Guo Xiaotian
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Guo Xiaotian (郭嘯天) is a fictional character in The Legend of the Condor Heroes, a novel written by Chinese author Jinyong He is the father of Guo Jing (郭靖) and the husband of Li Ping (李萍).
[edit] Biography
- Family name: Guō (郭)
- Given name: Xiaotian (嘯天)
- Gender: Male
- Death: November 1200 (disputed)
- Wife: Li Ping (李萍)
[edit] Life
Guo Xiaotian (郭嘯天) and Yang Tiexin(楊鐵心) were neighbours and sworn brothers. The bond between the two was so deep that they swore to each other their unborn children would become either sworn brothers or sisters (if both were of same gender) or be married (if they were of different genders). One day they meet the Taoist priest Qiu Chuji (丘處機) and invite him in from the cold to share some drinks together. Qiu Chuji (丘處機) strikes up a fast friendship with the two young men and presented each with a dagger and promised to return to transfer his skills to their sons.
One evening, Song soldiers led by Duan Tiande (段天德) arrived to arrest Yang Tiexin and Guo Xiaotian as traitors. Yang Tiexin and Guo Xiaotian resist but they are overmatched and Guo Xiaotian is killed eventually.
