Chinese kung fu fans

There are many Chinese people love read Kung Fu novelist,I don’t know foreigner is or isn’t loving Chinese Kung Fu novelist.If some one loves,may be you know  In China many of Cha’s novels has been filmed movies.May be you watched one or two.
 
Now I find some information of Louis Cha, May be when you read finish this page,you will love Chinese Kung Fu novels.

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Jin Yong (Chinese: 金庸; pinyin: Jīn Yōng; Cantonese Yale: Gàm Yùhng), born February 6, 1924, pen name of Louis Cha (traditional Chinese: 查良镛; simplified Chinese: 查良镛; pinyin: Zhā Liángyōng), OBE, is one of the most influential modern Chinese-language novelists. Co-founder of the Hong Kong daily Ming Pao, whom he started in 1959, he was the paper’s first editor-in-chief and held this position until 1993, when he retired.

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Cha’s fiction, which are of the wuxia genre, has a widespread following in Chinese-speaking areas, including Mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Southeast Asia, and United States. His fifteen novels and short fiction composed between 1955 and 1972 earned him a reputation as one of the finest wuxia (“martial arts and chivalry”) writers ever. He is currently the best-selling Chinese author alive; over 100 million copies of his works have been sold worldwide[1] (not including unknown number of bootleg copies)

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Cha’s works have been translated into Korean, English, Japanese, French, Vietnamese, Indonesian, Burmese and Thai and he has many fans abroad as well, thanks to the numerous adaptations of his works made into films, television series, and video games.

Asteroid 10930 Jin Yong (1998 CR2) is named after him.

Some of Novels:

1. The Book and the Sword – T: 書劍恩仇錄 S: 书剑恩仇录 (first published on The New Evening Post in 1955)
2. Sword Stained with Royal Blood – T: 碧血劍 S: 碧血剑 (first published on Hong Kong Commercial Daily in 1956)
3. The Legend of the Condor Heroes – T: 射鵰英雄傳 S: 射雕英雄传 (first published on Hong Kong Commercial Daily in 1957)
4. Flying Fox of Snowy Mountain – T: 雪山飛狐 S: 雪山飞狐 (first installment appeared on the first issue of Ming Pao in 1959)
5. The Return of the Condor Heroes – T: 神鵰俠侶 S: 神雕侠侣 (1959)
6. Other Tales of the Flying Fox – T: 飛狐外傳 S: 飞狐外传 (1960)
7. Swordswoman Riding West on White Horse T: 白馬嘯西風 S: 白马啸西风 (first published on Ming Pao in 1961)
8. Blade-dance of the Two Lovers T: 鴛鴦刀 S: 鸳鸯刀 (first published on Ming Pao in 1961)
9. Heaven Sword and Dragon Sabre – T: 倚天屠龍記 S: 倚天屠龙记 (first published on Ming Pao in 1961)
10. A Deadly Secret – T: 連城訣 S: 连城诀 (first published on Southeast Asia Weekly 《東南亞周刊》in 1963)
11. Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils – T: 天龍八部 S: 天龙八部 (1963)
12. Ode to Gallantry – T: 俠客行 S: 侠客行 (1965)
13. The Smiling, Proud Wanderer – 笑傲江湖 (first published on Ming Pao in 1967)
14. The Deer and the Cauldron – T: 鹿鼎記 S: 鹿鼎记 (1969-1972)
15. Sword of the Yue Maiden – T: 越女劍 S: 越女剑 (1970)

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