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Hong Kong martial arts novelist Louis Cha Leung-yung, the world’s most popular Chinese writer, died on October 30, 2018, after a long illness. He was 94. In 1955, he published his first martial arts novel, The Book and the Sword, in the New Evening Post, under the pen name Jin Yong. It was an instant success and he went on to write 14 hugely popular martial arts novels, ending with The Deer and the Cauldron in 1972.
Without Hong Kong’s thriving entertainment industry and open culture, the genius and creativity of the literary giant and his martial arts epics would have no chance to shine.
Editorials in the newspaper he co-founded, Ming Pao, put the novelist known as Jin Yong on an assassination list. But he found the courage to stand up to the threat, taking inspiration from the characters he created
The death of the legendary martial arts novelist has been met with tributes from all sections of society and not a little political point-scoring.
- Readers discuss the value of making English versions of television series based on novels by Jin Yong, the potential for collaboration between Western and Chinese medicine, and China’s tech advancement
TeamLab has scattered giant light-emitting ovoids from Tamar Park into the harbour, while the Hong Kong Heritage Museum has a sculpture exhibition that brings to life characters from Jin Yong’s novels
More than 20 programmes planned under theme of ‘Arts and Action’, according to secretary for culture and tourism Kevin Yeung.
Two-metre-tall statues of characters from the works of Cha, also known as Jin Yong, on display at Edinburgh Place in Central and Heritage Museum in Sha Tin.
The Guangzhou Intellectual Property Court ruled that mainland Chinese writer Yang Zhi’s 2002 novel There They Were constituted copyright infringement and unfair competition.
Hong Kong martial arts actor Donnie Yen plays Qiao Feng in Sakra, an action-packed adaptation of Louis Cha’s epic wuxia novel Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils.
Video gaming technologies are making a contribution to areas outside online entertainment, including culture, science and traditional industries, according to Tencent.
Ma Boyong, who wrote The Longest Day in Chang’an and The Deception of Antiques, talks about being compared to Jin Yong, mind workouts and his Covid-19-inspired new book.
As casino tycoon Ho’s funeral takes place today, we look at where the city’s other most famous faces – including Leslie Cheung, Jin Yong, Anita Mui and more – have been laid to rest
Having entranced generations of Asian readers, with this latest release Western audiences can discover why ‘Jin Yong’ was so revered in Asia; his novel continues the story of Guo Jing, 13th century kung fu fighting hero.
The collection will go on general sale to public on December 6 and feature the likes of Guo Jing, Chen Jialuo and Zhang Wuji.
Zhou Xin talks about the cultural impact of Louis Cha's wuxia novels in mainland China as well as his pivotal role as founder and editor of Ming Pao.
The legendary writer and publisher was cremated on Tuesday at Po Lin Monastery on Lantau Island. Earlier in the day figures from Hong Kong society attended a private funeral service at Quarry Bay funeral home.
The guestbook at a private service for Louis Cha Leung-yung at Hong Kong Funeral Home in North Point read like a who’s who of the city’s media, business, showbiz and political elite featuring lawmakers, officials, tycoons and actors.
The Chinese literary giant died last month aged 94 after a long battle with illness
Recently deceased writer praised for his contribution to drafting Hong Kong’s Basic Law.
Liaison office director Wang Zhimin visits Cha’s home and relays leaders’ condolences to the novelist’s widow May Lam.
During the 1950s and 60s, ‘coming from the mainland’ did not have any derogatory connotations, historian says.
‘If not for you, I wonder if there would have been an Alibaba,’ Ma wrote, while also touching on the virtues of being a xia, a chivalrous hero
Generations of Hongkongers have grown up with film and television adaptations of martial arts novelist’s works.
Novelist also enjoyed a parallel career as a journalist and commentator, and he fell in and out of favour with Beijing repeatedly over the decades.
A condolence book will be opened at the Jin Yong Gallery at the Heritage Museum in Sha Tin for the public to pay their last respects to the world’s most popular Chinese novelist.
