Compare some of what is written in the world with Tolkien it sounds like sacrilege. Therefore, aim for Jin yong as the British genius's Chinese counterpart, he seems more like a more irreverent and radical marketing device. Until you discover the scope of a Yong that, although it pulls more towards the historical than towards the fantastic, ends up transporting us to mythical worlds as well.
Because with that point of epic more classical inspiration, but seasoned with an unexpected fantasy, what Yong narrates finally manages to extend new parallel universes drawn from what is truly happening in our world. And so it is no longer just a matter of fantasizing but also projecting ourselves towards impossible uchronies where the gray areas of historical evolution are filled with color, atavistic conflicts between good and evil, characters charged in precise symmetry of historical truth as well as of fanciful verisimilitude.
So okay, assuming that Tolkien is Tolkien and that Yong would never dare to overcome the most legendary of fantastic storytellers, we can delve into this wuxia literature that mixes chivalry, martial arts and a point of new mythology arrived from the eastern world for the glory of the imagination. world.
Synopsis
China, 1200. The Song Empire has been invaded by the yurchen. Half of the territory and its historical capital lie in enemy hands; the peasants work hard, subject to the annual tribute demanded by the victors. Meanwhile, in the Mongolian steppe, a nation of warriors is about to join the command of a warlord whose name will endure forever: Genghis Khan.
Guo Jing, privileged, cunning, and perfectly trained in martial arts, has grown up with Genghis Khan's army and from birth is destined to one day face an opponent. Guo Jing must return to China to fulfill his destiny, but his courage and loyalties will be tested at every turn in a land divided by war and treachery.
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