Wu Xiuwen

Wu Xiuwen (武修文}, is a fictional character in ''The Return of the Condor Heroes'', a novel written by Chinese author Jinyong. He is the elder son of Wu Santong .

Biography

* Family name: Wu
* Given name: Xiuwen
* Gender: Male
* Father: Wu Santong
* Mother: Wu Sanniang
* Wife: Wangyan Ping
* Brother: Wu Dunru
* Known offsprings: Wu Lie , Wu Qingying

Wu Xiuwen's Martial Arts

Yi Yang Finger

Wu Xiuwen learned the skills of Yi Yang Finger from his father Wu Santong, who was a disciple of Reverend Yideng .

Life

Wu Xiuwen is the elder son of Wu Santong and Wu Sanniang. After his mother died of poisioning from sucking the poison out from his father, who was poisioned by Li Mochou , Wu Santong turned insane and ran away, leaving him and his elder brother Wu Dunru to fend for themselves. However, he and his elder brother went under the care of Guo Jing and Huang Rong . There, he get to know their daughter Guo Fu . When Yang Guo (楊過） came under the care of Guo Jing also, he ganged up with Wu Dunru and Guo Fu to bully him.

Eventually, he fell in love with Guo Fu. Simultaneously, his elder brother Wu Dunru fell in love with Guo Fu also and became his love rival. In the Battle of Xiangyang, in order to impress Guo Fu, he and Wu Dunru went out individually on their own to try to assassinate the Mongol Khan to end the war. He was defeated, as like his brother, by the Mongols and captured. Subsequently, he was released by the Mongols when Guo Jing and Yang Guo came to rescue him and Wu Dunru.

Later, in a final fight with Wu Dunru, in which the loser will have to give up Guo Fu, he and Wu Dunru was tricked by Yang Guo into believing that Guo Jing and Huang Rong had betrothed Guo Fu to Yang Guo. This causes them to give up the fight and reconciled. However, it has also eventually caused the loss of Yang Guo's right arm. Also, they decided to give up Guo Fu as they believed she was betrothed to Yang Guo already. Shortly after the fight, he and Wu Dunru was reunited with his father, Wu Santong, who was attracted by the sound of fighting.

Subsequently, he met Wangyan Ping and fell in love with her and married her. Several generations later, one of his offsprings named Wu Lie , along with Zhu Jiu Zhen and Zhu Chang Ling , the oppsprings of Zhu Zi Liu , tried to tempt Zhang Wuji to bring them to the Ice-and-Fire Island so that they could kill Xie Xun and get the Dragon Sabre.