But revision is an author's prerogative. Hence, Lin is only more certain that Jin Yong's glory is well deserved, because in the field of martial arts fiction "he was the first writer to take a serious look at his own work."
但修改作品是作家的權利，他因此更肯定，金庸今天的光榮不是僥倖得來，因為他是武壇「第一個嚴肅面對自己作品的作家」。