Here's the English translation of your text: "Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils: A Collection of Works by Jin Yong"

Author: Jin Yong
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Publish Date: 1999-04-01
Features: Dragon Ball, one of the representative works of renowned martial arts writer Jin Yong. Written in 1963, it took four years to complete (some parts were written by Ni Kuang). Set against the backdrop of Emperor Zhizong's era in the Song Dynasty, the novel tells the extraordinary martial arts journey, life-and-death love, love and hate separation, and national righteousness of three characters: Xiao Feng, Xu Zhu, and Duan Yu. Through the martial arts feuds and ethnic conflicts between the Song, Liao, Dali, Western Xia, and Tubo kingdoms, it examines and depicts life and society from a philosophical perspective, presenting a magnificent scroll. The story is bizarre and intricate, involving numerous characters, a wide historical background, grand martial arts battles, and rich imagination, making it a true Jin Novel.
"Dragon Ball" comes from Buddhist scriptures, meaning "all living beings in the world," symbolizing the multitude of people in this vast world, shrouded in the boundless and transcendent wisdom of Buddha. The central theme of the novel is "No one is without grievances, and no one is free from suffering," with a majestic and tragic style. It is an epic masterpiece that fully depicts human nature and is steeped in tragedy.
The writing of this Collected Works, totaling thirty-six volumes, spanned from 1955 to 1972, approximately thirteen or fourteen years, including twelve full-length novels, two medium-length novels, one short story, one biographical sketch of historical figures, and several historical research essays. This novel, titled Dragon Ball, is set in the Yunnan Dali Kingdom during the Northern Song Dynasty. Dali was a Buddhist nation where emperors often revered Buddhism, frequently abdicating the throne to become monks, a unique phenomenon in Chinese history...