Sword Stained with Royal Blood (simplified Chinese: 碧血剑; traditional Chinese: 碧血劍; pinyin: Bì Xuě Jiàn; Jyutping: Bik1 Hyut3 Gim3) is first published in Hong Kong Commercial Daily in 1956. It is a Wuxia novel by Chinese author Jin Yong. The book is currently in its third edition and is currently (as of 2006) undergoing revision for a fourth edition. Characters from this novel play minor roles in Jin Yong's last novel The Deer and the Cauldron and...
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Sword Stained with Royal Blood (simplified Chinese: 碧血剑; traditional Chinese: 碧血劍; pinyin: Bì Xuě Jiàn; Jyutping: Bik1 Hyut3 Gim3) is first published in Hong Kong Commercial Daily in 1956. It is a Wuxia novel by Chinese author Jin Yong. The book is currently in its third edition and is currently (as of 2006) undergoing revision for a fourth edition. Characters from this novel play minor roles in Jin Yong's last novel The Deer and the Cauldron and the plots of both novels do exhibit certain connections.
Set in the late Ming Dynasty, the plot revolves around the adventures of Yuan Chengzhi, the orphaned son of Yuan Chonghuan, a patriotic military leader who had been wrongly put to death by the Chongzhen Emperor. As an orphaned child, Yuan Chengzhi is sent to Mount Hua, where he is mentored by the best swordsman alive, Mu Renqing. Under Mu's tutelage, Yuan grows up to become a fine young swordsman. Serendipitous incidents after his departure from Mount Hua leads Yuan Chengzhi to discover...
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