What does the "eight parts" in "Tianlong Babu" refer to? What is the meaning of Mr. Jin Yong's name?

" Tianlong Babu " is a very famous martial arts novel by Jin Yong , which was later remade into various versions of film and television dramas. This is mainly about the love-hate relationship between many martial arts characters during the Song Dynasty war period.

takes Khitan Qiao Feng as the main line. After he was rescued because his parents were ambushed outside Yanmen Pass, he was taught martial arts by Shaolin Master Xuan Ku, and later became the new beggar gang leader after the death of Wang Jiantong , but was suspected of Quan Wulin because of his identity as a Khitan, and Qiao Feng triggered a series of stories in order to find out his life experience.

However, have you ever thought about a question, how did the name "Dragon Babu" come from? Why did Mr. Jin Yong take this name?

Tianlong Babu, in fact, this is a Buddhist term, mainly used to divide the Buddhist system, referring to the eight guardian deities of Buddhism, namely: the heavens, the dragon, Yaksha , Gandharva, Ashura , Garuda, Kinnara, , Mahu Luojia.

It is also meaningful that Mr. Jin Yong borrowed the Buddhist "eight guardian deities" to name him. Each of the eight guardian deities has its own distinct characteristics. The eight guardian deities mainly represent the eight characters in "Eight Dragons", corresponding to: Qiao Feng, Duan Yu , Xuzhu , Murong Fu , Kumozhi , Youtanzhi , Ding Chunqiu , Duan Zhengchun .

Especially the three main characters Qiao Feng, Duan Yu and Xu Zhu. Mr. Jin Yong also described the fate of the three characters from the perspective of Buddhism. He was a Khitan, but for the sake of peace between Song and Liao, he did not hesitate to threaten the emperor of his own country, making him swear never to break Song's promise, and he committed suicide at Yanmen Pass because of his apology.

Therefore, Jin Yong used the name of Buddhism's "Eight Parts", not only the title of "Dragon Babu" comes from Buddhism, but also the whole text itself reveals the feelings of Buddhist compassion and compassion, which profoundly reveals the internal factors of "tragedy of fate" .