Jin Yong, the 'Tolkien of Chinese literature', has died

Re:Jin Yong, the 'Tolkien of Chinese literature', has died by undefinedblog on Thursday November 01, 2018 @02:23AM (#18351776)

As a native Chinese speaker, I don't quite identify the genre of his work as "martial arts", it just should be "Wu Xia", which can not be translated flawlessly into English, like "Zen" or "Tao".

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Re:Jin Yong, the 'Tolkien of Chinese literature', has died by xarope on Thursday November 01, 2018 @03:34AM (#18351958)

I consider wu xia as fantasy with martial arts, as much as western stories have any resemblance to what really happened in the "wild" west. I think Jin Yong's draw, as with most fiction writers, is placing the fantasy within a context of current social issues, thus allowing readers strong identification.

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Re:Jin Yong, the 'Tolkien of Chinese literature', has died by girzel on Thursday November 01, 2018 @02:36AM (#18351805)

Try translating 江湖! That's what really stumps us.

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Re:Jin Yong, the 'Tolkien of Chinese literature', has died by xarope on Thursday November 01, 2018 @03:36AM (#18351963)

It's like a programming community, but with martial arts exponents. And instead of hackfests, they beat each other up.

Do I win a prize? :-P

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Re:Jin Yong, the 'Tolkien of Chinese literature', has died by choonway on Thursday November 01, 2018 @03:47AM (#18351999)

人在江湖身不由己

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Re:Jin Yong, the 'Tolkien of Chinese literature', has died by imron on Thursday November 01, 2018 @09:02AM (#18353461)

This is my favorite definition of 江湖: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rcFoN1Ding&feature=youtu.be...

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Re:Jin Yong, the 'Tolkien of Chinese literature', has died by FooBarWidget on Thursday November 01, 2018 @03:41AM (#18351981)

There is a wikipedia article: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wuxia#Jianghu

But yeah, try translating that in a few words.

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