In Mr. Jin Yong's classic masterpiece "The Condor Heroes", Guo Xiang's active confession and Yang Guo's non-single-mindedness interweave an intricate emotional story. Guo Xiang, that smart, lovely, reasonable and pretty woman, why did she take the initiative to dedicate herself, but Yang Guo always loved Xiaolongnu? Let's dig deeper into this emotional entanglement and uncover the mystery of Long Yang in "The Legend of the Condor Heroes".
1. Guo Xiang's active confession.
In the last scene described in the original book, Yang Guo and Xiaolongnu retired hand in hand. At this moment, Guo Xiang couldn't help but burst into tears, and her mood became more and more miserable against the background of the bright moon, the breeze, and the crows. Why is Guo Xiang so helpless? In fact, the reason why Guo Xiang is so heartbroken is just because she loves Yang Guo deeply.
Observing the plot of "Sixteen Years Later", the whole story basically revolves around Yang Guo and Guo Xiang. The little dragon girl has long been dead, and she no longer has the idea of survival after jumping into the abyss. The so-called "Sixteen-Year Covenant" and "South China Sea Shenni Save People" are all nonsense, and Yang Guo is extremely smart, and he has already seen through the lies woven by Xiaolongnu and Huang Rong.
Sixteen years have passed, and Yang Guo should be aware of the actual situation. Guo Xiang appeared beside him as a playful and cute little girl, which can be said to give him a step down. Guo Xiang's feelings for Yang Guo are sincere, and she jumped into the abyss desperately to let Yang Guo understand her infatuation. However, in the end, Long Yang and the two reunited, but Guo Xiang became a passerby. Even though Guo Xiang later became a nun and founded the Emei faction, her heart was still full of infatuation with Yang Guo.
Second, Yang Guo is not single-minded.
"The Condor Heroes" takes "love" as the theme, and the protagonist Yang Guo must be a person who values love, but in the whole story, Yang Guo is not a dedicated person. He has had ambiguous feelings with many women, and has been entangled with Lu Wushuang, Wan Yanping, Gongsun Lucao and others. Even if other women are abandoned, Yang Guo also has love for Guo Xiang. At Guo Xiang's birthday banquet, he presented three big gifts to her with great fanfare, expressing his love for her. Jin Yong revealed in the afterword that Yang Guo has a affection for Guo Xiang, but why can't the two come together?
3. The prototype of Long Yang.
Do the heroes and heroines in the story have to be dedicated? This may be related to the historical prototype of Yang Guo and Xiaolongnu. In the original book, Jin Yong mentioned the character archetypes of Yang Guo and Xiaolongnu.
Their story has a legend, which corresponds to the two Long Yang in "The Legend of the Condor Heroes". Yang Guo corresponds to Yang Yanzhao, a famous general of the Song Dynasty, while Xiaolongnu corresponds to Mu Guiying. The two finally came together against all odds, which also became the reason why Yang Guo ignored Guo Xiang and only married Xiaolongnu.
In the original work, Guo Xiang was portrayed as an infatuated image, while Yang Guo was emotionally inattentive. This intricate interweaving of emotions makes "The Condor Heroes" an unforgettable classic. Through the analysis of the mystery of Long Yang, we can better understand this unique emotional world created by Mr. Jin Yong, as well as the profound historical prototype behind the characters.