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Jin Yong

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Jin Yong (English: Jin Yong, March 10, 1924 - October 30, 2018), Grand Bauhinia Honor, OBE, formerly known as Louis Cha Leung-yung (English: Louis Cha Leung-yung), native of Haining, Zhejiang, Hong Kong writer, founder of "Ming Pao". From 1955 to 1972, Jin Yong created 15 martial arts novels, including "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", "The Heaven Sword and the Dragon Sword", "The Legend of the Dragon", "The Swordsman", and "The Deer and the Cauldron", with a global circulation of more than 100 million copies. His works have been adapted into many films, TV shows, video games and comics. He has been praised as "wherever there are Chinese people, there are Jin Yong's martial arts". He is one of the most influential Chinese writers in the 20th century. Jin Yong, together with his friends Ni Kuang, Huang Zhan, and Chua Lam, were dubbed the "Four Great Talents of Hong Kong" by the public and the media.

Category
Film & TV
Nationality
People's Republic of China
Born
1924-03-10
Died
2018-10-30
Wikidata
Q180626
Occupations writerscreenwriterjournalistnovelistscience fiction writerfilm directorpolitical activist
Aliases Cha Leung-yungJin YongLouis ChaLouis LY ChaZha LiangyongCha LiangyongCha LiangyongJin Yong

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