DULU WANG & HONG WANG 
紫電青霜 
Purple Light, Blue Frost

王度廬是中國著名的武俠言情小說作家，在上個世紀三四十年代曾發表过大量小說、雜文、詩詞等作品。《鶴驚昆侖》、《寶劍金釵》、《劍氣珠光》、《臥虎藏龍》、《鐵騎銀瓶》是王度廬創作的五部內容相互關聯，又各自獨立的武俠悲情小說，通常被合稱為’鶴-鐵五部’。2000年李安導演根據該系列改編的電影《臥虎藏龍》，曾獲得40多個國際電影大獎，並榮獲了第73屆奧斯卡最佳外語片等四項大獎。

本社出版的《王度廬選集》，收入了王度廬先生的不同時期不同類型的部分作品。

《紫電青霜》發表於1944年，王宏於2020年對其做了一些必要整理和訂正。故事發生在清代，描述了幾個俠客和普通老百姓為被誣陷而死的年羹尧復仇的故事。年羹尧是康熙和雍正年间重要將領，曾平定青海叛乱，在拥立雍正帝即位时发挥重要作用。

Dulu Wang (1909-1977), was a famous Chinese Chivalry (Martial Art) novelist in the nineteen thirties and forties who wrote many novels including Crane-Iron Pentalogy which was adapted into a film under the title ‘Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon’ by Ang Lee and his colleagues in 2000. Its spectacular action, rhapsodic landscapes and tragic romance have touched audiences in Asia, North America and around the world and won over 40 awards and was nominated for 10 Academy Awards, including Best Picture, and won Best Foreign Language Film, Best Art Direction, Best Original Score and Best Cinematography. In 2019, the film was ranked the 51st in 100 best films of the 21st century list by Guardian.

Dulu Wang is considered one of the five greatest wuxia (which literally means ‘martial hero’) fiction writers of the Northern School in the Republican. He was less interested in writing about ruthless killings; instead he focused on his characters’ development, their emotions, friendship, and passions. Wang had great sympathy for women who suffered cruel oppression by the society and its feudal system, and his novels featured many strong female characters, warriors, and heroines. Most of his stories featured tragic endings. His perfect combination of chivalry, romance and tragedy in his novels have thrilled many critics and readers and this style have influenced many authors.

During 1925-1949 Wang published more 90 novels and thousands of articles and poems.

‘Purple Light, Blue Frost’ was published in 1944 and edited and modified by Hong Wang in 2020. The story occurred in Qing Dynasty that some knights and normal people sacrificed their lives to make two steel-cutting swords (Purple Light and Blue Frost) and used them to kill evils who falsely accused Nian Gengyao and caused his death in 1726. Nian was a commander-in-chief of the forces sent to quell the uprising of the rebel of Qinghai, and was thereupon raised to a Duke of the First Class.

More Wang’s books will be in the Collected Works of Dulu Wang series.

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