Deserted for 10 years in the island, Yin Su Su gives birth to Zhang Wu Ji, who treats Xie Xun as his adopted father. Both are kidnapped by Xie Xun onto a ship, which drifted to a deserted island. The story centres around the love between men: the brotherly love of the Seven Swordsman of Wudang, and the fatherly love between Zhang Sanfeng the teacher and Zhang Cuishan the disciple, and Xie Xun the godfather and Zhang Wuji the godson.5 th Brother Zhang Chui San from Wudang meets Yin Su Su from the Eagle Sect while investigating the mishap of his 3 rd Brother’s and falls in love. The Heaven-relying Sword and the Dragon-slaying Sabre were said to be the key to the secret that would allow the wielder to rule the world. This deeper double meaning highlights how the Chinese language can express so much with so few words, in this case four characters. The beauty of the new title lies in how it literally means heaven-relying, dragon-slaying, a nod at the two artefacts that the story revolved around. In other words it, the title hints at how the people overthrew the Emperor. This alludes to how the people drew on the power of Heaven to defeat the dragon, a symbol of the Imperial authority. While the new title can still be translated as The Heaven Sword and Dragon Sabre, the more literal translation would be Drawing on the Might of Heaven to Slay the Dragon. The first edition of the book was literally The Heaven Sword and Dragon Sabre. Dropping the compound modifier for both weapons improves brevity with little loss in meaning. Its counterpart is the Dragon-slaying Sabre. Hence, the accurate translation of the sword’s name is the Heaven-relying Sword. The term yi tian means to rely or draw upon the might of Heaven. The term “heavenly” implies that the sword is a divine weapon. Some translations mistakenly translates the title as The Heavenly Sword and the Dragon Sabre. The second edition was released in 1979 and and the third edition was published in 2005. The book is the third of the Condor Trilogy. The Heaven Sword and Dragon Sabre was first serialised by Jin Yong in newspapers from 6 July 1961 to 2 September 1963.
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