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'''Jin Yong''' (the [[Pen Name]] of LuisLouis Cha) is one of the most influential modern Chinese-language novelists. He is currentlywas the best-selling living Chinese author alivebefore his death in 2018. He is well known for his historical [[Wuxia]] fiction--he pretty much single-handedly raised the [[Wuxia]] to a "legitimate" art form ([[Wuxia]] novels having gained an unfair reputation as "things teenagers and immature adults read") and is the standard against which all other [[Wuxia]] novelists are compared--and a great many [[Live Action Adaptation]] series have been made based on his books. Some of his novels have been officially translated into English.

* ''The Legend of the Condor Heroes''

* ''[[The Deer and Thethe Cauldron]]''

* [[Adaptational Attractiveness]]: Some adaptations of his series can be ''very'' guilty of this. A rather pronounced example can be found in the recent 2008 version of ''Legend of the Condor Heroes''. Despite Guo Jing normally being described as stout and muscular, and ''certainly'' not well known for being incredibly handsome or refined, he ends up being played by teen heart throb Hu Ge. And Hu Ge is pretty much the equivalent of a [[Real Life]] [[Bishonen]]. It can be rather wince-worthy when characters mention how "manly" and "plain" Guo Jing is (including several instances where people compare his relationship with Huang Rong as being [[Ugly Guy, Hot Wife|"A beautiful flower planted in cow dung"]] - yes, he was even being likened to ''cow dung''), when Guo Jing [[mediaMedia:[[U 1735 P 28 T 3 D 1319149 F 326 DT 20061108153936]]U1735P28T3D1319149F326DT20061108153936.JPGjpg|can]] [[mediaMedia:200837173742479.jpg|look]] [[mediaMedia:220H553P07_small220H553P07 small.jpg|prettier]] than some of the female cast.

* [[Banned in China]]: Initially, his works were banned in [[Useful Notes/Taiwan|Taiwan]].

* [[Eye Scream]] - Blindness is a common effect of especially deadly poisons. After Ah Zi was [[Hoist Byby His Own Petard|blinded by her own poison]], the opportunity came to heal her sight if only she had a donor...You Tanzhi cheerfully volunteers. When she decides to [[Together in Death|join Xiao Feng in death]], she plucks out said eyes and throws them back to You Tanzhi.

** Ironically, although this is her stated reason, she herself eventually gets a [[Stalker Withwith a Crush|suitor]] that loves her very, very obsessively. But of course, You Tanzhi doesn't count, because he's ugly.

* [[Hey, It's That Guy!]]: Ba Sen, who played Genghis Khan in 2003's TV adaptation of LOCH, is also the guy who, appropriately enough, played Genghis Khan in the Genghis Khan TV series. Also counts as [[Hilarious in Hindsight]], since that show came out in 2004.

* [[Love At First Sight]]: Thankfully, Jin Yong tends not to use this trope as much, and normally fleshes out the characters' romance. However, there ''is'' Duan Yu towards Wang Yuyan, which culminated in him acting like a [[Stalker Withwith a Crush]] towards her. The use of this trope is probably also part of the reason why their relationship is viewed by many as being [[Strangled Byby the Red String]]. There are also one-sided examples, which are mostly viewed negatively.

* [[Single -Target Sexuality]]: A lot of his characters are. Including ''villains''.

* [[Spell My Name Withwith an "S"]] - Inevitable given the multiple romanization systems and alternate translations for the novels.

* [[Stalker Withwith a Crush]]: No matter how you look at it, Duan Yu ''was'' a stalker towards Wang Yuyan. A more sinister example would be Yin Zhiping, who keeps the antidote bottle Xiao Long Nu gave him, constantly tries to stalk and watch her, and eventually out-and-out {{spoiler|rapes her}}.

* [[Sweet Onon Polly Oliver]]: Ironically, despite Jin Yong's works having ''so many'' [[Sweet Polly Oliver|Sweet Polly Olivers]], this is almost always [[Subverted]]. Normally, the main characters will be [[Dumb Is Good|so insanely dense]], they won't even ''have'' the "primordial sense" to subconsciously be attracted to them. And typically, it won't be until the girl reveals her true gender that the male protagonist will start showing a romantic attraction to her.

* [[Wall of Text]] -: Jin Yong will sidetrack so often to pontificate about the [[Backstory]] of the most recently arrived character that it's very easy to lose track of the main plot.

* [[Worlds Most Beautiful Woman|World's Most Beautiful Woman]]: Jin Yong is quite fond of this trope. Most of his series has a designated "world's most beautiful woman" set during that period. Special mention goes to Xiao Long Nu, Princess Fragrance, Wang Yuyan, and Ah Ke along with her mother Chen Yuanyuan (who was Chinese history's equivalent of Helen of Troy). Expect [[Serious Business|many heated arguments]] among Jin Yong fans about who is most beautiful.

* [[Yandere]] -: Ah Zi towards Xiao Feng fits this trope to a "T". She has the cute, innocent, [[Genki Girl]] looks... and the incredibly horrifying, [[Ax Crazy|sadistic]] personality. Guo Fu was also one towards Yang Guo. And then there's Zhou Zhiruo towards Zhang Wuji, among others.