功夫

都市恐怖病 #5

by Giddens Ko, 九把刀

有一種東西，叫正義，正義需要高強功夫。

一九八六年。
那年，我十三歲，一個不吉利的年紀。
那年，張雨生還沒死，王傑正紅，方季惟還是軍中最佳情人。
他們的歌整天掛在我的房間裡。
那年，我遇見了他。
那年，功夫。

其實，這個老人有什麼可怕的呢？
不過就是個老人罷了。
雖然他舉止怪異，甚至不斷跟蹤我、嚇我，但……他不過就是個遲暮之年的老人罷了！
奇怪的是，雖然我的腦子已經可以正常運作，也開始擺脫莫名其妙的恐懼，但我的心跳卻從未停止劇烈的抖跳。
我該害怕嗎？

老人又開始在玻璃上哈氣。
老人又開始在玻璃上寫字。
「求我當你師父。」左右顛倒的字。

老人，國中生。

Genres: Fiction

385 pages, Paperback

First published November 1, 2005

About the author

Giddens Ko (simplified Chinese: 柯景腾; traditional Chinese: 柯景騰; pinyin: Kē Jǐngténg; born 25 August 1978) is a Taiwanese novelist and filmmaker. He earned his Bachelor of Science in Management from National Chiao Tung University and Master of Social Science from Tunghai University. He has published more than 60 books, many of which have been adapted as films. He writes under the pseudonym of "Jiubadao" (九把刀), which literally means "nine knives".

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Reviews

[Jessada Karnjana · Rating 3 out of 5]

คนเขียน คนแปล คนอ่าน ชอบอ่านนิยายจีนกำลังภายใน ตอนจบบ้าไปนิด ...

[Wei Quan · Rating 5 out of 5]

这本书真的是我中学看过其中最好看的小说之一, 第二就是精准的失控了

[Ray · Rating 5 out of 5]

多年前看了，重看插畫版更有趣！

[Kwan Qi Xiang · Rating 5 out of 5]

Chilling.

What is justice? What is real? What can we remember? What if our memories are not reliable? What if any sign with which we can corroborate our memories have been wiped away?

The mark of a good kungfu novel is that, after finishing it, the reader doesn't think about the kungfu, but the philosophical issues that such a fantasy universe raises. This one is good. The twist at the end is rather far-fetched, but one must keep in mind that this book is part of a series, and that, I think, is what makes it really chilling. Fear, violence, whitewashing, is always around us.

"正义需要高强功夫"。有时候，最大的功夫不是拳打脚踢，也不是豪迈激昂的情怀，而是强悍地保卫着一段记忆。即使保守着这记忆的只有一个人，他（或他）都必须坚持。英雄是寂寞的。只有对记忆真实，才能够找到自我。

“有一种东西，叫正义，正义需要高强功夫”

[Diane · Rating 4 out of 5]

結局很經典, great plot twist

[Jack Hwang · Rating 4 out of 5]

溫瑞安四十年前寫《今之俠者》，慨嘆現代社會中俠之不存。九把刀十五年前寫這本《功夫》，卻是生生從虛幻夢境中重造出意圖捍衛正義的大俠。九把刀的故事性果然很強，情節扭轉不僵硬，但就少了對「俠」的探討，甚至連現代社會中練武之人及武術的定位都付之闕如。