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In her first appearance, Huang Rong disguised herself as a young beggar dressed in filthy clothes. She dirtied her face with mud and covered her clothes in dust so as to look the part. Because of her trickster ways, she was often called by the people of Jianghu as "rascal" or "muddy boy" without knowing her real identity. Later, when Guo Jing came near the river to look for her, Huang Rong appeared as she would normally appear, dressed in beautiful clothes. ROLES ''The Legend of the Condor Heroes'' Huang Rong ran away from her home in Peach Blossom Island after an argument with her father, the ''Dong Xie'' Island Master Huang Yaoshi . She dressed herself in filthy rags and roamed Jiang Hu as a young beggar boy. She first met Guo Jing in an inn where she was causing some trouble. Feeling sorry for her pitiful state (he believed she was really a beggar), Guo Jing offered to pay for her food and even gave her some of his gold ingots (from Genghis Khan ). Huang Rong saw immediately that Guo Jing was a simple lad with an innocent heart, especially when he offered her his prized horse, a rare Mongolian breed who has a fiery coat and sweats blood Han Xie Bao Ma . She decided to secretly help him against the Four Fiends Of The Yellow River and their martial arts uncle Hou Tonghai by tying them to a tree by the river. In addition, she more or less fell in love with him. Huang Rong later met Guo Jing by that same tree after his duel with Yang Kang in the "Contest for a Spouse" staged by Mu Yi (actually Yang Tiexin) and his foster daughter, Mu Nianci . In the beginning, Huang Rong's martial arts were more sophisticated than that of Guo Jing , who despite his raw strength was a slow learner. By a trick, Huang Rong managed to get the great martial arts expert, ''Bei Gai'' Hong Qigong to train Guo Jing . Hong Qigong at first refused, having learned that Huang Rong was the daughter of Huang Yaoshi , his rival. But Huang Rong enticed him with her outstanding cooking and foods, which was Hong's greatest weakness. Later, Huang Rong managed to learn the kung fu secrets of Beggar Sect and competed with other Beggar Sect members for the position of Chief and successor of Hong Qigong . To win the match, she used some elements of the '' Jiu Yin Zhen Jing '', which she managed to procure with Guo Jing's help. She had a hand in the death of Yang Kang at Iron Spear Temple but it was accidental. The novel ended with her father's final consent to the marriage between her and Guo Jing . ''The Return of the Condor Heroes'' Like Guo Jing , Huang Rong only served as a supporting character in The Return of the Condor Heroes, the continuation of The Legend of the Condor Heroes. In the book, she was portrayed as a more mature version of herself with her trickster nature downplayed but with her woman's intuition and inherent cleverness still evident. The story focused on Yang Kang's son, Yang Guo , his love for his kung fu master Xiaolongnü , and his journey into manhood and eventual heroism. But ever the discerning one, Huang Rong did not take to Yang Guo that easily, unlike her husband, knowing that the son may have the father's nature and also possibly that he might take revenge against her and Guo Jing for his father's death. But her mistrust was tempered by her husband's high regard for Yang Guo , whom he treated like a son. Later, she taught Yang Guo the Dog Beating Stick Style, which was the secret technique taught only to the successor to the chief of Beggar Sect. Yang Guo had learned the principles of the technique earlier in Mount Hua where Hong Qigong and Ouyang Feng dueled to the death. Huang Rong helped clear some parts that he did not understand to help Yang Guo defeat Jinlun Guoshi , a lackey of the Mongols. IMPACT IN WUXIA LITERATURE The women of Jinyong are, for the most part, character foils in that they only serve to help the male protagonists develop their characters. They are often there as love interests. Huang Rong is arguably the only exception to this seeming rule. The book, ''She Diao Ying Xiong Zhuan'', portrayed her as a complex novel character while at the same time, the love interest of Guo Jing . Their pairing is even uncanny at first but as the story progresses, it is shown to the readers that Huang Rong and Guo Jing actually complement each other. Huang Rong's intelligence is frequently mentioned in the book, as well as her cleverness, mischievousness, and wiliness. Guo Jing's "dumbness" is also the pervading description of his character but "dumb" with a good heart. |
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