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    Default Jin Yong made rulers in DGSD better than their historical counterparts

    A number of kings from Chinese history appeared as characters in Jin Yong's stories. Among these, the two rulers in DGSD (King Deun Jing Ming of the Dali Kingdom and King Yeh Lut Hung Gei of the Khitan Liao Kingdom) were depicted as significantly better men in the stories than their real-life counterparts supposedly were in history. In DGSD, King Deun Jing Ming appeared to be the ideal ruler: he was strong, ethical, wise, compassionate, humble, and always had the best interests of his people in mind. Similarly, DGSD depicted King Yeh Lut Hung Gei as an honorable man and a good ruler.

    From what I read about the historical Deun Jing Ming and Yeh Lut Hung Gei, however, neither king was nearly as good as Jin Yong depicted them.

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    that's why its call fiction. =p
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    Quote Originally Posted by Lucre View Post
    that's why its call fiction. =p
    They also could have been made worse in fiction. There must be a reason that Jin Yong chose to depict these historical Chinese kings more heroically in his stories than they actually were in real life.

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    Wanyan Aguda was also depicted as honourable, and he was known for being awesome. I don't think it's just those 2 being depicted as good, or that it has any relation to how they were depicted in history.

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