This precious historical photo is a group photo of Jin Yong (middle) and Liang Runzhi (second from right) at the inaugural reception when Shin Min Daily was first published on March 18, 1967.(file photo)
Jin Yong, formerly known as Cha Liangyong, not only founded Ming Pao in Hong Kong, but also co-founded Shin Min Daily in Singapore in 1967.In addition to being a martial arts novelist, he is also a well-known cultural figure and newspaperman in the Chinese world.
The deepest relationship between Jin Yong, the master of martial arts novels, and Singapore is that he approached Liang Runzhi, a local fashion oil king, and jointly founded Xinming Daily in 1967. Du Nanfa, a local literati who became the editor-in-chief of Xinming Daily many years later, was Jin Yong in Singapore.A close friend.However, when Du Nanfa met Jin Yong, he was not the editor-in-chief of Shin Min Daily, but the editor-in-chief of the supplement of Nanyang Siang Pau.
Talking about the battle between the Han army and the Xiongnu gave birth to the idea of writing a historical novel
Jin Yong was originally named Cha Liangyong. In addition to being a well-known martial arts novelist all over the world, he is also a well-known cultural figure and newspaperman in the Chinese world, and the founder of Hong Kong Ming Pao.When he visited Singapore in 1966, he found that there were only two Chinese-language daily newspapers in Singapore, where the majority of the Chinese population was, and he came up with the idea of running a newspaper in Singapore, which later led to the Shin Min Daily News.
Du Nanfa also talked about a little-known past event in an interview last night, that is, after Jin Yong stopped writing martial arts novels, Du Nanfa persuaded Jin Yong to rewrite historical novels.
Du Nanfa recalled that Jin Yong once visited and stayed at the Shangri-La Hotel as usual.When they met, they chatted about recent developments. Du Nanfa was studying Li Ling, the grandson of Li Guang, a famous general of the Western Han Dynasty, and the two talked about the battle between the Han army and the Xiongnu.Jin Yong was very interested at the time, and Du Nanfa suggested that he write historical romance novels. Jin Yong was very interested at the time, thinking that writing historical romances was really interesting.
Du Nanfa said: It is a pity that Jin Yong was too busy later, or because of various other reasons, although he was interested, he never wrote.
That chat aroused Jin Yong's great interest in the Huns.Du Nanfa said that when Jin Yong was studying for a doctorate at the University of London, his doctoral dissertation was originally to write about the history of the Huns, but later he gave up because he could not understand the raw materials and historical documents in other languages, so he had to study the history of the Tang Dynasty instead.He studied the influence of the Tang Dynasty's Eastern Palace Prince's army on the politics of the Tang Dynasty.
Take a group of literary friends to travel to Xin, Du Nanfa is with you every day
Du Nanfa said that when he was the editor-in-chief of Wenlin in 1981, he was recommended by Ni Kuang to visit Jin Yong's home in Mid-Levels, Hong Kong.Jin Yong, who originally refused to be interviewed, chatted with Du Nanfa very speculatively. The two talked from 2:00 p.m.Dispersed at 10 o'clock in the evening.
The next year, Jin Yong brought a group of friends to Singapore for vacation, and Du Nanfa stayed with them every day, including Ni Kuang and his wife, Shen Dengen and his wife, Gao Xinjiang and his wife, Dong Qianli and his wife.At first they lived in the Shangri-La Hotel, but later they moved to the Mandarin Hotel because Shen Dengen liked to eat the chicken rice in the Mandarin Hotel.
Du Nanfa remembers that after 1982, Jin Yong came to Xin not many times, but there were several times.Every time they came, the two would meet and chat, and when he came to Hong Kong, as long as he contacted Jin Yong, the other party would definitely treat him to dinner.
In 1993, when Du Nan was appointed as the editor-in-chief of Xinming Daily, he also had a phone call with Jin Yong.When Jin Yong learned that a Singaporean friend he had been with for more than 10 years was about to become the editor-in-chief of the newspaper he founded back then, he specially called to congratulate him.
When Xinming Daily celebrated its 40th anniversary in 2007, Du Nanfa led the Xinming team at that time to publish the 40th anniversary collection of Xinming Daily to rediscover the time travel of city news, and even flew to Hong Kong to deliver the new book to Jin Yong.He remembered Jin Yong at that time, holding a very delicate cane when he acted.
From June 15, 2016 to May 31, 2017, in conjunction with the establishment of the permanent Jin Yong exhibition hall of the Hong Kong Heritage Museum, Hong Kong Ming Pao planned a Jin Yong album, which was published every two weeks, detailing the various aspects of Jin Yong's newspaper and martial arts novels.At that time, Lianhe Zaobao was authorized by Ming Pao to reprint it the next day to benefit Jin Yong's readers.
Chronology of Jin Yong
Born in 1924 in a scholarly family in Haining, Zhejiang
In 1947, he was admitted to Shanghai Ta Kung Pao as a reporter, and was sent to serve in Hong Kong one year later
In 1948, he married Du Zhifen and later divorced
In 1948, the Hong Kong edition of Ta Kung Pao was launched, and 24-year-old Jin Yong was stationed in Hong Kong
In 1952, transferred to the New Evening News, edited supplements and wrote film reviews
In 1955, the martial arts master Liang Yusheng ended the serialization of the New Evening News, and the editor-in-chief Luo Fu requested
Jin Yong took over the important task and wrote his debut book "Sword of Enmity and Enmity", which became an instant hit
In 1956, married his second wife, Zhu Mei, and had two sons and two daughters
In 1959, 35-year-old Jin Yong founded Ming Pao
In 1972, the serialization of the last martial arts novel The Deer and Ding Ji ended, and Jin Yong announced the closure of the pen
In 1976, he broke up with Zhu Mei, filed for divorce, and married Lin Leyi
In 1985, he was appointed as a member of the Hong Kong Basic Law Drafting Committee
In 1989, he stepped down as the president of Ming Pao
Awarded the Grand Bauhinia Medal by the Hong Kong Government in 2000
In 2010, 86-year-old Jin Yong was awarded a Doctor of Philosophy degree from the University of Cambridge
