Datang Youxia Zhuan

Datang Youxia Zhuan (大唐游俠傳), literally Story of the Wandering Hero of the Great Tang, is a wuxia novel by Liang Yusheng. It was first published as a serial in the Hong Kong newspaper Ta Kung Pao from 1 January 1963 to 14 June 1964. Set in China against the backdrop of the An Lushan rebellion in the mid-eighth century, it blends historical narrative with martial-arts fantasy to explore themes of loyalty, corruption, and the decline of the Tang dynasty. The novel follows a swordsman as he becomes entangled in political intrigue and the moral conflicts of the wulin. Datang Youxia Zhuan is the first part of a trilogy, followed by Longfeng Baochai Yuan and Huijian Xinmo. It is regarded as one of Liang Yusheng's most historically resonant works and an early example of the "historical wuxia epic" form that later influenced wuxia writers such as Gu Long and Huang Yi.