武俠小說有廣義和狹義之分，廣義上是指
傳統武俠 浪子異俠 歷史武俠 諧趣武俠 古典仙俠 奇幻修真 現代修真，
但從武俠小說的狹義層次上來說就衹指 傳統武俠 浪子異俠 歷史武俠 諧趣武俠 這四類。
【武俠小說起源】
武俠文學的源頭當有二：“一是漢初司馬遷的《史記》中的遊俠、刺客列傳；二是魏晉、六朝間盛行的‘雜記體’神異、志怪小說。
如果說先秦兩漢乃至魏晉志怪，為武俠小說的産生構築了堅實的基礎，為之前奏；那麽唐傳奇在文學史上一領風騷時，武俠小說即真正開始萌芽。
火藥沒有發明之前，刀槍劍戟都被稱為冷兵器，在冷兵器時代，個人的武術技巧就顯得十分重要，它既可保傢衛國，又可以用它求取功名富貴，尤其是統治者，更是十分看重，在中國古代教學，是文武並重的，《周禮》中記：養國子以道，乃教之六藝。六藝中的射與禦，就是射箭、駕戰車揮刀槍作戰的。《漢書.藝文志》亦載“劍道三十八篇”“和手搏六篇”，被稱為“兵技巧 ”，它以手足、器械的使用為基本技能，據今已有二千多年，至南朝劉宋時，已有武術之稱。會武術的人，一方面進入朝廷的軍隊，成為職業軍人，這類人為朝廷所用，自然也就會在浴血沙場的同時，求得功名富貴。
但總有一類人，就象現在的執政黨與在野黨一樣，對朝廷政治以及當權者有不同看法，在武術上的在野黨就是那些號稱俠客的人。他們因各種各樣的原因流落民間，又自恃一身好功夫，挑戰權貴、邪惡，扶危濟睏，這也原本沒有錯，但也有因所謂重感情、講義氣而犯糊塗的時候，衹為報恩或復仇，可以置國傢法律與他人利益於不顧，這就是韓非子說的：“俠以武犯禁”。但如果在一個政治黑暗民不聊生的朝代，當俠客們嘯聚山林，當起“緑林好漢”來“替天行道”，公然與當權者叫扳時。這種行為，卻得到老百姓的擁載，這同時也是俠植根人們心中，得到人們喜愛的重要原因，如瓦崗寨的程咬金、秦叔寶等與水滸傳中的魯智深、武鬆等。
【武俠與俠客】
一部《水滸傳》，能流傳千古，恐怕還與它宣揚的俠義精神密切相關。而這種大規模的俠士聚集於緑林，並自稱緑林好漢，這也大概是後來武林的出處，不僅取其山野之間自由自在，大概也有“在野”的意思，而且似乎“ 民主”程度也很高，他們以“會盟”的形式推選盟主，而推選的標準則衹有兩個，那就是武功和武德，否則，一律免談。它們既顯示出一種民間社團的性質，又是一種鬆散的聯合。衹有到了諸如水滸的規模，纔顯示出其政治和軍事組織的特性來，但有一點仍是肯定的，那就是無論是晁蓋還是宋江，都是俠士們自己推舉出來的。
但最初的俠客多是獨立的，個人的行為，如《史記》中記載聶政以及著名的荊柯剌秦王的故事。這樣的人和事，在春秋戰國時期還不少，當時由於七國之間爭霸稱雄，恩恩怨怨很多，各國權貴們都爭相徵賢納士，這裏的士，就是指武士，如當時的信陵君、平原君都養了好幾百甚至上千的這類“食客”，這也就給這類武士俠客們創造了生存條件，他們大多以俠義著稱，或為國，或為報主人之恩，充當刺客，甚至不惜捨生取義。這是封建時期的一大社會特點，歐洲中世紀時期的騎士，以及日本的武士，都與其類似。
這些俠義武士，歷朝歷代都有，他們那種大義凜然，扶危濟睏，路見不平杖刀相助，不畏強權，不畏殘暴的武俠精神，十分為人們所敬仰。這些武術人士大多是真人真事，瓦崗寨、水滸中的俠客們不提了，如少林武功，武當派武功都是實實在在的武術流派，也有不少名傢出自這些派別，宏揚了武術精神，就是近代，如清光緒年間的大刀王五，以保鏢為業，被人稱為大俠，他與譚嗣同交厚，戊戌變法時，還主動要求保護他出走。再有就是霍元甲，就曾擊敗不可一世的洋武師，大長了國術威風。而這些發生在現實生活中的武俠與武俠故事，則為武俠小說的創作，提供了豐富的源泉與土壤。
不過，另一類俠客就與我們現在的許多武俠小說有些類似了，他們似乎總存在於事實與虛構之間，這也似乎很深地影響了後世武俠小說的産生與發展，他們總是帶有神奇性和神秘性，有的甚至過分誇大了武術本身的功能及作用，但這種以超人形象出現，除暴安良的武俠，又恰好反映了人們的希冀和願望，這當中對後世武俠小說影響最深的有三個人物形象，那就是越處女、紅綫和昆侖奴。越處女源自《吳越春秋》，紅綫出自唐.袁郊撰《甘澤謠》，昆侖奴則出自唐《傳奇》，歷史上，許多身懷絶技的武俠們常常願意退隱江湖，這是因為人心難測，即便是恩重如山的主人們也是如此，這種思想也影響了後世許多武俠的為人和武俠小說的創作。而從另一個角度講，官場的腐敗與黑暗，也使他們更願意潔身自好，不願意同流合污，這也是武俠們得到人們尊敬的重要原因，同時也是文人們一種理想的人文精神，所以歷朝歷代有那麽多的文人願意記錄書寫創作這些武俠故事，也是一個重要原因.
【魏晉六朝志怪小說與武俠】
魏晉六朝在文學史上被看作是文學的“自覺性”形成時期，這一時期的文學作品多以志怪、神異小說為主。作品中包含着先人的神仙、鬼怪觀念，以及對超現實神秘力量的嚮往。這是洪荒時期人們對英雄崇拜的遺留，在洪荒時期，人們對一些英雄人物的崇拜和誇張的贊美産生了神話，比方神農、燧人、女媧等等。到了先秦兩漢，充斥在思想領域的則是仙風道骨。魏晉以後，便是遊弋着冥鬼幽魂。
志怪小說是以記述鬼神怪異之事為主要內容，包括神仙方術、鬼魅妖怪、殊方異物、佛法靈異等，也有野史逸聞、民間傳說等等。藝術上帶有傳奇色彩和超現實的表現。以幹寶的《搜神記》為代表，其它有托名陶淵明的《搜神後記》、舊題曹丕的《列異傳》、張華的《博物志》、葛洪的《神仙傳》、王嘉的《拾遺記》、吳均的《續齊諧記》等。鬼神觀念是古代先民哲學思想的重要組成部分，即便是現在，勞動人民中間同樣存在着神鬼的觀念，它已經是組成中華民族精神的一部分。這其實是人們對自身思考的結果，現實的苦難使得他們嚮往着一些超出自然的東西，一種特別的能力和一些特別的工具。比如：武藝、神劍、寶物、等等。而這些東西卻衹能在想象中得到，所以便有了《三王墓》的寶劍幹將、莫邪；有了《紫玉》的仙術道法；有了《劉晨阮肇》的靈丹妙藥。而這些東西在後來的武俠小說中同樣是屢見不鮮，似乎業已成為武俠小說之所以吸引讀者的重要因素。
【唐傳奇與武俠】
如果說先秦兩漢乃至魏晉志怪，為武俠小說的産生構築了堅實的基礎，為之前奏；那麽唐傳奇在文學史上一領風騷時，武俠小說即真正開始萌芽。宋初李昉等所編撰《太平廣記》捲一九三至一九六，特將十八種唐傳奇列入“豪俠”類便可看出武俠小說同唐傳奇之間脈絡相通。故認為唐傳奇為武俠小說的立宗者，理當而然。
“傳奇”之名，似起於晚唐裴鉶小說集《傳奇》，宋人尹師魯也將“用對語說時景，世以為奇”的《嶽陽樓記》稱為“傳奇體”。發展到後來，傳奇才逐漸被認為是一種小說的體裁，如元代陶宗儀《輟耕錄》即將唐傳奇與宋、金戲麯、院本等相並列，明代鬍應麟《少室山房筆叢》更將所分六類小說的第二類亦即《鶯鶯傳》、《霍小玉傳》等定名為“傳奇”，於是，傳奇作為唐人文言小說的通稱，便約定俗成地沿用下來。
在論述唐傳奇勃起的社會背景時，範煙橋所著的《中國小說史》曾言：“在此時代，婚姻不良，為人生痛苦之思想，漸起呻吟；而藩鎮跋扈，平民渴盼一種俠客之救濟；故寫戀愛、豪俠之小說，産生甚富。”根據所論可見一般，特別在唐朝末期，社會對豪俠救助如雲霓之望。《資政通鑒》捲二一五，記李林甫：“自以多結怨，常虞刺客。出則步騎百餘人為左右翼，金吾靜街；前驅在數百步外，公卿走避……如防大敵；一夕屢徙床，雖傢人莫知其處。”可見社會暗殺行刺之風彌行。這反映在文學作品中，便是豪俠主體的傳奇大量涌現。
涌現出一批描寫豪俠之士及其俠義行為的傳奇作品，內容涉及扶危濟睏、除暴安良、快意恩仇、安邦定國等方面，於中突出豪俠人格的賢韌剛毅和卓犖不群，武功的出神入化，功業的驚世駭俗，由此展現出一種高蹈不羈奔騰流走的生命情調。《甘澤謠》之《紅綫》，《傳奇》之《聶隱娘》、《昆侖奴》，《集異記》之《賈人妻》等，都是較有代表性的品；而傳為杜光庭所作的《虯髯客傳》，更是晚唐豪俠小說中成就最著的一篇。
【宋元話本與武俠】
唐人傳奇樹立了文言“武俠”的典範之後，經五代以至宋朝，在題材上並沒有什麽突出的發展多是對唐傳奇的模仿。但這一時期在文學史上卻有着重要意義，他在語言上開創性的意義。“說話藝術”在民間廣泛流傳，這種白話刑的小說與後來的武俠小說頗具淵源。
其主題，如宋羅燁《醉翁談錄·小說開闢》所言：“有靈怪、煙粉，奇傳、公案，兼朴刀、桿棒、妖術、神仙。”而這些也是後來的武俠小說所喜用的。不管是何種題材，都往往以愛情或公案作為敘事的“興奮點”。愛情故事，不僅在當時很受歡迎，即使在現行的武俠小說種，愛情因素也是重要的“看點”。美女與俠士之間的感情糾葛，永遠是武俠小說吸引人的地方——因為愛情是一個永恆的話題。無論是現代武俠小說中的巨擘金庸先生，還是海外一直風靡的武俠作者都無法擺脫“感情戲”。而且高妙的愛情情節往往有意想不到的效果。在這個方面宋元話本則有突出的貢獻。
宋元小說話本中的愛情故事，又往往突出女性對愛情生活的主動追求。像《碾玉觀音》中的璩秀秀，出身於貧寒的裝裱匠家庭，生得美貌出衆，聰明伶俐，更練就了一手好刺綉。無奈傢境窘迫，其父以一紙“獻狀”，將她賣與鹹安郡王，從此，正值豆蔻年華的秀秀，身入侯門，失去自由。其後郡王府失火，逃命之際，她遇見了年輕能幹的碾玉匠崔寧；秀秀見他誠實可靠，便主動提出：“何不今夜我和你先做夫妻？”而膽小怕事的崔寧卻不敢應允。秀秀道：“你知道不敢，我叫將起來，教壞了你。你卻如何將我到傢中？我明日府裏去說！”秀秀素知崔寧的為人，這番話明顯是要激發他的勇氣，讓他與自己一道掙脫束縛，尋求美好的生活。又如《鬧樊樓多情周勝仙》，寫周勝仙初見範二郎，便暗中喜歡，獨自思量：“若是我嫁得一個似這般子弟，可知好哩。今日當面挫（錯）過，再來那裏去討？”為了捕捉這難得的機緣，她敢想敢做，主動接近範二郎。
這些奇女子對愛情的大膽追求，即使放到現在的武俠小說中依舊存在着迷人的魅力。這樣的主題思想固然提高了武俠小說的思想水平，使的通俗文學在思想意義上扮演着“雅文學”的角色。這就牽涉倒文學的“雅”與“俗”的轉變問題，而武俠小說作為一個特殊的文學形式，同樣存在着“雅”與“俗”的問題。對比唐傳奇、宋元話本及當代的白話武俠；我們當如何區分“雅”與“俗”呢？如果以知識分子創作作為區分點，那麽唐傳奇便是“雅”文學，而宋話本中藝人的創作便是“俗”文學。當代的武俠小說則多數是知識分子的創作，理當看作是“雅”文學了。可是古代的知識階層又不同與現在，不能如此類推。那麽當代武俠小說到底是“雅”是“ 俗”能？我本人認為，“雅”和“俗”並不是固定的，而是浮動着的，他是隨着客體的不同而變化。換句話說，“雅”和“俗”的問題當從“文學消費”的人群來看，“雅士”即使看“俗”也“雅”。
【明清白話與武俠】
自宋以降，文言武俠逐漸衰落下來。白話公案、俠義小說則成了中下層勞動人們喜聞樂見的文學式樣。於是白話小說在明清時期盛行起來，當然其間也有不少文人防照唐傳奇創作，但並非主流。諸如：李昌祺《青城舞劍錄》、宋濂《秦士錄》、宋茂澄《劉山東》及樂宮譜《毛生》等，皆有可觀。
然而武俠小說到明清時，則多是以話本形式出現的，如清時在《包公案》基礎上演譯成的《七俠五義》《小五義》以及《兒女英雄傳評活》等，它們奠定了武俠小說的基本形式和模式，但得到真正發展並呈現出一種繁榮現象，卻是民國期間的事。
【民國時期武俠小說】
辛亥革命後，人們從封建桎梏下解放出來，各種思想流派涌入中國，報業、出版業得到空前繁榮，文學藝術得到大力發展，各種風格流派的文藝作品異彩紛呈，武俠小說也異軍突起，它以獨特的武俠們的俠義精神傳統深得人們喜愛。
在二十世紀二十年代，首先有被稱為“南嚮北趙”的等一批開風氣的武俠小說作傢，平江不肖生更是被譽為“民國武俠小說的開山鼻祖”。其代表作有《江湖奇俠傳》、《俠義英雄傳》等；趙煥亭則有《奇俠精忠傳》留世
在三十年代後，最有名的武俠小說傢便有北派五大傢還珠樓主、白羽、鄭證因、朱貞木和王度廬。這主要分為還珠樓主的神怪武俠小說，白羽的社會武俠小說，鄭證因的技擊武俠小說和王度廬的言情武俠小說等四大派武俠小說。
在民國武俠小說作傢中，還珠樓主也許是最能體現中國傳統文化特色的，半文半白的語言，儒、佛、道的精神哲理，都溶匯貫通於小說之中。其著名小說有《蜀山劍俠傳》、《青城十九俠》和《雲海爭奇記》等40部。白羽的社會武俠小說在武俠與社會生活方面結合得是十分緊密的，他受魯迅、周作人兄弟和新文化運動影響很深，本身又是記者出身，他常常是通過武俠思想與社會現實的脫節來批判社會的黑暗，在寫武俠們的可敬可愛的同時，也寫出了他們在現實社會中的悲壯、感慨與無奈。他的代表作是《十二金錢鏢》、和描寫白蓮教起義的《黃花劫》等。鄭證因當年的《鷹爪王》八部麯出手就不凡，他將武俠的豪氣與精妙的武術與驚險的情節融為一體，並特別註重武術技巧的描寫。其一生一共創作了一百〇二部作品，為當時作傢之最。被人稱為技擊武俠小說一點也不為過。
而王度廬的武俠小說則重言情，寫到生死纏綿處，常惑人至深。後起的港、臺武俠小說，也大多走的他開拓的這條“悲劇俠情”的路子。他的主要代表作就是《臥虎藏竜》等“鶴鐵五部作”。而他們中最具傳奇色彩的則是還珠樓主李壽民，他七歲便登峨眉、青城學氣功，十六歲與纔女文珠相戀，因傢變而失戀，寫《蜀山劍俠傳》時，筆名還珠樓主，就是用於紀念文珠的。後與大富豪之女孫經洵的婚姻更是轟動一時，孫父曾反對這樁婚姻以“拐帶良傢婦女”的罪名將其告上法庭，而孫經洵則在庭審時勇敢站出來捍衛自己的婚姻自由，使其無罪開釋，一時傳為美談，而更值得一提的是，還珠樓主李壽民本人，在“七七”事變後，因拒絶出任日寇偽職，被抓到日本憲兵隊受盡嚴刑拷打達七十天，仍威武不屈，令人敬嘆！他的作為本身，也充滿着一種俠義精神。一九五八年，一篇“不許還珠樓主繼續放毒”的文章，卻使他讀後因悲憤而腦溢血，此後病榻兩年有餘，口授完長篇小說《杜甫》後，對夫人孫經洵說你要多保重後，溘然長逝，令人惑嘆！
【當代武俠小說】
後來以金庸、梁羽生為代表的新武俠小說的崛起，則是近幾十年的事。尤其是金庸的武俠小說，造就了非常多的金庸迷。金庸也不愧為一代武俠小說大宗師，他豐富的歷史知識，深厚的閱歷，對武俠精神的理解，對武術知識的掌握，精彩的敘事與描寫，對人物性格的把握，確有許多過人之處。《射雕英雄傳》中的許多歷史、人物，如南宋時宋與金、元的錯綜復雜的關係均有歷史史實依據，而丘處機等歷史人物也確有其人，將真實與虛構有機結合，同時又兼有北派武俠小說社會、言情、技擊、神怪四大派之長，同時又完全不同於這四大派，有了新的創新和發展。
香港是新派武俠小說發源地，50年代上半期屬於梁羽生，代表作《七劍下天山》係列。至《萍蹤俠影》、《雲海玉弓緣》達到個人創作不可逾越的高峰。後期作品多數是一種風格，不提也罷。
梁開創了一個時代，其古典文學素養很紮實，小說中詩詞隨處可見。但尚沒有完全脫離近代武俠的窠臼。古文功底好的讀者可以看看，文字和歷史的描寫還是很有水準。
50年代中後期金庸的出現，讓梁羽生發出了“既生瑜，何生亮”的感慨。
金庸引入了西洋文學技巧及電影手法予以捏合，在當時港臺政治壓抑的年代，讓武俠小說變成暢銷書。
在69年《鹿鼎記》中達到其創作頂峰，然後激流勇退。
金庸的作品整體上看，前期到後期是越寫越好。從文字到結構，包括情節的張力莫不如此。在其部分作品的早期版本中有時間錯亂的硬傷，可能與其作品在《明報》連載有關。衹有一個簡單的情節，天馬行空的進行。到後來造成無法更改的錯誤，例如：《射雕》中黃蓉出生後，梅、陳二人偷《九陰真經》叛變出桃花島。麯靈風被斷腿後在牛傢村作賊時，郭靖與楊康的爹還不認識。那豈不是黃蓉和郭靖早就在流行姐弟戀，還喊什麽靖哥哥，裝年輕嗎？後來金庸重新修訂他的全部作品，把這些硬傷基本上都修改過了。
與金庸同時代香港另有金鋒、張夢還、牟鬆庭、風雨樓主、高峰、石衝等人從事武俠小說創作。但是，金庸這座山太高，與他同時代的武俠小說作傢是不幸的。其同輩及後起武俠作傢或以主觀條件不足，便難乎為繼；多半衹能遵循既往“幫會技擊派”的路數，在江湖仇殺中討生活了。
70年代初，金庸封筆後，香港武俠小說出現了百傢爭鳴，百花齊放的局面。
臺灣武俠與香港有所區別，在金、梁同時代有司馬翎、臥竜生、獨孤紅、陳青雲、蕭逸等數十位武俠專業作傢。根據武俠評論名傢葉洪生先生的粗略統計，在武俠小說興盛時期，臺灣至少有過三百位武俠作傢賴此維生，出版了至少上萬種以上的武俠小說。結集成書則自數部至數十部不等。其中司馬翎、臥竜生、諸葛青雲並稱“臺灣三劍客。”
司馬翎在當時影響力最大。博學多才，擅長寫情寫欲、鬥智鬥力。特別是描寫男女在情欲焚身中的心理變化，以及奇正互變、虛實相生的武打藝術，均獨步一時。而其早年首創以精神、氣勢剋敵製勝的武學原理，已近乎“道”——與金庸、古竜一脈相承的“無劍勝有劍”說法，有異麯同工之妙，甚而猶有過之。同輩名傢受其影響、啓迪者頗多，如古竜、上官鼎、易容、蕭瑟等皆是。
可惜司馬翎未能持盈保泰；其創作後期雖有《劍海鷹揚》這部超卓巨著為武俠小說大放異彩，但此後即逐漸走下坡——除《人在江湖》（一九七五年）尚可一看外，其晚年改以“天心月”筆名所撰《強人》係列作品，業已欲振乏力，江郎纔盡了。
紅花尚需緑葉扶，當時諸緑葉代表作有臥竜生《飛燕驚竜》、諸葛青雲《紫電青霜》、司馬翎《劍氣千幻錄》、獨抱樓主《璧玉弓》、曹若冰《玉扇神劍》、蕭逸《七禽掌》、雲中嶽《古劍殲情記》、丁劍霞《神簫劍客傳》、柳殘陽《玉面修羅》、獨孤紅《雍幹飛竜傳》；還有“鬼派”——書名、內容非鬼即魔，且嗜血嗜殺，動輒就殺得屍橫遍野、血流成河。代表者有陳青雲《血魔劫》、田歌《血河魔燈》等。尚可一觀。其他幾百人不提也罷，大多都是看了開頭就能猜到結尾的故事，如何能吸引讀者掏出大把的銀子。
真正讓臺灣武俠走嚮世界華人圈的人是古竜。一個可以在臺灣武俠小說界大書特書的名字。是臺灣武俠小說界唯一可以與金、梁比肩的人。
古竜與60年代初期開始寫武俠小說，但業績平平，其間為名傢（如臥竜生、諸葛青雲）代筆，卻幾可亂真，足見本身確具潛力。在64年完成早期代表作《浣花洗劍錄》後，讓人耳目一新。但風格尚未形成，為引起太多波瀾。 在65-67年間古竜完成了他創作中期的重要作品《武林外史》、《絶代雙驕》等名著，開始走紅。特別是67年所撰的《鐵血傳奇》（即我們常說的《俠盜楚留香》或香帥傳奇），內雜武俠、文藝、及現代心理分析，特別是西方推理小說的架構。讀之如讀東方版的福爾摩斯探案。後來古竜坦言其深受西方和日本推理小說的影響。
由此起，古竜武俠小說即脫胎換骨，邁入了新派武俠小說的殿堂。但古竜之變並非到此為止，而是一路狂奔，讓人目不暇接後，恍然猛醒。原來武俠小說可以這樣寫，也可以這樣看。其後他陸續完成《多情劍客無情劍》（即小李飛刀）、《鐵膽大俠魂》二部麯，堪稱神完氣足，兼有傳統與現代“矛盾統一”之美。
70年代初開始，古竜受寫《蕭十一郎》（由於是先有劇本、後來纔有小說）的啓發，減少廢話和不必要的描述。加強肢體語言和場景烘托。從此古竜的變成了一種似詩、類俳句、非散文的怪異文體。可能古大俠覺得此種方式最能表達他的思想，同時又能最大化的掙到稿費。如《流星•蝴蝶•劍》、《歡樂英雄》、《陸小鳳》係列、《七種武器》係列（僅有六種）以及《邊城浪子》、《天涯•明月•刀》、《白玉老虎》等，無一不是用電影分鏡、換景的手法來寫小說。
這種簡單直接、動漫化的妄舉，對於中國文字是一種傷害。但儘管如此，在一九六五至七五年間的古竜小說卻“一枝獨秀”，正如他所描寫：“他是一個死人，一個絶對的死人。死人是不會說話的，會說話的絶對不是死人。”簡單直接殺了別人，也殺死自己。以至於他成為同輩名傢及新進作者模仿的對象。但同時他也害死了這些沒有他那般天縱其纔的跟風作傢。
火紅了十年後，古竜75年以後的作品每況愈下，也許是被稱為每部作品後都有一個現實中的女主人公和無數瓶xo消耗了他太多的激情。在看過《護花鈴》等他的半部作品後，深深地理解在後期他江郎纔盡後酗酒的痛苦。從一個構思或幾千字的開頭就可以換來巨額的金錢和合同，到後期讀者逐漸冷落、出版商追稿時的無情。英年早逝也許是他自己最渴望的結局。
85年古竜在肝硬化的劇痛中走完了他絢爛的一生。
70年代中後期至80年代，衹有溫瑞安勉強接過了古竜的槍，不，應該是筆。一九七○年他以”溫涼玉”筆名在香港《武俠春秋》發表處女作《追殺》（為“四大名捕”故事之一），時年僅十六歲；雖然文字技巧很幼稚，但想象豐富，已見潛力。
其早期作品頗受古竜影響，如《四大名捕》係列、《神州奇俠》係列均可見古的痕跡。自一九八二年推出《布衣神相》起，又加上了若幹還珠小說的奇妙素材，故神魔虛幻色彩甚濃；而《碎夢刀》、及《俠少》、《殺楚》等書，更有許多“詩歌化”的語言文字，耐人尋味。
但由一九八七年開始，溫瑞安卻以“現代派”自居。如《殺了你，好嗎？》、《請•請請• 請請請》、《力拔山河氣蓋世•牛肉面》、《敬請造反一次》、《沒有說過壞話的可以不看》等等中短篇，最近有一部《乳房》更是不知所云。且內容橫七竪八排列，以示其“現代”，以此突出視覺效果。
正如他在書中後記中說：“武俠小說必須突變！……成與敗，得與失，我不管，但這樣寫法使我覺得很好玩。”於是中國文字之美，就在溫瑞安的“突變”下，被割裂得支離破碎；而“新派”武俠小說，也在他的“好玩”下，被徹底“異化”掉了。據說他本人也異化了，目前在某精神病醫院療養。
從此武俠小說的創作進入低潮，直到90年代初期，香港的黃易從《大劍師》開始創作武俠小說，或者說科幻小說，其間有明顯的田中芳樹的痕跡。到《尋秦記》纔真正形成自己的風格，從而開創了玄幻武俠小說時代。影響了大批的武俠小說作者，開始轉入玄幻武俠的創作。而黃又變，反而回到正統武俠的路子或者說“異俠 ”更妥當。其後陸續推出的《破碎虛空》、《翻雲覆雨》均引起強烈反響。《大唐雙竜傳》更是因為互聯網而廣為傳播，讓黃易的名字傳遍華人社會。目前國內多傢網站正在連載其新作《邊荒傳說》。
黃易深受司馬翎的影響，首重氣勢，如果說早期，梁、金的作品中，成人後大多數人的武功已成定勢，丘處機奈何不了梅超風，那他永遠在任何時間和地點都衹能打成平手。一場華山論劍後，敵我雙方的爭鬥就變成算術題般簡單了。我的排名高手和小弟多，你就等着挨扁吧！人的潛力一無所知，而中華武術重視精氣神的完美結合。當黃易在其中加入了時間、體力、精神狀態等元素。大大提高了武俠小說可信度。
2000年後出現大批網絡作傢從事武俠創作，是好事也是壞事，好是大大豐富和繁榮了讀者的可看種類和數量。但由於網絡小說多數是連載，必須按時交稿，以及網絡作傢的不可見和隨意性，導致大量太監作品出現。另有部分作傢因為網站倒閉等原因導致作品連載出現中斷。短短的幾年時間，武俠小說的發展非常迅速，在大陸和港臺嶄露頭角的年輕作傢很多，具備與梁、金、古、黃比肩潛力的也就僅僅幾位。
最有可能首推泥人，以一部《江山如此多嬌》足以奠定其在現代新派武俠小說界的地位，文字流暢，情節飽滿，非常有張力。書中人物衆多，但毫不凌亂。作者明史功底很深，同時藉古諷今，在歷史和現實間遊刃有餘。如果說缺點的話，就是有不少情色描寫，降低了小說的品質。難以在大陸實體書市場立足。其實《江山》在後期情色部分越來越談。這個轉型與黃易非常類似。大膽預言：泥人病好後將是另一個金庸。
其他如老豬的《紫川》(軍事歷史小說)，真髓的《真髓》也非常不錯。具有潛力。其他很多作傢也不錯，但很多人都走上了玄幻之路，不再是在人力的範圍內進行的鬥爭。那應該劃入另一個討論的課題。
總而言之，90年代後期互聯網的普及，迎來了武俠小說的又一個春天。期待着新的一代宗師的誕生。
【武俠小說的分期】
【古典武俠時期】
一、遊俠時期
１、第一期，成型期。
以唐傳奇中的武俠篇章為高峰，層出的傳奇的各種寫法及其塑造的各類俠客，都影響到了後世武俠和元明清戲麯傳奇。
最先是先秦兩漢武俠篇章，主要有：韓非講“儒以文亂法，俠以武犯禁”。司馬遷撰《遊俠列傳》，講遊俠出身下層，違章抗法，重仁義，重信諾，重恩仇，惡欺凌。先秦兩漢，遊俠受諸子鞭撻，武俠篇章很少。
其次是六朝武俠篇章，主要有：六朝之社會動蕩，俠指以武挾人，放蕩不羈之流，無好壞之分。幹寶的《搜神記》，去掉神怪部分，就是地道的武俠。劉義慶《世說新語》中亦有記載俠客的篇章。
然後是晚唐武俠傳奇，主要有：唐傳奇是有意識的藝術創作，武俠小說隨着唐傳奇的發展而成型。唐代遊俠之風甚濃，李白“十步殺一人，千裏不留行”。唐代社會生活日趨復雜，俠義概念也更為寬泛，凡有武功，不分男女老幼，不論隱跡或浪跡山林江湖，以武行事皆稱俠。唐傳奇中的武俠類，其成就很高，如李公佐的《謝小娥傳》，裴鉶的《昆侖奴》、《聶隱娘》。唐人筆記小說的武俠篇章中，康駢的《劇談錄》裏頗有佳作，但相比唐傳奇要遜色的多。
２、第二時期，形成期
首先是宋元話本武俠。宋元說話藝術的內部分化，使武俠小說作為一種特殊的文學樣式從小說中獨立出來。如《李從吉》、《十條竜》。宋元筆記小說中的武俠篇，無甚發展，遜於唐筆記中的武俠篇。
然後是明代章回小說中的武俠內容，如《水滸傳》中的魯達李忠篇，這是武俠小說的繼續發展，應該給予一定的地位。《封神演義》是一種幻想型武俠小說的集大成者。宋元明時期，社會動蕩不安，大量下層人民鋌而走險，結義鬥爭，武功也因之為群衆所掌握，英雄豪俠的行為更多成為具有群衆性的好漢行動，從而衝淡了劍客的神秘色彩。
最後是武俠小說。為瞭解决晚清的社會生活矛盾，體現底層人民意願的英雄俠士和體現市民上層理想的清官奇妙地在小說裏結合，以集合的方式反映了晚清社會的市俗原望。自石玉昆的《三俠五義》之後，各種文人長篇武俠競相出現。如俞樾的《七俠五義》，無名氏的《小五義》，文康的《兒女英雄傳》，這標志着中國武俠小說形成了穩定、獨立的存在形式--即俠義小說。
二、民國武俠時期
即所謂的“舊武俠”時期，開端於二十年代，三十年代進入高潮，四十年代走嚮衰落。二十年代，在目睹辛亥革命和國民革命的軟弱無效之後，人們寄希望於俠客壯士來創造新的世界。1923年，以南派小說傢平江不肖生的《近代俠義英雄傳》的問世為開端，舊武俠的創作進入高潮。同時，北派作傢還珠樓主、王度廬（《臥虎藏竜》）、宮白羽、朱貞木（《豔魔島》）等人的影響巨大。舊武俠小說主要是武俠技擊小說，它使武俠小說深入廣大民衆，使武俠小說成為中國現代小說體係中不可或缺的部分。
民國武俠小說五大傢：嚮愷然（1889－1957），筆名不肖生，湖南平江人，代表作《江湖奇俠傳》。趙煥亭，生卒不祥，代表作《奇俠精忠傳正續集》。顧明道（1896－1944），蘇州吳門人，代表作《荒江女俠》。李壽民（1903－1961），解放後更名為李紅，筆名為還珠樓主，四川人，代表作《蜀山劍俠傳》。宮竹心（1898－1966），筆名白羽，代表作《十二金錢鏢》。
【傳統武俠時期】
一、港臺武俠時期
即所謂的“新武俠”時期或者大武俠時代。20世紀50年代，武俠在港臺的商品化和通俗化潮流中形成。它是以梁羽生和金庸為代表的寫虛構的歷史上的武俠故事為內容的一個文學流派，指新文化運動後，武俠小說在新文學的影響下，開始白話創作後新一種的文學樣式。這個時代名傢輩出，梁羽生為開端，金庸為高潮，溫瑞安為第二次高潮。金庸、古竜、梁羽生還並稱為“新武俠三大傢”。
關於此時武俠中“俠”的定義，梁羽生講“舊武俠小說中的俠，多屬統治階級的鷹犬，新武俠小說中的俠，是為社會除害的英雄；俠指的是正義行為--符合大多數人的利益的行為就是俠的行為，所謂‘為國為民，俠之大者’。”
此時武俠大多突破了民國武俠小說的劍仙鬥法、門派紛爭、鏢師與緑林仇殺的題材範圍，較多表現人民群衆的鬥爭。着重人物性格描寫，兼用中西技法，突破了舊武俠小說的窠臼，剔除了舊武俠的鬼神色彩，要求故事中的奇跡嚴格限製在“人體潛能”的範圍內。新武俠的缺陷在於俠客英雄超人化，他們跳出三界外，不在五行中，包打天下。缺乏現實主義的深度，屈從於商業需要，稗出贅附，故事套路化。
1、第一時期，梁金時期
梁羽生（原名陳文統，1922年生，廣西蒙山人）在1954年發表的《竜虎鬥京華》，以口語寫作，所述史實，所繪山川，均經嚴格考據，人生性格與心理活動刻劃入微，文筆細膩而有文采，舊武俠小說難以與其比肩，從此奠定聲名，成為新派武俠小說的發動之作。梁羽生國學根底深厚，他的武俠小說帶有許多自己作的詩詞，每每傳誦一時。他的小說每一部都有明確的歷史背景。1956年，梁羽生開始寫《七劍下天山》。梁羽生一直寫作到八十年代初，他的最後一部小說《武當一劍》初刊於1980年5月9日的《大公報》上，完結於1983年8月2日。代表作《萍蹤俠影錄》、《七劍下天山》、《塞外奇俠傳》、《竜虎鬥京華》、《雲海玉弓緣》、《白發魔女傳》。
金庸（原名查良鏞，1923年生，原籍浙江海寧）的《書劍恩仇錄》開始寫作於1955年中。《射雕英雄傳》寫於1957年至1958年之間，是金庸的第四部武俠小說。“射雕”奠定了金庸的武林盟主地位，是公認的經典名著。金庸用十七年寫完他的十五部武俠小說，又用十年把這十五部小說全部重新修訂了一遍。金庸寫作至1972年文革未結束封筆。
2、第二時期，古竜時期
古竜1960年開始嘗試寫武俠小說，初期的《蒼穹神劍》等都十分幼稚，及至1964年纔以《浣花洗劍錄》等聲名鵲起。1965至1966年間是他創作的豐收期，他寫作了《大旗英雄傳》、《名劍風流》、《武林外史》、《絶代雙驕》等名著。1967年創作的《鐵血傳奇》（即楚留香係列）及以後一直寫了六十一部共計28册。古竜其人才華橫溢但用心不專，從他的小說就可以看出來。但他妙在有急智，每在關節處突出奇兵。早年古竜並沒有自己特出的風格，在臺灣的武俠圈子裏不算太耀眼；至於他在七十年代的晚期作品，那已明顯是江郎纔盡、力不從心了。
3、第三時期，溫黃時期
溫瑞安（出生於馬來西亞），1973年作《四大名捕會京師》，1981年作《神州奇俠》、《血河車》等重要作品。八十年代初金庸、梁羽生相繼封筆，1985年古竜去世之後，港臺武俠小說一片凋零。出於“求新、求變、求突破”的心理，溫瑞安從1986年底開始大力倡行“超新派武俠”，或稱“現代派武俠”，把大量主流文學的東西引入了武俠小說。曹正文在1989年將其列為第三代新武俠小說的代表，而與第一代的金庸、梁羽生，第二代的古竜並稱。
黃易，本名黃祖強，香港中文大學藝術係畢業。1989年黃易辭去高職厚薪，隱居離島深山、藏風聚水之地，專心從事創作。至90年代，旋即以獨樹一幟的武俠作品，席捲港、臺兩地。1991年成立黃易出版社有限公司，出版了大唐雙竜傳等作品。黃易的作品場面宏大、從物衆多，讓人嘆為觀止。衹是在武打招式的描寫上顯得過於草率，說服力不足。另外，黃易作品往往直接融入一個歷史大時代，而不是將歷史作為背景。這是其優點，但也受到了歷史的限製。
港臺武俠時期港臺的其他作傢於香港方面有：蹄風、金鋒、張夢還、牟鬆庭、江一明、避秦樓主、風雨樓主、高峰、石衝等；臺灣方面，有：郎紅浣、成鐵吾、海上擊筑生、伴霞樓主、臥竜生、司馬翎（即吳樓居士）、諸葛青雲、孫玉鑫、竜井天、墨餘生、天風樓主、醉仙樓主、獨抱樓主、蠱上九、陸魚、上官鼎、東方玉、曹若冰、南湘野叟、武陵樵子、慕容美、蕭逸、古如風、嚮夢葵、陳青雲、柳殘陽、司馬紫煙、獨孤紅、奇儒、秋夢痕、於東樓、東方英、雪雁、秦紅、墨餘生、丁情等。但其中具有代表性與影響力的武俠作傢極少。
二、大陸武俠時期
1、第一時期，20世紀80年代大陸“武林小說”
武林（武林，與武俠有所不同，概念大一些）小說的內容十有八九還是表現歷史上的武俠劍客或從武俠的角度表現歷史上的義軍鬥爭和形形色色的社會矛盾；表現武術技擊為主要鬥爭手段的近代、現代革命鬥爭的，篇什不多。所以“武林小說”實際上是以武俠小說為主。
在80年代，由電影《少林寺》觸發的武俠小說浪潮在國內掀起，武俠小說的發行量大大超過了純文學作品。1981年，湖北麯藝協會的任清等創辦了《金古傳奇》，連載了歐陽學忠的《武當山傳奇》，聶雲的《玉嬌竜》。1982年，王占君作《白衣俠女》，是為80年代武俠的開山之作。1984年，武俠小說逐漸被武林小說一詞取代，並形成浪潮。
20世紀80年代武俠的精品極少，比較好的作品有：《白衣俠女》等率先災破了大陸俠義題材的禁區，為八十年代武林小說的崛起奏響了序麯。柳溪的《大盜‘燕子’李三傳奇》，馮育楠的《津門大俠霍元甲》，馮驥纔的《神鞭》，也都是這個時期的代表作品。
2、第二時期，20世紀90年代大陸武俠
即是大陸“新派武俠”，是大陸作傢對港臺武俠的模仿。從滄浪客的一係列的武俠作品中，便可以看出模仿痕跡。滄浪客，原名姚霏，雲南師範大學中文係專攻古典文學的教授，在1990年出版了《一劍平江湖》，這可以看作是大陸新派武俠的第一部作品。這個時期的武俠，總體上缺乏文化提升的精品意識，主要沿着港臺新武俠的路子講故事，作品的實際影響也非常有限。
同期的其他作傢還有：青蓮子，在90年代初著有《威竜邪鳳記》及其續集《青猿白虎功》兩部。火梨，上海知識分子，1995年寫成一部《舞葉驚花》。張寶瑞，新華社記者，其代表作有《京都武林長捲》係列凡六部、《醉鬼張三爺》、《形意遊俠錄》等。熊沐，北方人士，生性豪放，第一部作品為《骷髏人》。巍琦，代表作《金帖俠盜》。周郎，代表作《鴛鴦血》。
【現代武俠時期】
即所謂的“新新武俠”、“新世紀武俠”、“網絡武俠”、“大陸新武俠”時期。20世紀90年代末，黃易武俠高潮漸漸平息，隨着網絡文學的興起，武俠寫手們在網絡讀者閱讀選擇越來越多，閱讀口味越來越挑剔的壓力之下，不得不嚮傳統作傢的實力靠攏，出現了一些質量較高的武俠作品。1999年上海《大俠與名探》、 2001年武漢《今古傳奇武俠版》、2002年鄭州《武俠故事》等雜志的創刊，促進了武俠的發展。
2004年，《今古傳奇武俠版》半月刊創刊，主編鄭保純提出了“21世紀大陸新武俠”的概念，簡稱為“大陸新武俠”，主要總結了大陸上一些武俠寫手的創作。6月，《新武俠》由長江文藝出版社白樺林雜志社推出。同時期，港臺地區特別是臺灣島的創作亦不容忽視。大陸新武俠具備明確的智性氛圍和主體意識。鄭保純講，“我覺得新武俠這個概念，不應拘泥於雜志與圖書出版，而應指一種文化潮流！”。
這些武俠被分成四類：青春武俠(搞笑和無釐頭)，如《遊俠秀秀》。奇幻武俠，如《誅仙》、《搜神記》。女性武俠(類言情)，如《血薇》、《鏡•雙城》。類傳統武俠，如《昆侖》《英雄志》《江山如此多嬌》。
此時的大陸作傢有：小椴，原名段銀，1976年生，湖北隨州人氏。著有《杯雪》、《青絲井的傳說》等。時未寒，男，四川人，著有《碎空刀》、《偷天換日》等。江南，籍貫安徽，著有《春風柳上原》、《瀚海竜吟》、《烈火焚琴》、《此間的少年》等。滄月，原名王洋，1979生於浙江臺州，著有《幻世》、《聽雪樓•血薇》等。小非，閩南人，著有《遊俠秀秀》等。鳳歌，著有《昆侖》等。瀋瓔瓔，南方人，著有《琉璃塔》等。泥人，著有《江山如此多嬌》等。王展飛，1972年4月生於山東省平度市，13歲遷居新疆阿勒泰市。著有《劍嘯西風》等。方白羽，九十年代初山東大學電子係畢業，著有《憨俠》、《俠之歪者》等。燕壘生，浙江余杭人氏，著有《明月照山河》、《烈火之城》等。
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【Origin】 martial arts
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If even the Qin and Han Jin Dynasty, the martial arts to build a solid production base, whom prelude; then Tang a leading position in literary history, the martial arts that is really just the beginning.
Chivalry and knight】 【
However, the other knight on the many martial arts and we are somewhat similar, and they always seemed to exist between fact and fiction, which seems deeply influenced the later emergence and development of martial arts, they are always with magic and mystery, some even exaggerated the function and role of martial arts itself, but to Superman to appear in getting rid of the martial arts, but also a perfect reflection of people's hope and desire, which were most affected on the later martial arts There are three characters, that is, the more a virgin, red and Kunlun Nu. The more virgin from the "Annals of Wu", the red line from Don. Yuan rural Piece "Ganse Ballad", Kunlun Nu Tang is from "Legend" Historically, many skilled and martial arts are often willing to retire from the dead, this is because people are hard to predict, even Enchongrushan the main people, too, such thinking has affected generations of man many martial arts and martial arts creation. From another perspective, official corruption and darkness, but also make them more willing to keep his nose clean, not partake of this is martial arts have been an important reason why people are respected, but also an ideal of the literati spirit, so there dynasty record of so many writers are willing to write creative stories of these martial arts, is also an important reason.
【Wei Six Tales of Mystery and martial arts】
Wei and Jin Dynasties in the literary history of literature is seen as a "consciousness," the formative years of many literary works of this period to Demon, mainly Mystic novel. Works include the ancestors of the gods, ghosts concepts, and the surreal mystical power for himself. This is the prehistoric period to the hero worship of the remaining people in the prehistoric period, people of some hero worship and praise produced exaggerated myth, for example, Shen Nong, Sui people, Nu Wa and so on. To the Qin and Han, filled in the ideological field is the figure who trained himself. Wei later, is cruising the deep ghost ghost.
Ghost Stories is a strange supernatural things account for the main contents, including the operation of Fairy, ghosts monsters, special party foreign body, such as Buddhist supernatural, there are anecdotal unofficial history, folklore and so on. Art on the legendary and ultra-realistic performance. By Gan Bao of the "Immortals" as a representative, has asked other name Tao "Search Supernatural", the old question of Cao Pi's "Lie Yi Zhuan," Zhang's "Natural History", Ge Hong's "Supernatural Biography" Chia's "theft by finding in mind," Wu Jun "Qi harmonic mind" and so on. Concept of supernatural beings is the ancient ancestors an important part of philosophy, even now, among the working people also exists the concept of a ghost, it has been formed as part of the Chinese spirit. This is actually the result of people to think for themselves, the reality of suffering makes them long for some things beyond the natural, a special ability and some special tools. For example: martial arts, sword, treasure, and so on. These things can only get in the imagination, so there are "three tombs," the sword Gan, Moye; with "Purple" in Xian Shu Road law; with "Liu Chen and Ruan Zhao," a panacea. These things in the later novels is also common, it seems that the reason why martial arts has become an important factor to attract readers.
Tang and martial arts】 【
If even the Qin and Han Jin Dynasty, the martial arts to build a solid production base, whom prelude; then Tang a leading position in literary history, the martial arts that is really just the beginning. Song Li Fang, etc. compiled "Taiping" Volume ninety-three to one hundred and ninety-six, particularly the inclusion of the 18 kinds of Tang Dynasty "Knight" class can be seen between the context of martial arts connected with the Tang Dynasty. Tang for the martial arts so that the stand of these persons, which should be the course.
"Legend" name, like starting in the late Tang Peixing story collection, "Legend", Song Yin Lu division will "use the right words said at the scene, the world thinks it strange" and "Yueyang Tower" as "legendary body." Developed later, the legendary gradually be considered a genre of fiction, such as the Yuan Tao Zongyi "Dropping Geng Lu" about Tang Dynasty and the Song, Jin opera, the hospital the other in parallel, Ming Hu Ying-lin "Shaoshi Shan Cong room document" more to the sub-six second novel that is "Realm", "Story of Huo Xiaoyu" and named "Legend", so, legend known as Tangren Wen made the novel, he continues to use the convention down.
Emergence of a group of persons and their chivalrous cavalier description of acts of legendary works, related distress the poor and needy, getting rid of Willful hatred, settled by the country in terms of personality in the prominent cavalier and Zhuo Luo Yin Ren fortitude not groups, martial arts superb, exploits The shock the world, thus showing a high hath Pentium uninhibited flow out of the life character. "Ganse Ballad" the "red line", "legend" of "Nie", "Kunlun Nu", "different mind set" of "Jia man's wife", are more representative of the goods; the transfer is made of Du The "Heroic Legends" Late Knight is most famous novel of a success.
【Song and Yuan Dynasties and martial arts】
Chinese legend has set a classical "martial arts" in the model, the Five Dynasties and even after the Song dynasty, there is nothing in the subject matter and the development of more prominent is the imitation of Tang. However, this time in the history of literature is of great significance, he was pioneering the meaning of language. "Talk art" in the civil widespread, this vernacular novel and the subsequent punishment rather martial arts origins.
Song small talk in the love story, they often highlight women's active pursuit of the love life. Such as "ben" in Qu Xiu Xiu, was born in a poor mounting Carpenter family, he's outstanding beauty, bright, more trained to have a good hand embroidery. Helpless family distress, and his father with a piece of paper "offer letter", she was sold and Haman Dukes, since then, blooming Xiu Xiu, Hou body into the door, loss of freedom. Later Dukes House fire, escape the occasion, she met the young talented grind Yu Jiang Ning Cui; Xiu see him honest and reliable, they offered: "Why do not you and I do first couple tonight?" The timorous Cui Ning is not promised. Xiu Xiu: "You know not, my name will be up and teach you bad. You have to be in my home? I go tomorrow, said the government!" Xiu Su Ning Cui know the man, words obviously intended to stimulate his courage, let him with his one free myself, to seek a better life. Another example is "busy Fanlou passionate Zhou Sheng Xian", write Zhou Sheng Xian has shown signs of Hanjiro, they secretly like it, alone, consider: "If I have a husband so the children of a similar, known Hao Li. Today face setbacks (wrong) before, go again discussion? "To capture this rare opportunity, and she dared dare take the initiative to close Hanjiro.
Kill for love these bold pursuit, even if the novels are still placed there charm. While this theme ideas to improve the level of martial arts, so that the popular literature play in the ideological sense, "elegant literature" role. This involves reversing literature "Ya" and "conventional" transformation problem, and martial arts as a special form of literature, as there is a "Ya" and "popular" issue. Contrast Tang, Song and Yuan Dynasties and contemporary vernacular martial arts; How do we distinguish between "Ya" and "Popular" mean? If the distinction between intellectual creation as a point, then the Tang Dynasty is "elegance" of literature, and Song in the artist's creation is the "popular" literature. Most modern martial arts are the creative intelligentsia, which should be seen as "refined," Literature of the. But the ancient knowledge class is different and the present, can not and so on. So in the end is a modern martial arts novels, "Ya" is the "vulgar" to? I think, "Ya" and "Popular" is not fixed, but Fudong Zhao, he was with the object varies. In other words, "Ya" and "popular" issue as from the "literary consumption" crowd of view, "Ascot" even look at "conventional" also "Ya."
】 【Ming and Qing vernacular and martial arts
Since the Song Dynasty, the gradual decline of classical Chinese martial arts down. Vernacular Detective, chivalrous novels have become lower middle class working people are loved by the literary style. Vernacular fiction was popular in the Ming and Qing dynasties up, of course, there are a lot of paper during the civil air defense created according to Tang, but not mainstream. Such as: Li Changqi "recorded Qingcheng sword," Lian "Qin Shi Lu", Song Maocheng "Liu Shandong" and Le Palace spectrum "Mao-Sheng", etc., there are considerable.
However, when the martial arts to the Ming and Qing dynasties, many of which are present in the form of words, such as the Qing dynasty in the "package Detective" played to the basis of the "Five Seven Chivalrous justice", "Xiao Wu Yi" and "children live commentary Heroes" and so on, they laid the Swordsman basic form and pattern, but get really develop and present a kind of prosperous, Que is the Republic of China's 事.
【】 Republic of martial arts
1911 Revolution, the people liberated from the yoke of feudalism, the various schools of thought into China, the press, the publishing industry are unprecedented prosperity, literature and art are to develop, a variety of styles colorful schools of literary and artistic works, martial arts have sprung It is a unique spirit of traditional martial arts chivalry won their loved one.
20 years in the twentieth century, it was first known as the "south to north Zhao" and started the trend of the martial arts and a number of writers, 平江不肖生 is known as the "Republic of martial arts novels of the pedigree." The representative works include "Wild Swordsman," "Chivalry Heroes", etc.; Zhao Huanting there, "Fairy Loyalty Biography" leave the world
In the thirties, the most famous martial arts have all Haizhulouzhu North Pine 5, white, Zheng card for Zhu Jeong Mu and Wang Du Lu. This is mainly divided into Haizhulouzhu the supernatural novels, White Feather's social novels, Zheng card because of the martial martial arts and Wang Du Lu's four major martial arts school martial arts romance.
In the Republic of martial arts writers, Haizhulouzhu perhaps best embodies traditional Chinese culture, semi-vernacular language, Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism's spiritual philosophy, are converging through the stories. The famous novel of "Shushanjianxia Biography", "Qingcheng 19 Chivalry" and "sea of clouds recorded Vying for" and 40. White feather in the martial arts martial arts community and social life was very close integration, he was sent by Lu Xun and His Brother, and deeply influenced the New Culture Movement, which itself was originally a journalist, he often thought through the martial arts out of touch with social reality to criticize society, the dark, when writing their respectable martial arts cute, but also write them at the tragic reality of society, feelings and helplessness. His masterpiece is "12 money dart", and described the uprising of the White Lotus "flower robbery" and so on. Zheng card for the year, "Ying Zhaowang" Eight parts of the shot is not where he would pride and sophisticated martial arts of Wushu and thrilling adventures integration, with particular emphasis on the description of martial arts skills. His life created a total of 102 works of writers of the then most. Been called combative martial arts that is no exaggeration.
The Wang Du Lu's martial arts novels are heavy romance, wrote of life and death lingering Department, often deceptive deep. And-coming Hong Kong, Taiwan, martial arts, and most of his walk to open up the this "tragedy Xia love" route. His main representative is the "Crouching Tiger" and "The Crane Rail for five." The most legendary of them is Haizhulouzhu Li Shoumin, he would board the Emei-year-old, Qingcheng study qigong, 16-year-old fell in love with the talented woman Monju, a result of family change and romance, write "Shushanjianxia Biography" when pseudonym Huanzhulouzhu is for Jinian Wen beads. After the rich and powerful daughter of Sun by Xun, marriage is a sensation, Sun father had opposed the marriage of "stealing honest woman" of the charges to court, and the Sun by Xun in the trial, courage to stand up for their freedom of marriage, it acquitted a short time has visited one another, but even more noteworthy is that Haizhulouzhu Li Shoumin I, in the "77" Incident, the Japanese for refusing to serve as pseudo-post caught the Japanese military police suffered severely torture up to 70 days, still unyielding, it is King sigh! As his own, full of a kind of chivalrous spirit. In 1958, a "no Huanzhulouzhu to poison," the article, made him reading by grief and stroke, more than two years after deathbed, dictating complete novel "Du Fu", the pair of Lady Sun Xun said by you Take care, the passing away, is puzzled sigh!
】 【Contemporary martial arts
Hong Kong is the birthplace of new style martial arts novel, half of the 50's are Liang Yu-Shen, masterpiece "Seven Swords" series. To "Pingzongxiaying", "云海玉弓缘" to achieve personal creative insurmountable heights. Most of the late works of a style not worth mentioning.
Beam to create an era of very solid quality of its classic literature, fiction poetry everywhere. But still not completely out of the stereotype of modern martial arts. Good grounding in Classical Chinese reader can see the description text and history are still very level.
Jin Yong in the late 50's there, so Liang Yu-Shen issued "both Sheng Yu, He Shengliang" of emotion.
Jin Yong introduced Western literature and film techniques to be kneading techniques, Hong Kong and Taiwan at the time of political suppression and to martial arts into a best-seller.
In the 69 years of "The Deer" reached its creative peak, and then stepping down gracefully.
Contemporary Hong Kong, while Jin Feng and Jin Yong, Zhang Meng Huan, Musong Ting, storm lord, peak, stone washed and others engaged in martial arts novels. However, Jin Yong mountain too high, and his contemporary martial arts writer, is unfortunate. Their peers and the late-coming martial arts writer or less subjective conditions, it is difficult almost to continue; usually only follow the previous "Gang Attack Group" large ones, living in rivers and lakes in the killings.
The early 70s, Jin Yong creating in effect, the Hong Kong martial arts there let thousand flowers bloom situation.
Taiwan and Hong Kong martial arts be different, in gold, beam contemporary with Sima Ling, Wo Lung Sheng Dugu Hong, Qing-Yun Chen, Yat Siu dozens of martial arts such as professional writers. According to the martial arts master Mr. Ye Hongsheng comment rough statistics, in the prosperous period of martial arts in Taiwan had had at least 300 martial arts rely on this for a living writer, has published at least on the more than 10,000 kinds of martial arts novels. Results were integrated from several of the book to dozens of ranges. One Sima Ling, Wo Lung Sheng Zhugeqingyun said "Taiwan Three Musketeers."
Sima Ling at the time the greatest influence. Knowledgeable, good at a sentiment or desire, a battle of wits. Especially male-female desire into flames in the psychological changes, and odd are mutually changed virtual and real martial arts art, are unmatched moment. Its early years, first in spirit and principle of imposing martial art to defeat the enemy, has been almost "Road" - and Jin Yong, Gu Long line of succession of the "sword of victory without a sword," saying, serves the same purpose, even worse than. Famous peers affected, inspired by many, such as Cologne, Shangguan Ding, of turning, bleak h ave is.
Unfortunately, Sima Ling not maintaining steady economic growth; its creation despite the late "sword Haiying Yang" This outstanding masterpiece shine for the martial arts, but then that is getting worse - than "in the shadows" (19 2075) can still be a look outside, the later years changed to "day of heart month" written by the pen name "strong man" series, has been lacking, downhill, the.
True to the world of Chinese martial arts circles in Taiwan who is Cologne. A martial arts circles in Taiwan, in letters of the name. The only martial arts circles in Taiwan and gold, beam shoulder to shoulder people.
Thus, the martial arts novel is reborn into a new style martial arts of the temple. But Cologne is not the end of the change, but the way bolted, so dizzying, the suddenly occurred to him awakened. The original martial arts can be written, we can also look. Then he has completed "Sentimental Swordsman merciless sword" (ie Romantic Swordsman), "Tie Dan Hero Soul," Episode II, called God complete air feet, both traditional and modern "contradictory unity" of the United States.
Early 70s, Cologne by writing "Xiaoshiyilang" (as is the script first, and later novels have) inspired nonsense, and to reduce unnecessary description. Strengthen the body language and scene contrast. From then on Gu Long's become like a poem, haiku class, non-weird prose style. May feel this way the ancient heroes can best express his thoughts, while maximizing the earn royalties. Such as "Meteor • Butterfly • Sword", "Happy Heroes", "Luk Siu Fung" series, "seven weapons" series (only six) and "Border Town prodigal son", "End of the World • moon • Knife," "white tiger", etc. , and both are using the film sub-mirror-for-view approach to writing a novel.
This simple and direct, animation of the jump to move, the Chinese text is a harm. Nevertheless, from 1965 to 1975 in Cologne between the novel is "thriving", as he describes: "He is a dead man, an absolute dead. The dead will not be talking, talking is definitely not dead . "straightforward kill others, also killed himself. That he became famous peers and new entrants on the object of imitation. But he also kills these days without him is so vertical it was the writers to follow suit.
Red for ten years, 75 years after the works of Gu Long declining, perhaps to be called after each work has a real heroine, and countless bottles of xo consume too much of his passion. After seeing "Drawing a bell" and part of his works, a deep understanding of alcoholism in the late pain after his run out of ideas. From an idea or thousands of words can be the beginning of the contract in exchange for huge sums of money to post reader gradually cold, ruthless publishers chasing the manuscript. Untimely death is perhaps the most desired outcome of his own.
85 years of pain in Cologne in cirrhosis has completed his splendid life.
The late 70's to 80's, only reluctantly took over the Gu Wen Jui-gun, no, the pen. In 1970 he was a "cool and Jade" pseudonym in Hong Kong "martial arts stories" published debut "Kill" (for "Sidamingbu" one story), when he was only 16 years old; despite the fact that techniques are very naive, but imagine rich, have see the potential.
Cologne impact of its popular early works, such as "Sidamingbu" series, "Divine Swordsman" series are visible traces of the ancient. Since the 1982 launch of "commoner with God," and then, with a number of beads is also a wonderful novel material, so supernatural fantasy grime; and "broken dream knife", and "swordsmen", "kill Chu "and other books, there are many" poems "of language, thought-provoking.
But from the beginning in 1987, Wen Jui is a "modern" itself. Such as "kill you, will you? "" Please Please Please • • Please Please Please "and" mountains and rivers of air force pulling K-Swiss • beef noodles, "" Please rebellion a "," did not say bad things that can not see, "and so in short, a recent" breast "is unintelligible. And the contents of noodle arranged to show their "modern", this prominent visual effects.
Postscript in the book, as he said: "The martial arts have mutations! ... ... Successes and failures, gains and losses, I do not care, but this wording makes me feel a lot of fun." So the beauty of Chinese characters, on the Wen Jui "Change ", the split may be fragmented; and" new style "martial arts, but also his" fun ", and be completely" alienation "lost. He was said to have alienated himself now in a psychiatric hospital convalescence.
The impact of popular Sima Ling Huang Yi, the first re-imposing, if earlier, beam, gold works, adult martial arts has become the most people given potential, not Mei Chaofeng Chuji is regrettable that he never at any time and place can only be tied. A Competition on Huashan Mountain, the two sides of a strife becomes as simple arithmetic. My ranking master and little more, you wait to suffer flat it! Know nothing about human potential, while the Chinese martial arts and Manner of the perfect combination of great importance. When Huang Yi in which the added time, physical, mental and other elements. Greatly enhanced the credibility of martial arts.
Network in 2000 after a large number of creative writers in the martial arts is good, bad, good or great wealth and prosperity of the readers to see the type and quantity. However, most of the network serial novel, to be on time delivery, and the network is not visible and random writers, leading to a large number of eunuchs works there. Another part of the writer, such as site closure causes serialized work interruptions. Just a few years, the development of martial arts is very fast in China and Hong Kong and Taiwan-and-coming young writers a lot, with and beam, gold, old, yellow shoulder to shoulder potential also just a few.
Most likely devaluation clay figurines, to a "land so" enough to lay the new style martial arts in the modern world status, language fluency, plot full, very tension. The characters are numerous, but not messy. History of the Ming foundation of deep, while Jiegufengjin, in the past and present worlds. If the defect, is that there are a lot of sexual description, reducing the quality of the novel. Entities in the mainland market is difficult based on the book. In fact, "country" in the latter part of more and more on erotic. This transformation is very similar with Huang Yi. Bold prediction: clay figurine good will is another Jin Yong's disease.
Others such as Lao Zhu's "Purple River" (military historical novels), essence of the "essence" is also very good. Potential. A good many other writers, but many people took to the fantasy of the way, is no longer within the scope of human struggle. That should be assigned to other topics.
All in all, the late 90's popularity of the Internet ushered in the martial arts for another spring. Looking forward to the birth of a new generation of master.
Staging】 【martial arts
【Period】 classical martial arts
1, Paladin period
1, the first phase, forming period.
Tang chapter in the martial arts to its peak, the various layers of legend and the shape of the various warrior written all affect the later Ming and Qing martial arts and Chinese opera legend.
Qin and Han martial arts is the first chapter, are: Han Fei stresses "Confucianism to the text through law, Xia to force taboo." Qian Piece "Knight Tales" and stresses the lower birth Ranger, illegal anti-law, re-righteousness, heavy commitments, re-hatred, evil bullying. Qin and Han, Ranger lashing by the various schools, very few martial arts chapter.
Six chapters, followed by martial arts, including: Six of social unrest, Chivalry refers to the military to rely on people-indulgent and his ilk, no good or bad. Gan Bao's "Immortals", remove the supernatural part, is authentic martial arts. Liu Yiqing "Shi", there is recorded knight chapter.
Then the late Tang Wuxia legend are: Tang is a conscious art, martial arts with the development of Tang molding. Very dense wind of the Tang Dynasty Knight, Li Bai, "ten steps to kill a person, a thousand miles without leaving any lines." Increasing complexity of social life in the Tang Dynasty, and more broadly the concept of chivalry, where powers, all ages, the disappearance or rove the mountains rivers and lakes, to act in them registering Wu Xia. Legendary martial arts class, its success is high, such as Lee Kinsuke the "Xiexiao E Biography", Peixing the "Kunlun Nu", "Nie." Chinese martial arts novel chapter notes, Kang Pian's "Opera on Record," in quite excellent work, but to be inferior to the more than Tang.
2, the second period, the formation of
First Colloquial martial arts. Song words of art-house division, so that, as a special martial arts style of literature separate from fiction. Such as "Lee from Ji", "10 Long." Song Sketches of the martial arts articles, little development, and worse than martial arts articles Tang notes.
Then the Ming Dynasty martial arts novels in the content, such as "The Water Margin" Lu Zhong articles, this is the continued development of martial arts, should be given a certain status. "Gods" is a fantasy type a master of martial arts. Song to time, social unrest, a large number of people take the risk lower, sworn struggle, martial arts, and therefore mastered by the masses, more heroic heroism as a mass hero action, thus diluting the mystery swordsman.
Finally, martial arts novels. In order to solve the contradiction between the social life of the late Qing, reflecting the underlying will of the people and embodied in the heroic chivalrous ideal of clean government upper wonderful people in the novel combination of collection methods to reflect the customs of the original city in Late Qing Wang. Since Shi Yukun's "San Xia Wu Yi", the various martial arts scholars long race there. Such as Yu Yue's "Five Seven Chivalrous meaning" anonymous "Xiao Wu Yi", Culture and Sport of the "children of Heroes", which marked the formation of a stable Chinese martial arts novels, the form of independent existence - the chivalrous novels.
Second, the Republic of martial arts during the
The so-called "old martial arts" period, beginning in the twenties, thirties climax, the decline of the forties. 20 years, witnessed the 1911 Revolution and the national revolution in the weak and ineffective, people knight warrior hopes to create a new world. In 1923, novelist 平江不肖生 sent south of the "Heroes of Modern Chivalry," the advent of the beginning of the creation of the old martial arts climax. Meanwhile, the North sent writers Haizhulouzhu, Wang Du Lu ("Crouching Tiger"), Gong, white, Zhen Zhu Mu ("Brilliant magic island") and other influential people. Old martial arts martial arts martial mainly fiction, martial arts novels in depth it makes the general public, so that the modern novel system of martial arts become an integral part.
The Five Republic of martial arts: the natural Kai (1889-1957), pen name unworthy students, Hunanpingjiang people, representative of "Wild Swordsman." Zhao Huanting, birth and death unknown, the representative of "Loyalty transfer is a sequel to Swordsman." Gu Ming (1896-1944), Suzhou Wu people, representative of the "wild river Lady." Li Shoumin (1903-1961), renamed after the liberation of Li Hong, pen name for the Huanzhulouzhu, Sichuan, masterpiece "Shushanjianxia Biography." Miyatake Heart (1898-1966), pen, white, masterpiece "12 money dart."
【Period】 traditional martial arts
1, Hong Kong and Taiwan during the martial arts
The so-called "new" martial arts, or during the era of great martial arts. 50 years of the 20th century, the martial arts in Hong Kong and Taiwan in the commercialization and popularization in the trend of the formation. It is represented by Liang Yu-Shen, and Jin Yong wrote a fictional story of the history of the martial arts for the content of a literary genre, that the New Culture Movement, the martial arts under the influence of the new literature and began writing after the vernacular style of the new kind of literature . Masters of this age of giving birth, Liang Yu-Shen as the start for the climax of Jin Yong, Wen Jui-climax for the second time. Jin Yong, Gu Long, Liang Yu-Shen is also known as "the new martial arts three people."
About this time the martial arts in "Chivalry" is defined, Liang Yu-Shen stresses "the chivalrous old novels, mostly of the ruling class bird dog, the new novels of the Xia, is the hero of social pesticides; Chivalry refers to the act of justice - meet the interests of the majority of behavior is the behavior of Xia, the so-called 'for country and people, great swordsman'. "
Most martial arts at this time broke through the Republic of China Swordsman Sword battle of wits, martial strife, killings of Ticaifanwei Biaoshi and greenwood, more the performance of the people struggle. Focus Characters in description, used along with Chinese and Western techniques, breaking the stereotype of the old martial arts, martial arts of the spirits removed the old colors, the story of the miracle requirements strictly limit the "human potential" within. The drawback is the New Chivalry of chivalrous hero Superman, they jump out of the Three Realms, the five elements are not in everything, everywhere. Lack of realism, depth, yield to business needs, barnyard out redundant laws, routines of the story.
1, the first period, Liang Jin Dynasty
Jin Yong (formerly Cha, 1923, Haining, Zhejiang origin) of the "Book and Sword," began writing in 1955 in. "The Eagle Shooting Heroes," written in between 1957 to 1958, is the fourth martial arts novels of Jin Yong. "Condor" laid the status of Jin Yong's martial arts chief and is recognized classics. Jin Yong finished with 17 of his 15 years of martial arts novels, but also novel in ten years all of these 15 revised it again. Jin Yong is not writing to the end of 1972, creating in effect during the Cultural Revolution.
2, the second period, Gu period
3, the third period, the temperature during the yellow
Wen Jui (born in Malaysia), 1973 as "Sidamingbu Council Capital", 1981, as "Divine Swordsman," "Blood River Car" and other important works. The early eighties Yong, Liang Yu-Shen have creating in effect in 1985 after the death of Gu Long, Hong Kong and Taiwan martial arts a dying. Out of "novelty, change, and break the" psychological, Wen Jui-end 1986 line of large pushed "super new style martial arts", or "modern" martial arts, what a large amount of mainstream literature introduced martial arts. Cao Zhengwen in 1989 listed it as the representative of the third generation of martial arts, with the first generation of Jin Yong, Liang Yu-Shen, adding that the second generation of Cologne.
Yi, whose real name is Mechanical Activated Starch, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Department of Art graduate. Huang Yi resigned in 1989, vocational high pay, seclusion Islands mountains, Tibetan style poly water, the focus in writing. 90's, soon to unique martial arts, hit Hong Kong and Taiwan both. Huang Yi Publishing Co., Ltd. established in 1991, published 大唐双龙传 other works. Huang Yi's works great scenes from many things, amazing. Only the description of the martial arts moves seem too hasty, less than convincing. In addition, Huang Yi works are often directly into a historical era, rather than history as background. This is the advantage, but also by the constraints of history.
Second, the mainland martial arts period
1, the first period, 20th century, the mainland's 80 "martial arts fiction"
Martial arts (martial arts, and martial arts are different, the concept of a large number of) the content of the novel likelihood or the performance of the martial arts swordsman in history or from the perspective of the martial arts performance in the history of volunteers to fight and all kinds of social contradictions; performance of Wushu as the main Modern means of struggle, the modern revolutionary struggle, the poem much. Therefore, the "martial arts novel" is actually a martial arts oriented.
In the 80's, from the movie "Shaolin Temple" triggered the wave of martial arts in the country set off, the issue of martial arts much more than a purely literary works. In 1981, Hubei, and other folk art association founded on any clear, "King of ancient legend," began running a series Ouyang Xuezhong's "legendary Wudang Mountain," Nie cloud "Jen." In 1982, Wang Zhanjun as "white Touch of Zen", is the pioneer of 80 years for the martial arts. In 1984, martial arts martial arts novels have been gradually replaced by the term and trend.
80 years of the 20th century very few martial arts boutique, good works are: "White Touch of Zen" and the first to break the mainland disaster restricted chivalrous themes for the 80's martial arts novels sounded the rise of Overture. Willow Creek's "Thieves 'swallows' the three legendary Lee" Ping Yunan's "heroes in Tianjin Fearless", Feng Jicai's "Supernatural Whip", are also representative works of this period.
2, the second period, 20th century, China's martial arts 90
That is, the mainland's "new style" martial arts, is the author of the Hong Kong and Taiwan the mainland martial arts parody. A series of martial arts from the Canglang Ke works, we can see traces of imitation. Canglang Ke, formerly known as Yao Fei, Yunnan Normal University, a professor specializing in classical literature, published in 1990, "a Jianping Jiang Hu", which can be seen as the mainland's first work new style martial arts. Martial arts during this period, the overall lack of cultural awareness to enhance the fine, the main road along the New Chinese martial arts stories, works of very limited practical impact.
Over the same period of other writers are: Ching Lin e, in the early 90s with the "Dawn Fung Kee evil" and its sequel, "Green Monkey White Tiger Power" 2. Fire pears, Shanghai intellectuals, written in 1995, a "surprise dance leaves flowers." Baorui, Xinhua, the representative of "martial arts scroll Kyoto" series of all six, "drunk Zhangsan Ye", "Form and Meaning in Knight recorded", etc.. Xiong Mu, the North who, by nature bold, first work as a "skeleton people." Wei Qi, the representative of the "golden posts Grand Theft Auto." Shuro, masterpiece "duck blood."
【Period】 modern martial arts
The so-called "new" martial arts "in the new century martial arts", "Network martial arts," "China" martial arts period. 90 late 20th century, Huang Yi martial arts orgasm died down, with the rise of network literature, martial arts writers of the network of readers more and more choices, more and more discerning tastes, under pressure, had the traditional writer strength approach, there are some higher quality martial arts. Shanghai 1999, the "heroes and who discovered" in 2001 in Wuhan, "Jinguchuanqi martial arts version of" Zhengzhou 2002 "martial arts stories" and other magazines started publication, contributed to the development of martial arts.
In 2004, "Jinguzhuanqi martial arts version of" half-monthly the newsletter editor Paul Cheng pure proposed "21st Century China" martial arts concept, referred to as "the mainland" martial arts, the main conclusion of the continent, the creation of a number of martial arts writers. In June, "" martial arts from the Changjiang Literature & Art Publishing House Birch magazine launch. The same period, Hong Kong and Taiwan in particular, the creation of the island of Taiwan should not be overlooked. Mainland New Knight has a clear intellectual atmosphere and consciousness. Zheng Bao pure say, "I think the new concept of martial arts should not rigidly adhere to magazine and book publishing, but should refer to a cultural trend!."
The martial arts are divided into four categories: youth martial arts (funny and does not make sense), such as "Ranger Xiu Xiu." Fantasy martial arts, such as "Zhu Xian," "Immortals." Female martial arts (category romance), such as "blood Wei", "Mirror • Twin Cities." Type of traditional martial arts, such as "Kunlun" "Hero Zhi", "land so."
