"Sword Forging" Author: Original author: Lu Xun / Edited and illustrated by: Xijiu Publishing House: Yiyefolio | Guangxi Normal University Press

🗡【Editor's recommendation】

★The cold sword, the falling head, the fierce fire and the boiling water, the new humanity was born

——If a person wants revenge, the only way is to take revenge on himself.

"Youth and passion condensed into a severed head, incredibly light and brave, moving forward into the depths of the underworld."

★A visual interpretation of literary classics, a paper theater of poetry and magic, a resistance song of humanity and art

Pioneering picture book writer and pictorial dream maker - Xijiu breaks the boundary between words and vision, rebuilds a new picture book aesthetic, and awakens the spirit of Lu Xun's stories with brilliant brushstrokes: the tragic song of chivalry, the flame of resistance, and the duet of faith and revenge.

★An image poem created by colors and imagination: hotter than fire, brighter than a knife, richer and more colorful than love and blood

The most out-of-control and most colorful "blockbuster-like visual poetry": storyboards, transitions, montages, mosaics... use strange and gorgeous images to force the song of resistance into the paper. From the story to the characters, from the scenes to the costumes, the old wine ingeniously presents the changes in traditional aesthetics and pushes it into the climax of modern imagination.

★Lu Xun's most "ghostly" and modern cult story, a revolution of the weak and the revenge of ghosts

In this revolution of the weak, love and blood are inseparable, and the gloomy, cold-blooded killing scenes reveal the melody of love. The ancient revenge is elevated to pure art, and "Sword Forgery" gives a new meaning to the eternal theme of revenge, which is the realm of art and humanity.

★ Deluxe Collection Edition: The winner of the One Direction Literary Festival's annual design award, the cutting-edge designer Shanchuan, is responsible for the binding design of the entire book, meticulously cultivating every frame and every detail

Black thread-locked hardcover, all printed on special paper; first edition only: a large poster of Meijianchi's head is given as a gift

The cover is printed with metallic silver and has a laser flame for visual impact; the illustrations and text throughout the book are made of two kinds of special paper respectively, with high color reproduction and a delicate and smooth feel; the large-format book has a size of 210*260mm and can be spread flat at 180°, allowing you to enjoy the ultimate image reading experience.

🔥【Content Introduction】

"I have changed my indecisive nature and will use this sword to take revenge!"

"The Forged Sword" is a representative of Lu Xun's historical novels. It was rewritten based on "The Tomb of the Three Kings" in Gan Bao's "Records of the In Search of the Supernatural", and reproduces the ancient chivalrous spirit of valuing promises and disregarding life and death.

Pioneering picture book writer Xijiu created new images for Lu Xun's classic novel. The style is cool and mysterious, interpreting the absurd narrative and adding a strange and fantastic color.

👻【Celebrity Recommendation】

The beauty of "Sword Forging" is like blue flames and red seedlings, and the deconstruction of painting is amazing. The coldest blue, the most decadent yellow, the most spooky black... These colors and compositions that were once imagined are now restored, which makes people palpitate.

——Famous poster designer Huang Hai

A soul-stirring visual poem. History and imagination burst forth with great energy under the brush of Xijiu, awakening the dormant meaning in the story. As for "Sword Forging": it is about revenge, about sacrifice, and about the breath of the dark era that has shrouded the world for thousands of years.

——Book reviewer Shepherd’s Water Ghost

"'New Tales' is a really irresponsible piece of work. Except for 'Sword Forging', all of them are glib."

——Lu Xun's letter to Li Liewen

Lu Xun fully poeticized the spirit of revenge with his strange and brilliant writing style. This ruthless sword of revenge is not only the spiritual symbol of the protagonist of the novel, "the black man", but also the embodiment of Lu Xun's thoughts, personality and emotions.

——Qian Liqun, professor at Peking University

"The Sword" is a wonderful four-act prose drama.

——Leo Ou-fan Lee

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