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WRITER

Jin Yong

1924 - 2018

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Louis Cha Leung-yung (Chinese: 查良鏞; 10 March 1924 – 30 October 2018), better known by his pen name Jin Yong (Chinese: 金庸), was a Chinese wuxia ("martial arts and chivalry") novelist and essayist who co-founded the Hong Kong daily newspaper Ming Pao in 1959 and served as its first editor-in-chief. He was Hong Kong's most famous writer, and is named along with Gu Long and Liang Yusheng as the "Three Legs of the Tripod of Wuxia". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jin Yong has received more than 1,421,480 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia. Jin Yong is the 709th most popular writer (down from 650th in 2019), the 192nd most popular biography from China (down from 171st in 2019) and the 12th most popular Chinese Writer.

Jin Yong is one of the most famous and well-known authors of wuxia novels. He is best known for his novel, "The Legend of the Condor Heroes".

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  • 1.4M

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  • 63.65

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  • 35

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.86

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.49

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Jin Yong ranks 709 out of 5,755Before him are Jun'ichirō Tanizaki, Johann Ludwig Burckhardt, Frederick Forsyth, Chevalier d'Éon, Joseph Campbell, and Tukaram. After him are Alexander Blok, Louise Hay, Bruno Schulz, David Irving, Claudian, and Aratus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Jin Yong ranks 32Before him are Sidney Lumet, Georges Charpak, Jovanka Broz, Ezer Weizman, Lee Marvin, and Robert Solow. After him are Eva Marie Saint, Kōbō Abe, Lys Assia, Amílcar Cabral, Dmitry Yazov, and Roger Guillemin. Among people deceased in 2018, Jin Yong ranks 27Before him are Peter Grünberg, Hubert de Givenchy, Billy Graham, Ursula K. Le Guin, Arto Paasilinna, and Arvid Carlsson. After him are Stéphane Audran, Lys Assia, Richard E. Taylor, Paul Allen, Jamal Khashoggi, and Robert Venturi.

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In China

Among people born in China, Jin Yong ranks 192 out of 1,392Before him are Zhang Liang (-290), Peng Dehuai (1898), Emperor Suzong of Tang (711), Ma Chao (176), Meng Tian (-250), and Yuan Shu (155). After him are Donnie Yen (1963), Wang Zhaojun (-50), Kang Youwei (1858), Li Hongzhang (1823), Yang Chen-Ning (1922), and Xiahou Dun (155).

Among WRITERS In China

Among writers born in China, Jin Yong ranks 12Before him are Luo Guanzhong (1330), Wang Wei (699), Faxian (340), Mo Yan (1955), Bai Juyi (772), and Kumārajīva (343). After him are Kang Youwei (1858), Su Shi (1037), Zhang Sanfeng (1200), Ban Gu (32), Cao Xueqin (1724), and Tao Yuanming (365).