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In general, I don't think creativity equates to book sales, so an argument about creative level can't be countered with "X sold more copies than Y."
by sarabande 8y ago
In general, I don't think creativity equates to book sales, so an argument about creative level can't be countered with "X sold more copies than Y."
- oh-kumudo 8y agoProblem is, there is no way to compare creativity between the founders of 2 different genres. Is Tolkien more creative than Allan Poe? That would be a very pretentious question. I am not sure why the grand OP claim that Jin Yong's work are retelling of history. It uses history as its background, but one of his most important contributions is to create Jiang Hu(江湖), a society that is beyond the realm of moral governmental, that is Chao Ting(朝廷), which usually represents the account of history.