This article was originally posted at The Martial Grove.
Below is a clip from an upcoming documentary on the history and development of wuxia literature in Taiwan. No word yet on when the documentary will be ready for release. Below the video I have posted a rough translation, with the names of the people featured in each clip listed in order, followed by a translation of what they say.
Su Xiaohuan (蘇小歡) - wuxia author
Wuxia novels' most charming aspect is that it's a magnificent imaginary world
Qin Hong (秦紅) - wuxia author
Wuxia novels are a kind of "not have" thing, in Taiwanese we say, "you have no rice but want to cook a rice cake". It's a thing that is totally unlike real life.
Di Yi (荻宜) - wuxia author
In wuxia novels, there is a broad, expansive world.
Yu Lingyan (玉翎燕) - wuxia author
Wuxia novels can let you feel powerful and unconstrained, can let you put yourself in the role of main character. Ai Ya! Elated, the gratitude and enmity. The male characters are all very heroic and strong, the female characters are all beautiful, so good, inside [the novel] I can travel to the very firmament, very happy.
Liu Canyang (柳殘陽0 - wuxia author
The difference between writing wuxia and writing other novels is the difference in time and space, you can use your own thinking, or method to create this big development.
Shangguan Ding (上官鼎) - wuxia author
We feel that teh most important word regarding wuxia novels is "Xia" (俠). If in the novel you cannot express "Xia", this concept of chivalric justice/righteousness, then I don't think it can be called a wuxia novel.
Jin Yong (金庸) - wuxia author
By writing novels I hope to promote the essence of chivalric justice
Wen Rui'an (溫瑞安) - wuxia author
At the bottom of your heart there is this chivalrous sentiment, the hopes of the people, the righteousness of the world, this is from the very beginning what I was searching for in writing wuxia novels.
Ni Kuang (倪匡) - wuxia author
Wuxia is a suitable genre for Chinese people because in wuxia the bad people always come to a bad end.
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