Throughout his exploits Hu Fei (Qin Junjie) reminds me of two other Jin Yong male protagonists — Guo Jing from Legend of the Condor Heroes and Zhang Wuji from Heavenly Sword and Dragon Sabre. He has their best qualities as well as their worst. In fact he comes across as something of a composite between the two. A naive good-hearted orphan with righteous fervour burning in his belly with an unerring propensity to be a busybody. His default position is to believe the best about others which see him necessarily falling into obvious traps laid down by unscrupulous types. Moreover he is reckless about picking fights and he just can’t help himself. Luckily for him it’s also part of the charm. The humility and guilelessness is a breath of fresh air to the young ladies of his acquaintance who are often far more astute and prudent than he is. Hu Fei is a rarity in