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 Cover of a 1960s edition of the 1st volume of the novel | |
| Author | Jin Yong |
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| Original title | 射鵰英雄傳 |
| Language | Chinese |
| Series | Condor Trilogy |
| Genre | Wuxia |
| Publisher | Hong Kong Commercial Daily |
Publication date | 1 January 1957 to 19 May 1959 |
| Publication place | Hong Kong |
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| Preceded by | Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils |
| Followed by | The Return of the Condor Heroes |
| The Legend of the Condor Heroes | |||||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 射鵰英雄傳 | ||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 射雕英雄传 | ||||||||||||
| Literal meaning | Story of the Eagle Shooting Hero | ||||||||||||
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The Legend of the Condor Heroes (Chinese: 射鵰英雄傳) is a wuxia novel by Chinese writer Jin Yong (Louis Cha). It is the first part of the Condor Trilogy and is followed by The Return of the Condor Heroes and The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber. It was first serialised between 1 January 1957 and 19 May 1959 in Hong Kong Commercial Daily.[1] Jin Yong revised the novel twice, first in the 1970s and later in the 2000s. The English title is imprecise since neither species of the condor, the Andean condor and Californian condor, is native to China.
- ^ The date conforms to the data published in Chen Zhenhui (陳鎮輝), Wuxia Xiaoshuo Xiaoyao Tan (武俠小說逍遙談), 2000, Huizhi Publishing Company (匯智出版有限公司), p. 56.