Zu Mountain stories question

[smurf120]

Just quick question. Are the various movie and tv adaptations based on any books? Or completely born of Tsui Hark's imagination?

All English sources point to 1983 film.

[Doc Kwok]

They are based on the author HuanZhuLouZhu's 蜀山劍俠傳 (ShuShanJianXiaZhuan - Legend of the Zu Mountain Sword Warriors) series, written over a number of years starting from 1930 and abandoned by 1949. This series was later picked up by the Hong Kong author Ni Kuang, edited and continued as the 紫青雙劍錄 (ZiQingShuangJianLu - Record of the purple and green twin swords) series.