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| Born | Zha Liangyong (1924-03-10)10 March 1924 Haining, Zhejiang, China | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 30 October 2018(2018-10-30) (aged 94) Hong Kong | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Period | 1955–1972 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Louis Cha Leung-yung[1]GBM OBE (Chinese:查良鏞; 10 March 1924 – 30 October 2018),[2][3] better known by hispen nameJin Yong (Chinese:金庸), was a Hong Kongwuxia novelist and co-founder ofMing Pao. Cha authored 15 novels between 1955 and 1972 and became one of the most popular Chinese writers of all time, with over 100 million copies sold globally—excluding widespread pirated editions.[4][5] Cha’s novels, which have been adapted into numerous TV dramas, films, and video games, are esteemed for their literary quality and universal appeal, resonating with both scholarly and popular audiences.[6]
Born on 10 March 1924, inHaining, Zhejiang inRepublican China, Cha was namedZha Liangyong (Cha Liang-yung) and is the second of seven children. He hailed from the scholarlyZha clan of Haining (海寧查氏),[7] whose members included notable literati of the lateMing and earlyQing dynasties such asZha Jizuo (1601–1676),Zha Shenxing (1650–1727) andZha Siting (查嗣庭; died 1727).[8] His grandfather, Zha Wenqing (查文清), obtained the position of atong jinshi chushen (third class graduate) in theimperial examination during the Qing dynasty. His father, Zha Shuqing (查樞卿), was arrested and executed by theCommunist government for allegedly being a counterrevolutionary during theCampaign to Suppress Counterrevolutionaries in the early 1950s. Zha Shuqing was later posthumously declared innocent in the 1980s.[9]
Zha Shuqing used to read him excerpts from the wuxiaHuangjiang Nüxia (荒江女侠; "Woman Warrior of the Wild River") by Gu Mingdao (顧明道) every day, which aroused Cha's strong interest in the genre. Later, Cha took the initiative to read other works likeWater Margin andThe Seven Heroes and Five Gallants, which laid the foundation of his future as a wuxia novelist.
In 1937, Cha studied at Jiaxing No. 1 Middle School. In 1938, the Japanese army invaded Zhejiang, and the Jiaxing Middle School had to move hundreds of miles south toLishui city in order to survive. Cha, as one of the students, only carried a quilt and a change of clothes, and the students had to trek on foot for 60 to 70 miles a day.
Cha was later expelled in 1941 after he wrote an article called "Alice's Adventures" which satirized the training director sent by theKuomintang for being vicious towards the students. Cha later reflected on this period as one of the most significant crises in his life. The expulsion not only deprived him of the opportunity to pursue his studies but he suddenly faced the issue of finding food and accommodation. Fortunately, with assistance from the principal, Zhang Yintong, Cha resumed his high school education at Quzhou No. 1 Secondary School and graduated in 1943.[10]
Cha was admitted to the Department of Foreign Languages at theCentral University of Political Affairs inChongqing.[11] Cha later dropped out of the school. He took the entrance exam and gained admission to the Faculty of Law atSoochow University, where he majored in international law with the intention of pursuing a career in the foreign service.
In 2005, Cha applied at theUniversity of Cambridge for a doctorate in Asian Studies, which he obtained in 2010.[12] In 2009, Cha enrolled in another doctoral program in Chinese literature atPeking University but never graduated.[13]
Cha was a journalist. To help support his studies, he began work in 1947 as a journalist and translator for the Ta Kung Pao newspaper in Shanghai. He moved to Hong Kong in 1948 to work for the paper's office in the city. When Cha was transferred toNew Evening Post (ofBritish Hong Kong) as Deputy Editor, he met Chen Wentong, who wrote his first wuxia novel under the pseudonym "Liang Yusheng" in 1953. Chen and Cha became good friends and it was under the former's influence that Cha began work on his first serialised martial arts novel,The Book and the Sword, in 1955. In 1957, while still working on wuxia serialisations, he quit his previous job and worked as a scenarist-director and scriptwriter atGreat Wall Movie Enterprises Ltd and Phoenix Film Company.
In 1959, Cha co-founded the Hong Kong newspaperMing Pao with his high school classmate Shen Baoxin (沈寶新). Cha served as its editor-in-chief for years, writing both serialised novels and editorials, amounting to some 10,000Chinese characters per day. His novels also earned him a large readership. Cha completed his last wuxia novel in 1972, after which he officially retired from writing novels, and spent the remaining years of that decade editing and revising his literary works instead. The first complete definitive edition of his works appeared in 1979. In 1980, Cha wrote a postscript toWu Gongzao'stai chi classicWujia Taijiquan, where he described influences from as far back asLaozi andZhuang Zhou on contemporary Chinese martial arts.[14]
By then, Cha's wuxia novels had gained great popularity in Chinese-speaking areas. All of his novels have since been adapted into films, TV shows and radio dramas in Hong Kong, Taiwan and China. The important characters in his novels are so well known to the public that they can be alluded to with ease in all three regions.
In the late 1970s, Cha was involved in Hong Kong politics. AfterDeng Xiaoping, a Jin Yong fan, came to power and initiated thereform and opening-up process, Cha became the first non-Communist Hong Konger to meet with Deng.[15] He was a member of theHong Kong Basic Law drafting committee but resigned in protest after the1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre. He was also part of thePreparatory Committee set up in 1996 by the Chinese government to monitor the1997 transfer of sovereignty.[16]
In 1993, Cha prepared for retirement from editorial work and sold all his shares inMing Pao.
The asteroid10930 Jinyong (1998 CR2) has been named after him.[17]
Cha's parents were Zha Shuqing (查樞卿) and Xu Lu (徐祿). He had four brothers and two sisters, and was the second oldest among the seven of them. His brothers were Zha Liangjian (查良鏗; 1916–1988),[18] Zha Lianghao (查良浩; b. 1934),[19] Zha Liangdong (查良棟;fl. 1930s)[20] and Zha Liangyu (查良鈺; b. 1936).[21] His sisters were Zha Liangxiu (查良琇; b. 1926) and Zha Liangxuan (查良璇; 1928–2002).[22][23] His cousin was educator and philanthropistCha Liang-chao (查良釗: 1897 – 1982).
Cha married three times. His first wife was Du Zhifen (杜治芬), whom he married in 1948 but divorced later. In 1953, he married his second wife, Zhu Mei (朱玫), a newspaper journalist. They had two sons and two daughters: Zha Chuanxia (查傳俠), Zha Chuanti (查傳倜), Zha Chuanshi (查傳詩) and Zha Chuanne (查傳訥). Cha divorced Zhu in 1976 and married his third wife, Lin Leyi (林樂怡; b. 1953), who was 29 years his junior and 16 years old when they first met.[24] In 1976, his son Zha Chuanxia, then 19 years old, committed suicide after a quarrel with his girlfriend while studying atColumbia University.[25][26]
On 30 October 2018, Cha died after a long illness at theHong Kong Sanatorium & Hospital inHappy Valley, Hong Kong, aged 94.[27]
His funeral service was held privately atHong Kong Funeral Home inQuarry Bay on 13 November 2018 with his family and friends,[28] with well known figures including writersNi Kuang,Chua Lam,Chip Tsao,Benny Lee, producerZhang Jizhong, actorHuang Xiaoming, former President of theHong Kong Polytechnic UniversityPoon Chung-kwong, image designerTina Liu, politiciansTung Chee-hwa andEdward Leong, and founder ofAlibaba GroupJack Ma among them in attendance.
At noon, his coffin was moved toPo Lin Monastery atNgong Ping, Lantau Island, where he was cremated and his ashes was interred at the Hoi Wui Tower'scolumbarium.[29][30]
In addition to his wuxia novels, Cha also wrote many non-fiction works on Chinese history. For his achievements, he received many honours.
Cha was made an Officer of theOrder of the British Empire (OBE) by the British government in 1981. He was made aChevalier de la Légion d'Honneur (1992) and aCommandeur de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (2004) by the French government.[31]
Cha was also anhonorary professor atPeking University,Zhejiang University,Nankai University,Soochow University,Huaqiao University,National Tsing Hua University,Hong Kong University (Department of Chinese Studies), theUniversity of British Columbia, andSichuan University. Cha was an honorary doctor atNational Chengchi University,Hong Kong University (Department of Social Science),Hong Kong Polytechnic University, theOpen University of Hong Kong, the University of British Columbia,Soka University and theUniversity of Cambridge. He was also an honorary fellow ofSt Antony's College, Oxford andRobinson College, Cambridge, and a Waynflete Fellow ofMagdalen College, Oxford.
When receiving his honorary doctorate at the University of Cambridge in 2004, Cha expressed his wish to be a full-time student at Cambridge for four years to attain a non-honorary doctorate.[32] In July 2010, Cha earned hisDoctor of Philosophy in oriental studies (Chinese history) atSt John's College, Cambridge with a thesis on imperial succession in the earlyTang dynasty.[33][34]
Cha wrote a total of 16 fictional works, of which only one is a non-wuxia autobiographicalshort story (Yue Yun). His wuxia works are made up of anovella (Blade-dance of the Two Lovers), 2 standalone novels (White Horse Neighs in the Western Wind andOde to Gallantry), 11 interconnectednovels of varying lengths, and a novelette ("Sword of the Yue Maiden"). Most of his novels were first published in daily instalments in newspapers, then later in 3 authorised book editions each with various changes to the plots and the characters. There are 4 editions of his novels:
The works are:
| English title | Chinese title[T 1] | Date of first publication[35] | First published publication[35] | Character count |
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| Blade-dance of the Two Lovers | 鴛鴦刀 | 1 May 1961 –31 May 1961 | Ming Pao | 34,000 |
| White Horse Neighs in the Western Wind | 白馬嘯西風 | 16 October 1961 –10 January 1962 | Ming Pao | 67,000 |
| Ode to Gallantry | 俠客行 | 11 June 1966 –19 April 1967 | Ming Pao | 364,000 |
| Yue Yun | 月雲 | 2000 | Harvest Magazine | 4,990 |
| Serial Number | English title | Chinese title[T 2] | Date of first publication[35] | First published publication[35] | Character count |
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| 10 | The Book and the Sword | 書劍恩仇錄 | 8 February 1955 –5 September 1956 | New Evening Post | 513,000 |
| 07 | Sword Stained with Royal Blood | 碧血劍 | 1 January 1956 –31 December 1956 | Hong Kong Commercial Daily | 488,000 |
| 03 | The Legend of the Condor Heroes | 射鵰英雄傳 | 1 January 1957 –19 May 1959 | Hong Kong Commercial Daily | 918,000 |
| 12 | Fox Volant of the Snowy Mountain | 雪山飛狐 | 9 February 1959 –18 June 1959 | New Evening Post | 130,000 |
| 04 | The Return of the Condor Heroes | 神鵰俠侶 | 20 May 1959 –5 July 1961 | Ming Pao | 979,000 |
| 11 | The Young Flying Fox | 飛狐外傳 | 11 January 1960 –6 April 1962 | Wuxia and History (武俠與歷史) | 439,000 |
| 05 | The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber | 倚天屠龍記 | 6 July 1961 –2 September 1963 | Ming Pao | 956,000 |
| 02 | Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils | 天龍八部 | 3 September 1963 –27 May 1966 | Ming Pao andNanyang Siang Pau | 1,211,000 |
| 09 | A Deadly Secret | 連城訣 | 12 January 1964 –28 February 1965 | Southeast Asia Weekly (東南亞周刊) | 229,000 |
| 06 | The Smiling, Proud Wanderer | 笑傲江湖 | 20 April 1967 –12 October 1969 | Ming Pao andShin Min Daily News[36] | 979,000 |
| 08 | The Deer and the Cauldron | 鹿鼎記 | 24 October 1969 –23 September 1972 | Ming Pao andShin Min Daily News[36] | 1,230,000 |
| 01 | Sword of the Yue Maiden | 越女劍 | 1 January 1970 –31 January 1970 | Ming Pao evening supplement | 16,000 |
All of Jin Yong's novels, exceptWhite Horse Neighs in the Western Wind andOde to Gallantry are connected, albeit weakly.
Aqing, the protagonist of the novelette "Sword of the Yue Maiden", is the ancestor of Han Xiaoying fromThe Legend of the Condor Heroes.Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils is aprequel; the Northern Beggar of the Five Greats,Hong Qigong succeeds Qiao Feng as the new chief of theBeggars' Gang inThe Legend of the Condor Heroes andDuan Yu is the ancestor of the historical characterDuan Zhixing who later becomes Reverend Yideng, another member of the Five Greats.The Legend of the Condor Heroes,The Return of the Condor Heroes andThe Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber make up theCondor Trilogy (considered by many to be Cha'smagnum opus) and should be read in that order.Dugu Qiubai's Heavy Iron Sword is used byYang Guo and broken down to create the Heaven-Reliant Sword and the Dragon-Slaying Saber. Guo Xiang inherits the Heaven-Reliant Sword and passes it to her successors in theEmei School. Linghu Chong fromThe Smiling, Proud Wanderer learnsDugu Qiubai's Nine Swords of Dugu from Feng Qingyang, a reclusiveMount Hua School swordsman. Some characters and schools fromThe Smiling, Proud Wanderer are mentioned inSword Stained with Royal Blood.
In a very brief inner monologue inThe Deer and the Cauldron, Chengguan, a knowledgeable but naïveShaolin monk, ponders two great swordsmen in the past who performed swordplay without following any defined stances:Dugu Qiubai and Linghu Chong. A few major characters fromSword Stained with Royal Blood also appear as minor characters.Wu Liuqi, a historical character fromThe Deer and the Cauldron, is mentioned in the third edition ofA Deadly Secret as the martial arts master of Mei Niansheng.
Numerous characters fromThe Book and the Sword appear inThe Young Flying Fox, including Chen Jialuo. Hu Yidao, Miao Renfeng, Tian Guinong and the Feng family inThe Young Flying Fox are the fictional descendants of the four bodyguards ofLi Zicheng, who appears in theSword Stained with Royal Blood andThe Deer and the Cauldron.The Fox Volant of the Snowy Mountain is the sequel toThe Young Flying Fox.
After Cha completed all his works, it was discovered that the first characters of the first 14 titles can be joined to form acouplet (duilian) with 7 characters on each line:
飛雪連天射白鹿
笑書神俠倚碧鴛
飞雪连天射白鹿
笑书神侠倚碧鸳
Shooting a white deer, snow flutters around the skies;
Smiling, [one] writes about the divine chivalrous one,leaning against bluish lovebirds (or lover)
Cha stated that he had never intended to create the couplet. The couplet serves primarily as a handymnemonic to remember all of Cha's works for his fans.
Most of Cha's works were initially published in installments in Hong Kong newspapers, most often inMing Pao.The Return of the Condor Heroes was his first novel serialised inMing Pao, launched on 20 May 1959. Between 1970 and 1980, Cha revised all of his works. The revised works of his stories are known as the "New Edition" (新版), also known as "Revised Edition" (修訂版), in contrast with the "Old Edition" (舊版), which refers to the original, serialised versions. Some characters and events were written out completely, most notably mystical elements and 'unnecessary' characters, such as the "Blood Red Bird" (小紅鳥) and "Qin Nanqin" (秦南琴), the mother ofYang Guo in the first edition.
In Taiwan, the situation is more complicated, as Cha's books were initially banned. As a result, there were multiple editions published underground, some of which were revised beyond recognition. Only in 1979 was Cha's complete collection published by Taiwan's Yuenching Publishing House (遠景出版社).
In China, theWulin (武林) magazine inGuangzhou was the first to officially publish Cha's works, starting from 1980. Cha's complete collection inSimplified Chinese was published by Beijing'sSDX Joint Publishing in 1994. Meanwhile, Mingheshe Singapore-Malaysia (明河社星馬分公司) published his collection, in Simplified Chinese for Southeast Asian readers in 1995.
From 1999 to 2006, Cha revised his novels for the second and last time. Each of his works was carefully revised, re-edited and re-issued in the order in which he wrote them. This revision was completed in spring 2006, with the publication of the last novel,The Deer and the Cauldron. The newer revised edition, known variably as the "New Century Edition" (世紀新修版), "New Revised Edition" (新修版) and "New New Edition" (新新版), is noted for its annotations where Cha answers previous criticisms directed at the historical accuracy of his works. In the newer revision, certain characters' personae were changed, such as Wang Yuyan,[37] and many martial art skills and places have their names changed.[citation needed] This edition faced a number of criticisms from Cha's fans, some of whom prefer the older storyline and names. The older 1970–80 "New Edition" (新版) is no longer issued by Cha's publisher Mingheshe (明河社). In mainland China, it is re-issued as "Langsheng, Old Edition" (朗聲舊版) in simplified Chinese characters.
Chinese nationalism or patriotism is a strong theme in Cha's works. In most of his works, Cha places emphasis on the idea of self-determination and identity, and many of his novels are set in time periods when China was occupied or under the threat of occupation by non-Han Chinese peoples such as theKhitans,Jurchens,Mongols andManchus. However, Cha gradually evolved his Chinese nationalism into an inclusionist concept which encompasses all present-day non-Han Chinese minorities. Cha expresses a fierce admiration for positive traits of non-Han Chinese people personally, such as the Mongols and Manchus. InThe Legend of the Condor Heroes, for example, he castsGenghis Khan and his sons as capable and intelligent military leaders against the corrupt and ineffective bureaucrats of the Han Chinese-ledSong dynasty.
Cha's references range fromtraditional Chinese medicine,acupuncture,martial arts,music,calligraphy,weiqi,tea culture, philosophical schools of thought such asConfucianism,Buddhism andTaoism and imperial Chinese history. Historical figures often intermingle with fictional ones, making it difficult for the layperson to distinguish which are real.
His works show a great amount of respect and approval for traditional Chinese values, especially Confucian ideals such as the proper relationship between ruler and subject, parent and child, elder sibling and younger sibling, and (particularly strongly, due to the wuxia nature of his novels), between master and apprentice, and among fellow apprentices. However, he also questions the validity of these values in the face of a modern society, such as ostracism experienced by his two main characters –Yang Guo's romantic relationship with his teacherXiaolongnü inThe Return of the Condor Heroes. Cha also places a great amount of emphasis on traditional values such asface and honour.
In all but his 14th work,The Deer and the Cauldron, the protagonists or heroes are explored meticulously through their relationships with their teachers, their immediate kin and relatives, and with their suitors or spouses. In each, the heroes have attained the zenith in martial arts and most would be the epitome or embodiment of the traditional Chinese values in words or deeds, i.e. virtuous, honourable, respectable, gentlemanly, responsible, patriotic, and so forth.
InThe Deer and the Cauldron, Cha departed from his usual writing style, creating in its main protagonistWei Xiaobao anantihero who is greedy, lazy, and utterly disdainful of traditional rules of propriety. Cha intentionally created an anticlimax and anantihero possessing none of the desirable traditional values and no knowledge of any form of martial arts, and dependent upon a protective vest made of alloy to absorb full-frontal attack when in trouble and a dagger that can cut through anything. Wei is a street urchin and womanizer and seems to have no positive qualities based on a superficial assessment; but he actually embodies the same essential qualities of the heroes from Cha's earlier novels. The fiction writerNi Kuang wrote a critique of all of Cha's works and concluded that Cha concluded his work withThe Deer and the Cauldron as a satire to his earlier work and to restore a balanced perspective in readers.[38]
The study of Cha's works has spun off a specific area of study and discussion:Jinology. For years, readers and critics have written works discussing, debating and analysing his fictional world of martial arts; among the most famous are those by Cha's close friend and science fiction novelist,Ni Kuang. Ni was a fan of Cha, and has written a series of criticisms analysing the various personalities and aspects of his books calledI Read Jin Yong's Novels (我看金庸小說).
Despite Cha's popularity, some of his novels were banned outside of Hong Kong due to political reasons. A number of them were outlawed in the People's Republic of China in the 1970s as they were thought to be satires ofMao Zedong and theCultural Revolution; others were banned in Taiwan as they were thought to be in support of theChinese Communist Party. None of these bans are currently in force, and Cha's complete collection has been published multiple times in mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan. Many politicians on both sides of the Straits are known to be readers of his works;Deng Xiaoping, for example, was a well-known reader himself.
In late 2004, the People's Education Publishing House (人民教育出版社) of the People's Republic of China sparked controversy by including an excerpt fromDemi-Gods and Semi-Devils in a new senior high school Chinese textbook. While some praised the inclusion of popular literature, others feared that the violence and unrealistic martial arts described in Cha's works were unsuitable for high school students. At about the same time,Singapore's Ministry of Education announced a similar move for Chinese-learning students at secondary and junior college levels.[39]
| Era | Dynasty | Novel |
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| 5th century BC | Eastern Zhou (LateSpring and Autumn period) | 01.TheSword of the Yue Maiden (越女劍) |
| 11th century | Northern Song | 02.Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils (天龍八部) |
| 13th century | Southern Song | 03.The Legend of the Condor Heroes (射鵰英雄傳) 04.The Return of the Condor Heroes (神鵰俠侶) |
| 14th century | LateYuan | 05.The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber (倚天屠龍記) |
| 16th century | Ming | 06.The Smiling, Proud Wanderer (笑傲江湖) Ode to Gallantry (俠客行) |
| 17th century | Late Ming | 07.TheSword Stained With Royal Blood (碧血劍) |
| 17th century | Qing | 08.The Deer and the Cauldron (鹿鼎記) 09.A Deadly Secret (連城訣) |
| 18th century | Qing | 10.The Book and the Sword (書劍恩仇錄) 11.The Young Flying Fox (飛狐外傳) 12.Fox Volant of the Snowy Mountain (雪山飛狐) Blade-dance of the Two Lovers (鴛鴦刀) White Horse Neighs in the Western Wind (白馬嘯西風) |
| 1930s | The Republic of China | Yue Yun (Moon Cloud) (月雲) |
Official English translations currently available include:
03.The Legend of the Condor Heroes (2018–2021; four volumes) – published by MacLehose Press (an imprint of Quercus Publishing), translated by Anna Holmwood, Gigi Chang, and Shelly Bryant. The volumes are titledA Hero Born,A Bond Undone,A Snake Lies Waiting, andA Heart Divided.[40][41]
04.The Return of the Condor Heroes (2023–ongoing) – published by MacLehose Press (an imprint ofQuercus Publishing), translated by Gigi Chang. The first volume is titledA Past Unearthed.[42]
08.The Deer and the Cauldron (1997–2002; abridged in three volumes only 28 chapters) – published by Oxford University Press, translated byJohn Minford.
10.The Book and the Sword (2005) – published byOxford University Press, 2005, translated by Graham Earnshaw, edited byJohn Minford and Rachel May.
12.Fox Volant of the Snowy Mountain (1996) – published byChinese University Press, translated by Olivia Mok.
There are over 90 films and TV shows adapted from Cha's wuxia novels, includingKing Hu'sThe Swordsman (1990) and its sequelSwordsman II (1992),Wong Jing's 1992 filmsRoyal Tramp andRoyal Tramp II, andWong Kar-wai'sAshes of Time (1994). Dozens of role-playing video games are based on Cha's novels, includingHeroes of Jin Yong.
Cha's works have also been adapted to comics and television. Those available in English include:
Jin Yong co-directed 2 films produced by Hong Kong'sGreat Wall Movie Enterprises. In both films he is credited as Cha Leung-yung, his official name in Hong Kong.
| Year | English title | Chinese title | Notes |
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| 1958 | The Nature of Spring | 有女懷春 | Co-directed withCheng Bugao, also writer |
| 1960 | Bride Hunter | 王老虎搶親 | Co-directed with Woo Siu-fung,Yue opera film |
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