Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils

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Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils (天龍八部) is a wuxia novel by Jin Yong (Louis Cha). It was first serialised concurrently from 3 September 1963 to 27 May 1966 in the newspapers Ming Pao in Hong Kong and Nanyang Siang Pau in Singapore. It has been adapted into films and television series in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Mainland China numerous times since the 1970s. Set in 11th-century China, the story follows three protagonists—Qiao Feng, Duan Yu, and Xuzhu—and features a vast cast drawn from the Song, Liao, Dali, Western Xia, and Tibetan realms, as well as numerous sects and organizations within the wulin. The novel's Chinese title is a reference to the eight races of demi-gods and semi-devils described in Buddhist cosmology. In Buddhism, these demi-gods and semi-devils are different from the human race but are still bound to Saṃsāra by their own desires. Jin Yong originally modelled each major character after one of the races but, as he continued writing, the complexity of the story made some impossible...

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