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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''

* [[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:U1735P28T3D1319149F326DT20061108153936.jpg|can]] [[mediaMedia:200837173742479.jpg|look]] [[mediaMedia:220H553P07_small220H553P07 small.jpg|prettier]] than some of the female cast.