Back 連城訣 Japanese กระบี่ใจพิสุทธิ์ Thai Liên thành quyết Vietnamese 连城诀 WUU 连城诀 Chinese Liân-sêng-koat ZH-MIN-NAN 連城訣 ZH-YUE
 Cover of a 1985 edition of the novel | |
| Author | Jin Yong |
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| Original title | 連城訣 |
| Language | Chinese |
| Genre | Wuxia |
| Publisher | Ming Pao, Southeast Asia Weekly |
Publication date | 1963 |
| Publication place | Hong Kong |
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| Preceded by | The Deer and the Cauldron |
| Followed by | The Book and the Sword |
| A Deadly Secret | |||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 連城訣 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 连城诀 | ||||||||||
| Literal meaning | Mnemonic of the Linked Cities | ||||||||||
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| Su Xin Jian | |||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 素心劍 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 素心剑 | ||||||||||
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A Deadly Secret, also translated as Requiem of Ling Sing and Secret of the Linked Cities, is a wuxia novel by Jin Yong (Louis Cha). It was first published in the magazine Southeast Asia Weekly (東南亞周刊) and the Hong Kong newspaper Ming Pao in 1963. Its original Chinese title was Su Xin Jian before Jin Yong changed it to Lian Cheng Jue.[1] The story revolves around the adventures of the protagonist Di Yun, an ordinary young peasant, who is imprisoned after being framed. In his quest for vengeance, he accidentally acquires the Liancheng Swordplay manual (連城劍谱), an ancient artifact not only prized for the skills detailed inside, but also for containing a secret leading to a treasure.
- ^ See Chen Zhenhui (陳鎮輝), Wuxia Xiaoshuo Xiaoyao Tan (武俠小說逍遙談), 2000, Huizhi Publishing Company (匯智出版有限公司), p. 58 and Jin Yong's afterword to the revised novel.