The Influence of Traditional Culture on Jin Yong's Novels

1957 A legend of the condor hero was born, and the pattern of China's martial arts novels began to be different, with feelings of home and country, Mongolian grassland, Genghis Khan and Yuefei in Dasong. How many people's historical enlightenment education and interest in history began with TV dramas and novels adapted from Jin Yong's martial arts works.

Jin Yong, whose real name was Cha, died at the end of last month, and countless people remembered him. His influence is very extensive. Including culture, entertainment, influence on business people, newspapers, history, politics, etc. Coupled with Jin Yong's longevity, his works have a wide range of popular influence, and countless people from all walks of life are deeply influenced by the traditional culture and characters in China in his works, making the historical dynasties in China interesting and not far away.

The regional influences include Taiwan, Hong Kong, Australia, Chinese mainland, Singapore, Malaysia, South Korea, Japan and Thailand in Asia, and some are influenced by movies and TV plays. Countless people in the overseas Chinese world have seen his works, and wherever there are Chinese, there is his influence.

Jin Yong worked as a reporter for Ta Kung Pao for several years, then founded Ming Pao, a major newspaper in Hong Kong, and wrote numerous political articles. Before Hong Kong's return, he was also a member of the Basic Law Drafting Committee and made contributions to Hong Kong's return.

Some people say that Jin Yong's novels are a bit like the current online novels, which are simple and have limited influence. This mainly means that Jin Yong's novels are popular, which is true, but The Romance of the Three Kingdoms and A Dream of Red Mansions are also popular novels. Lu Xun's works and articles are also popular novels, and novels need to be popular.

Jin Yong's works convey correct values and three views, and also have a certain significance of popularizing history, which makes China's traditional dynasty history attractive, and he reconstructs a martial arts world that is integrated with history.

Hua, Ma Yun, etc. Although they regard Jin Yong's martial arts novels as a kind of leisure and relaxation, Hua once said that "martial arts novels are fairy tales for adults". But in history, drama is not a pastime, but a demand for people's cultural entertainment.

Jin Yong is very interested in the history of China. Some people say that his historical level is limited and he can't be a historian. In this regard, a person's life energy is limited. Jin Yong was busy writing martial arts novels, publishing political articles in newspapers and managing Ming Pao. But there is no doubt that he is a writer of historical novels.