Smiling Book Immortal Knight: Beidai Drunken Knight Encounters Jin Yong

Author: Kong Qingdong
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Publish Date: 2006-01-01
Features: Featured recommendation on CCTV Channel 10's "100 Great Lectures"! Jin Yong's wuxia novels have taken root and flourished in the hearts of hundreds of millions of Chinese people, but they have long been excluded by mainstream culture and orthodox academic circles. As a "Jin" (Jin Yong fan), known as the "Drunken Scholar of Peking University," Kong Qingdong has given lectures on Jin Yong at hundreds of universities, media outlets, and public venues. He has also introduced Jin Yong to South Korea and Singapore. This book is a collection of his lectures on Jin Yong from CCTV's "100 Great Lectures" program, along with his insightful interpretations of the essence of Jin Yong's works—considered a definitive work.
This man claims to resemble a "Northeastern beard" or even the "Anti-Japanese Volunteer Army." When he first stepped onto the lecture stage at Peking University a decade ago, students even thought he was a "electrical engineer." This man gained the reputation of the "Drunken Scholar of Peking University" for his hilarious and brilliant writings like "Room 207, Building 47," which had people laughing out loud. In the autumn of 2003, he engaged in a legendary "Hua Shan Debate" with the great martial arts master Jin Yong, a tale that became widely circulated in the martial arts world.
At the beginning of 2005, he appeared on CCTV's "100 Great Lectures" multiple times, speaking about Jin Yong's novels, Chinese wuxia, and also "spilling" his own stories. This book includes the lecture transcripts of Kong Qingdong on Jin Yong from CCTV's "100 Great Lectures" program, as well as his insightful articles on the essence of Jin Yong's works.