Historical Dictionary of Modern Chinese Literature 12 presents a broad perspective on the development and history of literature in modern China. This book offers a chronology, introduction, bibliography, and over 300 cross-referenced dictionary entries on authors, literary and historical developments, trends, genres, and concepts that played a central role in the evolution of modern Chinese literature. | 82 JIN YI . YUNYUN PEN NAMES OF ZHANG CHU JIN YI . YUNYUN PEN NAMES OF ZHANG CHU 1927- . Fiction and prose writer playwright and poet. A Hong Kong native Jin Yi is a prolific author of mainly novels and novellas. He began writing plays in 1949 and later concentrated on fictional work dealing with the concerns of youth such as jobs friendship love and other worries that tend to occupy a young person s mind as well as the life of the working class. His later works treat larger issues of Hong Kong s history and society. Jin Yi s publications include Tong xin jie True-Love Knot Nu hai tong zhou On the Same Boat in the Turbulent Sea Cuoshi Blunder and Xianggang shui shang yi jia ren A Family on the Hong Kong River . One of his novels Yingfeng qu Singing against the Wind has been translated into Thai and serialized in a newspaper in Thailand helping to spread his reputation to Southeast Asia. Jin Yi worked as a journalist and an editor for several Hong Kong newspapers including Wenhui Daily. JIN YONG PEN NAME OF ZHA LIANGYONG 1924- . Novelist screenplay writer and newspaperman. Arguably the best-known and most widely read Chinese writer Jin Yong was born in Zhejiang and finished his college education in Chongqing the war capital during the Sino-Japanese conflict. He worked as a journalist editor and translator for various news organizations and moved to Hong Kong in 1948 to serve as a translator of international news for Dagong Daily. Inspired by Liang Yusheng s martial arts novels Jin Yong wrote Shujian enchou lu The Book and the Sword and its success led to many more novels. His works combine traditional features such as the theme of revenge and magical elements found in late Qing martial arts novels with the chivalry and romantic love of 18th-century British and French novels. After Deng Xiaoping implemented his open-door policy Jin Yong gained millions of readers in the mainland. It seems that everyone from college professors to transient workers reads his
