Chinese martial arts novelist Louis Cha, better known by his pen name Jin Yong, meets readers in Hong Kong, Jul. 21, 2006. Louis Cha Leung-yung, one of the most influential Chinese novelists, died on Tuesday afternoon in Hong Kong Sanatorium and Hospital surrounded by family members, according to sources close to him. He was 94. (Photo: China News Service/Wang Linan)
Louis Cha talks to China News Service in an interview to mark 50 years of writing martial arts novels in Hong Kong, May 27, 2005. (Photo: China News Service/Hong Shaokui)
Chinese martial arts novelist Louis Cha, better known by his pen name Jin Yong, meets readers in Hong Kong, Jul. 21, 2006. Louis Cha Leung-yung, one of the most influential Chinese novelists, died on Tuesday afternoon in Hong Kong Sanatorium and Hospital surrounded by family members, according to sources close to him. He was 94. (Photo: China News Service/Wang Linan)
Louis Cha receives an honorary doctorate at Soochow University in Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province, Sept. 23, 2007. (Photo: China News Service/Li Junfeng)
Louis Cha receives a Lifetime Achievement Award organized by Phoenix TV of Hong Kong at Peking University in Beijing, March 28, 2009. (Photo: China News Service/Zhang Yu)
Louis Cha receives the top honor at the Hong Kong Arts Development Awards, the life achievement award, at City Hall's concert hall from the chief secretary, Henry Tang Ying-yen (L), April 27, 2010. (Photo: China News Service/Zhang Qin)
Louis Cha receives the top honor at the Hong Kong Arts Development Awards, the life achievement award, at City Hall's concert hall from the chief secretary, Henry Tang Ying-yen (L), April 27, 2010. (Photo: China News Service/Zhang Qin)
Louis Cha talks to reporters at a hotel in Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province, Jul. 24, 2003. (Photo/IC)
Louis Cha talks to reporters at a hotel in Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province, Jul. 24, 2003. (Photo/IC)
Louis Cha receives an honorary doctorate at Soochow University in Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province, Sept. 23, 2007. (Photo/IC)
Louis Cha receives an honorary doctorate at Soochow University in Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province, Sept. 23, 2007. (Photo/IC)
Chinese martial arts novelist Louis Cha holds one of his popular novels Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils upon his arrival at an airport in Taiwan, Sept. 19, 2005. (Photo/IC)
Chinese martial arts novelist Louis Cha holds one of his popular novels Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils upon his arrival at an airport in Taiwan, Sept. 19, 2005. (Photo/IC)