Chen, who has read Tianlong Ba Bu 22 times, says he "could never finish saying" all the things he has to say about Jin Yong. He reveres Jin Yong for "not imitating others or himself, being both classical and modern, popular and literary, and appealing to both Chinese and Westerners."
一部《天龍八部》看了二十二遍的陳墨有「說不盡的金庸」，他推崇金庸寫作的境界在「既不重覆他人又不重覆自己，通古通今、通俗通雅、通中通西。」