louis cha aka Jin yong died at 94
 

i know a lot of Asians (Chinese in particular) are familiar with his hero novels but I know a lot of u you (non Chinese as well) must have seen movies base off of his novels

particularly shaw brother films from the early days or major hk movies from the 90s and he was one of the great novelist

He also created Ming pao newspaper (u know that Chinese paper that Chinese read a lot during yum cha)
I'm not a crazy reader nor can I read Chinese but I have read a few books from him and have been a fan of movies that were base off of his novels, thank you

Best is later in the show he goes OP

and that intro song is legit

better than any of the mainland china versions

people say he was the Chinese Shakespeare

Condor heroes was cool, liked it as a kid, but omg way too many versions of it

While Jin Yong is (rightfully) remembered as the revered novelist / writer, many overlook the fact that he has also dabbled into politics and is rather pro-China.

Fuck TVB
RIP Ah Bak

so?

His pro-China stance was not appreciated at the time when he was involved in politics. In fact, his most well-known policy proposal -- more or less known as the "Two Cha Policy" laid the groundwork for Hong Kong's chief executive (aka mayor) selection, but the proposal did not suggest the chief executive to be selected from a general election. Instead, it was formed by a small cabinet committee, meaning that Beijing can easily control / influence the outcome of the chief executive selection. (and the selection committee was in fact filled up almost exclusively by pro-China personel, and they would obediently follow Beijing's will in "selecting" whichever chief executive candidate Beijing prefers.) It was widely panned by the Pan-Democrats and the HK general public at the time.

Additionally, as a result of his pro-China tendenancies, in his late years, he incorporated a good dose of that pro-China sentiments into a major revision of all his wuxia novels (ie. the work he was renowned for). As an objective criticism, I'd say it devalued the quality of the novel because it dramatically distorted the persuasive sentiments portrayed by the novel. Many of Jin Yong's best novels were set in a known historical time frame in China. In the The Legend of the Condor Heroes, for example, the historical time setting was in the late Song Dynasty. While China has existed for 2000+ years in various forms and under different rulers, historically it doesn't really refer to itself as "China / the Middle Kingdom". Instead, it was always known by the ruling dynasty's name. With the Song Dynasty, it was called just that -- the Song Dynasty or Song Country. People referred to themselves as Song people, not Chinese people. But Jin Ying's most recent revisions changed that a bit, and added some references to being "Chinese" when China wasn't really a thing yet.

Of course, people like to conveniently "forget" things. I prefer to remember more of these inconvenient truths.

legendary writer - RIP

I was a fan of The Deer And The Cauldron, cuz main protagonist was the regular hero u see everyday everywhere

He wasn't amazing, was lazy, perverted, but yet every thing worked out for him (felt close to me)