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笑傲江湖
A new and revised edition of The Proud Smiling Wanderer by Jin Yong. The author's most famous book. The story is different from his most other books in the way this story has no specific historic background, but an in depth portrayal of human nature with its anti-tradition themes.
1599 pages, Paperback
Published May 1, 1994
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Jin Yong
744 books774 followersLouis Cha, GBM, OBE (born 6 February 1924), better known by his pen name Jin Yong (金庸, sometimes read and/or written as "Chin Yung"), is a modern Chinese-language novelist. Having co-founded the Hong Kong daily Ming Pao in 1959, he was the paper's first editor-in-chief.
Cha's fiction, which is of the wuxia ("martial arts and chivalry") genre, has a widespread following in Chinese-speaking areas, including mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Southeast Asia, and the United States. His 15 works written between 1955 and 1972 earned him a reputation as one of the finest wuxia writers ever. He is currently the best-selling Chinese author alive; over 100 million copies of his works have been sold worldwide (not including unknown number of bootleg copies).
Cha's works have been translated into English, French, Korean, Japanese, Vietnamese, Thai, Burmese, Malay and Indonesian. He has many fans abroad as well, owing to the numerous adaptations of his works into films, television series, comics and video games.
金庸，大紫荊勳賢，OBE（英語：Louis Cha Leung-yung，1924年3月10日－2018年10月30日），本名查良鏞，浙江海寧人，祖籍江西婺源，1948年移居香港。自1950年代起，以筆名「金庸」創作多部膾炙人口的武俠小說，包括《射鵰英雄傳》、《神鵰俠侶》、《鹿鼎記》等，歷年來金庸筆下的著作屢次改編為電視劇、電影等，對華人影視文化可謂貢獻重大，亦奠定其成為華人知名作家的基礎。金庸早年於香港創辦《明報》系列報刊，他亦被稱為「香港四大才子」之一。
Source: https://zh.wikipedia.org/zh-tw/%E9%87...
Cha's fiction, which is of the wuxia ("martial arts and chivalry") genre, has a widespread following in Chinese-speaking areas, including mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Southeast Asia, and the United States. His 15 works written between 1955 and 1972 earned him a reputation as one of the finest wuxia writers ever. He is currently the best-selling Chinese author alive; over 100 million copies of his works have been sold worldwide (not including unknown number of bootleg copies).
Cha's works have been translated into English, French, Korean, Japanese, Vietnamese, Thai, Burmese, Malay and Indonesian. He has many fans abroad as well, owing to the numerous adaptations of his works into films, television series, comics and video games.
金庸，大紫荊勳賢，OBE（英語：Louis Cha Leung-yung，1924年3月10日－2018年10月30日），本名查良鏞，浙江海寧人，祖籍江西婺源，1948年移居香港。自1950年代起，以筆名「金庸」創作多部膾炙人口的武俠小說，包括《射鵰英雄傳》、《神鵰俠侶》、《鹿鼎記》等，歷年來金庸筆下的著作屢次改編為電視劇、電影等，對華人影視文化可謂貢獻重大，亦奠定其成為華人知名作家的基礎。金庸早年於香港創辦《明報》系列報刊，他亦被稱為「香港四大才子」之一。
Source: https://zh.wikipedia.org/zh-tw/%E9%87...
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July 22, 2016
於個人造詣有所助益，相當推薦!
March 24, 2017
相比之前的书剑恩仇录等几本，笑傲江湖真是上品。好看！
January 7, 2026
金庸的《笑傲江湖》堪稱其武俠小說中最富哲理與時代意涵的作品。故事以令狐沖為中心，描寫他從華山派弟子轉為江湖遊俠的歷程，涉及五嶽劍派爭霸、日月神教內鬥，以及種種權謀與情仇。表面上，這是一部武俠爽文：主角才華橫溢、俠骨柔情，歷經誤解與磨難，最終與任盈盈隱退江湖，逍遙自在。然而，結合金庸的個人經歷與歷史背景，便可發現小說蘊含深刻的自我投射與時代諷喻。
令狐沖的形象，很大程度上是金庸的自況。金庸早年在大陸求學、工作，懷抱報國志向，曾就讀中央政治學校外交系，並修習國際法，夢想成為外交官，為國家效力。1949年後，他移居香港，继续在《大公報》工作。1950年，新中國成立之初，金庸應國際法學家梅汝璈之邀北上北京，試圖進入外交部求職，當時他甚至不顧新婚妻子的勸阻，滿懷熱情前往。然而，外交部負責人（時任副部長喬冠華）坦誠告知：因其地主家庭出身、曾在國民黨辦學的背景，以及非黨員身份，難以直接錄用，建議他先至人民大學進修並考慮入黨。金庸經深思後，覺得自身性格不喜受嚴格束縛，且對體制運作方式難以適應，最終選擇返回香港。這段經歷，讓他無法真正投身或融入新政權的體制，內心難免留下遺憾與怨念。他以令狐沖不願受門規約束、寧被正派誤解也不妥協的態度，文學化地表達了這種孤傲與掙扎。
《笑傲江湖》無疑是對文化大革命的寓言式諷刺。五嶽併派象徵極權下的派系鬥爭，左冷禪的權謀與东方不敗的獨裁荒誕，更直指個人崇拜與權力異化。金庸創作此書時，正值文革動盪，他遠在香港，透過管道關注大陸局勢。香港雖受左派勢力影響，曾有「豺狼鏞」與林斌案等衝突，但畢竟隔海相望，無法親身經歷那種全社會浸沒式的恐怖與人性扭曲。因此，小說的批判雖尖銳，卻帶有一定距離感，難以觸及文革最深層的靈魂絕望。
小說保留爽文元素：令狐沖被正派圍剿、與「魔教」女子糾纏，最終仍能跳出體制，笑傲江湖。這其實反映了金庸在香港的邊緣處境——不屬英國殖民體制，也不被大陸主流接受，卻能在報業與文學領域自闖天地。然而，現實中的金庸不同於令狐沖。令狐沖可携美隱退；金庸卻始終放不下「報國」之心，晚年仍為兩岸交流奔走，內心那份拳拳志向，終究無處完全安放。此外，其父查樞卿在土改運動中遭槍殺，更增添了他對時代動盪的複雜情感。
《笑傲江湖》的動人之處，正源於理想與現實的落差。金庸在小說中給予令狐沖完美結局，卻也透過此，流露自身遺憾：真正的自由與俠義，或許僅存於筆下江湖，而現實中的「報國」之志，往往只能在孤島上獨自守望。這部作品不僅是武俠經典，更是帶有時代傷痕的深刻寓言，值得讀者反复琢磨。
令狐沖的形象，很大程度上是金庸的自況。金庸早年在大陸求學、工作，懷抱報國志向，曾就讀中央政治學校外交系，並修習國際法，夢想成為外交官，為國家效力。1949年後，他移居香港，继续在《大公報》工作。1950年，新中國成立之初，金庸應國際法學家梅汝璈之邀北上北京，試圖進入外交部求職，當時他甚至不顧新婚妻子的勸阻，滿懷熱情前往。然而，外交部負責人（時任副部長喬冠華）坦誠告知：因其地主家庭出身、曾在國民黨辦學的背景，以及非黨員身份，難以直接錄用，建議他先至人民大學進修並考慮入黨。金庸經深思後，覺得自身性格不喜受嚴格束縛，且對體制運作方式難以適應，最終選擇返回香港。這段經歷，讓他無法真正投身或融入新政權的體制，內心難免留下遺憾與怨念。他以令狐沖不願受門規約束、寧被正派誤解也不妥協的態度，文學化地表達了這種孤傲與掙扎。
《笑傲江湖》無疑是對文化大革命的寓言式諷刺。五嶽併派象徵極權下的派系鬥爭，左冷禪的權謀與东方不敗的獨裁荒誕，更直指個人崇拜與權力異化。金庸創作此書時，正值文革動盪，他遠在香港，透過管道關注大陸局勢。香港雖受左派勢力影響，曾有「豺狼鏞」與林斌案等衝突，但畢竟隔海相望，無法親身經歷那種全社會浸沒式的恐怖與人性扭曲。因此，小說的批判雖尖銳，卻帶有一定距離感，難以觸及文革最深層的靈魂絕望。
小說保留爽文元素：令狐沖被正派圍剿、與「魔教」女子糾纏，最終仍能跳出體制，笑傲江湖。這其實反映了金庸在香港的邊緣處境——不屬英國殖民體制，也不被大陸主流接受，卻能在報業與文學領域自闖天地。然而，現實中的金庸不同於令狐沖。令狐沖可携美隱退；金庸卻始終放不下「報國」之心，晚年仍為兩岸交流奔走，內心那份拳拳志向，終究無處完全安放。此外，其父查樞卿在土改運動中遭槍殺，更增添了他對時代動盪的複雜情感。
《笑傲江湖》的動人之處，正源於理想與現實的落差。金庸在小說中給予令狐沖完美結局，卻也透過此，流露自身遺憾：真正的自由與俠義，或許僅存於筆下江湖，而現實中的「報國」之志，往往只能在孤島上獨自守望。這部作品不僅是武俠經典，更是帶有時代傷痕的深刻寓言，值得讀者反复琢磨。
September 9, 2025
The best novel by Jing Yong, potentially by far. I just loved the character of the mc so much through out, and how he stayed loyal to his first crush but that didn't stop him from being devoted to his true love. I also loved the agency given to the female lead, who functions as a character without the relationship, and often dictates where the story goes. And for me, the fights are the best out of all Jin Yongs work. Fun fact: Jin Yong literally translates to golden mediocre, an apt descriptor for golden entertainment for the world of men.
August 25, 2022
You know these serialized novels are really changing my time perception when I see “81 hours remaining” on my e-reader and go, “It’s not THAT long…”
Anyway, it was really good! I appreciated the theme of chasing one’s own sense of morality / freedom / beauty (exemplified in the music score + friendship with Xiang Wentian). I don’t know what I expected, but it departs pretty early on from the standard hero story, as the hero bears the full brunt of the backlash (bodily, relational, political, etc.) for his insistence on going his own way, and continues to push at the limits of these consequences throughout his journey. In a world where everybody—even those who carefully guard the appearance of uprightness—is motivated by power, the hero is driven mostly by loyalty to those who have shown him kindness (no matter their reputation or affiliation), as well as something else that I can’t put my finger on but which I can only describe as being very remarkable and full of life. The book is (among other things) a not-so-subtle rage against cults of personality and narrow / hypocritical / black-and-white thinking, and when people are made to debase themselves and worship their leaders on pain of death, going up against this status quo requires an equally fierce spirit.
It was fun to see how the iconic characters, plot points, and messages have inspired subsequent media. The final quarter of the book contains some of the most complex and tragic, and also some of the most beautiful, scenes I’ve read in a while. That being said, the female characters often made me shrivel into a dried husk, and the translation that I read (I am saying this wistfully and with full respect as I am highly indebted to fan translators) had errors on every page and became progressively harder to read as the book went on, so all things considered we are going with three stars.
Anyway, it was really good! I appreciated the theme of chasing one’s own sense of morality / freedom / beauty (exemplified in the music score + friendship with Xiang Wentian). I don’t know what I expected, but it departs pretty early on from the standard hero story, as the hero bears the full brunt of the backlash (bodily, relational, political, etc.) for his insistence on going his own way, and continues to push at the limits of these consequences throughout his journey. In a world where everybody—even those who carefully guard the appearance of uprightness—is motivated by power, the hero is driven mostly by loyalty to those who have shown him kindness (no matter their reputation or affiliation), as well as something else that I can’t put my finger on but which I can only describe as being very remarkable and full of life. The book is (among other things) a not-so-subtle rage against cults of personality and narrow / hypocritical / black-and-white thinking, and when people are made to debase themselves and worship their leaders on pain of death, going up against this status quo requires an equally fierce spirit.
It was fun to see how the iconic characters, plot points, and messages have inspired subsequent media. The final quarter of the book contains some of the most complex and tragic, and also some of the most beautiful, scenes I’ve read in a while. That being said, the female characters often made me shrivel into a dried husk, and the translation that I read (I am saying this wistfully and with full respect as I am highly indebted to fan translators) had errors on every page and became progressively harder to read as the book went on, so all things considered we are going with three stars.
August 16, 2019
Awesome!
August 9, 2021
任盈盈很聪明，岳灵珊好悲伤。
April 6, 2022
故事特别棒，可是任盈盈这个人物明显是死宅男在家做白日梦的产物。小说中关于岳灵珊的几处感人至深，任盈盈的部分就让人深深感受到了作者的父权主义，至于仪琳的部分，真的恨不得直接跳过。整个故事的布局构思非常棒，只是最后的结局写成这样，在我看来算是烂尾了。
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