Duan Zhengchun's lovers and the mother of A'zhu and A'zi. Does anyone know another character with the same surname? 阮 is not that uncommon of a surname. I'm surprised there's not more in wuxia.

There's a Ruan Shizhong in Flying Fox who's in the Heavenly Dragon clan. He's a noob though.

Hong Qigong for me.. and I think the sect leader in DOMD was also a Hong? Anyone else?

Hong Lingbo, disciple of Li Mochou in ROCH. And Hong Shenghai who is one of Yuan Chengzhi's followers in SSRB.

[Swordsman83]

my sir name is guo

guo jing is the most famous wuxia character have the same surname as me.

unfortunately my given name is zhiping, friends always make fun of me as yin zhiping..

[Ken Cheng]

To my chagrin, the only notable Jin Yong character who shares my surname is the despicable Cheng Hak Song from DOMD.

[mawguy]

To my chagrin, the only notable Jin Yong character who shares my surname is the despicable Cheng Hak Song from DOMD.

well, there's a wuxia author named cheng fung 鄭丰...

[mawguy]

it's interesting how wuxia writers tend to give their characters more unusual/less popular surnames. here are a few more:

yun: 雲蕾 yun lei (萍蹤俠影錄), 雲飛揚 yun feiyang (天蠶變)

bai: 白三空 bai sankong (浣花洗劍錄), 白飛飛 bai feifei (武林外史)

yan: 燕南天 yan nantian (絕代雙驕), 燕十三 yan shisan (三少爺的劍)

tie: 鐵心蘭 tie xinlan (絕代雙驕), 鐵珊瑚 tie shanhu (白髮魔女傳)

jin: 金世遺 jin shiyi (雲海玉弓緣)

li: 厲勝男 li shengnan (雲海玉弓緣)

gu: 谷之華 gu zhihua (雲海玉弓緣)

meng: 孟神通 meng shentong (雲海玉弓緣), 孟星魂 meng xinghun (流星‧蝴蝶‧劍)

fu: 傅玉書 fu yushu (天蠶變)

lian: 練霓裳 lian nishang (白髮魔女傳)

zhuo: 卓一航 zhuo yihang (白髮魔女傳), 卓東來 zhuo donglai (英雄無淚)

niu: 牛鐵娃 niu tiewa (浣花洗劍錄)

[mawguy]

it's interesting how wuxia writers tend to give their characters more unusual/less popular surnames. here are a few more:

@ken for your benefit, the surnames in canto:

wan: 雲蕾 wan lui (萍蹤俠影錄), 雲飛揚 wan fay yeung (天蠶變)

bak: 白三空 bak sam hung (浣花洗劍錄), 白飛飛 bak fay fay (武林外史)

yin: 燕南天 yin nam tin (絕代雙驕), 燕十三 yin sup-sam (三少爺的劍)

teet: 鐵心蘭 teet sum lan (絕代雙驕), 鐵珊瑚 teet san woo (白髮魔女傳)

gum: 金世遺 gum sai wai (雲海玉弓緣)

lai: 厲勝男 lai sing nam (雲海玉弓緣)

guk: 谷之華 guk zi wah (雲海玉弓緣)

mang: 孟神通 mang sun tung (雲海玉弓緣), 孟星魂 mang sing wun (流星‧蝴蝶‧劍)

foo: 傅玉書 foo yuk shu (天蠶變)

leen: 練霓裳 leen ngai seung (白髮魔女傳)

cheuk: 卓一航 cheuk yat hong (白髮魔女傳), 卓東來 cheuk dong loi (英雄無淚)

ngau: 牛鐵娃 ngau teet wah (浣花洗劍錄)

[mawguy]

Speaking of which, Yue Buqun 岳不群, translates to Nhạc Bất Quần in Vietnamese, which somewhat means no pants.

ROTFL! that's fantastic!

[Swordsman83]

I'm honored to have the same surname as Guo Jin but at the same time "ashamed" to have the same name as Yin Zhiping.

[mawguy]

found a main character with surname 徐 xu: (玉釵盟) 徐元平 xu yuanping