Jin Yong is Louis Cha's pen name, which is most famous name amoung his readers. It's also a split of words in Chinese of the last character of his real name 镛.

Jin Yong is Louis Cha's pen name, which is most famous name amoung his readers. It's also a split of words in Chinese of the last character of his real name 镛. He was born in a famous Cha clan in Zhejiang province of China. SCMP's article[1] has richer information about Louis Cha if he's unknown to you. Essentially, he is the biggest influencer in modern Chinese martial artist literature, pop culture, entertainment, TV shows, movies and online games in the last half century. Gen X and Millennials in China almost all have read/watched at least one book/movies/shows originated from Louis's 14-novel creations. His novels has deep connections with Chinese history from Song Dynasty to Qing Dynasty as well Chinese traditions, this is probably why he doesn't have many western readers even though his works have been sold 300 million copies worldwide (mostly to oversea Chinese). [1]: https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/2170910/hong-kongs-most-famous-martial-arts-writer-louis-cha-dies https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/2170910/...