The name of “Jin Yong” (Dr Louis Cha) is well-known by “EVERY” Chinese. He is the most influential Chinese martial arts (WuXia) novel writer in the 20th century and a world-famous literary giant. He published 15 Chinese martial arts novels with reader across the global, influencing generations. Many people believe he is the best Chinese candidate to be awarded the Noble Prize in Literature. In 2017, The HK Heritage Museum set up the Jin Yong Gallery. Are you ready?

金庸這個名字在華人界無人不識無人不曉，他是二十世界最具影響力的武俠小說作家，享譽國際的文學家。他筆下的十五部武俠小說，讀者遍佈全球，足足影響了幾代人，更有不少人認為金庸是當今最有資格得到諾貝爾文學獎的華人作家。2017年，香港文化博物館終於開設了屬於金庸先生的金庸館，而我今天將會介紹這個展館，四方豪傑，準備好嗎？

HK Helitage Museum is located in ShaTin, 10 mins walk from the MTR Che Kung Temple Station. Beside the Jin Yong Gallery, there are also numbers of exhibition about Chinese culture, and also the Special Exhibitions “Bruce Lee: Kung Fu・Art・Life”.

金庸館位於香港的香港文化博物館，距港鐵車公廟站只有10分鐘的步行距離，交通十分方便，館內除了金庸館，還有數個有關中國文化的展覽，現時更有專題展覽《武‧ 藝‧ 人生─ 李小龍》，十分值得大家參觀。

(Please be reminded that video shooting, flash light and tripod stand is not allowed in the exhibiton)

(請注意，展覽內不得錄影或使用閃光燈及腳架)

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Jin Yong 金庸

Jin Yong 金庸

Jin Yong is the pen name of Dr Louis Cha. He was born in Zhejiang of China. He worked for newspaper “Ta Kung Pao” in Shanghai. In 1948, Cha was posted to work in HK Ta Kung Pao. In his early days in HK, he wrote film and literary criticism and also movie scripts. He was also a film director. In 1954, Macao staged a martial arts tournament between Wu Kung-I, descendant of the founder of Wu style Tai Chi Chuan and Crane School master Chen Kefu that stunned everyone in HK. Catching the opportunity, HK newspaper started to launch martial arts novel. Cha was also invited to use the pen name “Jin Yong” to publish his first martial arts novel, “The Book and the Sword” in 1955.

金庸出生於中國浙江，長大後任職於上海《大公報》，於1948年被調派到香港《大公報》工作，自此成就其傳奇一生。金庸在港初期已開始編寫電影評論及電影劇本，更曾擔任電影導演。1954年初，太極拳宗師之後吳公儀與白鶴派陳克夫在澳門進行擂台比武，轟動全港，香港各大報章乘勢連載武俠小說，大受歡迎，金庸亦受《新晚報》之邀，在1955年發表首部武俠小說《書劍恩仇錄》。

Film script by Jin Tong 金庸的電影劇本

Manuscripts of “The Smiling, Proud Wanderer (1968)
《笑傲江湖》手稿 (1968)

The old edition of Jin Yong’s novels in the 1950s-1970s
1950-1970年代的金庸小說

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Jin Yong’s martial arts novels 金庸的武俠小說

Martial arts novel is a unique genre of Chinese literature. It is believed that “The Man with the Curly Beard” written in the late Tang dynasty was the forerunner of martial arts novels. The story background of Martial arts novel is usually ancient China and the adventure of Chinese hero.

武俠小說是中國特有一種文學類型，早於晚唐杜光庭的《虯髯客傳》一般被評為武俠小說的鼻祖。武俠小說的背景多為古代的中國，一班俠客英雄武鬥江湖的故事，香港的武俠小說創作約始於1930年代，故事著重描寫拳腳功夫，人物招式有根有據。

Martial arts novels were traditionally regarded as a form of pulp fiction by the Chinese community. They were generally not treated as a subject for academic discussion. But Jin Yong created a sensation. He was inspired by the foreign literature and pursued innovation and a revolutionary approach to plot structure, characterization and the use of language. He focused on the personalities and psychological reflection of characters. Merging cinematic narrative techniques into his novels, he made his stories more tense and compelling. Also with an exceptional knowledge of Chinese history and culture in his novels, Jin Yong enhanced the literary value of martial arts novels.

武俠小說本來在中國社會被視為消閒讀物，不被納人竹學術範圍，但金庸卻創造了傳奇，他從外國文學作品中汲取養份，創新求變，從情節鋪排、人物塑造等都全面革新，並重點刻劃人物的性格和心理表現，將電影敍事手法融入小說，作品更含有大量中國歷史及文化知識，將武俠小說提升到文學的層次。

An antithetical couplet using the first words of the titles of Jin Yong’s novels
以金庸小說名稱首字聯成的對聯

The novels of Jin Yong have now been translated into more than nine languages. There are now many international symposiums to be held in all over the world with in-depth investigations of the novels and the cultural phenomena that they have sparked. Besides, education of China, Taiwan, Singapore and HK also selected parts of Jin Yong’s novels to be the model essays for Chinese language studies. Many universities have developed special courses on Jin Yong’s novels, confirming the accomplishments they are associated with and the academic recognition they have received.

至今，金庸的武俠小說已被翻譯成超過九種外國文字，世界各地更有多個國際學術研討會，專門探討金庸小說產生的文化現象。金庸小說部份章節更成為中國、台灣、新加坡、香港語文教育的範文，更有多所大學說有金庸小說研究的專門課程，標誌著金庸小說的成就得到學界肯定。

Jin Yong’s novels in different language 金庸小說的各個版本

Studies of Jin Yong’s novels in different countries 各國的金庸研究

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金庸小說的藝術價值 Atistic value of Jin Yong’s novels.

With the rich experience and knowledge of history and current affairs of Jin Yong, he enriched his novels with elements of Chinese culture. They include Confucianism, Buddhism, Taoism, the four Chinese arts (guqin, Go, calligraphy, painting), poetry and lyrics, depictions of landscapes, local customs and traditions, folk songs, Chinese medicine, fortune-telling, astrology and physiognomy. The artistic value of martial arts novel was “upgraded” by Jin Yong.

金庸擁有豐富的閱歷，博通古今，小說含有豐富的中國文化氣息，上至儒家經籍、佛道思想、琴棋書畫、詩詞歌賦，下至山川地理、地方風俗、醫卜星相，一一包羅，讓武俠小說的藝術價值提升數個層次。

Jin Yong is also lover of photography and Go. 金庸是攝影和圍棋的愛好者

The world of Jin Yong’s novels is characterized by a fantastic imagination, populated by attractive characters with distinct personalities and filled with surprising story plots, attracting millions of readers.

加上金庸細膩的人物刻劃，讓筆下角色栩栩如生，天馬行空的創造力，創作了一個又一個驚險動人、起伏跌宕的情節，吸引萬千讀者。

Jin Yong had a very high standard of his works. He started writing “The Book and the Sword” in 1955. In 1967, he found newspaper Shin Min Daily News and published “The smiling, Proud Wanderer”. In 1972, he declared “The Deer and the Cauldron” as his last novel. He then spent 10 years to review and adapt his earlier novels, and published “The Jin Yong Novel Collection”. Jin Yong once again decided to polish and perfect “The Jin Yong Novel Collection” from 2000 to 2006. The final versions of the novels were the “The Newly Revised Jin Yong Novel Collection”.

金庸對自己要求極高，他由1955年開始寫武俠小說，到1967年創立《明報》並發表《笑傲江湖》，至1972年完成《鹿鼎記》封筆，共寫下十五部膾炙人口的武俠小說，部部精品。之後他再花十年時間重新修訂十五部舊版小說，精鍊出今天我們最熟識的《金庸作品集》。為了讓小說更千鍾百煉，在2000年至2006年間，八十高齡的金庸再次全面修訂《金庸作品集》，成為今天的《新修版金庸作品集》。

Timeline of Jin Yong’s novels 金庸小說出版年表

manuscripts of “The Newly Revised Jin Yong Novel Collection” 金庸新修版小說的修訂稿

The Jin Yong’s novels has great value of literature, history and arts. He received an OBE from the British government and a Grand Bauhinia Medal from the HKSAR. H has been made a Chevalier de la Legion d’Honneur and a Commandeur dans I’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French government.

金庸小說的武俠小說極具文學、歷史及藝術價值，他曾先後獲港英政府頒授「英帝國官佐勳章」和香港特區「大紫荊勳章」，又獲法國當局頒授「榮譽軍團騎士勳章」和「藝術文學高級騎士勳章」。

Honours of Jin Yong 金庸的榮譽獎座

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Jin Yong’s novel and the Entertainment Industry 金庸小說與影視文化

“Wherever there are Chinese, you will find Jin Yong’s novels”. The entertainment media also helped to spread his works to the world. Over the past decades, the novels have been adapted into more than 40 films and 60 television series.

「凡有華人之處，就有金庸小說」，金庸小說遍及全世界，亦有賴於影視界。過去數十年間，金庸小說改編的電影超過40部，電視劇超過60部。

Songs of Jin Yong’s films and TV series 金庸電視劇的主題曲們

Characters of films and TV series of Jin Yong’s novels 金庸筆下的主角

Also, there are lots of video games and comics that adapted the titles or the plots of his novels. They also help Hong Kong to go into the whole Chinese world and to be the center of Chinese movie and entertainment industry in the 20th century.

另外，改編自金庸小說的遊戲及漫畫更多不勝數，這些不同媒體的作品，其實亦協助香港走向全球華人社會，成為二十世紀華人影視文化的中心。亦因為這些改編作品，讓金庸小說的影響力橫跨接近一百年，至今仍影響著華人的文學及創作文化。

Comics of Jin Yong’s novels 金庸小說改編的漫畫

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I read my first Jin Yong’s novel, “The Deer and the Cauldron” when I was 10. In 20 years, I had read through The Jin Yong Novel Collection for more than 5 times. Jin Yong’s novels influence me a lot, including increasing my interest of Chinese history, literature and culture. I was able to tell all the plots of Jin Yong’s novels. It also influence my writing.

我從十歲在圖書館接觸《鹿鼎記》後，二十年間已重看金庸小說不下五次，金庸小說對我影響極深，亦間接加深我對中國歷史及文化的興趣。金庸小說的情節我曾倒如流，當中很多情節的描寫，在我今天的寫作亦不知不覺的用上。

Jin Yong is the great giant of Chinese literature. If you have the chance, you can’t miss the exhibition.

金庸可說是中國文學界的鉅子，大家如有機會到香港，請不要錯過這個展覽。

Again, a video for you.

最後，一段視頻！

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