student Posted January 27, 2009 at 02:34 PM Report Posted January 27, 2009 at 02:34 PM Today's papers announce the news that Liang Yusheng (梁羽生), an acclaimed martial arts novelist, passed away in Sydney on January 22. He was 85.Liang got started writing martial arts, or wuxia 武侠, fiction in the 1950s, and continued writing until the mid-80s. In 1984 he moved to Australia and largely vanished from the public eye, unlike his contemporary Louis Cha (aka Jin Yong), who regularly appears in the media to this day. Liang's most famous works are Romance of the White-Haired Maiden (白发魔女传, loosely adapted by Ronny Yu into the 1993 film The Bride With the White Hair) and Seven Swordsmen of Mount Heaven (七劍下天山, most recently adapted by Tsui Hark into the 2005 film Seven Swords). http://www.danwei.org/front_page_of_the_day/martial_arts_novelist_liang_yu.php Has anyone read his novels? Quote
Javer Chen Posted February 17, 2009 at 08:12 AM Report Posted February 17, 2009 at 08:12 AM what?????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Liang died????????!!!!!!!!. He and Jinyong are my favorate Wuxia novelist. Peace in heaven, Mr Liang. Quote
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