Why Jin Yong: An Introduction to the Six Major Schools of Jin Studies

This beginner's guide to Jin Yong's novels is divided into six chapters, offering an overview of his works, an analysis of their story plot structures, and a study of the literary techniques employed. It also delves into the different versions of Jin Yong's novels, provides an overview of his fifteen works, and includes a brief analysis of "Jin Yong Culture." The book's unique features include highlighting unnoticed plots in each version, presenting literature in a clear and understandable manner, and supplementing text with rare pictures to enhance explanations. Qiu Jianen, the author, is a special researcher at the Hong Kong Museum of Culture and has gathered solid data and written in an easy-to-understand style. The book aims to create a diverse, solid, and interesting light reading atmosphere. Additionally, it includes a special collection of illustrations for "Fox Volant of the Snowy Mountain," serial pictures of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes," a reprint of the 1960s comic book "The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber," and a picture record reproducing the ten classic scenes and ten classic weapons in Jin Yong's martial arts novels.