Ode to Gallantry (俠客行; Xiá Kè Xíng) is a wuxia novel by Jin Yong (Louis Cha).

[2] The protagonist, who refers to himself as "Gouzazhong" (literally "mongrel"; a colloquialism for "bastard"), first appears as a young beggar roaming the streets of Kaifeng in search of his lost mother.

He witnesses a fight between several notable figures in the wulin (martial artists' community)[3] and meets the Shi couple and members of the Snowy Mountain School.

He is unaware that Xie actually harbours ill intentions and has been deliberately teaching him the techniques wrongly in the hope that he will sustain internal wounds and eventually die.

The novel culminates in an episode when the leaders of various schools are coerced into visiting a secluded island by a pair of mysterious, highly skilled messengers to celebrate the Laba Festival.