louis cha jing-yong () (10 march 1924 – 30 october 2018), better known by his pen name jin yong, was a chinese novelist and essayist. he co-founded the hong kong daily newspaper "ming pao" in 1959 and was its first editor-in-chief. he was hong kong's most famous writer. he was born in haining, zhejiang. he retired from the newspaper business in 1993.