At first he edited a literary supplement for the New Evening News. At the time, the supplement was looking for a martial arts story. Bolstered by the encouragement of his colleagues, Jin Yong began at the age of 33 to apply his free and uninhibited writing style to Book and Sword, Gratitude and Revenge. Readers responded enthusiastically, and from there his writing career took off.
不久後在「新晚報」編副刊，當時副刊缺少一篇武俠小說，文思無礙的金庸接受同事鼓勵，三十一歲開始寫《書劍恩仇錄》，得到熱烈的回應，從此一路寫下去。