I am afraid the writer of this article is amateur film commentator on the film production, not a commentator of the real characters who appear in Jin Yong's novel, She Diao Ying Xiong Chuan.
What he has said may appear a little bit strange to those who have not watched this film because the director of this film has twisted extensively the originality of the novel written by Jin Yong. We are not saying it is wrong for the director to make so much changes of the orginal elements of the story. As a matter of fact, most directors who wish to film Yin Yong's Wu Xie stories have more or less violated the originality of the stories. But the director of this film, is very well known for his innovation and creation of new conceipts and ideas as to make the film effects will meet the market taste.
It is in such a way that we cannot see much of the taste and body of the original novel. What we have seen is only some new creations of characterization of some characters which do not appear in the orginal writing.
I must say the poster of this article is good to post this article about a popular story, but I will find it a bit disagreeable if this film is to be compared with the original novel because the film has already lost the essense of the originality of the novel written by Jin Jong.
To comment this film is alright, but to associate it with the original novel is disputable.