Do you know what Murim is??

... the jianghu of korea? 

It doesn't matter if readers don't know what it is(noobs), it's obvious from context. 

you would need at least some good knowledge about martial arts and korean stuff, bcuz using the word murim means you are referring to the martial community of the land of korea and around, the same with the word jianghu which i believe that is the chinese counterpart word of murim, i mean if i read jianghu i know that the story is situated in a chinese ish culture same with the word murim, if i read the word i would expect that story is situated in korea 

tell that to the authors 

It's just a term for the martial arts community, generally used in reference to martial artists that exceed human ability but hide it in the general public, it has also been used as a reference to the powers that be behind the scenes when it comes to communities heavily involved in martial arts 

for me, murim for me is society of with higher standard of martial arts. nearing or at a level of super human. 

Jianghu 

Jianghu/kangho: the most generalised answer is “The part of the world the imperial court doesn’t have direct jurisdiction over.” You are talking about brothels, gangs, bandits, slums, the underworld, rogue disciples from various sects and more. There's no order and rife with crime. It's like taobao, lol.

Wulin/murim: refers to specifically and only to martial arts schools/sects/cults etc. The wulin is considered the refined, respected and virtuous people in society; they're also placed higher on the hierarchy. There's order.

If jianghu is taobao, Wulin is Tmall. 

so  the different is? 

Korean term for martial artist right?
First time know that from Volcanic Age 

It's the same as Wulin in chinese, but in korean, it means "martial forest" or something?

Though usually with the chinese novels you hear about JiangHu instead of Wulin most of the time.


Well I read korean manwha before I even read any chinese webnovels so it might not really be that much of common knowledge.


Anyway, why not just make a footnote to explain what Murim is/means? And even if a reader doesn't have preexisting knowledge they'll find out what Murim means as they read the story. 

I believe it's Korean? And is basically a martial artist underworld. Some novels depict it more fantasy based, but most depict it kind of gangster-ish but with martial artists and sects instead. The Breaker is a good example of this.