Guō Jìng shì Jīn Yōng xiǎoshuō lǐ de dà yīngxióng.
Guo Jing is a great hero in Jin Yong's novels.
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culture
Raised on the Mongolian steppe, he is slow-witted but honest and stubborn. He learns the 降龙十八掌 from 洪七公 and marries the clever 黄蓉, and in the sequel 《神雕侠侣》 he defends 襄阳 against the Mongol armies for decades.
memory
In the novel the Daoist 丘处机 names two unborn boys 郭靖 and 杨康 so that they will never forget the 靖康之耻, the loss of the Northern Song capital in the Jingkang era.
