Everyone has a martial arts dream in their hearts, walking around the world with a sword, and being casual all their lives. Mr. Jin Yong has created a perfect martial arts world for us. Anyone who has read Mr. Jin Yong's works is all about the world in the book, and where he dreams.
However, Mr. Jin Yong suddenly stopped after writing " The Deer and the Cauldron ". Since then, he has stopped writing, " Golden Basin Washing Hands " at the peak moment, and even had to study for a Ph.D. when he was 80. Why is that?
Ideal and Reality
Mr. Jin Yong was originally named Cha Liangyong . He was born in Yuanhua Town, Jiaxing City, Zhejiang Province. He is from the scholarly family of Cha. ancestors have been officials for all generations. They are all knowledgeable people, and they can be said to be knowledgeable. Mr. Jin Yong is no exception. His biggest dream is to be a diplomat. By being influenced by being influenced by the eyes and eyes at home.
Since he went to elementary school in 1929, Mr. Jin Yong has had literary talent beyond others. When he was in the third grade of junior high school, he published his first book "For those who apply for junior high school entrance exams" . The content is similar to the current exam reference books, targeting the junior high school entrance exams.
In 1944, Mr. Jin Yong was admitted to the Department of Diplomacy of Chongqing Central Political University, and then went to Shanghai Soochow University Law School to study international law. In this year, he entered Shanghai "Ta Kung Pao" as the international telecommunications translator. is also considered a young and promising person.
From 1950, the "New Evening News" belonging to Ta Kung Pao was founded, and Jin Yong was transferred to the editor of the supplement. During this period, he created his first martial arts novel " Book and Sword Eternal Revenge " under the pseudonym "Jin Yong".
Since then, novels and scripts such as " Blood Sword ", " The Legend of the Condor Heroes ", "The Peerless Beauty" have been constantly created in his hands, and have caused a huge response and gained fame for a while. Later, Jin Yong and others founded Ming Pao in Hong Kong and began serializing "The Legend of Condor Heroes" in famous newspapers. originally meant to develop the newspaper with the money of writing novels.
, but he was unintentionally planted willows and willows. The popularity of martial arts novels created by Jin Yong was far beyond his imagination, which was not consistent with his original intention. So after the creation of "The Deer and the Cauldron" in 1972, he stopped. This caused great fluctuations in society at that time. Jin Yong was known as the father of martial arts. This pen broke the martial arts dream of many people.
But Jin Yong said that he was not interested in writing novels, and starting writing was just a helpless move. After the of " The Deer and the Cauldron" was completed, he had reached the peak of his writing. If he continued to write, he would go downhill. It would be better to stop writing and leave his best work.
Although it is a bit regrettable, Mr. Jin Yong's choice is undoubtedly wise . Life has always been like this. When a person reaches his peak in a certain field and persists, he may be on a downward path, especially for professions such as writers and directors. The downward path after the peak may fail to make the reputation he has worked hard before.
is worse than retreating to at the peak of , leaving a mythical impression on the world. This is easy to say, but it is difficult to do. It is indeed a very human way to give up the business that you have worked hard to manage. Mr. Jin Yong is also a person with great perseverance.
pursues knowledge
In 1999, Jin Yong was invited to serve as the dean of the School of Humanities of Zhejiang University, and was given the qualification of Zhejiang University's doctoral supervisor . However, Jin Yong's speech made many people question whether he is capable of taking on this great task.
When Jin Yong was having dinner with Dong Jian, dean of the School of Humanities of Nanjing University, he emphasized that he was a historian, not a novelist, and suggested that in his later speeches to students of Nanjing University, did not talk about martial arts, but only talked about history . Dong Jian also agreed to this request.
On the day of the speech, Jin Yong gave a speech to his classmates at Nanjing University around the historical and political politics, but the result was a disappointing situation. The frequent mistakes in historical and political aspects in the speech caused laughter from the students in the audience, and the scene was once very awkward.A professor from the history department evaluated Jin Yong's performance that day - "Even an associate professor in history is not enough, what ability do you have to be the head of the first hospital?"
. The three doctoral students recruited by Jin Yong also had constant opinions on him, because Jin Yong was too busy. He could count the number of times he could see him in a year and could count it with one hand. After finally seeing him once, he could not give any constructive opinions or suggestions to the three doctoral students. There was no regular lecture in . was helpless, and this situation did not last long, so Jin Yong voluntarily resigned.
This incident and the outside world's evaluation of him had a great impact on him. He wanted to be accepted by the world as a historian, but was not knowledgeable enough and his understanding of history was not enough. In Dong Jian's words, Jin Yong was a very good martial arts novelist, but he could not be called a historian.
Reasonablely, Jin Yong has been successful enough as a novelist, and has even reached the point where he can be kept in history, but he insists on competing with himself and wants to create new glory in the field of history. Therefore, in June 2005, Jin Yong, who was already 383 years old, registered as a student at St. John's College, Cambridge University in the UK, studying history and philosophy. Finally, after five years of hard work, he obtained a master's degree in history and a doctorate in philosophy from Cambridge University.
can also be regarded as a fight back to those who have laughed at him. Mr. Jin Yong's graduation thesis was to study the system of the throne of the prosperous Tang Dynasty. The entire article was from Emperor Gaozu of Tang to Emperor Xuanzong of Tang Emperor Xuanzong of Tang , and vividly and detailedly analyzed the political and power struggles in the palace at that time.
This paper was recognized by Jin Yong's teacher and honorary professor at Cambridge University Mai Dawei . Jin Yong also said that is not pursuing a degree, but . In his 80s, Mr. Jin Yong can still prove himself by his own efforts to gain knowledge and obtain a degree. Although there is still some difference with historians, his belief is worth learning from.
On October 30, 2018, Mr. Jin Yong died of illness in Hong Kong Health Hospital at the age of 94 . Mr. Jin Yong's life is also a legend. From the literary talent he showed when he was studying to a successful newspaper tycoon, it was a peak among martial arts novel authors.
The martial arts world he created is a vivid and vivid character portrayed very well, making generations of people always have the passion of a chivalrous man in their hearts. His works are like black holes, which can firmly attract people and even immerse themselves in the world in the book. This charm is not comparable to ordinary authors.
Phoenix.com once commented on him: "Jin Yong is not only the culmination of modern martial arts novels, but also a generation of famous scholars that cannot be ignored in the history of Chinese literature."
Agree to revenge and be free and unrestrained in the world. Although Mr. Jin Yong has left, what he left behind is the youth of a generation and the martial arts dreams of several generations. Each character in the book is the treasure he left for us. When he is free, he will read the book and walk into the martial arts world again, as if Mr. Jin Yong has been here and has never left.
text/Mo Longjia
