6 PHOTOS Wednesday, October 31, 2018 DAILY EDITION 7

Jin Yong timeline:

March 10, 1924 Born in Haining county, Louis Cha — a real legend Zhejiang province

1939 Wrote and edited fi rst book with who put city on the world culture map classmates

Tributes pour in for renowned HK 15 the number of martial martial arts novelist, best-selling arts novels by Louis Cha author and co-founder of Ming Pao 1946 Started working for in Shanghai

1948 Graduated from Soochow University in Shanghai Started working for Ta Kung 120 Pao’s Hong Kong o ce the approximate times Cha’s works have been adapted for the screen, including fi lms and television series 1952 Started working for New Evening Post in Hong Kong

300 million 1953 the number of copies Cha’s works have The screenplay, The Peerless 1. sold in the Chinese-speaking world Beauty, written by Cha is released

1955 1. Louis Cha, better known as writer , First martial arts story The Book poses with cast members of The Romance of Grand Bauhinia Medal and the Sword serialized in New the Condor Heroes. From left: Patrick Tse Yin, Evening Post Louis Cha, Nam Hung, Leung So-kam. PHOTOS awarded in 2000 PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY AND BY EDMOND TANG / CHINA the top honor granted by the DAILY Hong Kong SAR Government 2. Louis Cha won fame as a martial arts novelist. The stories and characters he created had a major impact on Hong Kong popular cul- ture — cinema, TV series, radio drama, stage 1957 drama and video games. The Legend of the Condor Heroes — fi rst part of the Condor Trilogy — 3. The 1965 fi lm The Sword and the Saber was serialized in Hong Kong Commercial based on Cha’s eponymous novel. Daily

4. The fi rst exhibition gallery in Hong Kong to be themed on renowned writer Louis Cha was unveiled on Feb 28, 2017, at the Hong Kong Heritage Museum. To mark the gallery’s opening, the museum held a special exhibi- tion entitled “Exhibition on Paintings adapted from Jin Yong’s Novels” in Function Place on

the fi rst fl oor from March 1 to 27 last year Late Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping (left) meets Louis Cha and members of his family during their visit to Beijing in 1983. CHINA NEWS SERVICE to showcase original novel illustrations and Cha’s martial arts world as seen in the works 1959 2. 3. 4. of various artists. Co-founded Ming Pao 5. The Hong Kong Heritage Museum opened The Return of the Condor a gallery featuring exhibits of Louis Cha’s Heroes serialized in Ming Pao works, including early editions of his novels, manuscripts, documents and photos. Interac- tive exhibits enable visitors to enjoy excerpts and theme songs of fi lms and TV series based on Cha’s novels.

6. The revised manuscript of the new edition of The Demi-Gods and the Semi-Devils. 1961 The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber 7. Louis Cha reads a copy of China Daily Hong — last part of the Condor Trilogy — Kong Edition during his visit to the publica- serialized in Ming Pao tion’s o ce in 2005. 5. 6. 7.

1969 The Deer and the Cauldron — Cha’s last martial arts novel — serialized

1993 Retired from Ming Pao

1994 First martial arts novel translated into English, Fox Volant of the Snowy Mountain, published

2000 Awarded Grand Bauhinia Medal by the HKSAR Government

Oct 30, 2018 Dies at Hong Kong Sanatorium and Hospital