While we cannot state for sure that Tsui Hark and scriptwriter Lin Zhiming were influenced by Gu Long, the book The Hongye Letters, authored in the film by the character Fang Hongye, clearly set out a Gu Long-type history of the jianghu.
我們不敢確定，徐克與林志明是否曾受到古龍的影響（儘管在我看來，是肯定的），但《蝶變》中的方紅葉，覶縷記載武林秘辛，手撰《紅葉手札》，就是一部具體而微的「江湖史」，與古龍正有異曲同工之妙。