It has been said that Jin Yong's martial arts novels are the lingua franca of the modern Chinese world The chivalrous and tender kungfu fighters-cum-knights errant that populate his books have caused countless Chinese to sink into wistful imaginings of days gone by.
有人稱，金庸武俠小說是華人世界的共同語言，俠骨柔情的江湖世界讓多少華人遁入鄉愁。