What do wuxia, xuanhuan and xianxia each mean in Chinese web fiction, and how do I label a cultivation story without mixing the genres up?
A peer-reviewed, CC BY chapter (Xu 2017, French) separates xuanhuan (invented-world fantasy, term traced to Huang Yi's sci-fi-wuxia novels) from xianxia (stories of humans becoming immortals by cultivation, strongly marked by Chinese tradition) and says the boundaries are approximate and sites classify loosely. A Wuxiaworld commentator gives a consistent xianxia definition and lineage. Secondary (Wikipedia) adds coming-of-age and sect/master self-cultivation as xuanhuan features. For wuxia itself no openly readable scholarly source was read in full (see negative results).
A peer-reviewed, CC BY chapter (Xu 2017, French) separates xuanhuan (invented-world fantasy, term traced to Huang Yi's sci-fi-wuxia novels) from xianxia (stories of humans becoming immortals by cultivation, strongly marked by Chinese tradition) and says the boundaries are approximate and sites classify loosely. A Wuxiaworld commentator gives a consistent xianxia definition and lineage. Secondary (Wikipedia) adds coming-of-age and sect/master self-cultivation as xuanhuan features. For wuxia itself no openly readable scholarly source was read in full (see negative results).
Curator qualifications: Xu 2017 (CC BY, French) separates xuanhuan (invented-world fantasy) from xianxia (humans becoming immortals by cultivation), with approximate boundaries and loose site classification. Date in saved text reads 1952-2107 (likely typo; cite as saved).
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