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金庸

Jīn Yōng
proper noun

Meanings

  1. 1 Jin Yong, pen name of Louis Cha, the most celebrated wuxia novelist in Chinese literature

About Jin Yong

1924–2018 · 作家 writer

Hong Kong author of martial-arts novels such as 《射雕英雄传》, 《天龙八部》 and 《笑傲江湖》, adapted for TV and film again and again. He also founded the newspaper 明报.

Also called  查良镛

Examples

HSK 7-9
Jīn Yōng de wǔxiá xiǎoshuō yǐngxiǎng le jǐ dài huárén dúzhě.
Jin Yong's wuxia novels have influenced generations of Chinese readers.
HSK 7-9
《 Shèdiāo yīngxióng zhuàn 》 shì Jīn Yōng zuì zhùmíng de zuòpǐn zhīyī.
'The Legend of the Condor Heroes' is one of Jin Yong's most famous works.

Tips

culture
His 14 novels are often summed up in the couplet 飞雪连天射白鹿,笑书神侠倚碧鸳, each character the first of one title. The pen name splits the last character of his real name, 镛 'great bell', into 金 and 庸.

Stroke Order

金 jīn
庸 yōng