/lit/ - Literature

>>21636933
Honestly, I´d kill for an decent wuxia webnovel recommendation. RI is just misery porn the farther it goes. It´s successor, the chinese pokemon novel isn´t any better either. But that one´s just bland in general

>>21635162
Bruh 35% of book five is a wuxia about him and his friends training

>>21609141
>wuxia

>>21592647
Jin Yong is widely considered the king of the genre, so you can’t go wrong with his books. Gu Long is also very well-regarded and a classic author. Not Chinese, but the Singing Hills Cycle by Nghi Vo has some good Wuxia elements in a more contemporary fantasy setting, especially the third book. I can’t really recommend anything contemporary and from China, but if you’re just starting to learn Chinese reading novels is a good way to learn so I’m sure you can find recommendations.

>>21587798
Start with works from Pearl S. Buck's the Good Earth, in many ways it is polar opposite of Red Chamber, where in Red Chamber you start with rich nobility that slowly declining while Good Earth, a poor peasant slowly rising to riches. I suggest if you to try Wuxia genre, Jin Yong's works is to go, or if you want try Chinese take on Scifi, I will suggest Ni Kuang's Wisely series.

>>21585109
Chinese is mostly webnovels as far as I can tell. Look up some wuxia novels like jin yongs too.

i just downloaded 3 stupidly long wuxia stories, which one is the best?
Lord of the Mysteries
Reverend Insanity
I Shall Seal the Heavens

>>21555689
wuxia/xianxia - china
nachkriegsliteratür - germany/austria
dorfkrimis - germanic countries

>>21548283
>Which one? I'm native and I do both of the top two.
Top two are fine. The bottom one is something I've only seen on the internet from ESLs and in shitty subtitles for Wuxia TV shows.

I have heard an American youtuber say 'how it looks like' once. Maybe in a hundred years it will be normal.

>>21541240
What are some good zero to hero power fantasies with a heroic main character?
Don't recommend Cradle or any other wuxia. I've already read all of those. Also already read Wheel of Time and Name of the Wind.

>>21529531
Any wuxia/xianxia novel

>>21526241
wuxia waifu
>loves her husband and helps him get stronger
>loves and respects her dad. No western bullshit where you have to shit on your dad just because he doesn't like who you date
>actually goes on adventures with her husband
>has kids with husband. Can do this because she's his only wife.

Xianxia waifu
>only fell in love with her husband because an aphrodisiac made them have sex
>doesn't say shit when husband acts like an arrogant dickhead to her dad.
>only adventures with husband until he ascends and is then forgotten for 800 chapters
>part of a harem not even the main wife.

>>21526164
wuxia nothing like these xianxia shitposters though.

>>21526035
>>21526039
i love xianxia/wuxia so much bros

>>21520376
Try some wuxia novels for change of palate

>>21511407
https://immortalmountain.wordpress.com/glossary/wuxia-xianxia-xuanhuan-terms/#cultivation

>>21497199
The main difference between wuxia/xianxia is wuxia doesn't exactly feature or strive for immortality while xianxia is all about immortality. Most martial arts movies anybody has seen would be considered wuxia. None of this "serving x people or committing x action" nonsense.

>>21497181
No, Xianxia is defined by the pursuit of Immortality. If it's like Xianxia but the hero is fighting for ideals/country/king/emperor/love etc it's Wuxia.
As far as Xianxia goes, the overwhelming majority of protagonists are assholes. Because again, the fundamental rule of the genre is the pursuit of immortality, which is considered borderline evil by definition because an immortal never discharges their negative karma through death and rebirth.

Any wuxia recommendations with great character development?

>>21467853
I do the same thing, but with Wuxia and Fantasy novels. I definitely feel like it helps me not burn out on all of the more serious stuff I read

>>21467635
>2762 chapters
I kneel...
My best friend loves all of that extremely long Xianxia stuff, but I have a hard time getting into it. I much prefer the classic Wuxia novels, since they aren't insanely long and have stories that are relatively grounded in reality

>>21454649
>Real Japanese lit pale in comparison
You haven't actually read any real Japenese lit, have you? Because having read both Japanese lit and LNs, I can tell you that there isn't a single LN that comes anywhere close in quality. I still enjoy reading LNs from time to time, in the same way that I enjoy reading Wuxia stuff, but stop deluding yourself into thinking that it's high quality writing

>read a wuxia novel
>take a break at chapter 900
>come back years later to a finished novel
>barely remember anything
>have to start from the beginning
Oh God. I'll never read unfinished novels again...

>>21451016
Thanks fren.
>>21451087
>Wuxia
>not allowed in the fantasy general
nani? Its not like I only read that stuff I just find it interesting and different to western fantasy.