Died 2018-10-30.
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Jin Yong
Louis Cha Leung-yung, better known by his pen name Jin Yong, was a Chinese wuxia novelist and co-founder of Hong Kong newspaper Ming Pao. Cha authored 15 novels between 1955 and 1972 and became one of the most popular Chinese writers of all time, with over 100 million copies sold globally—excluding widespread pirated editions. Cha's novels, which have been adapted into numerous TV dramas, films, a…
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culture · Chinese-language wuxia novelist (1924–2018) · writer · screenwriter · journalist · novelist · newspaper proprietor · science fiction writer · film director · political activist · also Jin Yong, Louis Cha, Louis LY Cha, Zha Liangyong, Cha Leung-yung, Yong
Born 10 March 1924 · Died 30 October 2018 · Q180626
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2009· 1 entry
Cha enrolled in another doctoral program in Chinese literature at Peking University but never graduated
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2008· 1 entry
Awarded honorary doctor of the Soochow University (2008).
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2005· 1 entry
Cha applied at the University of Cambridge for a doctorate in Asian Studies, which he obtained in 2010
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2004· 1 entry
Cha expressed his wish to be a full-time student at Cambridge for four years to attain a non-honorary doctorate
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1996· 1 entry
By the Chinese government to monitor the 1997 transfer of sovereignty
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1993· 1 entry
Cha prepared for retirement from editorial work and sold all his shares in Ming Pao
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1981· 1 entry
Awarded Officer of the Order of the British Empire (1981).
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1980· 1 entry
Cha wrote a postscript to Wu Gongzao's tai chi classic Wujia Taijiquan, where he described influences from as far back as Laozi and Zhuang Zhou on contemporary Chinese martial arts
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1979· 2 entries
“s tai chi classic Wujia Taijiquan, where he described influences from as far back as Laozi and Zhuang Zhou on contemporary Chinese martial arts. By then, Cha”
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Was Cha's complete collection published by Taiwan's Yuenching Publishing House (遠景出版社)
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1976· 2 entries
And married his third wife, Lin Leyi (林樂怡; b
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His son Zha Chuanxia, then 19 years old, committed suicide after a quarrel with his girlfriend while studying at Columbia University
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1972· 1 entry
After which he officially retired from writing novels, and spent the remaining years of that decade editing and revising his literary works instead
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1959· 1 entry
Cha co-founded the Hong Kong newspaper Ming Pao with his high school classmate Shen Baoxin (沈寶新)
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1957· 1 entry
While still working on wuxia serialisations, he quit his previous job and worked as a scenarist-director and scriptwriter at Great Wall Movie Enterprises Ltd and Phoenix Film Company
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1953· 1 entry
Married his second wife, Zhu Mei (朱玫), a newspaper journalist
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1948· 1 entry
To work for the paper's office in the city
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1947· 1 entry
As a journalist and translator for the Ta Kung Pao newspaper in Shanghai
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1941· 1 entry
After he wrote an article called "Alice's Adventures" which satirized the training director sent by the Kuomintang for being vicious towards the students
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1938· 1 entry
The Japanese army invaded Zhejiang, and the Jiaxing Middle School had to move hundreds of miles south to Lishui city in order to survive
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1924· 1 entry
Born 1924-03-10.
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1897· 1 entry
His cousin was educator and philanthropist Cha Liang-chao (查良釗: 1897 – 1982).
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