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Chinese-language wuxia novelist (1924–2018)

For the South Korean badminton player, see Jin Yong (badminton).

In this Hong Kong name, the surname is Cha (Zha). In accordance with Hong Kong custom, the Western-style name is Louis Cha and the Chinese-style name is Cha Leung-yung.

Louis Cha Leung-yung^[1]GBM OBE (Chinese: 查良鏞; 10 March 1924 – 30 October 2018),^[2][3] better known by his pen nameJin Yong (Chinese: 金庸), was a Chinese wuxia novelist.

He was considered Hong Kong's most famous author^[4] and the newspaper Ming Pao's co-founder and first editor-in-chief. Cha has been named along with Gu Long and Liang Yusheng as the "Three Legs of the Tripod of Wuxia".

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He has also been known as one of the "Four Great Talents of Hong Kong".

Cha's novels have a widespread following in Chinese communities worldwide. His 15 works written between 1955 and 1972 earned him a reputation as one of the greatest and most popul