4 of Louis Cha ‘Jin Yong’s’ most iconic TV and film characters

Nov 12 , 2018

Andy Lau as Yang Guo and Idy Chan as the “little dragon maiden” in TVB’s adaptation of Louis Cha's The Return of the Condor Heroes.

The Chinese literary giant died last month aged 94 after a long battle with illness

“Vast, vast sadness. Boundless, boundless loss. The song has ended. The moon has been snatched away.”

This extract from Louis Cha Leung-yung’s The Book and the Sword now carries significantly more weight following the death of the 94-year-old Chinese literary giant last month.

A condolence book for Cha, who wrote under the pen name Jin Yong, will be at the Heritage Museum in Sha Tin later this month for the public to pay their last respects.

We take a look at four of Cha’s most popular novels in the wuxia genre, and look at those celebrities who have portrayed these household names in the TV and film adaptations.

Ming Pao newspaper founder and novelist Louis Cha died after a long illness.

A Hero Born: Legends of the Condor Heroes – Huang Rong

Hong Kong actresses Michelle Yim (left), Barbara Yung and Athena Chu played Huang Rong in the TV series in 1976, 1983 and 1994 respectively.

Huang Rong (黃蓉) was the female protagonist in A Hero Born: Legends of the Condor Heroes, which was the first book of the Condor Trilogy.

Raised by her father on the Peach Blossom Island, Huang was charming, intelligent and highly witty.