About the author
Jin Yong, originally named Zha Liangyong, is one of the most influential wuxia novelists in the Chinese-speaking world. He was born in the twentieth century, and public information about the details of his life is limited, yet his creative work has had a profound impact. Using wuxia fiction as his medium, Jin Yong blends history, the jianghu world, and human nature into a single fabric; his plots are full of twists and turns, his characters are vividly drawn, and his language appeals to both popular and refined tastes. This site includes forty-one of his works, covering representative titles such as Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils, The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber, The Legend of the Condor Heroes, The Return of the Condor Heroes, and The Deer and the Cauldron, most of them in the century new revised editions. These works are often classified as premium fiction, wuxia fiction, and classical literature; they offer the readability of popular storytelling while also containing serious reflection on chivalry, homeland, and fate. They are widely read among Chinese readers and continue to inspire film and television adaptations as well as academic discussion.
Written (41)
Rating 4.5★ The Legend of the Condor Heroes (Century New Revised Edition) Jin Yong Guangzhou Publishing House · 2013 The Legend of the Condor Heroes is a long wuxia novel written by Jin Yong between 1957 and 1959, first serialized in Hong Kong's Commercial Daily and … Rating 4.5★ The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber Jin Yong Guangzhou Publishing House · 2013 The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber was first serialized in 1961 in the Hong Kong newspaper Ming Pao. It is the last of Jin Yong's "Condor Heroes Trilog… Rating 4.5★ The Return of the Condor Heroes (Century Revised Edition) Jin Yong Guangzhou Publishing House · 2013 The Return of the Condor Heroes is the second installment of Jin Yong's "Condor Heroes Trilogy." It was serialized in Hong Kong's Ming Pao starting in… Rating 4.4★ The Smiling, Proud Wanderer (Century New Revised Edition) Jin Yong Guangzhou Publishing House · 2013 The Smiling, Proud Wanderer is a full-length martial arts novel serialized by Jin Yong in Ming Pao from 1967 to 1969. The book has no clear dynastic s… Rating 4.2★ A Deadly Secret Jin Yong Guangzhou Publishing House · 2013 Written in 1963 and first serialized under the title The Sword of the Plain Maiden in Hong Kong's Ming Pao and in the Southeast Asia Weekly published … Rating 4.0★ The Young Flying Fox (Century New Revised Edition) Jin Yong Guangzhou Publishing House · 2013 A long wuxia novel chronicling the coming-of-age of the young hero Hu Fei. Hu Fei first appears as the protagonist in The Young Flying Fox; previously… Rating 4.0★ Sword of the White Horse (Century New Revised Edition) Jin Yong Guangzhou Publishing House · 2013 Sword of the White Horse is a medium-length wuxia novel by Jin Yong, serialized in Hong Kong's Ming Pao from October to November 1961. About 78,000 ch… Rating 3.8★ Sword of the Yue Maiden Jin Yong Guangzhou Publishing House · 2013 The White-Horse Neighs in the West Wind is a novella-length martial arts novel by Jin Yong, serialized in Hong Kong's Ming Pao from October to Novembe… Rating 3.7★ The Sword Stained with Royal Blood (Century New Revised Edition) Jin Yong Guangzhou Publishing House · 2013 The Sword Stained with Royal Blood is Jin Yong's second novel, originally written in 1956 and later substantially revised twice; the Century New Revis… Rating 3.5★ The Sword of Blood Jin Yong Guangzhou Publishing House · 2013 The Sword of Blood is Jin Yong's second novel, serialized in Hong Kong's Commercial Daily in 1956 and later revised several times, with the Century Ne… Rating 3.5★ The Book and the Sword (Centenary Revised Edition) Jin Yong Guangzhou Publishing House · 2013 The Book and the Sword is Jin Yong's first full-length martial arts novel, set against the backdrop of the Qianlong era of the Qing Dynasty: the heroe… Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils (Century New Revised Edition) Jin Yong Guangzhou Publishing House · 2013 Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils is a long wuxia novel written by Jin Yong between 1963 and 1966. Set during the Yuanyou and Shaosheng reigns of Emperor Zhez… Ode to the Gallantry (Century New Revised Edition) Jin Yong Guangzhou Publishing House · 2013 Among Jin Yong's fifteen works, Ode to the Gallantry is often underestimated by readers: it lacks the national epic of The Legend of the Condor Heroes… The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber (Century New Revised Edition) Jin Yong Guangzhou Publishing House · 2013 The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber is often discussed not for how powerful the martial arts are, but for Zhang Wuji as a person: kind, hesitant, poor a… Rating 4.5★ The Deer and the Cauldron Jin Yong Guangzhou Publishing House; Flower City Publishing House · 2008 The Deer and the Cauldron is a full-length wuxia novel that Jin Yong serialized in Ming Pao from October 1969 to September 1972, and with which he ret… Rating 4.5★ The Deer and the Cauldron (Century Revised Edition) Jin Yong Guangzhou Publishing House; Flower City Publishing House · 2008 The Deer and the Cauldron is the last martial arts novel written by Jin Yong. It was serialized in Ming Pao from October 1969 and completed in Septemb… The Deer and the Cauldron (Revised Edition) Jin Yong Guangzhou Publishing House · 2008 The Deer and the Cauldron is the last martial arts novel written by Jin Yong. The revised edition was completed by the author in 2006 and is included … The Collected Works of Jin Yong (Newly Revised Illustrated Edition) Jin Yong Guangzhou Publishing House · 2008 The Collected Works of Jin Yong (Newly Revised Illustrated Edition) is the simplified Chinese edition of Jin Yong's complete martial arts novels, publ… The Complete Works of Jin Yong (Simplified New Edition) Jin Yong Guangzhou Publishing House · 2002 This is a simplified-character new edition of Jin Yong's collected wuxia works, including the novels Sword Stained with Royal Blood, The Legend of the… Rating 4.5★ The Legend of the Condor Heroes Jin Yong SDX Joint Publishing Company · 1999 The Legend of the Condor Heroes, originally titled Heroes of the Great Desert, is a long martial-arts novel serialized by Jin Yong in Hong Kong's Hong…Publishers
Guangzhou Publishing HouseGuangzhou Publishing House; Flower City Publishing HouseMing Ho SocietyMing Ho Publishing Co., Ltd.SDX Joint Publishing Company