Jin Yong

In this Hong Kong name, the surname is Cha (Zha). In accordance with Hong Kong custom, the Western-style name is Louis Cha and the Chinese-style name is Cha Leung-yung.

The Honourable

Jin Yong

GBM OBE
Jin Yong in 2007
Jin Yong in 2007
BornZha Liangyong
(1924-03-10)10 March 1924
Haining, Zhejiang, China
Died30 October 2018(2018-10-30) (aged 94)
Hong Kong
Resting placeNgong Ping, Hong Kong
Pen nameJin Yong
Occupation
  • Novelist
  • editor
  • businessman
LanguageChinese
Alma mater
Period1955–1972
GenreWuxia
Spouse
  • Du Zhifen
    ​
    ​
    (m. 1948; div. 1953)​
  • Zhu Mei
    ​
    ​
    (m. 1953; div. 1976)​
  • Lin Leyi
    ​
    (m. 1976)​
Children4
Chinese name
Chinese金庸
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinJīn Yōng
Bopomofoㄐㄧㄣ ㄩㄥ
Gwoyeu RomatzyhJin Iong
Wade–GilesChin1 Yung1
IPA[tɕín jʊ́ŋ]
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationGām Yùhng
JyutpingGam1 Jung4
IPA[kɐm˥ jʊŋ˩]
Birth name
Traditional Chinese查良鏞
Simplified Chinese查良镛
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinZhā Liángyōng
Bopomofoㄓㄚ ㄌㄧㄤˊㄩㄥ
Gwoyeu RomatzyhJa Liangiong
Wade–GilesCha1 Liang2-yung1
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationChàh Lèuhng Yùhng
JyutpingCaa4 Loeng4 Jung4
Sidney LauCha4 Leung4 Yung4
Website
www.jinyong.com

Louis Cha Leung-yung[1] GBM OBE (Chinese: 查良鏞; 10 March 1924 – 30 October 2018),[2][3] better known by his pen name Jin Yong (Chinese: 金庸), was a Hong Kong wuxia novelist. He was Hong Kong's most famous author[4] and the newspaper Ming Pao's co-founder and first editor-in-chief. Cha has been named along with Gu Long and Liang Yusheng as the "Three Legs of the Tripod of Wuxia". He has also been known as one of the "Four Great Talents of Hong Kong".

Cha's novels have a widespread following in Chinese communities worldwide. His 15 works written between 1955 and 1972 earned him a reputation as one of the greatest and most popular wuxia authors ever. By the time of his death, he was the best-selling Chinese author, and over 100 million copies of his works have been sold worldwide[5] (not including an unknown number of pirated copies).[6] According to The Oxford Guide to Contemporary World Literature, Cha's novels are considered to be of very high quality and are able to appeal to both highbrow and lowbrow tastes.[4] His works have the unusual ability to transcend geographical and ideological barriers separating Chinese communities of the world, achieving a greater success than any other contemporary Hong Kong author.[4]

His works have been translated into many languages including English, French, Indonesian, Catalan, Spanish, Finnish, Korean, Japanese, Cambodian, Vietnamese, Thai, Burmese, and Malay. He has many fans outside of Chinese-speaking areas, as a result of the numerous adaptations of his works into films, television series, comics and video games.

  1. ^ "THE PRECEDENCE LIST OF THE HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION" (PDF). Protocol Division Government Secretariat of Hong Kong. October 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 October 2018. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
  2. ^ Foong, Woei Wan (30 October 2018). "Obituary: Jin Yong fused martial arts fantasy, history and romance into must-read novels". The Straits Times. Retrieved 23 December 2018.
  3. ^ "Renowned Chinese martial arts novelist Jin Yong dies at 94 – Xinhua | English.news.cn". Xinhua News Agency. Archived from the original on 30 October 2018. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
  4. ^ a b c Sturrock, John (1997). The Oxford Guide to Contemporary World Literature. Oxford University Press. p. 99. ISBN 978-0-19-283318-1.
  5. ^ Jin Yong and Daisaku Ikeda (2013). Compassionate Light in Asia: A Dialogue. I.B. Tauris. ISBN 978-1848851986.
  6. ^ (in Chinese) 金庸与武侠影视 CCTV. 24 June 2004. Retrieved 4 August 2006.