The Smiling Proud Wanderer
Author
Jin Yong
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Longshine Publishing
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Huashan Sect's leading disciple, Linghu Chong, is cast out of the sect for his free-spirited nature and fondness for mingling with unconventional people. He faces scorn from orthodox martial artists and becomes a wanderer in the underworld. Despite this, Linghu Chong remains true to his nature, guided by his own sense of justice. He later meets Ren Yingying, the Sacred Maiden of the Sun-Moon Sect. Through numerous trials and tribulations, these two young people who disdain power and yearn for freedom come to find solace in each other and become soulmates.
Jin Yong, born Cha Leung-yung in 1924 in Haining, Zhejiang, was a journalist, translator, editor, screenwriter, and director. In 1959, he founded the Ming Pao in Hong Kong, publishing newspapers, magazines, and books. He began serializing his first martial arts novel, The Book and the Sword, in 1955 under the pen name Jin Yong. Over time, he authored fifteen martial arts novels, pioneering a new genre in modern Chinese literature. His works have become a shared cultural language among Chinese-speaking communities worldwide, sparking academic research both domestically and internationally. His collected works have been published in both simplified and traditional Chinese, with translations available in English, French, Italian, Greek, Japanese, Korean, Thai, Vietnamese, Indonesian, and more.
