- World's largest-selling author of martial arts novels, with over 300 million copies of his works sold through 2004.
- He wrote under the name Jin Yong, and was a household name in many Chinese-speaking parts of Asia, inspiring TV shows, comics and video games.
- In 1948 he moved to Hong Kong, where he worked as an editor of a local newspaper. Between 1955 and 1972 he wrote 15 novels, including his most famous, "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", the first in a trilogy about two soldiers during the Song Dynasty.
- In 1959 he co-founded Ming Pao, now one of Hong Kong's leading publications.
- Father of two daughters, named Chuanshi and Chuanne, and two sons, named Chuanxia and Chuanti.
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