Jin Yong

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Jin Yong (2007)

Louis Cha Leung-yung , GBM , OBE ( Chinese  查良鏞  /  查良镛 , Pinyin Zhā Liángyōng , Jyutping Caa 4 Loeng 4 young 4 , Cantonese  Cha Leung-yung ; * February 6, 1924 , Haining , China ; † 30. October 2018 ), better known under the pseudonym Jin Yong ( 金庸 , Jīn Yōng , Jyutping Gam 1 Jung 4 ), was a Chinese wuxia novelist.

Between 1955 and 1972 he wrote 14 novels and one short story. More than 100 million copies of his works have been sold worldwide and have been translated into many languages ​​such as Burmese , English , French , Indonesian , Korean , Japanese , Thai and Vietnamese . The books have also been adapted as films , television series , comics, and computer games.

Life

Cha came from an academic family with a long history. He was born in 1924, the second of seven children in Yuanhua, a large community in Haining, Zhejiang Province , during the Republic of China . He has three brothers and two sisters and was related to the poet Xu Zhimo as a maternal cousin . In 1944 he studied for a short time at what was then the " Central Political University " ( 中央 政治 大學  /  中央 政治 大学 , Zhōngyāng Zhèngzhì Dàxué ) in Chongqing , which is now based in Taipei due to the Chinese Civil War . Due to a university political incident, Cha was de-registered from the university and then worked for a while in the central library. After the end of the Pacific War he returned to his hometown and worked there as a sales representative for the newspaper “Dōngnán Rìbào” ( 東南 日報  /  东南 日报  - “literally: southeast daily newspaper ”) from Hangzhou . In 1946 he continued his studies at Soochow University and in 1947 worked as a translator for the newspaper Ta Kung Pao ( 大公報  /  大公报 , Dàgōng Bào ) in Shanghai . A year later, in 1948, after graduating from university, he was transferred to Hong Kong by the newspaper publisher Ta Kung Pao . In 1952, as a screenwriter and editor of the newspaper supplement of the Hong Kong newspaper Hsin Wan Pao ( 新 晚報  /  新 晚报 , Xīnwǎn Bào  - "New Evening Paper "), he met Chen Wentong ( 陳文 統  /  陈文 统 , Chén Wéntǒng ), a Wuxia novelist with the pseudonym Liang Yusheng , know and wrote his first novel in 1955, Shū Jiàn Ēnchóulù ( 書劍恩仇錄  /  书剑恩仇录 , English The Book and the Sword ). In 1959 Cha founded the newspaper Ming Pao with Shen Pao Sing ( 沈 寶 新  /  沈 宝 新 , Shěn Bǎoxīn , Jyutping Sam 2 Bou 2 san 1 ) and was also the newspaper's editor-in-chief.

Works

  1. The Book and the Sword
    Shū Jiàn Ēnchóulù ( 書劍恩仇錄  /  书剑恩仇录 )
  2. Sword Stained with Royal Blood
    Bìxuějiàn ( 碧血劍  /  碧血剑 )
  3. The Legend of the Condor Heroes
    Shèdiāo Yīngxióngzhuàn ( 射鵰 英雄 傳  /  射雕 英雄 传 )
  4. Fox Volant of the Snowy Mountain / Der Fliegende Fuchs vom Schneeberg
    Xuěshān Fēihú ( 雪山飛狐  /  雪山飞狐 )
  5. The Return of the Condor Heroes
    Shéndiāo Xiálǚ ( 神鵰俠侶  /  神雕侠侣 )
  6. The Young Flying Fox
    Fēihú Wàizhuàn ( 飛狐外傳  /  飞狐外传 )
  7. White Horse Neighs in the Western Wind
    Báimǎ Xiào Xīfēng ( 白馬嘯西風  /  白马啸西风 )
  8. Blade-dance of the Two Lovers
    Yuānyāngdāo ( 鴛鴦刀  /  鸳鸯刀 )
  9. The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber
    Yǐtiān Túlóngjì ( 倚天 屠龍 記  /  倚天 屠龙 记 )
  10. A Deadly Secret
    Liánchéngjué ( 連城訣  /  连城诀 )
  11. Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils
    Tiānlóng Bā Bù ( 天龍八部  /  天龙八部 )
  12. Ode to Gallantry
    Xiákèxíng ( 俠客 行  /  侠客 行 )
  13. The Smiling, Proud Wanderer
    Xiàoào Jiānghú ( 笑傲江湖 )
  14. The Deer and the Cauldron
    Lùdǐngjì ( 鹿鼎記  /  鹿鼎记 )
  15. Sword of the Yue Maiden
    Yuènǚjiàn ( 越 女 劍  /  越 女 剑 )

See also

Single receipts

  1. ↑ 武侠小说 泰斗 金庸 逝世 享年 94 岁. October 30, 2018 (Chinese).;
  2. ^ A Book Battle in China to Make the Critics Blush - International Herald Tribune
  3. ↑ Jin Yong Life ( Memento of the original from August 8, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.cwin.com

literature

  • Odendahl, Wolfgang. Construction of cultural identity in Jin Yong's wuxia novels . Berlin: dissertation.de - Verlag im Internet, 2009. ISBN 978-3-86624-461-0 ( online )
  • Portmann, Kai. The Flying Fox from Schneeberg: the genus of the Chinese knight novel (wuxia xiaoshuo) and the successful author Jin Yong . Chinathemen, Vol. 77.Bochum: Brokmeyer, 1994.

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personal data
SURNAME Jin, Yong
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Cha, Louis
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Chinese novelist
DATE OF BIRTH February 6, 1924
PLACE OF BIRTH Haining , China
DATE OF DEATH October 30, 2018