Louis Cha Leung-yung (Chinese: 查良鏞; 6 February 1924 – 30 October 2018), better known by his pen name Jin Yong (Chinese: 金庸), was a Hong Kong wuxia novelist. He was Hong Kong's most famous author 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". 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.
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