A literary "black hole" Jin Yong completely dominates the field of Chinese martial arts literature, and his work has attracted a great deal of research and discussion, both by academics and enthusiasts who join in entirely for their own pleasure. At the Taipei conference, scholars from all over the Chinese world compared the fruits of their research and found much to debate.
金庸作品席捲八荒、包羅萬象，獨霸華人世界「武壇」的現象，有人潛心研究，有人玩票加入戰局，研討會上來自各華人地區的眾多學者一起比對研究心得，而引發了各種爭論。