Lin Pao-chun, an associate Professor of Chinese at Tamkang University, says that fewer people have read Jin Yong's novels for themselves than have experienced the works in adaptations for other media.
研究中國武俠小說歷史的淡江大學中文系副教授林保淳同意，直接閱讀金庸小說的讀者，未必超過透過其他媒介「看」金庸的人。