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* AdaptedOut: Due to time constraints or several other constraints, some live action versions like Creator/StephenChow's ''Royal Tramp'' movies fail to include all seven wives.
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* LaResistance: The Ming loyalists during Qing rule are actually a recurring trope in many literary works set in this period. In this case, they're apparently the first major one given how early the Qing dynasty is, and they're named the Heaven and Earth Sect.
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* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: The volumes of the 42 Chapters will often have {{punny name}}s to assign colors to them. Some live action versions go a step further by actually coloring them that way.
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* DistractedByTheSexy: One of Wei's "treasures" acquired on his trips is apparently Japanese ''shunga'' art, which he uses on Qing officers [[spoiler:while he substitutes the captive Chen Jinnan, moments before his execution, for living loose end Feng Xifan.]]
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* GottaCatchEmAll: The 42 Chapters ([[NonIndicativeName fortunately it's less than 42 parts that have to be found]]).
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* KavorkaMan: It's easy to forget that Wei Xiaobao is foul-mouthed, uneducated, a massive coward who seldom leaves a good first impression, yet he has rightfully ''earned'' the genuine affection of seven women. The AdaptationalAttractiveness from some of the China-made series doesn't help.
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* ChekhovsArmoury: After Ao Bai is dealt with, the Emperor puts Wei in charge of Ao Bai's estate, which includes the cash that starts up Xiaobao's fortune, and a number of items that come into use later, like the first BulletproofVest.
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* LivingMacguffin: One of Ao Bai's political prisoners is actually a Russian friar-cum-scientist, credited with researching Chinese fireworks and channeling them to create ''the handgun.''
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* BeardOfEvil: Ao Bai, something that every LiveActionAdaptation has faithfully agreed on.
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* BloodKnight: Ao Bai is the typical "war hero in peacetime" archetype - much of his actions involve goading the Emperor into authorizing the executions of people that he can't kill ''with his own hands.''
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* HiddenDepths: Despite growing up in a brothel, Wei Xiaobao has remained savvily immune to all the prostitutes' charms, saving all his genuine affection for... okay, there's ''seven'' of them, but the point still stands.
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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Wei Xiaobao often receives terrible reminders that he's not BornLucky like much of the text would have you believe. [[spoiler:He brings up Uncle Guang in front of Hai Dafu without knowing anything of their shared history, and this leads to Uncle Guang's death.]]
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Wei Xiaobao is the lazy, uncouth, trouble-making ne'er-do-well son of a prostitute who does nothing but hang around all day day, whether it be the halls of the Lichun Court brothel or the streets of Yangzhou, making questionable friends. This has only bitten him in the ass on two major occasions. One day, he chances upon some educated-looking men in dire danger and offers to shield them from the bloodthirsty authorities - after which he learns that they're all with LaResistance, and ends up entangled in their plot to dismantle the monarchy. His new (unwanted) mission - find a mysterious document somewhere in the Forbidden City known only as the 42 Scriptures, by applying to be [[BadBoss the pageboy of a high-ranking eunuch, which proves to be a little less cushy than expected.]] Knowing he can still survive on favors, Wei Xiaobao [[SilverTongue smooth talks his way into the good graces of everyone from the chambermaids to the captain of the guard,]] and befriends a young boy named Xuan Luo...then, to Xiaobao's surprise, he discovers that Xuan Luo is the current Emperor.
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* AllYourBaseAreBelongToUs: It's arguable how much the Lichun Court brothel counts as a "base", but the Dragon Sect infiltrate it, take all the women hostage and impersonate all the staff to lay a trap for Wei and the royals behind him.
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* ParentalAbandonment: Kang Xi does come across as too young to be Emperor, specifically because his father, Emperor Shun De abdicated the crown directly to him before disappearing. Tracking him down forms its own story arc as Wei has to (very unwillingly) infiltrate a monastery. ''[[AnythingButThat As a monk.]]''
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* CoolOldGuy: One of Wei Xiaobao's earliest allies is the Emperor's own uncle.
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* CoolOldGuy: One of Wei Xiaobao's earliest allies is the Emperor's own uncle. Shuang-er's foster father Unvle Guang is a subversion as Wei is constantly keeping him out of trouble and gambling debt [[spoiler:until his connection with Hai Dafu is revealed.]]
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* BabiesEverAfter: Subverted. [[spoiler:Three of the seven bear Wei Xiaobao's babies, but they're still on the run after Wei was outed as part of LaResistance, and the story's far from over.]]
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* AbsurdlySharpBlade: Wei Xiaobao picks up a dagger that can cut through anything.
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* AbsurdlySharpBlade: Wei Xiaobao picks up a dagger that can cut through anything. It's even referred to as being able to "slice iron like mud" in lieu of being a NamedWeapon.
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** Zheng Keshuang has Feng Xifan, a boss-level martial artist so dangerous you have to wonder why Zheng isn't a more dangerous individual under his tutelage.
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* InSeriesNickname: The aliases used by Wei Xiaobao and Emperor Kang Xi to sneak around the Forbidden City under the radar, Xiaoguizi and Xiaoxuanzi respectively, get recycled into this eventually.
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* GroinAttack: Wei Xiaobao convinces Princess Jianning to go along with her unwanted betrothal to the son of Wu Sangui, by getting her to set him up for rape on their wedding night. To sell it further, [[spoiler:he passes her one of the two guns gifted to him, which she uses on her new husband the best way she can.]]
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Wei Xiaobao is the lazy, uncouth, trouble-making ne'er-do-well son of a prostitute who does nothing but hang around all day making questionable friends. This has only bitten him in the ass on two major occasions. One day, he chances upon some educated-looking men in dire danger and offers to shield them from the bloodthirsty authorities - after which he learns that they're all with LaResistance, and ends up entangled in their plot to dismantle the monarchy. His new (unwanted) mission - find a mysterious document somewhere in the Forbidden City known only as the 42 Scriptures, by applying to be [[BadBoss the pageboy of a high-ranking eunuch, then which proves to be a little less cushy than expected.]] Knowing he can still survive on favors, Wei Xiaobao [[SilverTongue smooth talks his way into the good graces of everyone from the chambermaids to the captain of the guard, guard,]] and befriends a young boy named Xuan Luo...then, to Xiaobao's surprise, he discovers that Xuan Luo is the current Emperor.
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* EvilCripple: Hai Dafu, a blind old eunuch with the lethal Bone-Melting Palm, BadBoss to boot, and not even the biggest threat in the story.
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* LukeIAmYourFather: [[spoiler:Turns out A-Ke was the child of Chen Yuanyuan and Wu Sangui, the man ''she was raised to kill''. Or be killed by. Jiunan didn't really care either way.]]
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* FortyTwo: The 42 Scriptures that everyone (by which we mean ''everyone'') is scheming for.
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* IAmNotYourFather: [[spoiler:Turns out Princess Jianning is really the child of the woman impersonating the Empress and the Thin Monk, [[Film/TheHobbitAnUnexpectedJourney which would make her... nothing, really]].]]
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* YourDaysAreNumbered: When Hai Dafu suspects Wei Xiaobao of killing the guy who would've been his pageboy in his place, he keeps Wei under his thumb by hitting him with a supposedly slow-acting variant of his Bone-Melting Palm, with TaintedVeins and everything. The combined efforts of Wei's backers in LaResistance and whatever else Wei can scrape together to rectify this can take up their own arc.
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* TykeBomb: [[spoiler:A Ke, who was kidnapped as an infant by her master, Jiunan, a former Ming princess, and raised as a tool to help her master get revenge on Wu Sangui.]]
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* TykeBomb: [[spoiler:A Ke, who was kidnapped as an infant by her master, Jiunan, a former Ming princess, and raised as a tool to help her master get revenge on Wu Sangui.Sangui, ''her real father''.]]
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* NumericalThemeNaming: Wei Xiaobao's first three children are born during the refugee chapter, and he ends up naming them with dice throws. We're not even kidding.
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Wei Xiaobao is the lazy, uncouth, trouble-making ne'er-do-well son of a prostitute who does nothing but hang around all day making questionable friends. This has only bitten him in the ass on two major occasions. One day, he chances upon some educated-looking men in dire danger and offers to shield them from the bloodthirsty authorities - after which he learns that they're all with LaResistance, and ends up entangled in their plot to dismantle the monarchy. His new (unwanted) mission - find a mysterious document known only as the 42 Scriptures, by applying to be the pageboy of a high-ranking eunuch, then smooth talks his way into the palace good graces of the captain of the guard, and befriends a young boy named Xuan Luo...then, to Xiaobao's surprise, he discovers that Xuan Luo is the current Emperor.
So begin Wei Xiaobao's life as a reluctant pawn of ''both'' the revolutionaries and the Emperor, trying to stay alive as he constantly finds himself the target of innumerable attempts to kill him. Meanwhile, he travels around China in search of great treasure and adds more and more women to his growing harem.
So begin Wei Xiaobao's life as a reluctant pawn of ''both'' the revolutionaries and the Emperor, trying to stay alive as he constantly finds himself the target of innumerable attempts to kill him. Meanwhile, he travels around China in search of great treasure and adds more and more women to his growing harem.
* BadassGrandpa: For some reason all of the strongest martial artists are some of the oldest characters as well. Hai Dafu is a mostly blind old eunuch with a martial arts skill that only ever has a lethal setting; Ao Bai is a war veteran with a combat record dripping in blood and a bristly beard; the One-Armed Nun is secretly [[spoiler:the princess of the former monarchy and last living remnant of a dead dynasty.]]
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* ChekhovsGun: ''Actual'' guns, a gift to Wei Xiaobao from Wu Sangui, which get seperated and used in several occasions like [[spoiler:Jianning [[GroinAttack castrating]] [[LaserGuidedKarma Wu's own son]].]]
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* BrokenBird: [[spoiler:A-Ke by the last quarter of the story.]]
* ChekhovsGun: ''Actual'' guns, a gift to Wei Xiaobao from Wu Sangui, which getseperated separated and used in several occasions like [[spoiler:Jianning [[GroinAttack castrating]] [[LaserGuidedKarma Wu's own son]].]]
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* CoolOldGuy: One of Wei Xiaobao's earliest allies is the Emperor's own uncle.
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* GreyAndGrayMoralityGreyAndGrayMorality: Wei Xiaobao learns, sometimes firsthand, that both the royal court and the revolutionaries are ready to do some very terrible things for what they believe in. And that's not counting the number of outside forces that have China in their sights...
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* ShroudedInMyth: The revolutionaries themselves, making them FanficFuel of sorts when Wei Xiaobao spins tales about them as a sort of standup routine in the brothel. He earns revolutionary leader Chen Jinnan's respect this way, as any mention of the revolutionaries when royal courtiers are a part of your clientele can be a ''very'' bad idea.
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* FirstGirlWins: Zigzagged. Wei Xiaobao does have a childhood sweetheart, Shuangshuang, and by the end of the story they're still together... along with six others.
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* FirstGirlWins: Zigzagged. Wei Xiaobao does have a childhood sweetheart, Shuangshuang, Shuang-Er, and by the end of the story they're still together... along with six others. Still, Shuang-Er remains the best-known and well-loved of all of them.
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''The Deer and the Cauldron'' (also known as ''The Duke of Mount Deer'') is the second to last work of JinYong that plays with, if not outright breaks, quite a bit of the author's previous {{Wuxia}} conventions.
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''The Deer and the Cauldron'' (also known as ''The Duke of Mount Deer'') is the second to last work of JinYong Creator/JinYong that plays with, if not outright breaks, quite a bit of the author's previous {{Wuxia}} conventions.
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* FallenPrincess: [[spoiler:Jiunan, formerly Princess Changping, daughter of the last Ming emperor Chongzhen. Her younger self is a major character in ''Sword Stained with Royal Blood'', another work of JinYong.]]
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* FallenPrincess: [[spoiler:Jiunan, formerly Princess Changping, daughter of the last Ming emperor Chongzhen. Her younger self is a major character in ''Sword Stained with Royal Blood'', another work of JinYong.Creator/JinYong.]]
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* LiveActionAdaptation: Several, from the classic '70s PragmaticAdaptation that turned TonyLeung [[StarMakingRole into a star]] to the movies starring Creator/StephenChow.
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* StacysMom: Chen Yuan Yuan, who despite being a middle-aged woman still manages to be the most beautiful woman in any room (even outshining her own daughter). Wei Xiaobao tells her in all earnestness that she is most definitely a woman worth throwing away a country for.
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* LiveActionAdaptation: Several, from the classic '70s PragmaticAdaptation that turned TonyLeung [[StarMakingRole into a star]] to the [[AdaptationDecay outright parodic]] movies starring Creator/StephenChow.
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* ActionGirl: Fang Yi. A-Ke veers into DarkActionGirl, but ultimately subverts it.
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* TheIngenue: Mandarin princess Mu Jianping.
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Wei Xiaobao is the lazy, uncouth, trouble-making ne'er-do-well son of a prostitute who does nothing but hang around all day making questionable friends. One day, he smooth talks his way into the palace and befriends a young boy named Xuan Luo...then, to Xiaobao's surprise, he discovers that Xuan Luo is the current Emperor.
So begin Wei Xiaobao's life as a reluctant pawn of the Emperor, trying to stay alive as he constantly finds himself the target of innumerable attempts to kill him. Meanwhile, he travels around China in search of great treasure and adds more and more women to his growing harem.
''The Deer and the Cauldron'' (also known as ''The Duke of Mount Deer'') is the second to last work of JinYong that plays with, if not outright breaks, quite a bit of the author's previous {{Wuxia}} conventions.
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* AbsurdlySharpBlade: Wei Xiaobao picks up a dagger that can cut through anything.
* AntiHero: Wei Xiaobao.
* BeenThereShapedHistory: Wei Xiaobao blunders his way into several historical events, including the signing of the first equal treaty between China and a foreign power and being the first to step foot on an island that later fell into dispute between China and Japan.
* BondageIsBad: Princess Jian Ning is one of the most open characters about her love of BDSM out of all of Jin Yong's characters... and she certainly is one of the more insane characters of the series. But at the same time, Xiaobao plays along with it...
* BookDumb: Wei Xiaobao, who is illiterate and constantly recites idioms incorrectly. However...
* BrilliantButLazy: He doesn't want to put any effort into study or practice, as he has proven more than enough times that he's certainly smart enough to learn.
* ClusterFBomb: Wei Xiaobao is incredibly foul-mouthed. Of course, this is for the effect of showing the readers that Wei Xiaobao is an uneducated boy who was raised in a red light district.
* CrazyJealousGuy: Liu Yizhou, who pursues Wei Xiaobao in rage after overhearing Fang Yi's conversation, who mentioned Xiaobao "had seen her body" and "slept on the same bed with her". It doesn't end well for Yizhou.
* DeadlyDecadentCourt: The Imperial Court.
* DiscOneFinalBoss: The seemingly unkillable General Ao Bai, whose death ingratiates Wei Xiaobao to the Emperor and kickstarts the plot.
* DisposableFiance: Liu Yizhou to Fang Yi (Latent Jealousy type), Zheng Keshuang to A Ke (Evil All Along type).
* FallenPrincess: [[spoiler:Jiunan, formerly Princess Changping, daughter of the last Ming emperor Chongzhen. Her younger self is a major character in ''Sword Stained with Royal Blood'', another work of JinYong.]]
* GenreDeconstruction: Of {{Wuxia}}.
* GreyAndGrayMorality
* HeroicBastard: Wei Xiaobao.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: The Emperor Kangxi and several prominent members of the imperial court.
* HotMom: Chen Yuan Yuan, who despite being a middle-aged woman still manages to be the most beautiful woman in any room (even outshining her own daughter). Wei Xiaobao remarks to himself that she is most definitely a woman worth throwing away a country for.
* InterplayOfSexAndViolence: Princess Jian Ning and Wei Xiaobao's relationship. With a whip. And candles. Yikes.
* LiveActionAdaptation: Several, from the classic '70s PragmaticAdaptation that turned TonyLeung [[StarMakingRole into a star]] to the [[AdaptationDecay outright parodic]] movies starring Creator/StephenChow.
* LoveAtFirstSight: Wei Xiaobao's reaction when he meets A Ke at Shaolin Temple.
* MarryThemAll: What Wei Xiaobao had in mind, pretty much ever since the beginning. With all seven of his love interests. In his defense, people in those days ''could'' do that, and there was absolutely nothing wrong with it.
* NonIndicativeName: The Fat Monk, who is thin, and the Thin Monk, who is fat. Wei Xiaobao [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] this. [[spoiler:It turns out a drug's side effect caused those changes to their appearances.]]
* TheQuisling: Wu Sangui, one of most prominent examples in China's history.
* ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney: Wei Xiaobao, Wei Xiaobao... pretty much the only thing that keeps him in line is the Emperor himself.
* TheSoCalledCoward: While Wei Xiaobao's first instinct is to run away (he even learns a martial art based entirely on running away), when push comes to shove he can be incredibly heroic.
* SonOfAWhore: Wei Xiaobao again.
* SpoiledBrat: Princess Jian Ning, although she also tends to like being mistreated, since she's a masochist.
* TookALevelInJerkass: Liu Yizhou tries to sell Wei Xiaobao out when encountering some goonies from the Mystic Dragon Cult, who were seeking the latter, resulting in risking the lives of his lover and companions. Fang Yi decides to leave him afterwards.
* TooKinkyToTorture: The ultimate example might very well be Princess Jian Ning. Wei Xiaobao hits her, and she ''likes'' it. She's very explicit in her adoration of BDSM.
* {{Tsundere}}: A Ke, who is very hostile to Xiaobao initially, due to her not-so-good first impression of him.
* TykeBomb: [[spoiler:A Ke, who was kidnapped as an infant by her master, Jiunan, a former Ming princess, and raised as a tool to help her master get revenge on Wu Sangui.]]
* WouldHitAGirl: Wei Xiaobao doesn't care for chivalry when his own life is own the line.
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So begin Wei Xiaobao's life as a reluctant pawn of the Emperor, trying to stay alive as he constantly finds himself the target of innumerable attempts to kill him. Meanwhile, he travels around China in search of great treasure and adds more and more women to his growing harem.
''The Deer and the Cauldron'' (also known as ''The Duke of Mount Deer'') is the second to last work of JinYong that plays with, if not outright breaks, quite a bit of the author's previous {{Wuxia}} conventions.
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!This book shows examples of:
* AbsurdlySharpBlade: Wei Xiaobao picks up a dagger that can cut through anything.
* AntiHero: Wei Xiaobao.
* BeenThereShapedHistory: Wei Xiaobao blunders his way into several historical events, including the signing of the first equal treaty between China and a foreign power and being the first to step foot on an island that later fell into dispute between China and Japan.
* BondageIsBad: Princess Jian Ning is one of the most open characters about her love of BDSM out of all of Jin Yong's characters... and she certainly is one of the more insane characters of the series. But at the same time, Xiaobao plays along with it...
* BookDumb: Wei Xiaobao, who is illiterate and constantly recites idioms incorrectly. However...
* BrilliantButLazy: He doesn't want to put any effort into study or practice, as he has proven more than enough times that he's certainly smart enough to learn.
* ClusterFBomb: Wei Xiaobao is incredibly foul-mouthed. Of course, this is for the effect of showing the readers that Wei Xiaobao is an uneducated boy who was raised in a red light district.
* CrazyJealousGuy: Liu Yizhou, who pursues Wei Xiaobao in rage after overhearing Fang Yi's conversation, who mentioned Xiaobao "had seen her body" and "slept on the same bed with her". It doesn't end well for Yizhou.
* DeadlyDecadentCourt: The Imperial Court.
* DiscOneFinalBoss: The seemingly unkillable General Ao Bai, whose death ingratiates Wei Xiaobao to the Emperor and kickstarts the plot.
* DisposableFiance: Liu Yizhou to Fang Yi (Latent Jealousy type), Zheng Keshuang to A Ke (Evil All Along type).
* FallenPrincess: [[spoiler:Jiunan, formerly Princess Changping, daughter of the last Ming emperor Chongzhen. Her younger self is a major character in ''Sword Stained with Royal Blood'', another work of JinYong.]]
* GenreDeconstruction: Of {{Wuxia}}.
* GreyAndGrayMorality
* HeroicBastard: Wei Xiaobao.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: The Emperor Kangxi and several prominent members of the imperial court.
* HotMom: Chen Yuan Yuan, who despite being a middle-aged woman still manages to be the most beautiful woman in any room (even outshining her own daughter). Wei Xiaobao remarks to himself that she is most definitely a woman worth throwing away a country for.
* InterplayOfSexAndViolence: Princess Jian Ning and Wei Xiaobao's relationship. With a whip. And candles. Yikes.
* LiveActionAdaptation: Several, from the classic '70s PragmaticAdaptation that turned TonyLeung [[StarMakingRole into a star]] to the [[AdaptationDecay outright parodic]] movies starring Creator/StephenChow.
* LoveAtFirstSight: Wei Xiaobao's reaction when he meets A Ke at Shaolin Temple.
* MarryThemAll: What Wei Xiaobao had in mind, pretty much ever since the beginning. With all seven of his love interests. In his defense, people in those days ''could'' do that, and there was absolutely nothing wrong with it.
* NonIndicativeName: The Fat Monk, who is thin, and the Thin Monk, who is fat. Wei Xiaobao [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] this. [[spoiler:It turns out a drug's side effect caused those changes to their appearances.]]
* TheQuisling: Wu Sangui, one of most prominent examples in China's history.
* ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney: Wei Xiaobao, Wei Xiaobao... pretty much the only thing that keeps him in line is the Emperor himself.
* TheSoCalledCoward: While Wei Xiaobao's first instinct is to run away (he even learns a martial art based entirely on running away), when push comes to shove he can be incredibly heroic.
* SonOfAWhore: Wei Xiaobao again.
* SpoiledBrat: Princess Jian Ning, although she also tends to like being mistreated, since she's a masochist.
* TookALevelInJerkass: Liu Yizhou tries to sell Wei Xiaobao out when encountering some goonies from the Mystic Dragon Cult, who were seeking the latter, resulting in risking the lives of his lover and companions. Fang Yi decides to leave him afterwards.
* TooKinkyToTorture: The ultimate example might very well be Princess Jian Ning. Wei Xiaobao hits her, and she ''likes'' it. She's very explicit in her adoration of BDSM.
* {{Tsundere}}: A Ke, who is very hostile to Xiaobao initially, due to her not-so-good first impression of him.
* TykeBomb: [[spoiler:A Ke, who was kidnapped as an infant by her master, Jiunan, a former Ming princess, and raised as a tool to help her master get revenge on Wu Sangui.]]
* WouldHitAGirl: Wei Xiaobao doesn't care for chivalry when his own life is own the line.
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