Chapter 10 Chapter 10 Ming Pao Group

In the second half of 1965, when Jin Yong decided to start "Ming Pao Monthly", "Ming Pao" had been published for six years, and its distribution and advertising had a solid foundation.It has always been his dream to run an independent and free comprehensive Chinese publication. As early as when he was the editor of the supplement of "New Evening News" and "Ta Kung Pao", he had plans with Liu Fanru, Zhou Yurui and other colleagues, but there was no such thing at that time. condition.As the business of "Ming Pao" was booming and it began to have financial strength, his thoughts became more urgent.

In the pen battle with "Ta Kung Pao", Jin Yong received the support of many overseas Chinese, especially intellectuals, which prompted him to make up his mind to run a Chinese publication without any political background for Chinese scattered all over the world.He communicated and discussed with dozens of cultural friends in Asia, Europe, and America for three or four years. Among them were university professors, foreign students, writers, and journalists, including Jiang Jingkuan and Chen Wanru. There are discussions on the column, the title of the journal, etc. On August 2, 1965, he wrote a letter to everyone, planning to name it "Ming Pao Monthly", mainly "Ming Pao" will use the money to make up for the loss, and "Ming Pao" will do the editing and publishing work.He believes that such an ideal large-scale magazine may have a considerable monthly deficit, and it cannot rely on donations from friends to maintain it for a long time. "Has a typesetting room, a printing office and a distribution system, and has experience in publishing magazines.Except for its name being linked to "Ming Pao", the content of the magazine is completely independent from the interference of the editorial department of "Ming Pao". Both speech and position are independent. The authors have full freedom and never accept any subsidy from any aspect. What "Ming Pao" provided was only material support. The success or failure of the magazine depended entirely on the enthusiasm of overseas scholars to participate. He only contributed money and effort on behalf of "Ming Pao" to participate in this project.The plan is shared by all.

Jin Yong wanted to make "Ming Pao Monthly" a magazine "Peking University style in the May Fourth era" and "Ta Kung Pao style before and after the Anti-Japanese War". With a serious and responsible attitude, it can make positive contributions to Chinese culture and the future of the nation. "Gentle and approachable, with a human side and a sense of humor".Economically, he hopes that the monthly losses will gradually decrease so that he can balance himself.He knew that this magazine could not be run in the way of "Chinese scholar-bureaucrats". In capitalist society, if a business is to last for a long time, it needs to have enterprise-style operation and management.But it is not a pure business operation, because it is "non-profit", and it must continue to operate even if it is paid.

After four months of preparation, in November and December, Jin Yong actively published manuscripts, selected paintings, arranged, proofread, and revised. In early January 1966, the first issue of "Ming Pao Monthly" was quietly published in Hong Kong. Uneasy", wrote the "Introduction": This is a publication that focuses on culture, academics, and ideas. The editorial policy strictly abides by the credo of "independence, freedom, and tolerance." As long as it is a good article with substance and reason, we are happy to publish it.We will never favor or discriminate against opinions of any school or creed.This journal can discuss political theories, study political systems, and comment on various policies, but we will never be the mouthpiece of any country, political party, group or individual.We firmly believe in a principle: Only independent opinions have their dignity and value.Anyone who disagrees with the text published in this journal will be happy to publish his dissenting opinion.

He recalled the editorial creed of "Free Talk" supplement of "Ming Pao": Tolerance is great;In his view, being tolerant means being open and not discriminating against any kind of opinion, and having no desire means never attempting to pursue self-interest based on it, and never accepting subsidies or influence from any aspect except for the support of readers. From now on, "Ming Pao Monthly" will generally follow this idea of ​​running a magazine. In addition to publishing academic and ideological articles and articles about the inside story of the mainland political circle, it also publishes some informative and interesting texts.

Unsure of the sales, only 2,000 copies of the first issue were printed, but the sales were unexpectedly good. Newsstands everywhere sold out within five days. To add, because it takes a week to reprint the color plate, Ming Pao published "Ming Pao Monthly's Apology and Reprint Notice" on January 8.Reader Xie Shiting said that he went to six newsstands to buy one, and it happened to be the last one, so he immediately started reading it on the street. "At this time and here, it is really rare to be able to publish a serious and large-scale comprehensive magazine-Ming Pao Monthly." This is probably one of the reasons why it received attention as soon as it was published.The first issue was reprinted one after another until the fifth edition, with about tens of thousands of copies.

"Mingyue" serialized Jiang Menglin's memoir "Western Tide" from the first issue, and exclusively serialized Zhang Guotao's "My Memories" from the third issue. Zhang played an important role in the history of the early communist movement and lived in Hong Kong at the time. Once the memoir was published , which aroused great repercussions at home and abroad, and "Bright Moon" became an instant hit. The publication of "Mingyue" was the eve of the "Cultural Revolution" sweeping across ancient China. Jin Yong claimed to be against the "Cultural Revolution" and Peng Dehuai was persecuted. His attack was unjust.Beijing fights Wu Han and Zhou Xinfang, "Mingyue" comes with booklets of the scripts of "Hai Rui Dismissed from Office" and "Xie Yaohuan".Deng Tuo and Liao Mosha fought together, and "Mingyue" published articles on "Three Family Villages", published Deng Tuo's collections, and included Deng Tuo's poems on the cover when it published Lijiang landscape paintings.More often, "Mingyue" did not declare its opposition to the "Cultural Revolution", but "Mingyue" gave tit-for-tat praise and affirmation to any Chinese culture that was criticized and destroyed by the "Cultural Revolution". Their drawings are illustrations.Articles by Shen Congwen, Xia Yan, and Qin Mu were also published. The articles on "Mingyue" echoed Jin Yong's editorials in "Ming Pao" for Hongxiannv, Zhou Xinfang, etc. Grief and regret.

Jin Yong said that publishing "Mingyue" would not only cause "Ming Pao" to collapse, but also cost his own life. ... And running a magazine like "Mingyue" in such a political environment is equivalent to putting his chest Before the muzzle. It's not that I don't know the danger. I was young and energetic at the time, and I did it when I did it."Looking back many years later, he felt very sorry for his partner Shen Baoxin, who did not analyze the dangers and difficulties in detail to him at that time, and did not explain that it was a "life-threatening" matter.Although everyone knew that it was Jin Yong who did it and would not go to Shen to settle the matter, it would inevitably drag down Ming Pao.He said repeatedly that "I worked my life out to publish 'Mingyue'" and "I decided to put my life on this publication", perhaps not without exaggeration. Of course, he knows that in Hong Kong, where personal safety is basically guaranteed, he is determined to work hard for Chinese culture. Just a gesture, but the risks are real.

"Mingyue" was founded, and Jin Yong was the editor-in-chief. At the beginning, the assistants were only Xu Guansan and Wang Shiyu (assistant editor, proofreader, secretary), and later added Huang Jundong, Ding Wang, Sima Changfeng, Sun Danning, and Wang Sima was in charge of the front page and the artistic characters of the title. Sometimes the cover is also his painting, and the printing, distribution and management work is handled by Shen Baoxin, Dai Maosheng, Chen Huasheng, Wang Ling and others.Jin Yong was determined to make this publication that many people thought would never survive. At that time, his family was in Kowloon, and he rented a floor in Happy Valley on Hong Kong Island as an editorial department.He removed all the partition walls, even the kitchen, and turned into a large empty study room, which was filled with his favorite books and picture albums. He searched for information, flipped through pictures, and edited manuscripts all day long. Quite exquisite picture history books, art albums, etc. published in Europe and the United States. I bought them to suit my own interests, but I didn’t expect them to come in handy when I was publishing a monthly magazine.”

Although "Mingyue" was welcomed by some readers as soon as it came out, it is still far from Jin Yong's ideal. He said that at first "it was a lonely time, with not many authors and not many readers, and it failed to attract attention among scholars." What a lot of attention."He went to second-hand bookstores to search for relevant books and periodicals. During that time, he often went to Japan and searched for old books in second-hand bookstores in Kandacho, Tokyo alone, looking for old pictures that could be used as illustrations. At that time, he was also lonely.

In the first year of "Mingyue", he forgot to eat and sleep, was so busy that he seldom went home for dinner, and he seldom even cared about the affairs of "Ming Pao".His wife, Zhu Mei, cooked meals at home every day and brought them to him by boat across the sea. She was often unable to take care of the children. At that time, their youngest daughter, Anne, was only two years old.One day, this quiet little girl suddenly climbed onto the piano, fell down, and broke her left arm.He received a call from the older child, hurried home, and took Ane to the hospital. Ane didn't cry, but just looked at him with big round eyes, but he was thinking about the episode of "Bright Moon" in his heart. "No suitable illustrations have been found yet, and the deadline for publication has come. This year, Jin Yong was in charge of editing, planning the policy, content and layout of "Mingyue", and "Mingyue" was initially on track.He also writes Ming Pao editorials and martial arts novels every day. The workload is really too heavy. He needs to find a chief editor to replace him.Hu Juren came into his sight at this moment, and Juren published "The Resurrection of Poet Monk Hanshan" on the headline of the November issue of "Mingyue".At that time, Hu Juren worked in the editorial department of the US government's publication "World Today" in Hong Kong to promote American culture. The monthly salary was 1,200 Hong Kong dollars. In the United States, there are pensions.Jin Yong offered a monthly salary of 2,000 Hong Kong dollars, editor-in-chief, full responsibility for the editorial affairs without interference, etc., and sincerely invited Juren to join "Mingyue", but Juren hesitated again and again. I didn't understand the social and cultural significance of being the editor-in-chief of such a large comprehensive magazine, but I wanted to use the favorable conditions of "Today's World" to save some money. After two or three years, I would go to a foreign country to study for a master's or doctoral degree, and to become a teacher or a scholar. the way.The chrysanthemum told him all about this thought. After Jin Yong listened, he paused and said clearly: "Brother Ju, you are going to study abroad and plan to be a professor in the future. Of course there is nothing wrong with this idea, but think about it, when it comes to fulfilling the responsibility of a cultural worker, When it comes to the influence you can exert on culture, even if you are the dean of a college in a university, you may not be able to get on a magazine like "Ming Pao Monthly"!" These few words moved Juren, It is more powerful than monthly salary and full responsibility, because it has reached the heart of the chrysanthemum. In December 1966, before Hu Juren left "Today's World", he began to edit the 13th issue of "Mingyue" in the evenings and weekends. In the spring of 1967, he officially started working at "Mingyue". The editorial department had moved from Happy Valley to North Point. The Nankang Building, together with "Ming Pao". "Cultural Revolution" was an important theme in the early days of "Mingyue". "Mingyue" not only reported and commented on the "Cultural Revolution" in a timely manner, but also clearly expressed the need to maintain China's excellent traditional culture, oppose dogmatism, personality worship, destroy Chinese cultural relics, and suppress academics And the firm stand of cultural people. The way "Mingyue" responded to the "Cultural Revolution" was more culturally colored. The September 1967 issue of "Review of Peking" featured beautiful articles by writers such as Shen Congwen, Yu Dafu, and Zhou Zuoren, as well as exquisite maps (in the future, there will often be colored traffic maps of cities in the interior).At that time, Beijing became the center of the "Cultural Revolution" storm. Juren said in "Editor's Notes", "But we believe that it will not lose its consistent style because of fanatical slogans such as struggle, power seizure, and revolution." and temperament".The Ju people have turned Ming Pao Monthly into a high-level comprehensive intellectual book. Yin Haiguang, Xu Fuguan, Mou Zongsan, Zhou Cezong, Yu Yingshi, Xia Zhiqing, Li Oufan, Nie Hualing, Chen Ruoxi, Liu Shuxian, Wang Rongzu, Lin Yusheng, Xia Jian, Jin Yaoji, Yu Guangzhong, Chen Zifan, Tang Degang... Many influential scholars and writers from Hong Kong, Taiwan and overseas often write articles for "Mingyue". I have the most cordial feeling. Freedom, independence, and Chinese taste are probably the characteristics I admire most about 'Mingyue'." Yin Haiguang heard that "Ming Pao Monthly" "also has the clearest background" and was willing to write for it .The "Memoirs of Li Zongren" edited by Tang Degang, "History of the May 4th Movement" by Zhou Cezong, and "Reflection and Prospect of Human Civilization" by Toynbee (translated by Sima Changfeng) are serialized here. "Mingyue" has had a wide influence in Hong Kong and even overseas. Japanese experts on China often write to Hu Juren, asking for information on the political arena in mainland China. "Mingyue" became the golden signboard of the "Ming Pao" system and was highly respected among intellectuals.As soon as each issue comes out, colleagues in the editorial department are very excited: "Another baby is born." In 1971, a dispute over the sovereignty of the Diaoyu Islands arose, and the movement to protect the Diaoyu Islands was surging. "Mingyue" spared no effort to publish reports, comments and textual research articles, as well as detailed maps and reference materials, demonstrating in detail from the aspects of history and geological ownership that this is China's territory. The long article "Diaoyutai must not be lost" (the Diaoyu Islands were called Diaoyu Islands by Hong Kong people at that time) written by Huang Yangzhi and other eight people covered from the formation of oil, the geology of oil reservoirs, and the discovery of seabed oil on the continental reef.These contents echoed the editorials of "Ming Pao", making "Ming Yue" one of the pioneer publications of this movement, so the sales surged, and tens of thousands of copies were sold in just a few months.Chrysanthemum looks back on those years: I really felt like I was fighting on the battlefield, because at that time the situation in China was turned upside down, and the evil waves were raging, and "Ming Pao Monthly" became the most powerful magazine for criticizing the "Cultural Revolution" and the "Gang of Four".At the same time, the Diaoyutai movement was surging, and the United States and Japan betrayed China's rights and interests. "Ming Pao Monthly" also made a strong response in a timely and powerful manner. If it comes to fulfilling the responsibility of a cultural person, what Mr. Cha told me has really come true.In fact, there is no other place where, for these two major national events, it can fulfill such thorough cultural responsibilities as Ming Pao Monthly. Thanks to Mr. Cha.And what Mr. Cha said really made me continue to be an editor in the future, and I have not been able to do so until now. The dream of a scholar will not be fulfilled, but the duties of a cultural person will be fulfilled. Jin Yong said that they both share the same interests, and he is very reassured by Juren. After Juren took over, he has not had to worry about editing the monthly magazine for thirteen years. It is one of the greatest lucks in his life to have such a rigorous and responsible person to cooperate. .Juren also said that Jin Yong gave himself the greatest freedom, and they cooperated seamlessly.They occasionally went out together, and visited Qian Mu and his wife together on the afternoon of October 19, 1978. Lin Xingzhi recalled that during his five years studying in the UK, the main Chinese "spiritual food" was "bright moon". He even said that this was the only "spiritual food" for the students who pursued knowledge, ideals and literary appreciation at that time. Chen Guanzhong, a writer born in 1952, grew up in Hong Kong. In the 1970s, he began to read Ming Pao Monthly since he was a pre-university course.Although he has never met other students talking about "Mingyue" to him, he firmly believes that outside the ivory tower of the university, in Hong Kong and overseas, "there is a vast world full of intellectuals, and they all read "Ming Pao Monthly" ".The "Ming Pao Monthly" he has read is all edited by Hu Juren. In his mind, Hu Juren is "Ming Pao Monthly" and represents intellectuals.When Chen Guanzhong was in college, he believed that writing Chinese articles should be published in "Ming Pao Monthly" as the highest honor. In 1977, two years after he graduated from university, he had started his own "Outsider" magazine. His first 4-character long article "A Brief History of Chinese Immigrants' Blood and Tears" was submitted to the long-awaited "Ming Pao Monthly", and the result greatly surpassed him. Not only was it published in two installments in October and November, but the first part was also placed at the first position and promoted with "editor's words", which flattered him. Long Yingtai recalled that the college students in Taiwan in the 1970s absorbed the cultural nutrient of "Bright Moon" and grew up in this nutrient. "Hong Kong was like a window of freedom to our Taiwan at that time, the only one with free air. The place".From 1967 to 1969, Yin Haiguang kept mentioning "Ming Pao Monthly" in his correspondence with students Lu Hongcai, Zhang Weixiang and others, asking them to send the publication, saying "here is a treasure", and learned that Hu Juren wanted to send a complete set , he was very happy. Chen Zishan, a Shanghai scholar who studies modern literary historical materials, until the fall of 1978, saw the bound volume of "Mingyue" for the first time in the data room of Xinhua News Agency, which was heavily guarded. Academics, gathered in one journal". The growth of "Mingyue" coincided with the progress of the "Cultural Revolution", "destroying the four olds", burning books, "criticizing bourgeois academic authorities", a great cultural revolution, overthrowing everything, denying everything, people dying, cultural relics being ashes, and storms The class struggle caused the long-standing traditional culture to suffer the most serious challenge in history, and the intellectuals who escaped the anti-rightist movement could not escape the "Cultural Revolution".Hu Juren said that at that time, Chinese people at home and abroad had a sense of crisis that Chinese culture would be extinct. They felt that "Mingyue" was like picking up treasures from the garbage dump. Every picture and text were very precious. It seemed that "Mingyue" was making a The work of cultural and artistic national salvation. Jin Yong said, "We are determined to defend Chinese culture. If you destroy Chinese culture in mainland China, we will try our best to protect a small part of Chinese culture overseas." "Bright moon" is like building a wall to preserve the precious things in Chinese culture. "We cherish Chinese culture not only because it is valuable, not purely out of rational considerations. We were born in this cultural environment, sucked its milk and grew up, no matter whether it is good or bad, it is passionate Love it." "Mingyue" brought him not a lot of money, but a dream come true, reputation and satisfaction, and he has long been eager to run such a journal one day, not for profit.When I settle the bill every month, sometimes I earn one or two thousand yuan, and sometimes I lose one or two thousand yuan. If I earn more, I will spend it on "Mingyue" itself.Rent, utilities and other expenses have been subsidized by Ming Pao.Because the first issue was popular and the monthly cost was reduced, he not only added an appendix "Hai Rui Dismissed from Office" script in the third issue, but also printed color pictures on the back cover to meet the non-profit purpose. In January 1976, he said in "Ten Years of Bright Moon": Now Anne is twelve years old, and already knows how to flip through the pictures and some of the most recent words in the monthly magazine.Turns out, our kids (our husband and wife's) and our publication (our staff and writers and readers) have grown up.Friends say that our Anne is beautiful and well-behaved, and that our monthly magazine is doing well.I only hope that when my own life is over and I leave this world, Anne (and her siblings) will still be so good and happy.Our monthly magazine is still published as it has been in the past ten years, and it is loved by many people. Hu Juren said that "receiving a good manuscript is the happiest", and the most memorable thing is receiving a wonderful manuscript. He especially remembers Lu Keng's "Thirty Years, Will the Big Dream Awaken?" ", the content of the writing is beautiful. When the headline of the October 1979 issue was published (signed "Chen Jisun"), he added an editor's note: "This is a good article that is solid and bold, full of reason and reason, and full of style. I sincerely recommend it to readers. As soon as this article came out, it received rave reviews, and the U.S. government quickly translated it as the main reference. The Taiwan authorities asked soldiers to read it and invited the author to Taiwan, which shows the appeal of the article. In December of that year, the issue of "Ming Pao Monthly" was close to 35,000 copies, and more than one-third of its overseas subscribers.This is the golden age of "Mingyue", with more than 40,000 copies issued in one issue at most. As early as January 12, 1964, "Ming Pao" cooperated with "Nanyang Siang Pau" to publish a color-printed "Southeast Asia Weekly" on Sundays, 8 pages, 16 pages, and presented with the newspaper.Later, it was changed to a single sheet, folded and printed in half, and renamed "Ming Pao Weekly Pictorial", which was also attached to the newspaper. In the years before 1968, "Ming Pao" kept receiving letters from readers from other places, asking them to publish an overseas aviation edition.Most of these readers are from Hong Kong. They are used to reading "Ming Pao" in Hong Kong. Although they left, they are still reluctant to part with things in Hong Kong. "Ming Pao" is one of them.However, Jin Yong considered that the cost of producing an aviation version was huge and he could not afford it. "Bright Moon" only comes out once a month, and it is too academic to meet the needs of these readers. Therefore, he has long planned to publish a weekly newspaper. Readers introduce the week's Hong Kong news.He hopes to collect the essence of Chinese newspapers and periodicals from all over the world and compile a weekly magazine that is both entertaining and informative, so that Chinese compatriots scattered all over the world can learn about China's news once a week.The weekly magazine has been prepared for a long time, and the manpower and material resources equipped are relatively sufficient among similar publications.Although the content of weekly magazines is very different from that of daily and monthly magazines, they are also complementary to each other: due to the limited space of daily newspapers, many materials and documents cannot be published. He hopes that weekly magazines can make up for this shortcoming; compared with monthly magazines, weekly magazines are more emphasis on news sex. On May 20, 1968, Jin Yong announced the establishment of "Ming Pao Weekly" in the 9th anniversary editorial of "Ming Pao". just came out officially.The reason why they are so solemn is that they keep reminding themselves that the readers of "Ming Pao" and "Ming Yue" will have considerable expectations for the weekly magazines, and they cannot live up to these expectations.On that day, Jin Yong's editorial was "Founding the Publication - Thanks to Ming Pao Readers". "Ming Pao Weekly" is eight pages, 20 pages, not included with "Ming Pao", sold independently, priced at 50 cents.It is not the first weekly magazine in Hong Kong. There have been "Sing Tao Daily" and "Sing Tao Weekly" before.At the beginning, many people thought that this plan must fail. The weekly magazine has always been given away for free, but if readers are suddenly asked to pay for it, it will affect sales.Moreover, newspapers at that time cost only 10 cents a copy, but "Ming Zhou" sold 50 cents, so they couldn't compete.Jin Yong believed in his own vision, "We can add more color, and the content can follow the route of soft articles that are more suitable for housewives. I think it will be marketable." If it is said that Ming Pao's "Freedom Talk" traces back to the "Freedom Talk" supplement of "Shenzhen", the monthly magazines that Jin Yong envied include "Shenzhen Monthly" and "Oriental Magazine", and the weekly magazine that he thought of imitating was "Shenzhen" back then. Guowen Weekly, because it was sold seven times longer than daily newspapers and spread more widely than daily newspapers, reaching many remote provinces in China at that time.He said: "Adhering to the best method may not necessarily lead to success, but thinking of a shining example, there always seems to be some trajectory to follow." Before the publication, Jin Yong wanted to start a news-oriented weekly magazine, but from the beginning it was mainly for entertainment. The cover character of the first issue was an unknown Japanese model wearing a black swimsuit.The content includes Hong Kong news, international news, economy, and entertainment. There are columns by Dai Tian, ​​Lu Li, and Yi Shu. suicide etc. After the "May Storm", Hong Kong's order has been restored and the economy has begun to recover. The appearance of "Ming Zhou" just meets the reading interests of the citizens and meets their psychological needs. "Ming Zhou" pays special attention to life in Hong Kong, "The night in Hong Kong is the most beautiful in the world, but do you know how much the night is worth?" ""The latest development of the Hong Kong Submarine Tunnel", "Forty yuan betting on horses can make Hong Kong rich", "The Wan Lijuan Incident that caused a sensation in Hong Kong", "Nixon Married Daughter", "Ma Sicong Married Daughter", "The Big Secret Behind the Sino-Soviet Conflict" " How much is the monthly salary of the Governor of Hong Kong? ", as can be seen from the titles of these articles, "Ming Zhou" is very different from "Ming Yue" who takes the intellectual line. In the second half of 1969, because the editor-in-chief of "Ming Zhou" Pan Yuesheng wanted to organize "Ming Pao Evening News", Lei Weipo, the interview director of "Ming Pao" and editor-in-chief of the entertainment section, took over as the editor-in-chief of "Ming Zhou".At first, Lei said that "Ming Zhou" was compiled by Pan, which was unacceptable.Jin Yong said, Pan no longer edits the weekly, and you were recommended by him before he left. If you don't believe me, you can call him immediately and ask him.In this way, with more salary and more work, Lei Weipo compiled "Ming Zhou".At that time, there were only more than 10,000 copies sold, and there was a little loss. There were only four and a half people in the editorial department. Get remuneration, pay more for more work, add a cover feature, add a cover title... After a few months, the income and expenditure will be balanced. Lei Weipo is an experienced entertainment reporter, and the column on the entertainment page of Ming Pao has many enthusiastic readers.In order to expand the market and enhance the excitement of the weekly magazine, he boldly innovated and hired a large number of female reporters and editors to collect and edit entertainment news. "Miss Hong Kong He Xiuwen Love Letter" was a sensation. He wrote it to his ex-boyfriend and movie star Chen Baixiang (nicknamed Ah Le). When he wrote the letter, Chen had not yet become famous. He organized a band with his friends to perform in nightclubs. He was a standard flamboyant Young master, there are many girlfriends, why not just one of them.At this time, Chen had already made his debut in the film industry, and "He Xiuwen's Love Letter" just satisfied some citizens' curiosity about his past love life, and "Ming Zhou" suddenly increased its circulation by tens of thousands.Lei Weipo digs out the secrets of the entertainment industry everywhere, and often publishes exclusive entertainment news.Since he has been engaged in entertainment news work for a long time, has friendship with many film and television singers, and the entertainment section of the newspaper has limited space, they are more willing to disclose some private life and relationship secrets to "Ming Zhou".In the hands of Lei Weipo, "Ming Zhou" has gradually become an entertainment weekly, focusing on the news of the entertainment industry, creating a precedent for Hong Kong's entertainment weekly. Jin Yong didn't approve of publishing love letters at first, he called the editor to scold him, saying that people's privacy could not be published. "If the media only wants to make money, it is better to open a dance hall or a brothel to earn more. At that time, people bought "Ming Pao" because it was not salty, not dirty, and did not invade privacy." January 17, 1971, "Ming Zhou" published "Chen Qisong's Love Letter" on the 114th issue. It was said to be a "love letter", but it was actually a letter written by 26-year-old actress Chen Qisong to her family, about her love and engagement with Huang Tianyou in the United States. On April 15, 1973, the cover character of "Ming Zhou" was Hong Kong Kung Fu superstar Bruce Lee. In July, Bruce Lee passed away suddenly. Lei Weipo immediately used all his strength to conduct interviews and collect information, and compiled an issue of "Bruce Lee Album" in the fastest time. It was sold out as soon as it was released, and several reprints were sold out. city.From August to September, many issues of "Ming Zhou" have Bruce Lee's content, and there is no lack of exclusive reports, such as "Two Women Who Softened Bruce Lee", "Lin Yanni's Justice for Bruce Lee", "The Third Woman Involved in the Bruce Lee Incident", Issue 252 The title of the cover is "A Medical Perspective on the Cause of Bruce Lee's Death".The death of Bruce Lee brought "Ming Zhou" to a new peak.This year, the 19-year-old Taiwanese beauty Brigitte Lin also appeared on the cover of "Ming Zhou" for the first time. "Ming Zhou" focuses on entertainment, but entertainment is not vulgar; it emphasizes life, not just eating, drinking and having fun. "Ming Zhou" breathes with the citizens of Hong Kong, and the major social issues they care about are also reflected in "Ming Zhou", but the perspective is more life-oriented and entertainment-oriented. Mao Zedong passed away in September 1976, and the issue of "Ming Zhou" on September 12 published "What is Mao Zedong's monthly salary?"What was your favorite food during your lifetime? ", September 19 published "Mao Zedong in Kissinger's Eyes" and so on. Ming Pao Group Administrative Committee Lei Weipo (third from right), Dong Qiao (fourth from right), Xu Xiaodong (first from right) and others are in a meeting Under Lei Weipo's painstaking management, the circulation of "Ming Zhou" continued to rise. By the 1970s, the annual profit was several hundred thousand yuan. In the 1980s, it skyrocketed to ten to twenty million yuan. In 1990, the advertising revenue was 75 million yuan. . The success of "Ming Zhou" has led to an upsurge of entertainment weekly magazines in Hong Kong, and similar weekly magazines have been born one after another.Although advertising is its lifeline, Jin Yong said: The ad affected us (actually not much) in one case.Once, "Ming Pao Weekly" had an article about a bottle of brandy, saying that its price in Hong Kong was far more expensive than in Singapore.Originally, the bottle of brandy had already booked a large-page advertisement in our newspaper, so the manager of the newspaper came to study with me to see if the article would still be published.After I read it, I felt that the article was well written, and there was no reason why the prices of the wine in the two places were so far apart, so I decided to publish it even if I lost the advertisement.After the article was published, the advertisement for the brandy wine was published as soon as it was published, but it was difficult to get an advertisement later. Just as the success of "Mingyue" cannot be separated from Hu Juren, the success of "Mingzhou" cannot be separated from Lei Weipo. Chen Guanzhong recalled: "The 1970s was the era of "Ming Pao Weekly". Every Sunday when the family went to a teahouse to drink tea, Hong Kong people would bring a copy for conversation. The paparazzi is very friendly, and editor-in-chief Lei Weipo's comments under the social photos of celebrities are humorous. At that time, there were many weekly magazines such as "New Knowledge", each with its own selling point, but it could not be shaken. Zhou' supremacy." "Ming Zhou" has become the entertainment weekly with the longest history and the largest circulation in Hong Kong. Since 1982, "Gossip" weekly magazines in Hong Kong have been everywhere, and there is no threat to the sales of this weekly magazine.It not only reports entertainment news, but also reports political and economic events of public concern. "Mingyue" and "Mingzhou" are like a pair of wings of "Ming Pao". With these two publications, Ming Pao Group has a large scale.Jin Yong said that among the "Ming Pao" organizations, "Ming Pao" is the most profitable, followed by "Ming Pao Weekly". On the eve of the "May Storm", Jin Yong had extended the tentacles of "Ming Pao" overseas. He and Liang Runzhi, the founder of Liang Jiefu Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. in Singapore, jointly founded "Xin Ming Daily". He is the major shareholder. It was first officially published in Singapore on March 18, 1967, and then published in Kuala Lumpur on April 8, announcing that "using the method of literati to run a newspaper, it will promote Chinese culture and promote the prosperity and unity of the national society."At first, Singapore and Malaysia used the same edition. From December 16, 1968, it was printed and distributed in the two places separately, and was divided into Singapore "Xin Ming Daily" and Malaysia "Xin Ming Daily". Hong Kong, Singapore and Kyrgyzstan are used together.Running a newspaper in Malaysia is not like Hong Kong or Singapore. After the "Xin Min Daily" is printed in Kuala Lumpur, it needs to drive a large number of trucks all night to transport the newspaper to other places.Since its inception, Malaysia's "Xin Ming Daily" has attracted readers with exclusive serialization of Jin Yong's martial arts novels, publication of insider entertainment news and supplements, horse classics and other features.The staff sent out from the editorial department and managerial department of "Ming Pao" have gained a good reputation in the local area.The two Chinese newspapers developed rapidly in the local area, and within a few years they became one of the major newspapers and became one of the Chinese newspapers with the largest circulation.By 1979, Singapore's "Xin Ming Daily" had sold 100,000 copies a day. Due to the strict restrictions of the local government (outsiders can only hold 3% of the shares of the Singapore company), Jin Yong withdrew his shares. On September 22, 1967, Jin Yong founded "Chinese Evening News", with Wang Shiyu as the editor-in-chief and supervisor of printing, Shen Baoxin as the general manager, and his wife Zhu Mei as the president.Wang Shiyu (1939— ) was admitted to Ming Pao as a proofreader in 1961 without graduating from the Department of Literature and History of Zhuhai Academy. On the fourth night, Jin Yong asked him to be an assistant editor. Editor-in-Chief of Chinese Evening News. "Chinese Evening News" was initially an entertainment evening newspaper, taking a popular route, mainly reporting on eating, drinking and having fun, as well as some pornographic content (continuously publishing eclectic novels, pornographic novels, etc.), and soon after its publication, more than 30,000 copies were issued quantity.It is said that Zhu Mei was very dissatisfied with "Chinese Evening News" and Wang Shiyu, thinking that the publication of these pornographic articles in the newspaper would damage the newspaper's qualifications. Wang insisted on his own opinion and ignored it. Embarrassed, Wang Ze resigned and left with several capable reporters in a fit of anger. The "Chinese Evening News" was difficult to maintain and ceased publication in 1969. At this time, Ming Pao Group has already taken shape. On May 21, 1969, the day after the 10th anniversary of the founding of Ming Pao, Jin Yong said in his editorial "Ten Years of Hard Work is Unusual" that at least ten of the guests at the celebration reception told him that Ming Pao was his own newspaper, celebrating its ten-year anniversary.A friend said, "In the past ten years, even on days of typhoons, I have braved heavy winds and heavy rains, and drove a car to buy a copy."当年10月17日，《明报》转载《星岛日报》前一天的消息，香港中文大学集体通讯中心9月进行调查，香港读中文报的居民中，有11.2%的人阅读《明报》，仅次于《星岛日报》和《星岛晚报》。 11月28日，《明报》“自由谈”刊出《晚报将创刊》一文。12月1日，《明报晚报》创刊当天，金庸在《明报》发表社评《的小七妹诞生》，说由于篇幅所限，有相当多的新闻、特写、故事、分析文章无法在《明报》刊登，而这些材料内容都颇为不错，值得读者阅读，晚报将成为日报的补充报纸，日报上已有的，晚报不再重复，晚报上刊载的内容，极大多数也不能在日报上读到。晚报上的小说与散文，执笔者尽量与日报不同，他希望日报读者也能成为晚报的读者，日、晚报加起来能满足他们的全部要求。比如，香港经济近十年空前繁荣兴旺，但《明报》对本港工商业的报道和服务颇为不足。晚报辟有“香港经济”版，将在这方面努力，目前版面太少，但日后将全部扩充。《明报》虽有种种缺点，但有它的与众不同之处，有独立的品格和立场，将在晚报继续保持。“大哥与七妹的气质、思想、品格是一样的，但外表、谈吐、举止却完全不同。大哥严肃些，七妹愉快活泼些，年轻漂亮些。” 从1970年1月起，他的短篇武侠小说、系列随笔《卅三剑客图》在《明报晚报》连载了两个月。他根据清代画家任渭长的《卅三剑客图》创作，别出心裁，依画成文，有考证，有想象，有回忆。 “明晚”介于严肃与通俗之间，以白领阶层为对象，与《华人夜报》走的是不同路线。“明晚”初期只有“香港经济版”，经济新闻占了30%，25%左右的版面刊载马经、娱乐内容，没有社评。“明晚”初创的一年半，他的大部分心力都用于晚报。1972年初，“明晚”大致定型，成为一份以经济为主的高级晚报，关注财经和股市消息，日发行量四五万份，试图与创刊于1938年8月、当时发行量最大的《星岛晚报》（10万份）一较长短，争夺读者和市场份额。 “明晚”副总编辑林山木（笔名林行止）1940年生在广东潮州，中学毕业就踏入社会，60年代初进《明报》做资料员，勤奋好学，深得金庸赏识，1965年金庸资助他到英国剑桥工业学院攻读经济学。1966年初，他在英国收到《明报月刊》创刊号，里面还夹着金庸夫妇署名的大红致意卡片。从此，他经常为“明月”写“英伦通讯”。1968年，他替“明月”采访傅雷之子、钢琴家傅聪，这是他第一次以记者身份所做的采访，也是傅聪“投奔西方”后首次接受中文媒体的采访，在“明月”3月号刊出，受到广泛关注。他学成回港，正逢“明晚”创刊，从副总编辑做到总编辑，恰巧香港遇上第二次世界大战后的第一个股市狂潮，一般报纸还没有财经版，“明晚”却以报道财经新闻为主。林行止的股评大受股民欢迎，成了股民心中的“财经权威”。“明晚”一般在下午一点多钟出版，许多股民要等到读了他的文章才做下午的交易，一时间“明晚”几乎成了股民每天必读的参考资料。 1973年7月3日，林行止离开《明报》，创办以报道财经新闻为主的《信报》，带走了许多“明晚”的专栏作家。他在发刊社评中向金庸和《明报》的旧同事致谢，感谢他们在《信报》筹备期间的指导和鼓励。他的出走在《明报》系统造成一次不小的地震，《信报》成为“明晚”最大的对手，它一面世，“明晚”发行量就直线下滑，以后一直徘徊在一万多份。林行止自办《信报》之后，在许多场合都会与金庸碰面。金庸一见他，会走过去握手，客气地称他“林先生”，而不是像过去那样叫“山木，山木”。 负责“明晚”财经版的黄杨烈发现办财经类报纸有利可图，也脱离“明晚”，于1980年与人合资创办《财经日报》，内容、风格甚至版面编排都模仿《信报》，销量一直不足万份，广告客户不多，股东纷纷退股，难以支撑。无奈之下黄只好向金庸求救，借了二十万元，但报纸一直没有起色，再次向金庸借贷，金庸便提出收购报纸，也就是将以前的借款一笔勾销，同时由金庸付清工人工资和积欠的稿费。1982年，《财经日报》归入《明报》系统，到1985年仍连年亏损，金庸决定于1985年6月将《财经日报》与《明报晚报》合并，另办《企业报》，没办成。拖到1986年3月只好停刊。 1986年10月8日创刊的《明报电视周刊》昙花一现，不到一年就停刊了。 “明晚”拖到1988年才停刊，金庸遣散79名员工，补偿金发了两百多万元。当他决定停办“明晚”时，几乎全报馆的人都反对，认为这张报纸办了很久，曾经很成功。他说，“作为报人，我希望她能办下去，但作为企业家，看到她亏损，且没有好起来的可能，我只能把她结束。有人说结束会对我的声誉有损坏，我说如果不结束对我的声誉也是损坏，但过后人们会认为我的决定是对的”。 ：“韦小宝作风” 连载结束，他只歇了十一天。1969年10月24日，他的最后一部武侠小说开始在《明报》连载，到1972年9月23日刊完，一共连载了两年十一个月。 从一场文字狱开始，金庸在注解中说，这段故事是为痛惜“文革”文字狱而写。当时，“文革”的文字狱高潮虽已过去，但惨伤愤懑之情，兀自萦绕心头，他不由自主地写进了小说中。中的江湖也笼罩在争权夺利的阴云之中，韦小宝在神龙岛上见到了宗教迷狂般的“政治集训”，让人想起内地当时的“早请示，晚汇报”和“忠字舞”“语录歌”。 在报上连载了一段时间，红学家林以亮偶遇金庸，谈起他的新作，向他深表欣赏，认为是开辟蹊径的尝试，隐然与西方新潮小说遥相呼应，男主角韦小宝是个“反英雄”，小说本身也是“反传统武侠小说”。小说的写法有些地方引用正史，表面上一本正经，骨子里却冷嘲暗讽，令人想起18世纪大诗人蒲柏“仿史诗”的讽刺作品。他听了这番话，兴致勃勃地嘱林以亮整理一下这个想法，日后出单行本时写篇介绍文章。 韦小宝生于妓院，长于妓院，连名字也写不了，签名时只写一个“小”字，“拿起笔来，左边一个圆团，右边一个圆团，然后中间一条杠子笔直地竖将下来”。他不是英雄，而是“反英雄”，在他身上差不多能找到国民性中所有的弱点，阿谀奉承、溜须拍马、见风使舵、厚颜无耻、营私舞弊……但正是这样的人成为了生活中的强者，在朝廷他得到皇帝的宠信，身居高位；在江湖他得到天地会等帮会的信任。甚至顾炎武、黄宗羲、吕留良等一代大儒都要推举他做皇帝，吓得他手里的茶碗掉在了地上。他最后带着七个如花似玉的老婆飘然而去。韦小宝的成功，“使顾炎武的满腹经纶、陈近南的盖世武功变得一钱不值”。 韦小宝没有读过之类的典籍，但他从小就看戏、听说书，对历史上为争夺权力不惜血流成河、尸骨如出的故事并不陌生，他教罗刹国的索非亚公主先挑起天下大乱，然后乱中夺权，立竿见影。索非亚问他：“你怎知道叫兵士杀人、抢钱、抢女人，就可以杀沙里扎，杀彼得？”韦小宝微笑道：“中国人，向来这样。”金庸解释：“中国立国数千年，争夺帝皇权位、造反、斫杀经验之丰，举世无与伦比，韦小宝所知者只是民间流传的一些皮毛，却已足以扬威异域，居然助人谋朝篡位，安邦定国。” 从妓院到宫廷，从江山到江湖，韦小宝无往不胜的法宝到底是什么？有人总结，一是察言观色，随机应变，拍马常常拍得恰到好处，二是吹牛撒谎，随时随地可以漫天撒谎，糊弄人。 韦小宝总是脚踏两条船，两面讨好，处处为自己留后路。他善于搞人际关系，对上一套，对下一套，总是让人对他有好感。他善变，善于保护自己，什么时候都不吃亏，在不损害自身利益时，他慷慨大方，能与别人共享利益，还能大把花钱收买人心。他说：“我凭什么本事拥官晋爵？最大本事便是拍马屁，拍得小皇帝舒舒服服，除此之外，老子的本事实在也平常得很。” “韦小宝自小在妓院中长大，妓院是最不讲道德的地方；后来他进了皇宫，皇宫又是最不讲道德的地方。”他的性格就是在这种环境中形成的—— 拉关系、组山头、裙带风、不重才能而重亲谊故乡、走后门、不讲公德、枉法舞弊、隐瞒亲友的过失，合理的人情义气固然要讲，不合理的损害公益的人情义气也讲。结果是一团乌烟瘴气，“韦小宝作风”笼罩了整个社会。 他性格中还有一点是适应环境，讲义气。这是一种生存的本能，“中国人口众多，土地有限，中国人一向在艰苦的环境里进行着异常的生存竞争，为了活命和繁衍，会用尽各种可能的手段……重义气这一点恐怕也跟生存环境的艰苦有关”。 把“韦小宝作风”写得活灵活现，甚至不无赞许，因此淡化了批判的功能。“事实上，我写写了五分之一，便已把韦小宝这小家伙当作了好朋友，多所纵容，颇加袒护，中国人重情不重理的坏习气发作了。”有记者问他：“韦小宝这个人物有没有您查先生的些许影子？”他毫不责怪，坦率地说：“在构思一些故事情节时，曾设想自己如果遇到韦小宝当时当地的境遇，自己也会做相同的选择。” 香港左派批评家在攻击、谩骂金庸时，就说他是“韦小宝主义”。 在现实生活中，乔峰这样的英雄只能选择自杀，韦小宝们却总是活得好好的。金庸以他对人性的理解和他对国民性的观察写出了另一个阿Q形象。在几千年的中国史中一直有两类阿Q，一类是鲁迅的阿Q，卑微地活着，卑微地死去，大多数中国人都可以从中看见自己的影子。韦小宝是另一种阿Q，是生活中的成功者，在他身上同样可以看见古往今来多少名流绅士、达官贵人的影子。 金庸的目光穿过人性的栅栏看到了过去、现在和未来，他心中的英雄已经死去，我们只能和他一起面对韦小宝。他写出了一个典型，表现了人性中的普遍性，从而超越了一般意义上的武侠小说。韦小宝无疑比乔峰、令狐冲、胡斐、郭靖更接近生活的真实，也更加生动。重要的不是他在清廷与汉人江湖之间站在哪一面，而是他的身上照见了多少中国人的影子。他是一面镜子，一面哈哈镜，照出了国民性中许多的丑陋，照出了中国人性格中不怎么光彩的一面。 精通日语的沈西城看过一套日本片集，是讲丰臣秀吉的，里面有一个小朋友，跟韦小宝一样靠拍马屁加小聪明起家，却令丰臣秀吉宠爱得不得了。这是根据日本作家矢田插云的小说改编的，内地、港台都没有中译本，金庸不懂日语，断无理由看过这本小说，“那么情节相同，是纯属巧合了吧”！ 真正的主角其实是康熙皇帝。在此之前，金庸的武侠小说始终贯穿着否定权力的线索，“侠以武犯禁”，侠与官、江湖与江山从来是对立的。则完成了对权力的肯定，他心目中，这位开明君主“不但思想开明，而且很好学，还去学外国的学问”。 1972年9月23日，在《明报》连载了1019天，结束时还有个小启：“金庸新作在构思中。明日起刊载古龙新作《陆小凤》。”但从此他的新作再无下文。 成为金庸的封笔之作不是偶然的。1969年8月22日，快要收尾时，他说：“只是为了写武侠小说可以帮忙增加销路，所以每日在自己的报纸上面写一段，这是有这个必要，非写不可，所以酬劳和一般情形就有点不同，报馆给我的稿费也很少，假定报纸与我没有关系，我就一定不写了。我现在写是为了娱乐。但是十部写下来，娱乐性也很差了。也许要停写几年，才再继续写下去也说不定。现在娱乐自己的成分，是越来越少了，主要都是娱乐读者。”“我觉得继续写下去，很困难。虽然为了报纸，有这个必要。有些读者看惯了，很想每天一段看下去。但是我每多写一部书，就越觉困难，很难再想出一些与以前不重复的人物，情节，等等。我想试试看是否可以再走一些新的路线。” 可以看作是他新的尝试，属于英雄的时代已经过去，他走向了韦小宝。一部，不再是英雄的慷慨悲歌，说是武侠小说，已没有“侠”。“'大侠'走至穷途末路，那么金庸又有什么出路可以提供呢？他提供了三条路线：令狐冲的出世、韦小宝的玩世及康熙的以天下为己任。”从1955年起，十七年间，他一共写了十一部长篇武侠小说，四部中短篇，他用书名首字作了一副对联： 飞雪连天射白鹿，笑书神侠倚碧鸳。 只有作于1970年的短篇没有包括在内。他的十五部武侠小说，“始于书剑飘零、指点江山，终于逐鹿问鼎、一争天下；始于乾隆的少不更事，终于康熙的老谋深算；始于红花会，终于天地会……始于天山，终于鹿鼎山；始于残缺的英雄，终于完美的流氓；始于查良镛自撰联语为回目，终于取查慎行的诗联为回目；始于'为赋新词强说愁'的青春忧郁，终于'却道天凉好个秋'的强自宽解；始于'齐人有一妻一妾'的茫然，终于唐伯虎坐拥七美的坦然；始于万隆会议开幕的序曲，终于'伟大的无产阶级文化大革命'的尾声；始于书、剑，终于鹿、鼎；始以江山，终以天下……” 从商业利益来说，《明报》此时成了香港举足轻重的大报，有国际性的影响，不再依赖武侠小说吸引读者，明报集团也已粗具雏形，金庸的武侠小说创作生涯终于走到了尽头。“目前情况下，如果我的生活没有太大改变，可能就不再写了，一来我不希望自己写过的风格、人物再重复，过去我写了相当多，要突破比较困难；再者武侠小说出自浪漫想象，年纪大了，心境自然也不同。” 这些小说几乎都是每天写一段，大约构思一个钟头，写一个钟头，每段千字左右，当夜排版，次日见报，有些一写就是两三年，有时写到后面忘了前面是否交代过，有时没有伏笔，前后有些不连贯，情感、故事有漏洞，在报上连载总是比较啰嗦。“很多时候拖拖拉拉的，拖得太长了，不必要的东西太多了，从来没有修饰过。本来，即使最粗糙的艺术品，完成之后，也要修饰的，我这样每天写一段，从不修饰，这其实很不应该。就是一个工匠，造成一件工艺品，出卖的时候，也要好好修改一番。”从1970年3月起，他就开始修订前面的作品，当时每天还在报纸上连载。直到1980年修订完成，足足花了十年时间。 其实，每次出单行本前，他都修订过一次，这次更是仔细，“几乎每一个句子都曾改过。甚至第三次校样还是给改得一塌糊涂。对负责校对的蔡炎培兄、明报出版部排字房领班陈栋兄及各位工友，常有既感且愧之念”。他个性坚毅好胜，对老朋友梁羽生1966年的批评很在意，努力学诗填词，研究格律，在回目上都重新下了工夫，其他方面也多有改动。 当然，即使经过十年修订，“在报纸上连载的痕迹”依然明显，情节安排中还有不少缺陷和不足，主要是巧合太多，偶然性太多，不合情理。他说：“武侠小说虽然也有一些文学的意味，（但）基本上还是娱乐性的读物，最好不要跟正式的文学作品相提并论，比较好些。”他说的是实话，不只是谦虚。 从1955年到1980年，正是金庸人生的黄金岁月，从《新晚报》《大公报》到长城电影公司，再到自办《明报》，写武侠小说始终只是他的“副业”，却给他带来了巨大的名声。数十年后，《大公报》老同事黄永玉还很不理解：“这个人是很聪明、很有魄力的人，怎么最后弄得成一个武侠小说的著名作家？在我来讲是可惜了。” “金庸”常常淹没了“查良镛”，多数海内外华人心目中往往只有金庸，倪匡说“凡是有中国人的地方，都有人知道他的名字”，算不上夸张。二十五年，四分之一世纪的漫长时光，有多少少年读他的武侠小说长大，不知不觉中受了他的影响，已不可能统计。岭南大学教授刘绍铭回忆，当年追读金庸武侠，到书店租阅，晨昏颠倒，一直到看完市上能供应的“现货”为止，看“书剑”时舍不得一目十行，而像嚼橄榄一样细心品味起来。 1948年生于香港、曾在美国波士顿大学获博士学位的吴霭仪说，“金庸小说是陪伴着我长大的读物，骗去了我不少的眼泪和梦想”。从8岁看起，金庸的每部小说她都读了许多遍，对书中人物与情节的熟悉不在倪匡之下。“看金庸小说是十分危险的，有时工作太紧张，临睡前顺手拿来看几页调剂调剂、松弛神经，不料就追下去看到天亮。次日一边工作一边打呵欠，还要暗自埋怨自己不知约制。” 经济学家张五常1958年在多伦多追读时，就对文学专家王子春说：“如果《水浒》是好文学，那么金庸的作品也是好文学了。” 陈省身、华罗庚、黄昆、王选、周光召、许倬云、金克木、陈世骧、夏济安、李欧梵、冯其庸……这些海内外学者都被金庸的武侠作品吸引。余英时60年代在美国就看他的武侠小说，1971年回香港，就请人介绍自己与金庸认识。 1954年生于马来西亚，1973年就读于台湾大学中文系的温瑞安，在马来西亚念小学时，开始接触到金庸的武侠小说，就被深深地吸引住了，千方百计或租或购，直到上大学还在狂读，最后也走上了写武侠的道路。 “海外大学的中国留学生，很少没有看过金庸小说的。一来外国生活枯燥寂寞，十分需要娱乐，二来长久与家乡分隔，很渴望多接触一些中国人的东西，比如看中文书、吃中国菜，等等。金庸小说娱乐性高，而且充满中国文化味道，于是便成了留学生的热门消遣，许多金庸的忠实读者，都是在留学时代开始迷上金庸的。”刘绍铭说，在华侨小孩中，这是“最不用父母鼓催，孩子也会看得津津有味的中文读物”。 当在《明报》连载时，越南西贡有二十一家中文报、越文报和法文报也在同时连载。越南国会中辩论之时，常有议员指责对方是“岳不群”（伪君子）或“左冷禅”（企图建立霸权者）。当时南越政局动荡，一般人对政治斗争特别感兴趣。金庸笔下的人物更是香港市民茶余饭后的谈话资料，香港人论政，常会举出他笔下的韦小宝、令狐冲等人，“这当然反映出这一类读者的水平，无法用较高层次的人物和事件来说明问题，思想中熟悉的就只能是这种虚构的武侠人和事”。 自1959年以来，十几年间，正是金庸一手写武侠，一手写社评，成就了他的事业，使《明报》从一张微不足道的娱乐小报，成长为香港举足轻重的大报，从三个人发展为一个广有影响的明报企业集团。

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Notes: 后记。