Jin Yong's only novel centered on supporting characters. The protagonist is just a puppet of the supporting role. 99% of novels in China are developed around the protagonist, even in TV series.
For example, there are three male protagonists in "Tian Long Ba Bu", from Duan Yu to Qiao Feng, from Xiao Feng to Xu Zhu, the storyline revolves around three people, of which Xu Zhu has relatively few scenes and can only be regarded as the third protagonist.
The well-known "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" follows the traditional model of a single male protagonist. It starts with Guo Jing's grandfather. No, it starts with Guo Jing's father Guo Xiaotian. I kept talking about Grandpa Yue, and then left Wu Mu's suicide note, and finally how Guo Jing got it. There is also a martial arts secret book called "Nine Yin Scriptures", which is also a main thread in the book. From the old Wujue Huashan Lunjian to Guo Jing, with the help of Huang Rong and Zhou Botong, he obtained the "Nine Yin Scriptures".
"The Condor Shooting Trilogy" tells the story of the three generations of Guo Yang's family. To make it simpler, it is the story of Guo Jing guarding Xiangyang. The protagonist is three generations of Guo Yang family.
Starting from "Evening the Heaven and Slaying the Dragon", Jin Yong began to reduce the role of the protagonist. For example, the heroine Zhao Min, Jin Yong has been hiding and tucked, the whole book has a total of forty chapters, until the 23rd chapter "The Furong Drunkard Green Willow Village" After being released by Jin Yong, although the heroine appeared late, she shined brightly once she came out, playing the heroes of the world in the palm of her hand. From this point of view, Jin Yong's control of the plot is now in a handy state.
There are four parts in "Yi Tian Shou Long Ji". The protagonists of the first part are Zhang Cuishan and Yin Susu, and the second, third and fourth parts are Zhang Wuji's world. In this work, although the protagonist has fewer scenes, he is ultimately the protagonist. Jin Yong has a work in which the protagonist has very little sense of existence, just a puppet of a supporting role!
This work is "The Sword of Jade Blood". The protagonist of this book is Yuan Chengzhi. Yuan Chengzhi lived for two people, one is his father Yuan Chonghuan, and the other is his father-in-law Jin Snake Langjun Xia Xueyi. Among them, Xia Xueyi's role surpassed Yuan Chonghuan and became the actual protagonist of Jade Sword.
Xia Xueyi is a man with deep scheming and good calculations. This man runs through the whole "Sword of Jade Blood". From the beginning, Yuan Chengzhi accidentally discovered Xia Xueyi's bones in a cave on the back of Huashan Mountain, took Xia Xueyi's Golden Snake Sword, learned the Golden Snake Sword, and became a stand-in for the Golden Snake Langjun.
Later, Yuan Chengzhi used Jin Snake Langjun's unique martial arts to help Jin Snake Lang to realize his dream and break through the five elements of Wen's five elders, and later mediate the conflict between He Hongyao and Xia Xueyi. Xia Xueyi loved two women in her life, Wen Yi and He Hongyao. From the flashbacks of Wen Yi and He Hongyao, we learned about the life of this strange man.
Although Xia Xueyi did not appear on stage, Yuan Chengzhi, the protagonist, seemed to have Xia Xueyi's soul.
