《宝莲灯》，又名《劈山救母》，是中国古代神话传说之一，其故事情节为：圣母与刘彦昌成婚，生下沉香。圣母之兄二郎神竟盗走宝莲灯将圣母压在华山之下。十五年后沉香学得武艺劈山救母，宝莲灯重放光明

《荒江女俠》初于一九二八年在上海《新聞報》副刊連載，寫方玉琴爲報父仇，而與嶽劍秋并辔江湖的傳奇故事。因筆法新穎，文白夾雜而喜用時髦語，不意暴得大名，随由三星書局出版單行本，書前有範煙橋作序，周瘦鵑題辭曰“健筆獨扛”！極盡溢美之能事。其實此書原是中篇架構，硬拉扯爲長篇（共八十七回，一百二十萬言），有如“小腳放大”；其結構松散是可想而知了。因此顧氏雖有爲“新聶隐娘“（即荒江女俠方玉琴）立傳之意，卻是失敗之作；至鼓其餘勇再寫《荒江女俠新傳》，亦不能挽狂瀾于既倒。惟顧氏首先嘗試以新文藝筆法創作武俠小說，亦可稱“但開風氣不爲師”了。 《荒江女俠》一書首創男女二俠雙雙闖蕩江湖之模式，對後世的武俠小說影響很深。於1969由導演何夢華搬上大銀幕。

Golden Swallow is a fighter-for-hire who has been contracted by the local government to retrieve the governor's kidnapped son. Holding him is a group of rebels who are demanding that their leader be released from prison in return for the captured son. After a brief encounter with the gang at a local restaurant, Golden Swallow is joined by an inebriated wanderer Drunken Cat who aids her in her mission.

A young swordswoman named Fang Ying-qi (Cheng Pei-Pei) sets out to join a gathering of the martial world’s leading warriors under the banner of Lord Xia (Fang Mien) and the Flying Dragon Clan. Their mission is to organize the defense of their country against invading Jin forces. Fang also intends to avenge the murder of her parents 20 years past by bandit leader Han Shi-xiong (Huang Chung-hsin). Han has since taken on a new, false identity as a reputable member of the Flying Dragon Clan while secretly working with the Jin to bring down the resistance. Han uses cunning and a network of criminal fighters in an attempt to assassinate Fang, and when that fails, to frame her as a traitor. Once his true identity and intentions are revealed, a determined Fang must rely on her deadly sword skills and assistance from a clever beggar clan leader (Yueh Hua) to stop Han and restore her reputation.

After the Ming Emperor is overthrown and his infant son put in the care of the Black Dragon Society, a traitorous martial arts clan attacks the society and forces two inexperienced swordsmen to flee with the infant and begin a dangerous journey in search of allies.

The Yu family earn the ire of the Green Dragon clan when the daughter kills the clan chief's son. The Green Dragon chief wounds family head Yu Yuan with his flying daggers, and kills many others who try to protect the noble family. Wandering swordsman Ying Qing saves the family in a fight, using his own flying dagger skills, but his allegiances and motives are unclear.

After being implicated in the theft of the Jade Dragon Sword, Fan Ying (Cheng Pei-pei) is banished to the Dragon Swamp for 20 years. Now, 20 years later, the sword has been stolen again, and the members of Lingshan Clan are sent out to find the culprit. Among those is Qing-Erh (Cheng Pei-pei again), who meets a wandering swordsman (Yueh Hua) searching for the long lost Fan Ying. Together they decide to enlist the help of the Dragon Swamp Master in their respective searches.