Xiaoli Feidao

Xiaoli Feidao series
Duoqing Jianke Wuqing Jian
Biancheng Langzi
Jiuyue Feiying
Tianya Mingyue Dao
Feidao Youjian Feidao
Author Gu Long
Country Taiwan
Language Chinese
Genre Wuxia, romance, adventure
Published 1968-1981
Media type Print
Xiaoli Feidao series
Traditional Chinese 小李飛刀系列
Simplified Chinese 小李飞刀系列
Literal meaning Little Li Flying Dagger series

The Xiaoli Feidao series is a wuxia novel series by Gu Long.

Weapon

The Little Li Flying Dagger (小李飛刀) is the weapon of Li Xunhuan, Ye Kai, Ding Lingzhong and Li Huai.

The blade of the dagger is three cun and seven fen long. It was forged from ordinary steel and iron unlike other fictional weapons that were forged from special types of materials. It ranks third on the Bingqipu (兵器譜), a fictional book of weapons.

Novels

Duoqing Jianke Wuqing Jian

Duoqing Jianke Wuqing Jian (多情劍客無情劍; 多情剑客无情剑; Duōqíng Jiànkè Wúqíng Jiàn; Do1-cing4 Gim3-haak3 Mou4-cing4 Gim3; "Sentimental Swordsman, Ruthless Sword") is the first novel in the series, first published in 1968. It details the adventures of Li Xunhuan and his friend A'fei.

Li Xunhuan rises to prominence as a martial artist in the jianghu for the expert use of his signature weapon, the Little Li Flying Dagger. He is in love with Lin Shiyin but decides to give up on her to repay his sworn brother Long Xiaoyun's kindness towards him. Long Xiaoyun marries Lin Shiyin eventually. Li Xunhuan is emotionally hurt and he retires from the jianghu.

When Li Xunhuan comes out of his reclusive life ten years later, he meets A'fei and befriends him. Both of them are drawn into the mysterious Case of the Plum Flower Bandit and Li Xunhuan is wrongly accused of being the bandit. He clears his name eventually. Meanwhile, he is also drawn into the complex feuds between Lin Xian'er, Shangguan Jinhong and Long Xiaoyun. He defeats and kills Shangguan Jinhong. He marries Sun Xiaohong and retires from the jianghu again to lead a new life with her far away from society.

Biancheng Langzi

Biancheng Langzi (邊城浪子; 边城浪子; Biānchéng Làngzǐ; Bin1-sing4 Long4-zi2; "Bordertown Prodigal") is the sequel to the first novel and the first part of the Biancheng Langzi Trilogy. It was first published in 1972. The novel begins with the murder of Bai Tianyu and his family. Ye Kai and Fu Hongxue set forth to solve the mysterious case and embarks on their adventures.

Jiuyue Yingfei

Jiuyue Yingfei (九月鷹飛; 九月鹰飞; Jǐuyuè Yīngfēi; Gau2-jyut6 Jing1-fei1; "Eagle Soaring in the Ninth Month") is the second part of the Biancheng Langzi Trilogy and the third instalment of the Xiaoli Feidao Series. It is often regarded as a prequel to Biancheng Langzi although it was published in 1973, a year later than the former.

Tianya Mingyue Dao

Tianya Mingyue Dao (天涯‧明月‧刀; Tiānyá Míngyuè Dāo; Tin1-ngaai4 Ming4-jyut6 Dou1; "Horizon, Bright Moon, Saber") is the third part of the Biancheng Langzi Trilogy and the fourth instalment of the Xiaoli Feidao Series. It was first published in 1974. It details the adventures of Fu Hongxue after the events of the previous books, while he accompanies Yan Nanfei as the latter sets out to defeat one of the most powerful men in the martial world: Gongzi Yu!

Feidao Youjian Feidao

Feidao Youjian Feidao (飛刀,又見飛刀; 飞刀,又见飞刀; Fēidāo, Yòujiàn Fēidāo; Fei1-dou1, Jau6-gin3 Fei1-dou1; "Flying Dagger, Flying Dagger Appears Again") is the fifth and last instalment in the Xiaoli Feidao Series. It was first published in 1981. The novel focuses on the adventures of Li Xunhuan's grandson, Li Huai. Li Huai inherits his grandfather's Little Li Flying Dagger technique and roams the jianghu as a wandering martial artist to help the poor and uphold justice.

Characters

Duoqing Jianke Wuqing Jian

Biancheng Langzi

Jiuyue Yingfei

Tianya Mingyue Dao

Feidao Youjian Feidao

Adaptations

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