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As a native Chinese speaker, I don't quite identify the genre of his work as "martial arts", it just should be "Wu Xia", which can not be translated flawlessly
by undefinedblog 8y ago
As a native Chinese speaker, I don't quite identify the genre of his work as "martial arts", it just should be "Wu Xia", which can not be translated flawlessly into English, like "Zen" or "Tao".
- girzel 8y agoTry translating 江湖! That's what really stumps us.
- xarope 8y agoIt's like a programming community, but with martial arts exponents. And instead of hackfests, they beat each other up. Do I win a prize? :-P
- choonway 8y ago人在江湖身不由己
- FooBarWidget 8y agoThere is a wikipedia article: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wuxia#Jianghu https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wuxia#Jianghu But yeah, try translating that in a few words.
- imron 8y agoThis is my favorite definition of 江湖: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rcFoN1Ding&feature=youtu.be&t=272 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rcFoN1Ding&feature=youtu.be...
- xarope 8y agoI consider wu xia as fantasy with martial arts, as much as western stories have any resemblance to what really happened in the "wild" west. I think Jin Yong's draw, as with most fiction writers, is placing the fantasy within a context of current social issues, thus allowing readers strong identification.