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    Is this novel ever get translated?
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    I guess not since a lot of people didn't like the movie. Don't know about the series.

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    The novel was written in 1935, so the style is very antique like.
    But the story is extremely different from movie or the series.

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    There's a English comic translation for this. www.comicsone.com

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    Oh, so it changed a lot from the novel like The Swordsman Trilogy. Will the prequel be different too?

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    Originally posted by Dagger Lee
    Oh, so it changed a lot from the novel like The Swordsman Trilogy. Will the prequel be different too?
    You mean Yu Qiao Long and Na Xiao Ho's son? i haven't seen the adaption of it.

    You can fine more information at

    www.asianstudios.net/forum

    Click on Other Wuxia Authors.

    I may translate the book then.
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    Originally posted by Yon
    The novel was written in 1935, so the style is very antique like.
    But the story is extremely different from movie or the series.


    The film CTHD is INSPIRED by and adapted from the 4th and 2nd book of Wang Du Lu's so called 'Crane - Iron Pentalogy'


    Part I: Crane Frightens KunLun (He Jing Kun Lun)
    Part II: Precious Sword, Golden Hairpin (Bao Jian Jin Chai)
    Part III: Sword Spirit, Pearl Light (Jian Qi Zhu Guang)
    Part IV: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Wo Hu Cang Long)
    Part V: Iron Knight, Silver Vase (Tie Qi Yin Ping)


    The tragic love story of Li Mu Bai is in the 2nd book (Bao Jian Jin Chai)


    http://owl.usc.edu/~hding/Movie/Ch/novels.html

    http://csc.ziyi.org/filmography/cthd...craneiron.html

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    Originally presented as a newspaper serial, the novel Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon wasn't written until 1941, not 1935. But it is still a relatively older wuxia writing style.


    Simon & Schuster bought the translation rights to all 5 books from the series, but none has been released yet. The books in Chinese (yesasia.com) are still very popular, though.


    Yon, the entire series is about four very tragic love stories. The story between Li Mu Bai and Yu Xiu Lian begins in the second book, Precious Sword, Golden Hairpin. Though they do appear, unlike the film, their love story is over by time the book Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon begins.


    For anyone interested, Yu Jiao Long was once a very popular adaptation of the original Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.
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    Really? In Korean Translated book introduced that the book was written in 1935!!!

    How the heck this book became "Crouching Tiger HIdden draogon!"

    Hm... I guess i have kick this professor who translated the book!

    By the way, weirdly enough, the novels are devided in 3 sections in Korean version.

    How interesting! Thank you very much for the information.

    Unfortunately, the novel didn't survived as well and famous as JY or GL book, I really enjoy reading them.
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    Originally posted by Du Gu seeking a win
    The film CTHD is INSPIRED by and adapted from the 4th and 2nd book of Wang Du Lu's so called 'Crane - Iron Pentalogy'


    Part I: Crane Frightens KunLun (He Jing Kun Lun)
    Part II: Precious Sword, Golden Hairpin (Bao Jian Jin Chai)
    Part III: Sword Spirit, Pearl Light (Jian Qi Zhu Guang)
    Part IV: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Wo Hu Cang Long)
    Part V: Iron Knight, Silver Vase (Tie Qi Yin Ping)


    The tragic love story of Li Mu Bai is in the 2nd book (Bao Jian Jin Chai)


    http://owl.usc.edu/~hding/Movie/Ch/novels.html

    http://csc.ziyi.org/filmography/cthd...craneiron.html
    Hi, thank you for the info.

    Does anyone know which Part is adapted into the movie "The Sword" (1980) starring Adam Cheng? It has to do with 2 famous swords, Han Xing sword and something else - forgot

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    hmm... 3 books in Korean?

    I wonder if the original 5 Chinese novels were condensed into 3 in Korean. What are the English translations of the Korean titles?

    The introduction is mistaken. The first wuxia written by Wang Dulu (real name Bao Xiang) was Dancing Crane, Singing Luan (later renamed "Crane Startles Kunlun"), written in 1938, after the Japanese invasion of China (1937). Before that, he was known mainly for writing romances and mystery novels, not yet wuxia.


    Gu Long thought a great deal of the novels, too: Regarding Wuxia.

    Gu Long: "Wang Dulu's works are not only original, but they are in a class of their own, intricately woven and complete. While his most famous works [the Crane-Iron Pentalogy] are of the same series, each novel has its own independent story, ending with a well-written conclusion. He is the first to fuse art, drama and romance into wuxia culture."
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    Originally posted by PJ
    Does anyone know which Part is adapted into the movie "The Sword" (1980) starring Adam Cheng?
    Sorry, but none of it. The film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon was the first and only of Wang Dulu's novels to be adapted for the big screen. The Taiwanese TV series was the first and only adapted for the small screen.

    According to IMDb, these writers are credited with scripting The Sword with Adam Cheng.
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    The Korean title is "Qing Jiang Wan Li" (in Pin Yin.. i hope I spelled it correctly) meaning "Forever Blue River"

    I will let you know once I finished the part 1. I am at book three. I am right there at where Liu Tai Bao was so pissed off at Na Xiao Hu's appearance in Beijing and Xiao Ho searching for his long lost sisters.
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    Originally posted by Southern Crane
    Sorry, but none of it. The film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon was the first and only of Wang Dulu's novels to be adapted for the big screen.
    I've heard many times that THE SWORD is from the same novel as CTHD; so I wondered. FYI the names of the characters are as follows - ring any bell?

    Cast:: Adam Cheng Siu-chow ... Li Mak-yin
    Norman Chu ... Lin Wan
    Chui Git ... Ying Chih
    Tin Fung ... Hua
    Chan Kei-kei ... Hsiao Yu
    Ngai Chau-wa ... Yuen Chi

    Also I will be watching it again hopefully this week.

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    I found out that Adam Cheng plays a guy named Li Mu Ran in THE SWORD. Maybe he's related to Li Mu Bai.

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    Doesn't The Sword take place in the Ming Dynasty or a time before that? Li Mu Bai lived in the Qing Dynasty so could they be ancestors?

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    so far i see no connections from the novel.
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    I guess i am translating Korean version of CTHD then.

    Here is a link. I will do it whenever i have time.
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