武侠小说有广义和狭义之分，广义上是指
传统武侠 浪子异侠 历史武侠 谐趣武侠 古典仙侠 奇幻修真 现代修真，
但从武侠小说的狭义层次上来说就只指 传统武侠 浪子异侠 历史武侠 谐趣武侠 这四类。
【武侠小说起源】
武侠文学的源头当有二：“一是汉初司马迁的《史记》中的游侠、刺客列传；二是魏晋、六朝间盛行的‘杂记体’神异、志怪小说。
如果说先秦两汉乃至魏晋志怪，为武侠小说的产生构筑了坚实的基础，为之前奏；那么唐传奇在文学史上一领风骚时，武侠小说即真正开始萌芽。
火药没有发明之前，刀枪剑戟都被称为冷兵器，在冷兵器时代，个人的武术技巧就显得十分重要，它既可保家卫国，又可以用它求取功名富贵，尤其是统治者，更是十分看重，在中国古代教学，是文武并重的，《周礼》中记：养国子以道，乃教之六艺。六艺中的射与御，就是射箭、驾战车挥刀枪作战的。《汉书.艺文志》亦载“剑道三十八篇”“和手搏六篇”，被称为“兵技巧 ”，它以手足、器械的使用为基本技能，据今已有二千多年，至南朝刘宋时，已有武术之称。会武术的人，一方面进入朝廷的军队，成为职业军人，这类人为朝廷所用，自然也就会在浴血沙场的同时，求得功名富贵。
但总有一类人，就象现在的执政党与在野党一样，对朝廷政治以及当权者有不同看法，在武术上的在野党就是那些号称侠客的人。他们因各种各样的原因流落民间，又自恃一身好功夫，挑战权贵、邪恶，扶危济困，这也原本没有错，但也有因所谓重感情、讲义气而犯糊涂的时候，只为报恩或复仇，可以置国家法律与他人利益于不顾，这就是韩非子说的：“侠以武犯禁”。但如果在一个政治黑暗民不聊生的朝代，当侠客们啸聚山林，当起“绿林好汉”来“替天行道”，公然与当权者叫扳时。这种行为，却得到老百姓的拥载，这同时也是侠植根人们心中，得到人们喜爱的重要原因，如瓦岗寨的程咬金、秦叔宝等与水浒传中的鲁智深、武松等。
【武侠与侠客】
一部《水浒传》，能流传千古，恐怕还与它宣扬的侠义精神密切相关。而这种大规模的侠士聚集于绿林，并自称绿林好汉，这也大概是后来武林的出处，不仅取其山野之间自由自在，大概也有“在野”的意思，而且似乎“ 民主”程度也很高，他们以“会盟”的形式推选盟主，而推选的标准则只有两个，那就是武功和武德，否则，一律免谈。它们既显示出一种民间社团的性质，又是一种松散的联合。只有到了诸如水浒的规模，才显示出其政治和军事组织的特性来，但有一点仍是肯定的，那就是无论是晁盖还是宋江，都是侠士们自己推举出来的。
但最初的侠客多是独立的，个人的行为，如《史记》中记载聂政以及著名的荆柯剌秦王的故事。这样的人和事，在春秋战国时期还不少，当时由于七国之间争霸称雄，恩恩怨怨很多，各国权贵们都争相征贤纳士，这里的士，就是指武士，如当时的信陵君、平原君都养了好几百甚至上千的这类“食客”，这也就给这类武士侠客们创造了生存条件，他们大多以侠义著称，或为国，或为报主人之恩，充当刺客，甚至不惜舍生取义。这是封建时期的一大社会特点，欧洲中世纪时期的骑士，以及日本的武士，都与其类似。
这些侠义武士，历朝历代都有，他们那种大义凛然，扶危济困，路见不平杖刀相助，不畏强权，不畏残暴的武侠精神，十分为人们所敬仰。这些武术人士大多是真人真事，瓦岗寨、水浒中的侠客们不提了，如少林武功，武当派武功都是实实在在的武术流派，也有不少名家出自这些派别，宏扬了武术精神，就是近代，如清光绪年间的大刀王五，以保镖为业，被人称为大侠，他与谭嗣同交厚，戊戌变法时，还主动要求保护他出走。再有就是霍元甲，就曾击败不可一世的洋武师，大长了国术威风。而这些发生在现实生活中的武侠与武侠故事，则为武侠小说的创作，提供了丰富的源泉与土壤。
不过，另一类侠客就与我们现在的许多武侠小说有些类似了，他们似乎总存在于事实与虚构之间，这也似乎很深地影响了后世武侠小说的产生与发展，他们总是带有神奇性和神秘性，有的甚至过分夸大了武术本身的功能及作用，但这种以超人形象出现，除暴安良的武侠，又恰好反映了人们的希冀和愿望，这当中对后世武侠小说影响最深的有三个人物形象，那就是越处女、红线和昆仑奴。越处女源自《吴越春秋》，红线出自唐.袁郊撰《甘泽谣》，昆仑奴则出自唐《传奇》，历史上，许多身怀绝技的武侠们常常愿意退隐江湖，这是因为人心难测，即便是恩重如山的主人们也是如此，这种思想也影响了后世许多武侠的为人和武侠小说的创作。而从另一个角度讲，官场的腐败与黑暗，也使他们更愿意洁身自好，不愿意同流合污，这也是武侠们得到人们尊敬的重要原因，同时也是文人们一种理想的人文精神，所以历朝历代有那么多的文人愿意记录书写创作这些武侠故事，也是一个重要原因.
【魏晋六朝志怪小说与武侠】
魏晋六朝在文学史上被看作是文学的“自觉性”形成时期，这一时期的文学作品多以志怪、神异小说为主。作品中包含着先人的神仙、鬼怪观念，以及对超现实神秘力量的向往。这是洪荒时期人们对英雄崇拜的遗留，在洪荒时期，人们对一些英雄人物的崇拜和夸张的赞美产生了神话，比方神农、燧人、女娲等等。到了先秦两汉，充斥在思想领域的则是仙风道骨。魏晋以后，便是游弋着冥鬼幽魂。
志怪小说是以记述鬼神怪异之事为主要内容，包括神仙方术、鬼魅妖怪、殊方异物、佛法灵异等，也有野史逸闻、民间传说等等。艺术上带有传奇色彩和超现实的表现。以干宝的《搜神记》为代表，其它有托名陶渊明的《搜神后记》、旧题曹丕的《列异传》、张华的《博物志》、葛洪的《神仙传》、王嘉的《拾遗记》、吴均的《续齐谐记》等。鬼神观念是古代先民哲学思想的重要组成部分，即便是现在，劳动人民中间同样存在着神鬼的观念，它已经是组成中华民族精神的一部分。这其实是人们对自身思考的结果，现实的苦难使得他们向往着一些超出自然的东西，一种特别的能力和一些特别的工具。比如：武艺、神剑、宝物、等等。而这些东西却只能在想象中得到，所以便有了《三王墓》的宝剑干将、莫邪；有了《紫玉》的仙术道法；有了《刘晨阮肇》的灵丹妙药。而这些东西在后来的武侠小说中同样是屡见不鲜，似乎业已成为武侠小说之所以吸引读者的重要因素。
【唐传奇与武侠】
如果说先秦两汉乃至魏晋志怪，为武侠小说的产生构筑了坚实的基础，为之前奏；那么唐传奇在文学史上一领风骚时，武侠小说即真正开始萌芽。宋初李昉等所编撰《太平广记》卷一九三至一九六，特将十八种唐传奇列入“豪侠”类便可看出武侠小说同唐传奇之间脉络相通。故认为唐传奇为武侠小说的立宗者，理当而然。
“传奇”之名，似起于晚唐裴铏小说集《传奇》，宋人尹师鲁也将“用对语说时景，世以为奇”的《岳阳楼记》称为“传奇体”。发展到后来，传奇才逐渐被认为是一种小说的体裁，如元代陶宗仪《辍耕录》即将唐传奇与宋、金戏曲、院本等相并列，明代胡应麟《少室山房笔丛》更将所分六类小说的第二类亦即《莺莺传》、《霍小玉传》等定名为“传奇”，于是，传奇作为唐人文言小说的通称，便约定俗成地沿用下来。
在论述唐传奇勃起的社会背景时，范烟桥所著的《中国小说史》曾言：“在此时代，婚姻不良，为人生痛苦之思想，渐起呻吟；而藩镇跋扈，平民渴盼一种侠客之救济；故写恋爱、豪侠之小说，产生甚富。”根据所论可见一般，特别在唐朝末期，社会对豪侠救助如云霓之望。《资政通鉴》卷二一五，记李林甫：“自以多结怨，常虞刺客。出则步骑百余人为左右翼，金吾静街；前驱在数百步外，公卿走避……如防大敌；一夕屡徙床，虽家人莫知其处。”可见社会暗杀行刺之风弥行。这反映在文学作品中，便是豪侠主体的传奇大量涌现。
涌现出一批描写豪侠之士及其侠义行为的传奇作品，内容涉及扶危济困、除暴安良、快意恩仇、安邦定国等方面，于中突出豪侠人格的贤韧刚毅和卓荦不群，武功的出神入化，功业的惊世骇俗，由此展现出一种高蹈不羁奔腾流走的生命情调。《甘泽谣》之《红线》，《传奇》之《聂隐娘》、《昆仑奴》，《集异记》之《贾人妻》等，都是较有代表性的品；而传为杜光庭所作的《虬髯客传》，更是晚唐豪侠小说中成就最著的一篇。
【宋元话本与武侠】
唐人传奇树立了文言“武侠”的典范之后，经五代以至宋朝，在题材上并没有什么突出的发展多是对唐传奇的模仿。但这一时期在文学史上却有着重要意义，他在语言上开创性的意义。“说话艺术”在民间广泛流传，这种白话刑的小说与后来的武侠小说颇具渊源。
其主题，如宋罗烨《醉翁谈录·小说开辟》所言：“有灵怪、烟粉，奇传、公案，兼朴刀、杆棒、妖术、神仙。”而这些也是后来的武侠小说所喜用的。不管是何种题材，都往往以爱情或公案作为叙事的“兴奋点”。爱情故事，不仅在当时很受欢迎，即使在现行的武侠小说种，爱情因素也是重要的“看点”。美女与侠士之间的感情纠葛，永远是武侠小说吸引人的地方——因为爱情是一个永恒的话题。无论是现代武侠小说中的巨擘金庸先生，还是海外一直风靡的武侠作者都无法摆脱“感情戏”。而且高妙的爱情情节往往有意想不到的效果。在这个方面宋元话本则有突出的贡献。
宋元小说话本中的爱情故事，又往往突出女性对爱情生活的主动追求。像《碾玉观音》中的璩秀秀，出身于贫寒的装裱匠家庭，生得美貌出众，聪明伶俐，更练就了一手好刺绣。无奈家境窘迫，其父以一纸“献状”，将她卖与咸安郡王，从此，正值豆蔻年华的秀秀，身入侯门，失去自由。其后郡王府失火，逃命之际，她遇见了年轻能干的碾玉匠崔宁；秀秀见他诚实可靠，便主动提出：“何不今夜我和你先做夫妻？”而胆小怕事的崔宁却不敢应允。秀秀道：“你知道不敢，我叫将起来，教坏了你。你却如何将我到家中？我明日府里去说！”秀秀素知崔宁的为人，这番话明显是要激发他的勇气，让他与自己一道挣脱束缚，寻求美好的生活。又如《闹樊楼多情周胜仙》，写周胜仙初见范二郎，便暗中喜欢，独自思量：“若是我嫁得一个似这般子弟，可知好哩。今日当面挫（错）过，再来那里去讨？”为了捕捉这难得的机缘，她敢想敢做，主动接近范二郎。
这些奇女子对爱情的大胆追求，即使放到现在的武侠小说中依旧存在着迷人的魅力。这样的主题思想固然提高了武侠小说的思想水平，使的通俗文学在思想意义上扮演着“雅文学”的角色。这就牵涉倒文学的“雅”与“俗”的转变问题，而武侠小说作为一个特殊的文学形式，同样存在着“雅”与“俗”的问题。对比唐传奇、宋元话本及当代的白话武侠；我们当如何区分“雅”与“俗”呢？如果以知识分子创作作为区分点，那么唐传奇便是“雅”文学，而宋话本中艺人的创作便是“俗”文学。当代的武侠小说则多数是知识分子的创作，理当看作是“雅”文学了。可是古代的知识阶层又不同与现在，不能如此类推。那么当代武侠小说到底是“雅”是“ 俗”能？我本人认为，“雅”和“俗”并不是固定的，而是浮动着的，他是随着客体的不同而变化。换句话说，“雅”和“俗”的问题当从“文学消费”的人群来看，“雅士”即使看“俗”也“雅”。
【明清白话与武侠】
自宋以降，文言武侠逐渐衰落下来。白话公案、侠义小说则成了中下层劳动人们喜闻乐见的文学式样。于是白话小说在明清时期盛行起来，当然其间也有不少文人防照唐传奇创作，但并非主流。诸如：李昌祺《青城舞剑录》、宋濂《秦士录》、宋茂澄《刘山东》及乐宫谱《毛生》等，皆有可观。
然而武侠小说到明清时，则多是以话本形式出现的，如清时在《包公案》基础上演译成的《七侠五义》《小五义》以及《儿女英雄传评活》等，它们奠定了武侠小说的基本形式和模式，但得到真正发展并呈现出一种繁荣现象，却是民国期间的事。
【民国时期武侠小说】
辛亥革命后，人们从封建桎梏下解放出来，各种思想流派涌入中国，报业、出版业得到空前繁荣，文学艺术得到大力发展，各种风格流派的文艺作品异彩纷呈，武侠小说也异军突起，它以独特的武侠们的侠义精神传统深得人们喜爱。
在二十世纪二十年代，首先有被称为“南向北赵”的等一批开风气的武侠小说作家，平江不肖生更是被誉为“民国武侠小说的开山鼻祖”。其代表作有《江湖奇侠传》、《侠义英雄传》等；赵焕亭则有《奇侠精忠传》留世
在三十年代后，最有名的武侠小说家便有北派五大家还珠楼主、白羽、郑证因、朱贞木和王度庐。这主要分为还珠楼主的神怪武侠小说，白羽的社会武侠小说，郑证因的技击武侠小说和王度庐的言情武侠小说等四大派武侠小说。
在民国武侠小说作家中，还珠楼主也许是最能体现中国传统文化特色的，半文半白的语言，儒、佛、道的精神哲理，都溶汇贯通于小说之中。其著名小说有《蜀山剑侠传》、《青城十九侠》和《云海争奇记》等40部。白羽的社会武侠小说在武侠与社会生活方面结合得是十分紧密的，他受鲁迅、周作人兄弟和新文化运动影响很深，本身又是记者出身，他常常是通过武侠思想与社会现实的脱节来批判社会的黑暗，在写武侠们的可敬可爱的同时，也写出了他们在现实社会中的悲壮、感慨与无奈。他的代表作是《十二金钱镖》、和描写白莲教起义的《黄花劫》等。郑证因当年的《鹰爪王》八部曲出手就不凡，他将武侠的豪气与精妙的武术与惊险的情节融为一体，并特别注重武术技巧的描写。其一生一共创作了一百〇二部作品，为当时作家之最。被人称为技击武侠小说一点也不为过。
而王度庐的武侠小说则重言情，写到生死缠绵处，常惑人至深。后起的港、台武侠小说，也大多走的他开拓的这条“悲剧侠情”的路子。他的主要代表作就是《卧虎藏龙》等“鹤铁五部作”。而他们中最具传奇色彩的则是还珠楼主李寿民，他七岁便登峨眉、青城学气功，十六岁与才女文珠相恋，因家变而失恋，写《蜀山剑侠传》时，笔名还珠楼主，就是用于纪念文珠的。后与大富豪之女孙经洵的婚姻更是轰动一时，孙父曾反对这桩婚姻以“拐带良家妇女”的罪名将其告上法庭，而孙经洵则在庭审时勇敢站出来捍卫自己的婚姻自由，使其无罪开释，一时传为美谈，而更值得一提的是，还珠楼主李寿民本人，在“七七”事变后，因拒绝出任日寇伪职，被抓到日本宪兵队受尽严刑拷打达七十天，仍威武不屈，令人敬叹！他的作为本身，也充满着一种侠义精神。一九五八年，一篇“不许还珠楼主继续放毒”的文章，却使他读后因悲愤而脑溢血，此后病榻两年有余，口授完长篇小说《杜甫》后，对夫人孙经洵说你要多保重后，溘然长逝，令人惑叹！
【当代武侠小说】
后来以金庸、梁羽生为代表的新武侠小说的崛起，则是近几十年的事。尤其是金庸的武侠小说，造就了非常多的金庸迷。金庸也不愧为一代武侠小说大宗师，他丰富的历史知识，深厚的阅历，对武侠精神的理解，对武术知识的掌握，精彩的叙事与描写，对人物性格的把握，确有许多过人之处。《射雕英雄传》中的许多历史、人物，如南宋时宋与金、元的错综复杂的关系均有历史史实依据，而丘处机等历史人物也确有其人，将真实与虚构有机结合，同时又兼有北派武侠小说社会、言情、技击、神怪四大派之长，同时又完全不同于这四大派，有了新的创新和发展。
香港是新派武侠小说发源地，50年代上半期属于梁羽生，代表作《七剑下天山》系列。至《萍踪侠影》、《云海玉弓缘》达到个人创作不可逾越的高峰。后期作品多数是一种风格，不提也罢。
梁开创了一个时代，其古典文学素养很扎实，小说中诗词随处可见。但尚没有完全脱离近代武侠的窠臼。古文功底好的读者可以看看，文字和历史的描写还是很有水准。
50年代中后期金庸的出现，让梁羽生发出了“既生瑜，何生亮”的感慨。
金庸引入了西洋文学技巧及电影手法予以捏合，在当时港台政治压抑的年代，让武侠小说变成畅销书。
在69年《鹿鼎记》中达到其创作顶峰，然后激流勇退。
金庸的作品整体上看，前期到后期是越写越好。从文字到结构，包括情节的张力莫不如此。在其部分作品的早期版本中有时间错乱的硬伤，可能与其作品在《明报》连载有关。只有一个简单的情节，天马行空的进行。到后来造成无法更改的错误，例如：《射雕》中黄蓉出生后，梅、陈二人偷《九阴真经》叛变出桃花岛。曲灵风被断腿后在牛家村作贼时，郭靖与杨康的爹还不认识。那岂不是黄蓉和郭靖早就在流行姐弟恋，还喊什么靖哥哥，装年轻吗？后来金庸重新修订他的全部作品，把这些硬伤基本上都修改过了。
与金庸同时代香港另有金锋、张梦还、牟松庭、风雨楼主、高峰、石冲等人从事武侠小说创作。但是，金庸这座山太高，与他同时代的武侠小说作家是不幸的。其同辈及后起武侠作家或以主观条件不足，便难乎为继；多半只能遵循既往“帮会技击派”的路数，在江湖仇杀中讨生活了。
70年代初，金庸封笔后，香港武侠小说出现了百家争鸣，百花齐放的局面。
台湾武侠与香港有所区别，在金、梁同时代有司马翎、卧龙生、独孤红、陈青云、萧逸等数十位武侠专业作家。根据武侠评论名家叶洪生先生的粗略统计，在武侠小说兴盛时期，台湾至少有过三百位武侠作家赖此维生，出版了至少上万种以上的武侠小说。结集成书则自数部至数十部不等。其中司马翎、卧龙生、诸葛青云并称“台湾三剑客。”
司马翎在当时影响力最大。博学多才，擅长写情写欲、斗智斗力。特别是描写男女在情欲焚身中的心理变化，以及奇正互变、虚实相生的武打艺术，均独步一时。而其早年首创以精神、气势克敌制胜的武学原理，已近乎“道”——与金庸、古龙一脉相承的“无剑胜有剑”说法，有异曲同工之妙，甚而犹有过之。同辈名家受其影响、启迪者颇多，如古龙、上官鼎、易容、萧瑟等皆是。
可惜司马翎未能持盈保泰；其创作后期虽有《剑海鹰扬》这部超卓巨著为武侠小说大放异彩，但此后即逐渐走下坡——除《人在江湖》（一九七五年）尚可一看外，其晚年改以“天心月”笔名所撰《强人》系列作品，业已欲振乏力，江郎才尽了。
红花尚需绿叶扶，当时诸绿叶代表作有卧龙生《飞燕惊龙》、诸葛青云《紫电青霜》、司马翎《剑气千幻录》、独抱楼主《璧玉弓》、曹若冰《玉扇神剑》、萧逸《七禽掌》、云中岳《古剑歼情记》、丁剑霞《神箫剑客传》、柳残阳《玉面修罗》、独孤红《雍干飞龙传》；还有“鬼派”——书名、内容非鬼即魔，且嗜血嗜杀，动辄就杀得尸横遍野、血流成河。代表者有陈青云《血魔劫》、田歌《血河魔灯》等。尚可一观。其他几百人不提也罢，大多都是看了开头就能猜到结尾的故事，如何能吸引读者掏出大把的银子。
真正让台湾武侠走向世界华人圈的人是古龙。一个可以在台湾武侠小说界大书特书的名字。是台湾武侠小说界唯一可以与金、梁比肩的人。
古龙与60年代初期开始写武侠小说，但业绩平平，其间为名家（如卧龙生、诸葛青云）代笔，却几可乱真，足见本身确具潜力。在64年完成早期代表作《浣花洗剑录》后，让人耳目一新。但风格尚未形成，为引起太多波澜。 在65-67年间古龙完成了他创作中期的重要作品《武林外史》、《绝代双骄》等名著，开始走红。特别是67年所撰的《铁血传奇》（即我们常说的《侠盗楚留香》或香帅传奇），内杂武侠、文艺、及现代心理分析，特别是西方推理小说的架构。读之如读东方版的福尔摩斯探案。后来古龙坦言其深受西方和日本推理小说的影响。
由此起，古龙武侠小说即脱胎换骨，迈入了新派武侠小说的殿堂。但古龙之变并非到此为止，而是一路狂奔，让人目不暇接后，恍然猛醒。原来武侠小说可以这样写，也可以这样看。其后他陆续完成《多情剑客无情剑》（即小李飞刀）、《铁胆大侠魂》二部曲，堪称神完气足，兼有传统与现代“矛盾统一”之美。
70年代初开始，古龙受写《萧十一郎》（由于是先有剧本、后来才有小说）的启发，减少废话和不必要的描述。加强肢体语言和场景烘托。从此古龙的变成了一种似诗、类俳句、非散文的怪异文体。可能古大侠觉得此种方式最能表达他的思想，同时又能最大化的挣到稿费。如《流星•蝴蝶•剑》、《欢乐英雄》、《陆小凤》系列、《七种武器》系列（仅有六种）以及《边城浪子》、《天涯•明月•刀》、《白玉老虎》等，无一不是用电影分镜、换景的手法来写小说。
这种简单直接、动漫化的妄举，对于中国文字是一种伤害。但尽管如此，在一九六五至七五年间的古龙小说却“一枝独秀”，正如他所描写：“他是一个死人，一个绝对的死人。死人是不会说话的，会说话的绝对不是死人。”简单直接杀了别人，也杀死自己。以至于他成为同辈名家及新进作者模仿的对象。但同时他也害死了这些没有他那般天纵其才的跟风作家。
火红了十年后，古龙75年以后的作品每况愈下，也许是被称为每部作品后都有一个现实中的女主人公和无数瓶xo消耗了他太多的激情。在看过《护花铃》等他的半部作品后，深深地理解在后期他江郎才尽后酗酒的痛苦。从一个构思或几千字的开头就可以换来巨额的金钱和合同，到后期读者逐渐冷落、出版商追稿时的无情。英年早逝也许是他自己最渴望的结局。
85年古龙在肝硬化的剧痛中走完了他绚烂的一生。
70年代中后期至80年代，只有温瑞安勉强接过了古龙的枪，不，应该是笔。一九七○年他以”温凉玉”笔名在香港《武侠春秋》发表处女作《追杀》（为“四大名捕”故事之一），时年仅十六岁；虽然文字技巧很幼稚，但想象丰富，已见潜力。
其早期作品颇受古龙影响，如《四大名捕》系列、《神州奇侠》系列均可见古的痕迹。自一九八二年推出《布衣神相》起，又加上了若干还珠小说的奇妙素材，故神魔虚幻色彩甚浓；而《碎梦刀》、及《侠少》、《杀楚》等书，更有许多“诗歌化”的语言文字，耐人寻味。
但由一九八七年开始，温瑞安却以“现代派”自居。如《杀了你，好吗？》、《请•请请• 请请请》、《力拔山河气盖世•牛肉面》、《敬请造反一次》、《没有说过坏话的可以不看》等等中短篇，最近有一部《乳房》更是不知所云。且内容横七竖八排列，以示其“现代”，以此突出视觉效果。
正如他在书中后记中说：“武侠小说必须突变！……成与败，得与失，我不管，但这样写法使我觉得很好玩。”于是中国文字之美，就在温瑞安的“突变”下，被割裂得支离破碎；而“新派”武侠小说，也在他的“好玩”下，被彻底“异化”掉了。据说他本人也异化了，目前在某精神病医院疗养。
从此武侠小说的创作进入低潮，直到90年代初期，香港的黄易从《大剑师》开始创作武侠小说，或者说科幻小说，其间有明显的田中芳树的痕迹。到《寻秦记》才真正形成自己的风格，从而开创了玄幻武侠小说时代。影响了大批的武侠小说作者，开始转入玄幻武侠的创作。而黄又变，反而回到正统武侠的路子或者说“异侠 ”更妥当。其后陆续推出的《破碎虚空》、《翻云覆雨》均引起强烈反响。《大唐双龙传》更是因为互联网而广为传播，让黄易的名字传遍华人社会。目前国内多家网站正在连载其新作《边荒传说》。
黄易深受司马翎的影响，首重气势，如果说早期，梁、金的作品中，成人后大多数人的武功已成定势，丘处机奈何不了梅超风，那他永远在任何时间和地点都只能打成平手。一场华山论剑后，敌我双方的争斗就变成算术题般简单了。我的排名高手和小弟多，你就等着挨扁吧！人的潜力一无所知，而中华武术重视精气神的完美结合。当黄易在其中加入了时间、体力、精神状态等元素。大大提高了武侠小说可信度。
2000年后出现大批网络作家从事武侠创作，是好事也是坏事，好是大大丰富和繁荣了读者的可看种类和数量。但由于网络小说多数是连载，必须按时交稿，以及网络作家的不可见和随意性，导致大量太监作品出现。另有部分作家因为网站倒闭等原因导致作品连载出现中断。短短的几年时间，武侠小说的发展非常迅速，在大陆和港台崭露头角的年轻作家很多，具备与梁、金、古、黄比肩潜力的也就仅仅几位。
最有可能首推泥人，以一部《江山如此多娇》足以奠定其在现代新派武侠小说界的地位，文字流畅，情节饱满，非常有张力。书中人物众多，但毫不凌乱。作者明史功底很深，同时借古讽今，在历史和现实间游刃有余。如果说缺点的话，就是有不少情色描写，降低了小说的品质。难以在大陆实体书市场立足。其实《江山》在后期情色部分越来越谈。这个转型与黄易非常类似。大胆预言：泥人病好后将是另一个金庸。
其他如老猪的《紫川》(军事历史小说)，真髓的《真髓》也非常不错。具有潜力。其他很多作家也不错，但很多人都走上了玄幻之路，不再是在人力的范围内进行的斗争。那应该划入另一个讨论的课题。
总而言之，90年代后期互联网的普及，迎来了武侠小说的又一个春天。期待着新的一代宗师的诞生。
【武侠小说的分期】
【古典武侠时期】
一、游侠时期
１、第一期，成型期。
以唐传奇中的武侠篇章为高峰，层出的传奇的各种写法及其塑造的各类侠客，都影响到了后世武侠和元明清戏曲传奇。
最先是先秦两汉武侠篇章，主要有：韩非讲“儒以文乱法，侠以武犯禁”。司马迁撰《游侠列传》，讲游侠出身下层，违章抗法，重仁义，重信诺，重恩仇，恶欺凌。先秦两汉，游侠受诸子鞭挞，武侠篇章很少。
其次是六朝武侠篇章，主要有：六朝之社会动荡，侠指以武挟人，放荡不羁之流，无好坏之分。干宝的《搜神记》，去掉神怪部分，就是地道的武侠。刘义庆《世说新语》中亦有记载侠客的篇章。
然后是晚唐武侠传奇，主要有：唐传奇是有意识的艺术创作，武侠小说随着唐传奇的发展而成型。唐代游侠之风甚浓，李白“十步杀一人，千里不留行”。唐代社会生活日趋复杂，侠义概念也更为宽泛，凡有武功，不分男女老幼，不论隐迹或浪迹山林江湖，以武行事皆称侠。唐传奇中的武侠类，其成就很高，如李公佐的《谢小娥传》，裴铏的《昆仑奴》、《聂隐娘》。唐人笔记小说的武侠篇章中，康骈的《剧谈录》里颇有佳作，但相比唐传奇要逊色的多。
２、第二时期，形成期
首先是宋元话本武侠。宋元说话艺术的内部分化，使武侠小说作为一种特殊的文学样式从小说中独立出来。如《李从吉》、《十条龙》。宋元笔记小说中的武侠篇，无甚发展，逊于唐笔记中的武侠篇。
然后是明代章回小说中的武侠内容，如《水浒传》中的鲁达李忠篇，这是武侠小说的继续发展，应该给予一定的地位。《封神演义》是一种幻想型武侠小说的集大成者。宋元明时期，社会动荡不安，大量下层人民铤而走险，结义斗争，武功也因之为群众所掌握，英雄豪侠的行为更多成为具有群众性的好汉行动，从而冲淡了剑客的神秘色彩。
最后是武侠小说。为了解决晚清的社会生活矛盾，体现底层人民意愿的英雄侠士和体现市民上层理想的清官奇妙地在小说里结合，以集合的方式反映了晚清社会的市俗原望。自石玉昆的《三侠五义》之后，各种文人长篇武侠竞相出现。如俞樾的《七侠五义》，无名氏的《小五义》，文康的《儿女英雄传》，这标志着中国武侠小说形成了稳定、独立的存在形式--即侠义小说。
二、民国武侠时期
即所谓的“旧武侠”时期，开端于二十年代，三十年代进入高潮，四十年代走向衰落。二十年代，在目睹辛亥革命和国民革命的软弱无效之后，人们寄希望于侠客壮士来创造新的世界。1923年，以南派小说家平江不肖生的《近代侠义英雄传》的问世为开端，旧武侠的创作进入高潮。同时，北派作家还珠楼主、王度庐（《卧虎藏龙》）、宫白羽、朱贞木（《艳魔岛》）等人的影响巨大。旧武侠小说主要是武侠技击小说，它使武侠小说深入广大民众，使武侠小说成为中国现代小说体系中不可或缺的部分。
民国武侠小说五大家：向恺然（1889－1957），笔名不肖生，湖南平江人，代表作《江湖奇侠传》。赵焕亭，生卒不祥，代表作《奇侠精忠传正续集》。顾明道（1896－1944），苏州吴门人，代表作《荒江女侠》。李寿民（1903－1961），解放后更名为李红，笔名为还珠楼主，四川人，代表作《蜀山剑侠传》。宫竹心（1898－1966），笔名白羽，代表作《十二金钱镖》。
【传统武侠时期】
一、港台武侠时期
即所谓的“新武侠”时期或者大武侠时代。20世纪50年代，武侠在港台的商品化和通俗化潮流中形成。它是以梁羽生和金庸为代表的写虚构的历史上的武侠故事为内容的一个文学流派，指新文化运动后，武侠小说在新文学的影响下，开始白话创作后新一种的文学样式。这个时代名家辈出，梁羽生为开端，金庸为高潮，温瑞安为第二次高潮。金庸、古龙、梁羽生还并称为“新武侠三大家”。
关于此时武侠中“侠”的定义，梁羽生讲“旧武侠小说中的侠，多属统治阶级的鹰犬，新武侠小说中的侠，是为社会除害的英雄；侠指的是正义行为--符合大多数人的利益的行为就是侠的行为，所谓‘为国为民，侠之大者’。”
此时武侠大多突破了民国武侠小说的剑仙斗法、门派纷争、镖师与绿林仇杀的题材范围，较多表现人民群众的斗争。着重人物性格描写，兼用中西技法，突破了旧武侠小说的窠臼，剔除了旧武侠的鬼神色彩，要求故事中的奇迹严格限制在“人体潜能”的范围内。新武侠的缺陷在于侠客英雄超人化，他们跳出三界外，不在五行中，包打天下。缺乏现实主义的深度，屈从于商业需要，稗出赘附，故事套路化。
1、第一时期，梁金时期
梁羽生（原名陈文统，1922年生，广西蒙山人）在1954年发表的《龙虎斗京华》，以口语写作，所述史实，所绘山川，均经严格考据，人生性格与心理活动刻划入微，文笔细腻而有文采，旧武侠小说难以与其比肩，从此奠定声名，成为新派武侠小说的发动之作。梁羽生国学根底深厚，他的武侠小说带有许多自己作的诗词，每每传诵一时。他的小说每一部都有明确的历史背景。1956年，梁羽生开始写《七剑下天山》。梁羽生一直写作到八十年代初，他的最后一部小说《武当一剑》初刊于1980年5月9日的《大公报》上，完结于1983年8月2日。代表作《萍踪侠影录》、《七剑下天山》、《塞外奇侠传》、《龙虎斗京华》、《云海玉弓缘》、《白发魔女传》。
金庸（原名查良镛，1923年生，原籍浙江海宁）的《书剑恩仇录》开始写作于1955年中。《射雕英雄传》写于1957年至1958年之间，是金庸的第四部武侠小说。“射雕”奠定了金庸的武林盟主地位，是公认的经典名著。金庸用十七年写完他的十五部武侠小说，又用十年把这十五部小说全部重新修订了一遍。金庸写作至1972年文革未结束封笔。
2、第二时期，古龙时期
古龙1960年开始尝试写武侠小说，初期的《苍穹神剑》等都十分幼稚，及至1964年才以《浣花洗剑录》等声名鹊起。1965至1966年间是他创作的丰收期，他写作了《大旗英雄传》、《名剑风流》、《武林外史》、《绝代双骄》等名著。1967年创作的《铁血传奇》（即楚留香系列）及以后一直写了六十一部共计28册。古龙其人才华横溢但用心不专，从他的小说就可以看出来。但他妙在有急智，每在关节处突出奇兵。早年古龙并没有自己特出的风格，在台湾的武侠圈子里不算太耀眼；至于他在七十年代的晚期作品，那已明显是江郎才尽、力不从心了。
3、第三时期，温黄时期
温瑞安（出生于马来西亚），1973年作《四大名捕会京师》，1981年作《神州奇侠》、《血河车》等重要作品。八十年代初金庸、梁羽生相继封笔，1985年古龙去世之后，港台武侠小说一片凋零。出于“求新、求变、求突破”的心理，温瑞安从1986年底开始大力倡行“超新派武侠”，或称“现代派武侠”，把大量主流文学的东西引入了武侠小说。曹正文在1989年将其列为第三代新武侠小说的代表，而与第一代的金庸、梁羽生，第二代的古龙并称。
黄易，本名黄祖强，香港中文大学艺术系毕业。1989年黄易辞去高职厚薪，隐居离岛深山、藏风聚水之地，专心从事创作。至90年代，旋即以独树一帜的武侠作品，席卷港、台两地。1991年成立黄易出版社有限公司，出版了大唐双龙传等作品。黄易的作品场面宏大、从物众多，让人叹为观止。只是在武打招式的描写上显得过于草率，说服力不足。另外，黄易作品往往直接融入一个历史大时代，而不是将历史作为背景。这是其优点，但也受到了历史的限制。
港台武侠时期港台的其他作家于香港方面有：蹄风、金锋、张梦还、牟松庭、江一明、避秦楼主、风雨楼主、高峰、石冲等；台湾方面，有：郎红浣、成铁吾、海上击筑生、伴霞楼主、卧龙生、司马翎（即吴楼居士）、诸葛青云、孙玉鑫、龙井天、墨余生、天风楼主、醉仙楼主、独抱楼主、蛊上九、陆鱼、上官鼎、东方玉、曹若冰、南湘野叟、武陵樵子、慕容美、萧逸、古如风、向梦葵、陈青云、柳残阳、司马紫烟、独孤红、奇儒、秋梦痕、于东楼、东方英、雪雁、秦红、墨余生、丁情等。但其中具有代表性与影响力的武侠作家极少。
二、大陆武侠时期
1、第一时期，20世纪80年代大陆“武林小说”
武林（武林，与武侠有所不同，概念大一些）小说的内容十有八九还是表现历史上的武侠剑客或从武侠的角度表现历史上的义军斗争和形形色色的社会矛盾；表现武术技击为主要斗争手段的近代、现代革命斗争的，篇什不多。所以“武林小说”实际上是以武侠小说为主。
在80年代，由电影《少林寺》触发的武侠小说浪潮在国内掀起，武侠小说的发行量大大超过了纯文学作品。1981年，湖北曲艺协会的任清等创办了《金古传奇》，连载了欧阳学忠的《武当山传奇》，聂云的《玉娇龙》。1982年，王占君作《白衣侠女》，是为80年代武侠的开山之作。1984年，武侠小说逐渐被武林小说一词取代，并形成浪潮。
20世纪80年代武侠的精品极少，比较好的作品有：《白衣侠女》等率先灾破了大陆侠义题材的禁区，为八十年代武林小说的崛起奏响了序曲。柳溪的《大盗‘燕子’李三传奇》，冯育楠的《津门大侠霍元甲》，冯骥才的《神鞭》，也都是这个时期的代表作品。
2、第二时期，20世纪90年代大陆武侠
即是大陆“新派武侠”，是大陆作家对港台武侠的模仿。从沧浪客的一系列的武侠作品中，便可以看出模仿痕迹。沧浪客，原名姚霏，云南师范大学中文系专攻古典文学的教授，在1990年出版了《一剑平江湖》，这可以看作是大陆新派武侠的第一部作品。这个时期的武侠，总体上缺乏文化提升的精品意识，主要沿着港台新武侠的路子讲故事，作品的实际影响也非常有限。
同期的其他作家还有：青莲子，在90年代初著有《威龙邪凤记》及其续集《青猿白虎功》两部。火梨，上海知识分子，1995年写成一部《舞叶惊花》。张宝瑞，新华社记者，其代表作有《京都武林长卷》系列凡六部、《醉鬼张三爷》、《形意游侠录》等。熊沐，北方人士，生性豪放，第一部作品为《骷髅人》。巍琦，代表作《金帖侠盗》。周郎，代表作《鸳鸯血》。
【现代武侠时期】
即所谓的“新新武侠”、“新世纪武侠”、“网络武侠”、“大陆新武侠”时期。20世纪90年代末，黄易武侠高潮渐渐平息，随着网络文学的兴起，武侠写手们在网络读者阅读选择越来越多，阅读口味越来越挑剔的压力之下，不得不向传统作家的实力靠拢，出现了一些质量较高的武侠作品。1999年上海《大侠与名探》、 2001年武汉《今古传奇武侠版》、2002年郑州《武侠故事》等杂志的创刊，促进了武侠的发展。
2004年，《今古传奇武侠版》半月刊创刊，主编郑保纯提出了“21世纪大陆新武侠”的概念，简称为“大陆新武侠”，主要总结了大陆上一些武侠写手的创作。6月，《新武侠》由长江文艺出版社白桦林杂志社推出。同时期，港台地区特别是台湾岛的创作亦不容忽视。大陆新武侠具备明确的智性氛围和主体意识。郑保纯讲，“我觉得新武侠这个概念，不应拘泥于杂志与图书出版，而应指一种文化潮流！”。
这些武侠被分成四类：青春武侠(搞笑和无厘头)，如《游侠秀秀》。奇幻武侠，如《诛仙》、《搜神记》。女性武侠(类言情)，如《血薇》、《镜•双城》。类传统武侠，如《昆仑》《英雄志》《江山如此多娇》。
此时的大陆作家有：小椴，原名段银，1976年生，湖北随州人氏。著有《杯雪》、《青丝井的传说》等。时未寒，男，四川人，著有《碎空刀》、《偷天换日》等。江南，籍贯安徽，著有《春风柳上原》、《瀚海龙吟》、《烈火焚琴》、《此间的少年》等。沧月，原名王洋，1979生于浙江台州，著有《幻世》、《听雪楼•血薇》等。小非，闽南人，著有《游侠秀秀》等。凤歌，著有《昆仑》等。沈璎璎，南方人，著有《琉璃塔》等。泥人，著有《江山如此多娇》等。王展飞，1972年4月生于山东省平度市，13岁迁居新疆阿勒泰市。著有《剑啸西风》等。方白羽，九十年代初山东大学电子系毕业，著有《憨侠》、《侠之歪者》等。燕垒生，浙江余杭人氏，著有《明月照山河》、《烈火之城》等。
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History of traditional martial arts martial arts Prodigal Yi Xia Xia humorous martial arts classic fairy fantasy comprehension for modern comprehension for,
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【Origin】 martial arts
Martial arts when there are two sources of literature: "One early Han Dynasty Sima Qian's" Historical Records "rangers, assassins; second, Wei, Six widespread among the 'note body' miraculous, supernatural fiction." Novels on the net www love .92 text.cn
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."
