Jinyong

Louis Cha, OBE (born June 6, 1924), known to most by his penname Jinyong, Kam-yung (Cantonese), is one of the most influential modern Chinese-language novelists who is also the co-founder of the Hong Kong daily Ming Pao.

Characters

Lead male characters of Jin Yong novels are often portrayed from a young age (around adolescence); the plot follows their trials and tribulations, before they eventually (usually) attain the highest levels of martial arts:

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• Chen Jialuo (???) Book and Sword: Gratitude and Revenge
• Yuan Chengzhi (???) Sword Stained with Royal Blood
• Guo Jing (??) The Legend of the Condor Heroes
• Yang Guo (??) The Return of the Condor Heroes
• Hu Yidao (???) Flying Fox of Snowy Mountain
• Hu Fei (??)The Young Flying Fox
• Zhang Cuishan (???)The Heavenly Sword and the Dragon Saber
• Zhang Wuji (???) The Heavenly Sword and the Dragon Saber
• Di Yun (??) A Deadly Secret
• Xiao Feng (??) Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils
• Duan Yu (??) Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils
• Xuzhu (??) Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils
• Shi Potian (???) Ode to the Gallantry
• Linghu Chong (???)) The Smiling Proud Wanderer
• Wei Xiaobao (???) The Duke of the Mount Deer

Female lead Characters are usually there for love interest only. There are a few exceptions, however, such as Huang Rong in The Legend of the Condor Heroes, who, in addition to serving as the love interest to male protagonist Guo Jing, is also extensively characterized on her own as an independent character, and whose name has almost become synonymous with "the sly but sweet girl":

Related Topics:
Huang Rong - The Legend of the Condor Heroes - Guo Jing

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• Princess Fragrance (????) Book and Sword: Gratitude and Revenge
• Huo Qingtong (???) Book and Sword: Gratitude and Revenge
• Li Yuanzhi (???) Book and Sword: Gratitude and Revenge
• Xia Qingqing (???) Sword Stained with Royal Blood
• A Jiu (??) Princess Changping(????) Sword Stained with Royal Blood
• Huang Rong (??) The Legend of the Condor Heroes
• Xiaolongnu (???) The Return of the Condor Heroes
• Yuan Ziyi (???) The Young Flying Fox
• Cheng Lingsu (???) The Young Flying Fox
• Miao Ruolan (???) Flying Fox of Snowy Mountain
• Yin Susu (???) The Heavenly Sword and the Dragon Saber
• Zhao Min (??) The Heavenly Sword and the Dragon Saber
• Zhou Zhiruo (???) The Heavenly Sword and the Dragon Saber
• Qi Fang (??) A Deadly Secret
• Shui Sheng (??) A Deadly Secret
• A Zhu (??) Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils
• A Zi (??) Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils
• Wang Yuyan (???) Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils
• Mu Wanqing (???) Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils
• Zhong Ling (??) Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils
• Xiao Zhonghui (???) ???
• Li Wenxiu (???) ?????
• Ding Dang (??) Ode to the Gallantry
• A Xiu (??) Ode to the Gallantry
• A Qing (??) "Sword of the Yue Maiden" - ???
• Ren Yingying (???) The Smiling Proud Wanderer
• Yue Lingshan (???) The Smiling Proud Wanderer
• Yi Lin (??) The Smiling Proud Wanderer
• Shuang Er (??) The Duke of the Mount Deer
• Su Quan (??) The Duke of the Mount Deer
• Zeng Rou (??) The Duke of the Mount Deer
• Fang Yi (??) The Duke of the Mount Deer
• Mu Jianping (???) The Duke of the Mount Deer
• Princess Jianning (????) The Duke of the Mount Deer
• A Ke (??) The Duke of the Mount Deer

Support characters:

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• Huang Yaoshi (???) the Condor trilogy
• Ouyang Feng (???) the Condor trilogy
• Hong Qigong (???) the Condor trilogy
• Zhou Botong (???) the Condor trilogy
• Yideng (??) the Condor Trilogy & Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils

Jinyong was very free with adapting actual historical characters into his books, often making them important support characters and attributing to them fictional dialogue, actions, and so forth. For example; Borjigin Tolui, the youngest son of Mongol conqueror Genghis Khan, appears as a boyhood friend of Guo Jing, protagonist of The Legend of the Condor Heroes; Wei Xiaobao, protagonist of The Deer and the Cauldron, becomes confidant and close friend to Kangxi Emperor of the Qing Dynasty.

Related Topics:
Borjigin Tolui - Mongol - Genghis Khan - Guo Jing - The Legend of the Condor Heroes - Wei Xiaobao - The Deer and the Cauldron - Kangxi Emperor - Qing Dynasty

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• Genghis Khan (????) Legend of the Condor Heroes
• Borjigin Tolui (??) Legend of the Condor Heroes
• Zhu Yuanzhang (later Hongwu Emperor of China) (???) The Heavenly Sword and the Dragon Saber
• Kangxi Emperor (??) The Deer and the Cauldron
• Qianlong Emperor (??) Book and Sword: Gratitude and Revenge

Dugu Qiu Bai is another unique character in Jin Yong's novels. His name was first mentioned in the Return of the Condor Heroes, and then again in The Smiling, Proud Wanderer. He was last mentioned in the Deer and the Cauldron. Although the character himself never appeared in any of the books, he was generally accepted to be the strongest fighter in Jin Yong's wuxia universe based on his legacy learned by the lead characters.

Related Topics:
Dugu Qiu Bai - The Return of the Condor Heroes - The Smiling, Proud Wanderer - The Deer and the Cauldron

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