Chinese Literature in Jin Yong's Novels (Revised and Expanded Edition)

On the one hand, this book uses traditional Chinese literary genres as a basis, and extracts the contents of poetry, prose, songs and couplets in Jin Yong's novels. It analyzes their internal relations and literary values against Chinese literature canons. At the same time, it explores Jin Yong's literary thoughts and the status and role of his works in the context of Chinese literature in terms of the characters, storylines, and historical backgrounds. The language is easy to understand, and it is an invaluable guide for reading Jin Yong's works and traditional Chinese literature. In this revised edition, the author added an appendix to discuss the female images in Jin Yong's works. Truly a pleasure to read.