Jianghu

| p2 = wǔlín

| p2 = wǔlín

| l2 = martial forest

| l2 = martial forest

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'''''Jianghu''''' ({{zh|c=江湖|p=jiānghú|j=gong¹wu⁴|l=rivers and lakes|labels=no}}) is a [[Chinese language|Chinese]] term that generally refers to the [[social environment]] in which many Chinese ''[[wuxia]]'', ''[[xianxia]]'', and ''[[gong'an fiction|gong'an]]'' stories are set. The term is used flexibly, and can be used to describe a fictionalized version of rural [[historical China]] (usually using loose influences from across the ~1000 BC–280 AD period); a setting of feuding [[Chinese martial arts|martial arts]] clans and the people of that community; a [[secret society|secret]] and possibly [[criminal underworld]]; a general sense of the "mythic world" where fantastical stories happen; or some combination thereof. A closely related term, ''wulin'' (武林; wǔlín; 'martial forest'), refers exclusively to the community of martial artists that inhabit a ''jianghu'' setting. The term ''wulin'' has been borrowed into [[Korean language|Korean]] as ''murim'' (무림) to refer to fiction set in Chinese-inspired martial arts worlds.

'''''Jianghu''''' ({{zh|c=江湖|p=jiānghú|j=gong¹wu⁴|l=rivers and lakes|labels=no}}) is a [[Chinese language|Chinese]] term that generally refers to the [[social environment]] in which many Chinese ''[[wuxia]]'', ''[[xianxia]]'', and ''[[gong'an fiction|gong'an]]'' stories are set. The term is used flexibly, and can be used to describe a fictionalized version of rural [[historical China]] (usually using loose influences from across the ~1000 BC–280 AD period); a setting of feuding [[Chinese martial arts|martial arts]] clans and the people of that community; a [[secret society|secret]] and possibly [[criminal underworld]]; a general sense of the "mythic world" where fantastical stories happen; or some combination thereof. A closely related term, ''wulin'' (武林; wǔlín; 'martial forest'), refers exclusively to the community of martial artists that inhabit a ''jianghu'' setting. The term ''wulin'' has been borrowed into [[Korean language|Korean]] as ''murim'' (무림) to refer to fiction set in Chinese-inspired martial arts worlds.