Zhang Wuji is regarded by Jin Yong as the strongest protagonist in his pen, his martial arts are indeed the pinnacle of perfection, leaving aside the actual battle, the combination of Qiankun Great Shift, Taiji, Sacred Fire Order and Nine Yang Divine Gong is really the best book, but the strongest point in Zhang Wuji's character is not martial arts, but his martial prestige, at the end of the story, although the Heavenly Sword and the Dragon Slaying Sword are not owned by him, he has the ability to command the crowd.
In the words of the book, it is: "Since then, the heroes of the Central Plains have devoted themselves to the Ming Sect." For hundreds of years, the Ming Sect has been despised by people and regarded as a demon and a demon, and after this earth-shaking change, it has become the head of the Central Plains and a great cause for the descendants of the Great Han Dynasty. ”
(Zhang Wujie stills)
It can be said that although Zhang Wuji did not become an emperor, he was already an emperor of the people, as long as he gave an order, the people would push him to the throne, so from this point of view, he must retire to the jianghu, otherwise he became an emperor weakly, wouldn't he change history? Jin Yong would never write such a story that is inconsistent with history.
However, in addition to this factor, Zhang Wuji's need to retire may also be related to his character in the old version, if he does not retire, I am afraid that he will fall into the magic.
First, Zhang Wuji and Zhu Yuanzhang
In front of Zhu Yuanzhang, it seems that Zhang Wuji is a child who is not deeply involved in the world, after all, no matter which version of the story, the final ending is that Zhu Yuanzhang became emperor and established Daming, which is in line with historical facts, and Zhu Yuanzhang in the book is indeed a scheming, which Jin Yong mentions many times in the book.
The original said: "Later, Zhu Yuanzhang had a different heart and conspired to ascend to the throne, but he tried to take the position of the leader of the Ming Sect, and in the end he could not succeed, but it was mainly the Ming Sect people who helped him lay down the country, and he had to call the word 'Ming' by the name of the country." In the Ming Dynasty, Hongwu first year peng shen to Chongzhen seventeen years Jia Shen, two hundred and seventy-seven years of the world, all received the help of the Ming Sect. ”
(Zhu Yuanzhang stills)
Zhu Yuanzhang saw that Zhang Wuji's prestige was gradually increasing, so he squeezed Zhang Wujie everywhere, and even later Zhang Wuji had to resign from the position of Ming Sect Leader, which was equivalent to showing weakness, but in the old version, he did not quit the martial forest, but took over the position of Emei from Zhou Zhiruo and went to Mount Emei.
The original said: "Zhou Zhiruo led the same doormen, one by one to see the fifth generation of leaders." Zhang Sanfeng, Song Yuanqiao, and others congratulated in turn. The disciples of Emei Qun all knew that Zhang Wujie's martial skills were outstanding, his prestige was extremely high, and he would be of great benefit to this disciple, and although several people were dissatisfied, they did not dare to openly oppose it... Zhang Wuji led Emei's disciples, together with Zhao Ming, to bid farewell to Zhang Sanfeng, Song Yuanqiao, and others, and returned to Mount Emei, where he went to Deshan and wrote a long letter to cede the position of Ming Sect Leader to Yang Xiao. ”
This ending is good, but if you continue to write this story, with the old version of Zhang Wujie's personality, in the end, either he was killed by Zhu Yuanzhang, or he turned against Daming, if the story develops to that step, the scene will be difficult to clean up, so Jin Yong has modified it in the follow-up plot.
Second, the old version of Zhang Wujie
Why do you say that Zhang Wuji in the old version will fall into the magic? In fact, it is very simple, the old version of Zhang Wujie is very different from the later silly white sweet indecisive Zhang Wujie.
For example, when listening to his righteous father Xie Xun recall the past when his whole family was killed, Zhang Wuji showed a cold side that did not look like a young child at all.
(Xie Xun stills)
The original said: "Just listen to Wu Jie and say with great enthusiasm: 'Righteous Father, the person who harmed your whole family is called the Chaoyuan Thunderbolt Hand Chengkun, and the unscrupulous is remembered in his heart, and in the future he will avenge you on your behalf, and he will also kill his whole family, killing him without leaving a single one!'" Zhang CuiShan shouted angrily: "What are you talking about?" How can the innocence of one man who does one thing and one man do the work, no matter how great his sins are, and the things of only one man? He replied, "Yes, Daddy!" I was too frightened to say anything more. ”
From this text, we can see Zhang Wujie's temperament, which can be said to be completely different from most people who know him through TV dramas, where he is kind and generous, where he is indecisive, it can be said that even if he later becomes magical, it will not be surprising.
And when Zhang Sanfeng took him to seek medical treatment, the wisdom displayed by Zhang Wuji also made Zhang Sanfeng, who was over a hundred years old, even sigh deeply.
(Zhang Sanfeng stills)
The original said: "Unscrupulously: 'The child can't live anyway.'" I want to tell Yu Sanbo about these twelve types of divine skills, hoping that he will integrate the Wudang Shaolin Two Divine Skills, cure the hand and sibling disabilities, the child will take the oath, and kill himself like his father, or redeem his mother's mistakes. Zhang Sanfeng was taken aback, and he couldn't imagine that he was so scheming at such a young age, and casually said: 'Where are you talking?' ’”
Isn't it a bit of a Yang over that taste? Perhaps it is also because the protagonist's personality is too similar, Jin Yong let Zhang Wuji become the same as later.
3. The Order of the Wicked Flame
The front is only from the perspective of character personality to analyze Zhang Wujie will fall into the magic, if you add a martial art that will change the version of human nature, if Zhang Wujie does not retreat, it is really inevitable to fall into the magic.
That martial art was the Sacred Fire Order, and when he faced the Three Crossings, he had revealed his evil nature, and the original said: "After Zhang Wujie obtained the Sacred Fire Order, he practiced it at the beginning, and he didn't realize how, at this moment, when he met a fierce enemy, he gave full play to the subtleties in this martial art, and his soul gradually became inducted, and suddenly hahaha looked up at the sky and smiled, and his voice was full of evil and treacherous meaning." ”
The world calls the Ming Sect the evil devil outer way really did not wronged them, this sect of martial arts is indeed some evil, even people's hearts can be changed, just imagine the old version of Zhang Wujie's extreme and scheming personality with this set of holy fire orders that will make people fall into the devil, if Zhang Wuji continues to participate in martial arts battles, it is only a matter of time before he goes astray.
Although there are many inappropriate settings in the old version of the story, it is an original Jin Yong story.