Poison culture occupies an important position in traditional Chinese culture, profoundly influencing the creation of Chinese literature, excellent martial arts novels, a large number of detailed and expressive descriptions of poison species, toxicity, antidotes, poisoning methods have been made poison culture has been reflected and spread in martial arts novels. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

In martial arts novels, in addition to some sideways and cult demons quenching poison on weapons, more people are mentioned to all kinds of invisible poisons that kill people, and many storylines revolve around "poison".

For novelists, poison is often their most amazing tool. Especially in martial arts novels, poison is often used as a weapon, and through the rich imagination of the novelist, it reflects that it is classified as a sideline and cannot hide its mystery and profundity, and at the same time enriches the content of the novel, and also plays a role in fueling the plot of the novel. However, poison itself is also a broad and profound science, and since most of the backgrounds described in martial arts novels are in ancient times, the poison culture involved in it is more characteristic of traditional culture.

The earliest discovery of the poison was supposed to be accidental, probably during the search for food, when something was found to be dangerous to human life. In ancient China, the understanding of poison can be traced back to the ancient Shennong era, and it is recorded in the Huainanzi Cultivation Training: "Shennong...... Taste the taste of herbs, the sweetness and bitterness of water springs, so that the people know what to avoid. At this time, seventy-two poisons were encountered in one day. ”

Therefore, in ancient times, all drugs that cured diseases were generally called "poisons". Shennong encountered 72 poisons in one day, which means that he identified the characteristics of more than 70 kinds of drugs in one day. The characteristics of medicine can cure diseases and save people if used correctly, and it can hurt people and kill people if used wrong. Then poison and medium oh have a vague concept. What it reflects is the long history of the Chinese nation.

Therefore, the traditional Chinese poison culture is all-encompassing, rich and colorful, and has a very wide range of connotations. These include: spicy drugs.

"Zhou Li, Tianguan, Physician": "The physician is in charge of the decree of the doctor, and the poison is gathered to share the medical affairs." Zheng Xuan's note: "Poison, the hard work of medicine." "The Crane Guanzi Shixian": "If the Bian Que is bloody, poisoned, and the skin is subsided." ”

"Historical Records: The Biography of Huainan Hengshan": "Poison is bitter in the mouth and good for disease, and loyalty is contrary to the ear and good for action." ”

Life-threatening drugs. "Mozi? Shang Ibid.": "The people of the world are all harmed by water, fire and poison. ”

A term in Chinese medicine. Refers to drugs in general. "Su Wen: The Theory of Different Methods": "Its disease is born inside, and its cure should be poison." Wang Bing's note: "Medicine, known as gold, jade, earth, stone, grass, wood, vegetables, fruits, insects, fish, birds and beasts, etc., can all dispel evil and cultivate the righteous." However, it is safe to ward off evil and be righteous, but poison is capable, and it is called poison with its ability. ”

The above is the definition of the concept of poison in the traditional sense, and in the fictional world of martial arts, novelists often conjure up countless stories about "poison" through their boundless imagination. At first, in the eyes of the Jianghu people, the use of poison was usually regarded as a means of inferiority, and the real chivalrous people generally did not poison, let alone use sweat medicine.

Therefore, the poisoner in martial arts novels always has the strength to cower, even if he becomes a grandmaster, he can't get rid of the weakness in his heart, either arrogant or mysterious. However, with the gradual evolution of martial arts novels, this restriction has been slightly relaxed, and the poison of the Jianghu people has become no longer so restrictive, and the use of poison is no longer just a unique secret weapon of the so-called "three indiscriminate".

The use of poison also makes the plot of martial arts novels bizarre and colorful, suspenseful, and fascinating. However, the concept is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and the first-rate knights still only rely on swordsmanship to win, at most with hidden weapons, and rarely rely on poison; In other words, the rationality of using poison as a means of fighting has been partially recognized.

Regardless of the moral evaluation of the use of poison in fight, poison is increasingly used in martial arts novels, so much so that it can be said that there are almost no new martial arts novels that do not involve some form of poison. ”

The corpse medicine in the legends of the Tang and Song dynasties is only to destroy the corpse, not a direct killing weapon ("Nie Yinniang", "Hongzhou Scholar"), and the Menghan medicine in the novel is only an auxiliary tool in fighting, so that the opponent temporarily loses its combat effectiveness, and it is easy to rescue, and it can solve the problem with a scoop of cold water ("Shi Gong Case", "Three Heroes and Five Righteousness").

In the new school of martial arts novels, poison is not only widely used, but also has many unique secret recipes, which cannot be solved by non-poisoners. There are those who died in blood, and there are those who died in three months after being tortured, and there are many names. And this may not be unrelated to the role of modern chemical weapons in warfare. Ancient writers' descriptions of corpse medicine and sweat medicine are mostly imaginary, and the various bizarre and bizarre methods of drug making, poisoning and detoxification in the new school of martial arts novels certainly do not need much medical basis. Detective novels can take the poison used by criminals to the laboratory for testing, but martial arts novels do not have this need. Even so, the novelist's growing emphasis on the role of poison in fighting still stems from real-life revelations.

Among the new-school novels, Jin Yong is the one who is good at writing about the "poison" in martial arts. Jin Yong's characters are different, and there are many capable people, among whom there are many masters of using drugs, and now they will be able to be called the king of drugs, and the "poison" in Jin Yong's pen is also varied, different. All kinds of poisons, and a variety of different poisoning reactions, are also a rather complex and fascinating part of Jin Yong's novels.

The poison drugs in "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" and "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", which everyone is very familiar with, are jaw-dropping. Usually in martial arts novels, there are generally four types of poisons. First, plant poisons, second, animal poisons, third, synthetic or refined poisons, and fourth, poisons that are refined in hidden weapons, weapons, or palm power, or internal power with yin poison.

Among them, the poisonous sand palm, meridian bone nail, bone attachment needle, and seven absolute needles in "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", and the ice spirit silver needle and five poisonous divine palms in "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" belong to the fourth type. The toad poison sand in "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" is refined with the venom of the toad, if this poison is applied to the giant python beast, the person will be dizzy, and the person with deep internal strength will also feel nausea in the chest, which belongs to the third kind;