Highlights: On July 3, 2022, according to Hong Kong media reports, the famous Hong Kong writer Ni Kuang passed away at noon on July 3 at the age of 87. Ni Kuang, Jin Yong, Huang Lu and Chua Lam are known as the "Four Great Talents in Hong Kong". His science fiction novels are well-known to every household, and "Wesley" is his most proud work.
Ni Kuang, formerly known as Ni Cong, also named Yi Ming, was born in Shanghai on May 30, 1935, and his native place is Ningbo, Zhejiang. In 1957, Ni Kuang went to Hong Kong to make a living and worked as a worker, proofreader, and editor. He eventually became self-taught and became a professional writer. Ni Kuang has written detective novels, science fiction novels, monster novels, martial arts novels, romance novels , and has written serialized novels for 12 newspapers at the same time.
In 1962, with the encouragement of his friend Jin Yong, Ni Kuang began to write novels under the pen name "Wesley". Starting from Ni Kuang's fourth novel " blue blood man ", the "Wesley novel series" officially became a science fiction series, and Ni Kuang established his own style. In fact, Ni Kuang also wrote a very famous martial arts novel " Six Finger Piano Demon ".
Non-famous entertainment critic Wu Qinggong pointed out: "Six Finger Piano Demon" has been adapted into movies, TV series, etc. many times, and is widely circulated. The most famous one is the movie "Six Finger" starring Brigitte Lin , Yuen Biao , Carina Lau "Piano Demon". Hui Yinghong also starred in the movie of the same name, Wu Qilong and Ning Ning starred in the TV series of the same name.
When Jin Yong went abroad, Ni Kuang even ghost-wrote " Tian Long Ba Bu ", which shows that his imitation ability is very strong, and readers did not notice that he was a different person. Fortunately, Ni Kuang and Jin Yong have a very good relationship, and Ni Kuang cannot bear to steal Jin Yong's readers. Otherwise, if Ni Kuang concentrates on writing martial arts novels, Jin Yong's influence may not be so great.
Ni Kuang is also a very good screenwriter. His representative works include the martial arts movie "The One-Armed Sword" directed by Zhang Che and starring Wang Yu and Pan Yingzi . "The One-Armed Sword" is a milestone for Hong Kong movies. Chang Cheh pioneered the " violent aesthetics ". But some people say that Ni Kuang plagiarized "The Legend of the Condor Heroes " because Yang Guo also broke an arm in the novel.
In 1972, Ni Kuang also participated in the screenwriting work of the Hong Kong Jiahe Kung Fu film "Fist of Fury", tailoring the classic image of " Chen Zhen" to Bruce Lee . It is a pity that Ni Kuang, like Jin Yong, stopped writing very early, and we have not been able to see more and better works from him. In 2012, Ni Kuang deservedly won the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 31st Hong Kong Film Awards.
Ni Kuang is a science fiction writer, Jin Yong is a martial arts writer, and Huang Zhan is a lyricist. Cai Lam's writing category is not very obvious, but he has now become a gourmet. Moreover, Cai Lan is the only living genius. He passed away on November 24, 2004, Jin Yong passed away on October 30, 2018, and Cai Lam passed away on August 18, 1941. He is 81 years old this year. I hope he can live a long life.
Discussion: Have you read Ni Kuang’s novels?
