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Jin Yong didn't retell any stories, those stories were his own. Unless you see Tolkien as retelling stories of Elves, Dwarves etc. then sure Jin Yong is retelli
by forkLding 8y ago
Jin Yong didn't retell any stories, those stories were his own. Unless you see Tolkien as retelling stories of Elves, Dwarves etc. then sure Jin Yong is retelling stories.
"Tolkien melded multiple cultural traditions (the Icelandic Eddas, Anglo-Saxon literature, and rural English life) to create an original world that was at once strange and familiar to his readers"
"Jin Yong wrote stories based in Chinese history, with an extra layer of magic, spirituality, and kick-ass martial arts [to create an original world that was at once strange and familiar to his readers]"
- victoriasun 8y agoYes, JY stories are his own. One could read Romance of the Three Kingdoms and have a reasonably textual understanding of that time period. One could not say the same of JY; he simply borrowed setting and context and time.