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Yang Guo (Fictional)The fictional character Yang Guo (Traditional Chinese: 楊過; Simplified Chinese: 杨过) is the protagonist in the Chinese wuxia novel The Return of the Condor Heroes (神鵰俠侶)(1959) by writer Jin Yong. One of the best-loved characters in writer Louis Cha's list of fictional heroes, Yang Guo came to epitomize youthful rebellion. A reluctant hero, his love affair with his teacher Xiao Long Nuu remains one of the classic scenes in wuxia fiction. Story Background The background of the novel was set towards the end of Southern Song dynasty in the mid 13th century. The son of the villain in Louis Cha's previous novel in the trilogy, Yang Guo was an orphan who was later brought up by his father's sworn brother, Guo Jing. Midway in the novel, he fell in love with his teacher Xiao Long Nuu (小龍女). This relationship was highly controversial, in fact, such teacher-student love was forbidden in Confucian feudal Chinese society. At the end of the novel, they were able to overcome pressure and were accepted as a couple. Yang Guo's Martial Arts At the beginning of the story, Yang Guo meets a strange old man, who turned out to be the crazed Ou Yang Feng, known as the Western Poison. Ou Yang Feng taught the boy the Divine Toad Stance (Ha Ma Gong). Guo Jing, Yang Guo's surrogate uncle later brought the boy to the top of Zhong Nan mountain where the famed Taoist temple, Chong Yang Palace Shrine stood. Yang Guo trained under two third-generation Quan Zhen Sect (All True Religion) Taoists, Yin Zhi Ping and Zhao Zhi Jing. The foundation of Yang Guo's martial arts was the orthodox kung fu of Quan Zhen Sect. Later, Yang Guo expelled himself from Quan Zhen Sect and came to live in the Ancient Tomb with Xiao Long Nuu, who was a disciple of the secret Gumu Bai Sect (Ancient Tomb School). From Xiao Long Nuu, Yang Guo learns the elegant and graceful Jade Maiden Swordplay and the unparalleled lightness kung fu of Ancient Tomb Sect. Due to a misunderstanding, Xiao Long Nuu left Yang Guo. In his search for his master, Yang Guo met a nine-fingered old man, Hong Qi Gong, who was known as the Northern Beggar (Bei Gai) and the former chief of Beggar Sect. From him, the young man learned the clever and ingenious variations of the Dog Beating Stick technique. Later in the novel, Guo Fu, Guo Jing's spoiled daughter chopped off Yang Guo's right arm in a fit of rage. This was also about the time when Yang Guo met the legendary condor who was a companion of the great martial arts fighter, Dugu Bai. In order to wield Dugu Bai's sword with his one hand, Yang Guo trained relentlessly. His time away from his one love, Xiao Long Nuu greatly saddened him so that he was moved to create a set of palm techniques which he later called as the Divine Melancholic Palms, the only technique that could defeat Guo Jing's powerful Dragon Subduing Palms. Notable actors played Yang Guo
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