Zhu Zhenmu, whose autonym is Zhu Zhenyuan, stood out prominently in the literary world of Chinese swordsman fiction in the late 1930s. Zhu developed his own style of swordsman fiction through his extraordinary story layout and thereby secured a place as one of the top five authors of the northern school of swordsman fiction during the 1940s. Zhu's works have an important position in the history of the development of modern swordsman fiction; however, there is just sprinkling of studies on the special narrative style and artistic achievement of Zhu's swordsman fiction. Hence, this paper analyzes Zhu's peculiar narrative strategy and discussed his notion of swordsman fiction writing. This paper also reviews how Zhu's notion impacted on his practice of swordsman fiction writing and tries to dissect the connotation of Zhu's fiction. The goal of this paper is to make the literary world of Chinese swordsman fiction pay more attention to Zhu's works.