Jin Yong's Status in Literature

Jin Yong's wuxia novels have a wide audience and far-reaching influence, and their literary value and status in the history of literature have been continuously recognized by academics. But for this contemporary writer, who has long been written into the history of literature, the voices of skepticism and criticism have never disappeared. In the critics' view, Jin Yong's martial arts novels are typical popular literature, a product of the rising tide of market economy.

This notion may seem grand, but it doesn't stand up to scrutiny. Popular literature, as a branch of Chinese literature, occupies an important position in the history of Chinese literary development. In addition to "Dream of the Red Chamber", several of the four classic novels of ancient China were popular novels at that time, but this does not constitute a denial of the classic nature of these popular novels.

Judging Jin Yong's martial arts novels on the basis of whether or not they are popular novels is tantamount to asking for fish in a barrel.

Jin Yong's later influence:

Jin Yong's death has made Chinese society realize the wide-ranging influence of his martial arts novels, and has also made the Chinese literary research community more and more aware of the shortcomings of the previous simplistic evaluation of popular literature. Jin Yong's martial arts novels have had a wide impact in the global Chinese region and even in the English-speaking world, and have become one of the representative symbols of China's national image and national culture.

Jin Yong is a staunch adherent of traditional culture, and through his martial arts novels, he has provided readers with a number of excellent works rich in cultural connotations, full of bizarre imaginations and national righteousness, which have endowed contemporary Chinese literature with new linguistic charms and cultural self-confidence.

The above content refers to Guangming.com - Jin Yong's martial arts novels are a unique literary existence