Results 1 to 5 of 5

Thread: Divine Dragon Cult Leader Hung On Tung died a pathetic death for his status.

  1. #1
    Moderator Ken Cheng's Avatar
    Join Date
    Sep 2002
    Posts
    24,367

    Default Divine Dragon Cult Leader Hung On Tung died a pathetic death for his status.

    Divine Dragon Cult Leader Hung On Tung was the most powerful fighter in the wulin of his time (late 1600s; early Qing Dynasty), and led one of the most fearsome wulin sects of the period. His demise, however, was kind of pathetic: cuckolded by his wife and Wai Siu Bo...his sect splintering in revolt...his base destroyed by the cannon of the Qing navy. It all went to hell very quickly for Cult Leader Hung, and his end seemed quite pitiful for one who had, until very recently, appeared so powerful.

  2. #2
    Senior Member
    Join Date
    Oct 2017
    Posts
    2,400

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by Ken Cheng View Post
    Divine Dragon Cult Leader Hung On Tung was the most powerful fighter in the wulin of his time (late 1600s; early Qing Dynasty), and led one of the most fearsome wulin sects of the period. His demise, however, was kind of pathetic: cuckolded by his wife and Wai Siu Bo...his sect splintering in revolt...his base destroyed by the cannon of the Qing navy. It all went to hell very quickly for Cult Leader Hung, and his end seemed quite pitiful for one who had, until very recently, appeared so powerful.
    So he is stronger than Jiunan🤔🤔🤔🤔

  3. #3
    Senior Member Mandred Skavenslayer's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jan 2014
    Posts
    1,178

    Default

    I see it as a reflection of the time. In any pre-gunpowder era he would have been an important person, but in the Qing era the wide range use of gunpowder weapons started making people like him redundant.

  4. #4
    Senior Member
    Join Date
    Oct 2014
    Posts
    325

    Default

    He is the allegory of imperial China, once powerful but now stagnant and obsolete, eventually succumbing to technological, social and political advances. The ships and canons are Western forces. The sect members are the Xinhai revolution.

  5. #5
    Moderator Ken Cheng's Avatar
    Join Date
    Sep 2002
    Posts
    24,367

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by Western Eccentric View Post
    So he is stronger than Jiunan🤔🤔🤔🤔
    Most fans seem to think so.

Similar Threads

  1. Heavenly Eagle Cult status in HSDS
    By a_tumiwa in forum Wuxia Fiction
    Replies: 2
    Last Post: 06-04-19, 11:50 AM
  2. Replies: 2
    Last Post: 09-24-14, 12:40 AM
  3. Replies: 23
    Last Post: 09-02-14, 06:40 PM
  4. Replies: 7
    Last Post: 02-03-11, 04:00 PM
  5. Who was THE more pathetic villain?
    By PJ in forum Wuxia Fiction
    Replies: 26
    Last Post: 08-18-06, 09:34 PM

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •