Youjian Jianghu

Youjian Jianghu
AuthorLiang Yusheng
Original title游劍江湖
LanguageChinese
GenreWuxia
Set in19th-century China
PublisherNew Evening Post
Publication date
1 July 1969 – 4 February 1972
Publication placeHong Kong
Media typePrint
ISBN9787805426037
Preceded byXiagu Danxin 
Followed byMuye Liuxing 
Youjian Jianghu
Traditional Chinese游劍江湖
Simplified Chinese游剑江湖
Literal meaningWandering Swordsman in the Jianghu
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinYóu Jiàn Jiāng Hú
Yue: Cantonese
JyutpingJau4 Gim3 Gong1 Wu4
Tan Jia Ge
Traditional Chinese彈鋏歌
Simplified Chinese弹铗歌
Literal meaningBallad of the Strummed Sword
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinTán Jiá Gé
Yue: Cantonese
JyutpingDaan6 Gaap3 Go1

Youjian Jianghu (游劍江湖), literally Wandering Swordsman in the Jianghu, is a wuxia novel by Liang Yusheng. It was first published as a serial between 1 July 1969 and 4 February 1972 in the Hong Kong newspaper New Evening Post. The novel is also known by an alternative title, Tan Jia Ge (彈鋏歌; "Ballad of the Strummed Sword").

Set in 19th-century China during the Qing dynasty, the story follows martial artists who become entangled in struggles involving loyalty, love, and rebellion in the wulin. The novel is the first instalment in a tetralogy that concludes Liang Yusheng's Tianshan series, continuing from after Xiagu Danxin. It is followed by Muye Liuxing, Tanzhi Jinglei, and Juesai Chuanfeng Lu. Critics have described Youjian Jianghu as one of Liang Yusheng's more introspective later works, and a representative example of the development of the "cultured swordsman" (文士型侠客) archetype in modern wuxia literature.