women inin Wong Kar-wai’s works, 182, 283–284

Rolling Thunder Palm, 41

romance novel, 62

Romance of the Three Kingdoms,, 42, 288, 298

Said, Edward, 199

Sanguo yanyi, See Romance of the Three Kingdoms

Sanshisan jianke tu, See Thirty Three Images of Chivalrous Swordsmen

Sanxia wuyi, See Tales of Magistrate Bao and his Valiant Lieutenants

Saturday,, 49, 296

scandalous stories, 28

science fantasy, 5

Scott, Sir Walter, 205

Scripture of the Great Mystery,, 101, 298

Secret Scroll of the Golden Serpent, 111, 161, 296

Senior fellow apprentice, 257, 268n.14, 298

Serialization, 226

constraints onof The Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils,of The Sword Stained with Royal Blood,, 79, 80, 86, 90, 91, 93, 94, 260, 261, 88

sex manuals, 19, 250, 295

Shangshan fa’e liangwei shizhe, See Envoys of Retribution and Reward

Shanhai jing,, 42, 298

Shaolin qishi’er jueji, Seeunique skills created by Shaolin monks, 72

Shediao yingxiong zhuan, See Eagle Shooting Heroes, The

Shen Congwen, 3, 7, 68, 72, 208, 288, 298

Shendiao xialü, See Giant Eagle and its Companion, The

Shi Potian, 102–105, 108, 115, 118, 298

Shi Qing, 103, 104, 298

Shi Zhecun, 207, 298

Shi Zhongjian, 104, 298

Shi Zhongyu, 104, 106, 115, 118, 298

shifu, See master

shige, See senior fellow apprentice

“Shooting a white deer, snow flutters about the sky; smiling, [one] writes about the divine chivalrous one, leaning against bluish lovebirds”, 23, 294

Shuihu zhuan, See Outlaws of the Marsh

Shujian enchou lu, See Book and the Sword, Gratitude and Revenge

shumian yu, See written language

Sima Qian, 96, 100, 101, 272, 285, 289

Sishui weilan, See Little Ripples in Stagnant Waters

Smiling, Proud Wanderer, The ,, 55, 69, 78, 114, 162, 172, 227, 228

characters in, 169

Chinese politics and, 60, 82, 214

gender politics in, 187, 194

Jin Yong’s journalism and, 60

“sect of the sun and moon” in, 80–82

Snow Mountain Sect, 102, 104, 114

Snow, Edgar, 206

social commentary, 58, 77, 78, 81

social novel, 62, 68

soft femininity, 195, 197, 300