Thursday, October 14

Heavenly Sword

Just completed the 1986 TVB drama serial rendition of Jin Yong's famous pugilistic novel: The Heavenly Sword and the Dragon Sabre.

I realised there was a discrepancy between the original novel ending and the drama serial. In the closing pages of the written novel, the protagonist Zhang Wu Ji was engaged in a refreshingly harmonious conversation with both Zhaomin and Zhou Zhirou. But the drama version depicts Zhang Wu Ji and Zhaomin roaming the world together hand in hand.

There was also an interesting line by Zhaomin when she told ZWJ that had he not come and look for her, she would simply 空杯以待，丫阁终老！which were not the author's original. Nevertheless it is a sweet and astounding line that is well weighted for their lyrical ending.
Posted by 中国之星 at 1:53 PM

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Daily Chess Puzzle: Figure it Find it Finish it

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