The Ma Yi Clan
Yufenglou ZhurenFlower City Publishing House2014
Rating 3.6- Word count
- 341K words
- Series
- The Ma Yi Clan
- ISBN
- 9787536068780
Tags
Featured Fiction Folk and Supernatural Tales Mystery InvestigationSuspense NovelWeb NovelSupernatural ElementsFolkloreFolk TalesYin-Yang Five ElementsSummary
The Ma Yi Clan is the first print volume of The Ma Yi Physiognomist, a long suspense novel by the web novelist Yufenglou Zhuren (real name Chen Guangxu). The story begins when college student Chen Yuanfang discovers that his grandfather has died under strange circumstances. The compass and the half-volume physiognomy manual Yishan Gonglu left by his grandfather lead to a physiognomy clan that has lasted for a thousand years—the Ma Yi Chen family. To find out the cause of his grandfather's death, Chen Yuanfang goes with his father to the neighboring village of Dahezhuang to investigate a series of eerie incidents there. Repeatedly obstructed by the mysterious scar-faced man Li Qianqiu, he uses his family's physiognomy skills to unravel the mysteries one by one, uncovering long-suppressed feuds and grievances in Dahezhuang. Yet this is only the beginning. The so-called Yishan Gonglu was long ago split in two, and the lost second half, The Divine Physiognomy Heavenly Book, is said to contain the highest methods of metaphysics; for years it has set folk adepts scheming against one another, it bears on the survival of the Ma Yi Chen family, and his grandfather's death is tied to it as well. The novel builds its world from folk supernatural elements such as physiognomy, yin-yang and the five elements, talismans, mountain spirits, and zombies, unfolding a half-real, half-false world of physiognomy in the manner of a suspense investigation. The author comes from a physiognomy family in Xuchang, Henan, and much of the folk custom and physiognomy detail in the book has roots in his family tradition, though the work as a whole remains literary fiction. This volume is the first in the series, The Ma Yi Clan, corresponding to chapters 1 to 73 of the web version, and is the starting point of the entire story.Editor's review
如果你对民间相术、风水志怪这类题材有兴趣，这本书算得上“原汁原味”的入门之作。作者御风楼主人出身相术家庭，六岁接触古典文学，九岁通读四大名著与《聊斋志异》，写起这类题材来，术语和规矩都是信手拈来，不像许多同题材作品那样只借个壳子。 故事节奏是典型的网络连载风格：开篇祖父暴亡、凶宅疑云、疤面人阻挠，一环扣一环，几乎没有冷场。可贵的是它并不只靠吓人，真正撑起悬念的是一部残缺的相术秘籍和两个割裂的家族秘密——想知道下半卷《神相天书》里到底写了什么，就得跟着陈元方一路走下去。 实体书保留了连载的爽利感，也做了必要的文字梳理。作为八卷本系列的第一册，它把人物关系和世界观铺得干净，读完可以直接接第二册《貔貅血泪》。适合当作睡前之外的闲暇读物——不少读者反馈，晚上看容易做怪梦。Who it's for
A good fit for
- 喜欢民间相术、风水、符咒等民俗志怪题材的读者
- 读过《盗墓笔记》《鬼吹灯》一类悬疑冒险小说的老读者
- 想找节奏快、章节短、适合通勤碎片阅读的长篇连载小说的人
- 对中原地区民间传说与玄学文化有好奇心的读者
Not a good fit for
- 对灵异、尸体、怪谈等元素敏感、容易失眠的读者
- 偏好严肃文学或严密本格推理的读者
- 希望从书中获取真实相术、命理指导的人
Reading tips
- 建议按卷顺序阅读，第一册铺垫了大量人物与门派关系，跳读容易混乱
- 可把每一卷当作一个独立案件来读，卷末往往留下线索钩子，适合分段读完
- 遇到相学术语不必逐一考据，作者多为情节服务而虚构化处理，理解大意即可
- 夜间阅读容易影响睡眠，建议放在白天或通勤时段
About the publisher
Flower City Publishing House China · Founded in 1981Flower City Publishing House focuses on literary publishing, covering categories such as classic works, foreign literature, folk literature, Eastern philosophy, essays and miscellaneous writings, and social novels. Representative books in the library include Lu Xun's Call to Arms, Lao She's Camel Xiangzi and Four Generations Under One Roof, editions related to Confucius's The Analects, and Chinese translations of foreign classics such as Leo Tolstoy's Anna Karenina and Charles Dickens's A Tale of Two Cities. Its author resources include classic writers such as Lu Xun, Lao She, and Confucius, as well as translators and scholars such as Li Gang, Chen Puqing, and Zhang Ling. The publisher's characteristic approach is to organize editions around literary classics and celebrated Chinese and foreign works, while also including folk literature and Eastern philosophy titles. Public information is limited, so this introduction emphasizes the publishing directions reflected in the books held in the library.
FAQ
《麻衣世家》和《麻衣神相》是同一本书吗？
是。本书是网络小说《麻衣神相》的实体出版版本，出版时改题为《麻衣世家》。网络版全文约204万字、667章，实体书分为八卷陆续出版。这本是第一册还是整套？
本次介绍的是系列第一卷《麻衣世家》，2014年由花城出版社出版，ISBN 9787536068780，约34.1万字，对应网络版第1至73章。后续还有《貔貅血泪》《咒禁迷谷》等七卷。作者真的懂相术吗？
作者御风楼主人本名陈广旭，出身河南许昌的相术家庭，书中不少术语与规矩有家学来源。但小说情节、门派与法术均属文学虚构，不能当作相术实操读物。书里的内容适合青少年看吗？
作品含尸体、鬼怪、符咒等灵异描写，气氛偏阴森，但没有明显的情色内容。是否适合中学生阅读，建议家长根据孩子对恐怖元素的接受度判断。This site is an index: you start “Search all sources” in your browser, and the entries it lists all point to third-party sites; please judge their availability yourself.
About the author
Yufenglou Zhuren AuthorYufenglou Zhuren is a Chinese web-fiction author about whom little public information is available; his real name, place of origin and dates of birth and death are not clearly recorded. The library currently holds thirteen of his works, mainly in suspense and mystery, folkloric and supernatural fiction, and literary appreciation, with common categories also including premium fiction and quality web fiction. Representative titles include The Physiognomist, The Physiognomist Detective (four-volume set) and The Physiognomist Family, the last originally serialized online as The Physiognomist's Physiognomy, as well as Seeing Through Journey to the West Makes You a Spirit, The Complete Six Physiognomies, The Executioner's Journey and The Rise of the Barbarian King. His writing draws on folk physiognomy, supernatural legends and interpretations of classical novels, with tight suspenseful plots and a distinct folk flavor; Seeing Through Journey to the West Makes You a Spirit also shows his interest in literary appreciation.