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The Deer and the Cauldron
Series · 11 books · 1969-2018

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The Deer and the Cauldron

The First Book

1981

On the Dragon Throne of China sits the young Manchu Emperor Kang Xi. Back in 1644, his great-uncle Dorgon broke through the Great Wall from Manchuria in the north-east and took the Imperial capital, Peking. Now twenty years later, the Manchus are quelling the last sparks of Chinese resistance, hounding down members of the underground movement known as the Triad Secret Society. But deep in the innermost recesses of the Forbidden City, with its maze of countless eunuchs, and the redoubtable troops of the Imperial Guard, a sinister conspiracy is brewing. Into this historical setting bursts a young teenage scamp by the name of Trinket. Born in a whorehouse in the southern Chinese city of Yangzhou, Trinket is an unlikely (and reluctant) kungfu practitioner, whose underhand tricks earn him many a harsh word from his masters. Foul-mouthed, lazy, opportunistic, but ultimately likeable and unforgettable, it is Trinket who holds together the picaresque episodes of this last (and many say best) Martial Arts novel by Hong Kong's master storyteller, Louis Cha. As the poet and critic Stephen Soong has said, this is 'a roller-coaster of a novel, packed with thrills, with fun, rage, humour, and abuse, written in a style that flows and flashes like quicksilver.'
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The Deer and the Cauldron

The Second Book

1969

The second part of a three-volume picaresque historical romance by one of China's most popular authors follows the turbulent adventures of mercurial anti-hero Trinket as he embroils himself with flair in ever more complex intrigues at court and in the dense underworld of seventeenth-century China. All is definitely not as it seems in the palace of that Old Whore, the Empress Dowager. Trinket begins to suspect an incursion into palace politics by a strange sect based on an offshore island, fanatical practitioners of a powerful, manta-based kungfu, while contending forces struggle to lay hands on the secret contained in eight copies of a short Sutra, a secret that will somehow yield mysterious power. Posing this time as a pilgrim and monk, Trinket takes holy orders in order to penetrate the mysterious Buddhist realm of the Shaolin Monastery, of fighting-monks' fame, and the more exotic Lamaist pilgrimage site of the Wutai Mountains. While his multiple personae take on the world, young Trinket experiences, with growing frequency and intensity, the delights of female companionship. This does not seem to distract him from his kungfu quests, and Trinket finds himself faced with his most important mission yet...
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The Deer and the Cauldron

The Third Book

1969

The third and final volume of the picaresque historical romance by one of China's most popular authors deals with Satrap Wu Sangui's imminent bid for Imperial Power and Trinket's increasingly complex attempts to balance his own multiple identities: as friend and confidant of the Emperor Kang Xi, as the White Dragon Marshal of the Mystic Dragon Sect, and as one of the Lodge Masters of the Triad Secret Society. Trinket's love life poses even more challenges, as he simultaneously juggles several beautiful women and unwittingly comes face to face with the beautiful Chen Yuan Yuan, known as the Peerless Consort, and the Russian Princess Sophia.
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鹿鼎記(四)

1969

《鹿鼎記》是金庸最後一部小說,可以視為金庸創作的最高峰、最頂點。《鹿鼎記》寫一無所長的主角韋小寶,因緣際會、一直向上攀升的過程。仔細看下來,這個人又絕不是一無所長,而是全身皆是本領。他的本領,人人皆有,與生俱來,只不過有的人不敢做、不屑做、不會做、不能做,而韋小寶都做了,無所顧忌,不以為錯,所他獲得了成功。這是金庸在《鹿鼎記》中表現的新觀念,突破了一切清規戒律,將人性徹底解放,個體得到了肯定。
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The Deer and the Cauldron (New Edition) (1-5 Volumes)

1969

《鹿鼎記》是金庸最後一部小說,可以視為金庸創作的最高峰、最頂點。《鹿鼎記》寫一無所長的主角韋小寶,因緣際會、一直向上攀升的過程。仔細看下來,這個人又絕不是一無所長,而是全身皆是本領。他的本領,人人皆有,與生俱來,只不過有的人不敢做、不屑做、不會做、不能做,而韋小寶都做了,無所顧忌,不以為錯,所他獲得了成功。這是金庸在《鹿鼎記》中表現的新觀念,突破了一切清規戒律,將人性徹底解放,個體得到了肯定。
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少林風波

金庸作品集新修文庫版 (鹿鼎記 Book 5)

2018

奇書者,《鹿鼎記》是也。奇在哪裡?奇在金庸的其他小說都有明顯的悲劇角色和故事,唯獨《鹿鼎記》只有喜感與鬧劇。奇在主人翁的武功一點兒也不高明,除了逃跑的功夫之外,韋小寶可以說根本不會武功。奇在韋小寶有七個老婆,且是用盡偷搶拐騙的方法得手。奇在它雖是一部鬧劇,卻有發人深省之處。奇在韋小寶所表現的人性,只要想想自己或朋友,幾乎都可以發現韋小寶的影子。金庸曾考慮大幅修改,好比讓韋小寶的妻子跑掉一兩個,下場慘一些,但最後這些「懲罰」均未發生,因為「主要抒寫的重點是時代而非人物,在那個時代中,可以有那樣的故事。」在新修版的後記中,金庸特地說明:「我不鼓勵現代的青少年去模仿韋小寶,如不反對母親做妓女,不識中文,賄賂貪污,蔑視法律,連娶七個老婆……」善盡作者勸人向善的社會責任。
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詭計多端

金庸作品集新修文庫版 (鹿鼎記 Book 6)

2018

奇書者,《鹿鼎記》是也。奇在哪裡?奇在金庸的其他小說都有明顯的悲劇角色和故事,唯獨《鹿鼎記》只有喜感與鬧劇。奇在主人翁的武功一點兒也不高明,除了逃跑的功夫之外,韋小寶可以說根本不會武功。奇在韋小寶有七個老婆,且是用盡偷搶拐騙的方法得手。奇在它雖是一部鬧劇,卻有發人深省之處。奇在韋小寶所表現的人性,只要想想自己或朋友,幾乎都可以發現韋小寶的影子。 金庸曾考慮大幅修改,好比讓韋小寶的妻子跑掉一兩個,下場慘一些,但最後這些「懲罰」均未發生,因為「主要抒寫的重點是時代而非人物,在那個時代中,可以有那樣的故事。」在新修版的後記中,金庸特地說明:「我不鼓勵現代的青少年去模仿韋小寶,如不反對母親做妓女,不識中文,賄賂貪污,蔑視法律,連娶七個老婆……」善盡作者勸人向善的社會責任。
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咬牙切齒

2008

平西王遇刺,駙馬爺被閹,沐王府遭難,種種事端紛至沓來,素來機警刁鑽的韋小寶,究該怎生因應?
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揚威塞北

金庸作品集新修文庫版 (鹿鼎記 Book 8)

2018

奇書者,《鹿鼎記》是也。奇在哪裡?奇在金庸的其他小說都有明顯的悲劇角色和故事,唯獨《鹿鼎記》只有喜感與鬧劇。奇在主人翁的武功一點兒也不高明,除了逃跑的功夫之外,韋小寶可以說根本不會武功。奇在韋小寶有七個老婆,且是用盡偷搶拐騙的方法得手。奇在它雖是一部鬧劇,卻有發人深省之處。奇在韋小寶所表現的人性,只要想想自己或朋友,幾乎都可以發現韋小寶的影子。金庸曾考慮大幅修改,好比讓韋小寶的妻子跑掉一兩個,下場慘一些,但最後這些「懲罰」均未發生,因為「主要抒寫的重點是時代而非人物,在那個時代中,可以有那樣的故事。」在新修版的後記中,金庸特地說明:「我不鼓勵現代的青少年去模仿韋小寶,如不反對母親做妓女,不識中文,賄賂貪污,蔑視法律,連娶七個老婆……」善盡作者勸人向善的社會責任。
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智取神龍

金庸作品集新修文庫版

2018

奇書者,《鹿鼎記》是也。奇在哪裡?奇在金庸的其他小說都有明顯的悲劇角色和故事,唯獨《鹿鼎記》只有喜感與鬧劇。奇在主人翁的武功一點兒也不高明,除了逃跑的功夫之外,韋小寶可以說根本不會武功。奇在韋小寶有七個老婆,且是用盡偷搶拐騙的方法得手。奇在它雖是一部鬧劇,卻有發人深省之處。奇在韋小寶所表現的人性,只要想想自己或朋友,幾乎都可以發現韋小寶的影子。 金庸曾考慮大幅修改,好比讓韋小寶的妻子跑掉一兩個,下場慘一些,但最後這些「懲罰」均未發生,因為「主要抒寫的重點是時代而非人物,在那個時代中,可以有那樣的故事。」在新修版的後記中,金庸特地說明:「我不鼓勵現代的青少年去模仿韋小寶,如不反對母親做妓女,不識中文,賄賂貪污,蔑視法律,連娶七個老婆……」善盡作者勸人向善的社會責任。 Traditional Chinese Edition
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告老退休

金庸作品集新修文庫版 (鹿鼎記 Book 10)

2018

奇書者,《鹿鼎記》是也。奇在哪裡?奇在金庸的其他小說都有明顯的悲劇角色和故事,唯獨《鹿鼎記》只有喜感與鬧劇。奇在主人翁的武功一點兒也不高明,除了逃跑的功夫之外,韋小寶可以說根本不會武功。奇在韋小寶有七個老婆,且是用盡偷搶拐騙的方法得手。奇在它雖是一部鬧劇,卻有發人深省之處。奇在韋小寶所表現的人性,只要想想自己或朋友,幾乎都可以發現韋小寶的影子。金庸曾考慮大幅修改,好比讓韋小寶的妻子跑掉一兩個,下場慘一些,但最後這些「懲罰」均未發生,因為「主要抒寫的重點是時代而非人物,在那個時代中,可以有那樣的故事。」在新修版的後記中,金庸特地說明:「我不鼓勵現代的青少年去模仿韋小寶,如不反對母親做妓女,不識中文,賄賂貪污,蔑視法律,連娶七個老婆……」善盡作者勸人向善的社會責任。

Author

Jin Yong
Jin Yong
Author · 73 books

Louis Cha, GBM, OBE (born 6 February 1924), better known by his pen name Jin Yong (金庸, sometimes read and/or written as "Chin Yung"), is a modern Chinese-language novelist. Having co-founded the Hong Kong daily Ming Pao in 1959, he was the paper's first editor-in-chief. Cha's fiction, which is of the wuxia ("martial arts and chivalry") genre, has a widespread following in Chinese-speaking areas, including mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Southeast Asia, and the United States. His 15 works written between 1955 and 1972 earned him a reputation as one of the finest wuxia writers ever. He is currently the best-selling Chinese author alive; over 100 million copies of his works have been sold worldwide (not including unknown number of bootleg copies). Cha's works have been translated into English, French, Korean, Japanese, Vietnamese, Thai, Burmese, Malay and Indonesian. He has many fans abroad as well, owing to the numerous adaptations of his works into films, television series, comics and video games. 金庸,大紫荊勳賢,OBE(英語:Louis Cha Leung-yung,1924年3月10日-2018年10月30日),本名查良鏞,浙江海寧人,祖籍江西婺源,1948年移居香港。自1950年代起,以筆名「金庸」創作多部膾炙人口的武俠小說,包括《射鵰英雄傳》、《神鵰俠侶》、《鹿鼎記》等,歷年來金庸筆下的著作屢次改編為電視劇、電影等,對華人影視文化可謂貢獻重大,亦奠定其成為華人知名作家的基礎。金庸早年於香港創辦《明報》系列報刊,他亦被稱為「香港四大才子」之一。 Source: https://zh.wikipedia.org/zh-tw/%E9%87... Associated Names: * Jin Yong * 金庸 (Chinese Profile) * กิมย้ง (Thai Profile)

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