The Legend of the Scholar-Hero Jin Yong

Author: Zhang Jianzhi
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Publish Date: 2006-04-01
Features: "The Confucian" (The Story of Jin Yong, the Martial Arts Sage), this is the third biography of Jin Yong following "The Martial Arts Sage Jin Yong" by Leng Xia and "The Biography of Jin Yong" by Fu Guoyong. The greatest difference from similar works is that Zhang Jianzhi's biography does not start with Jin Yong's birth but begins with his job search in Beijing in 1949. This book places the trajectory of Jin Yong's personal fate within the context of major historical changes, blending philosophy with literary flair and narrating many little-known anecdotes about Jin Yong's life and the historical transformations of the era he lived in. With a fresh perspective and fluent writing, the book recounts the and legendary life of Jin Yong. The author takes a unique approach, using 1949 as a turning point, blending philosophy with literary brilliance to depict the historical changes of the different eras Jin Yong experienced and the shifting attitudes of the people.