To Dan J:
Don't know about that. Of course, Duan Yu was attracted to the jade statue, and both Madame Wang and Wang Yuyan resemble the statue. But Madame Wang's cruel behaviour made Duan Yu despise her almost immediately, while Duan Yu was already attracted to Wang Yuyan even before he saw her face (he only heard her voice the first time they met). Later on he did get to see her and found her incredibly attractive of course, but it was after talking with her tha he really fel in love. So in my opinion, Duan Yu is not as shallow as everyone seems to believe. Looks did matter, but Wang Yuyan's character was also something Duan Yu was looking for in a girl.Let's face it, DY is just a pig drooling over a pretty face. GJ and WY, YG and XLN, ZWJ and ZM, LWC and RYY all formed their bonds through many hardships, if you will, yet DY drooled over WYY the first time he saw her because she's probably the prettiest girl he ever met. Then he basically let his stalker instinct took over. He's really no better than WXB.
Anyway, my point was, DY loved WYY for her looks. And doesn't matter what else you factored in, that's very shallow and pathetic.
Mu Wanqing, Zhong Ling, Ah Zhu and Ah Bi were all very pretty, but he did not love them. When he found out that Mu Wanqing and Zhong Ling were his half-sisters, he may have felt a little bit dissapointed, but that's all. He's just a very easy-going guy who can befriend girls very easily, but there's no real romantic involvement in it. Duan Yu's character as described by his parents was one who is very intense in love and hate,Duan Yu can be very stubborn. He does not like martial arts so he rather ran away from home instead of training it to humour his father. His mother said that if one day Duan Yu would love martial arts, he would train it night and day non-stop. He's just like that: if he really loves something (or in this case:SOMEONE) he will be totally hooked.