Wuxia

Wuxia (武俠, IPA: [ùɕjǎ]), which literally means "martial hero", is a genre of Chinese fiction concerning the adventures of martial artists in ancient China. Although wuxia is traditionally a form of literature, its popularity has caused it to spread to diverse art forms such as Chinese opera, manhua, films, television series and video games. It forms part of popular culture in many Chinese-speaking communities around the world. ...more

Wuxia Books

A Hero Born (Legends of the Condor Heroes, #1)

Thousand Autumns: Qian Qiu (Novel), Vol. 1

Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation: Mo Dao Zu Shi (Novel) Vol. 1

Thousand Autumns: Qian Qiu (Novel), Vol. 2

The Scum Villain's Self-Saving System: Ren Zha Fanpai Zijiu Xitong, Vol. 1

The Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water

Heaven Official's Blessing: Tian Guan Ci Fu, Vol. 1

The Scum Villain's Self-Saving System: Ren Zha Fanpai Zijiu Xitong, Vol. 2

Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation: Mo Dao Zu Shi (Novel) Vol. 2

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Best Wuxia Novels/Series

18 books — 9 voters

Across the Nightingale Floor by Lian Hearn

Analogies Shorinjiryu Karatedo, Golf & Baseball by Emanuel Hawthorne Kyoshi

The Girl with Ghost Eyes by M.H. Boroson

Martial Arts Fiction

291 books — 227 voters

Sufficiently Advanced Magic by Andrew Rowe

Progression Fantasy (Including Cultivation Novels)

386 books — 408 voters

Lord of the Mysteries Volume 1 by Ai Qianshui de Wuzei

魔道祖师 [Mó Dào Zǔ Shī] by Mò Xiāng Tóng Xiù

Heaven Official's Blessing by Mò Xiāng Tóng Xiù

Children of Darkness by Yan & Sandor Ivich

Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation by Mò Xiāng Tóng Xiù

Fantasy Web novels

46 books — 5 voters

The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien

The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas

Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

Classic Adventure Novels

69 books — 25 voters

Wuxia and Xianxia

229 books — 131 voters

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Quotes Tagged “Wuxia”

“ In the span of a person's life, just how many things does he never find out? No one stood naked in front of others. Everyone hid their bodies under clothes, their feelings beyond words and expressions. Everyone wrapped themselves up in layers upon layers, with only their heads and necks visible like a flowering branch peeking out, offering the world only with a painted painted face and ambiguous expression. ...more ”
― 肉包不吃肉, 二哈和他的白貓師尊

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“ The wu in wuxia means both “to cut” and “to stop.” It also refers to the weapon—usually a sword—carried by the assassin, the hero of the story. The genre became very popular during the Song Dynasty [960–1279]. These stories often depicted a soldier in revolt, usually against a corrupt political leader. In order to stop corruption and the killing of innocent people, the hero must become an assassin. So wuxia stories are concerned with the premise of ending violence with violence. Although their a ...more ”
― Hou Hsiao-hsien

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