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.

Schools

In Jin Yong's books, several sects of martial arts are repeatedly featured; many of these also exist in real life (though their details are, of course, subject to the artistic license of Jin Yong). Books comparing the martial arts under Jinyong's sects have been written.

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The most frequently occurring martial arts schools, sects, and cults in Jin Yong's works are:

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• The Shaolin Monastery Sect (???)
• The Wudang School (T: ??? S: ???)
• The Emei School (???)
• The Ming Cult (??)
• The Quanzhen School (???)
• The Five Sacred Mountain Sword Schools (T: ???? S: ????), which are:
• Tai Shan Sword School (???)
• Heng Shan Sword School (South) (???)
• Hua Shan Sword School (T: ??? S: ???)
• Heng Shan Sword School (North) (???)
• Song Shan Sword School (???)
• The Beggars' Sect (T: ?? S: ??)