Gu Long’s novels far surpass Jin Yong in the film field. Let’s talk about the limitations of Jin Yong’s works.

In the development of Shaw Brothers Film Company, four major directors have played an important role. They are Li Hanxiang, who started his career in Huangmei Diao and became famous for his romance films; Chang Cheh and King Hu, who ushered in the glorious era of Hong Kong martial arts films; and Chu Yuan, who created the world of fantasy martial arts with Gu Long's novels as scripts. The martial arts director tycoon Zhang Che is known as "Zhang Wanwan" in the industry, while Chu Principle is known as "Chu Wanwan", which shows the large output of his film works and the high box office.

Movies based on Gu Lung's novels once dominated the Shaw Brothers and even the entire Hong Kong film market. As many as 80 films have been adapted for the screen, of which more than 20 were directed by Gu Lung. The script was written by himself, but as a great hero of the generation, Jin Yong has very few works in the movie. Instead, he lost to Gu Long. The output of Jin Daxia's works is less, with only fifteen books. The style of his works is limited by the limitations of the movie. Sex is the main reason. Although martial arts movies have long since declined and will never return to their peak era, and Jin Yong and Gu Long have also passed away, we will not compare the works of the two masters and return to the martial arts era of pleasure and revenge.

In the world of martial arts, those who like Jin Yong think Jin Yong is number one, and those who like Gu Long think Gu Long is number one. Some people think they are tied for number one. In terms of literary achievements alone, Gu Long is only slightly inferior to Jin Yong, but not all places are inferior. In the field of film, Gu Long has the upper hand. But there is a strange phenomenon. TV works adapted from Jin Yong's novels surpass Gu Long.

The rules of Jin Yong’s works are the sublimation and transcendence of traditional martial arts works, and they will never go too far. Most of the characters in his novels start out as ordinary, or even have mediocre talents. Later, they have many adventures and gradually become peerless masters and heroes. Jin Yong's counterattack writing method, from a person's "not good" to "good", this legendary experience is more like a person's autobiography. Therefore, this kind of novel is particularly suitable for filming a TV series. The TV series has enough space to tell a person's growth experience, and it can be twenty or thirty episodes, or fifty or sixty episodes. But the movie is different. It is impossible to show the entire book in one or two hours. There are too many things to choose from.

Gu Long’s works are different. He does not write about personal experiences, but usually revolves around a central event, either revenge, solving a case, or repaying a favor. The characters also have a sense of "Don't ask me where I come from, and don't ask me where I'm going." This kind of anti-traditional description seems to have been prepared for movies. It doesn't need a lot of foreshadowing like a TV series, just one thing. As long as things are done, his writing method without so many rules and routines is exactly what the movie needs, and it is also the main reason why he can surpass Jin Yong and become successful in the film field.