Did the Chinese wulin of DGSD deserve a hero like Kiu Fung?

[Ken Cheng]

Considering that it was their boneheaded manipulation by Mo Yung Bok that orphaned Kiu Fung in the first place, and considering the way they treated him after the lid was blown on his Khitan heritage, do you think the Chinese wulin deserved to have a hero like Kiu Fung save their sorry butts through his self-sacrifice?

I feel that most of the Chinese wulin at the time was a bunch of self-serving, hypocritical, and cowardly ingrates for the way they treated Kiu Fung.

[MrIllusion]

Actually I thought that was Jin Yong's point all along.

The idea that so-called heroes can also fall prey to character flaws like selfishness and hypocrisy was also repeated in SPW and HSDS.

If it was someone like You Tan Zhi behing manipulated instead, most people wouldn't even bat an eyelid. After all he was also a victim of deceit by Ah Zi and most readers aren't really affected by his plight.

[PJ]

I feel that most of the Chinese wulin at the time was a bunch of self-serving, hypocritical, and cowardly ingrates for the way they treated Kiu Fung.

No, they were just somewhat mislead (thanks to deceivers including Xiao Yuanshan and Madam Ma), a bit close-minded, AND very patriotic to their own country.