Martial Arts : Emei Sect

The Emei Sect is one of the leading orthodox Chinese martial arts sects in the jianghu in several works of wuxia fiction. Its home base is on Mount Emei in Sichuan. In reality it is also one of the leading schools in Chinese martial arts and survives till present-day.

In Jin Yong's The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber, the Emei Sect is founded in the early Yuan Dynasty by Guo Xiang around the same time as the founding of the Wudang Sect. Guo is the sole survivor of the Guo family from The Return of the Condor Heroes after the Battle of Xiangyang. She escapes from Xiangyang with the Heaven-reliant Sword (倚天劍). She becomes an accomplished pugilist and roams the jianghu as a wandering heroine. At the age of 40, she decides to become a nun and founds the Emei Sect with her as its leader.

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