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Thread: The Sius of Liao and the Yeungs of Sung: which was the more talented martial family?

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    If you're familiar with the various legends (and historical accounts) of the Yeung Family Corps, then you're probably aware that their great rivals/enemies were the Siu clan of the Khitan Liao Empire. During the various wars between the Northern Sung Kingdom and the Khitan Liao Empire, the Yeungs and the Sius engaged each other in combat numerous times, with losses sustained on both sides.

    In the Jin Yong universe, Sius and Yeungs show up in various stories (though members of the two martial clans do not fight each other in any of them). The most famous and powerful Sius were DGSD's father and son, Siu Yeun San and Siu Fung, while the Yeungs are most prominently represented by ROCH's Yeung Gor and his descendant, Lady Yeung of HSDS.

    Without necessarily pitting these characters against each other in "who'd win" scenarios (which we've done before), which of the two clans do you think had greater all-around *talent* for martial arts?

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    I'd say the Sius. There is not much background info on SYS, only that his martial teacher was a Han Chinese. So supposedly his martial background is ordinary rather than elite, yet SYS managed to survive an ambush by top experts from the Central Plains and in later years was still at a higher level than his son SF. We don't need to elaborate too much about SF. He does have elite skills, but the author has narrated that SF can take an ordinary technique and make it extraordinary.

    I think YG is talented, but that is based on an elite heritage. Similarly for the Yellow-dressed Lady.

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