Mr. Jin Yong’s final work is The Deer and the Cauldron.
"The Deer and the Cauldron" is a full-length martial arts novel written by Hong Kong writer Jin Yong. This novel was written between 1969 and 1972. It is set in the late Ming Dynasty and the early Qing Dynasty. It tells the story of Wei Xiaobao, who grew up in a Yangzhou brothel. He broke into the major gangs in the world without any martial arts skills, dealt with the emperor's courtiers, and carried out orders. The story of the expedition to Yunnan and Russia created an image of a small character that was completely different from the traditional chivalrous man. He used this image to satirize some sanctimonious hypocrites and pedantic and stubborn ideas, and expressed the idea of ??national unity. The pinnacle of The Deer and the Cauldron is the finishing touch at the end. The work contains the struggles and humor of people of all ethnic groups, but it was so entangled until the end that Wei Xiaobao couldn't figure out which group he belonged to. In fact, many ethnic groups in the world this month are one Chinese family. Nation is a fundamental relationship. Among them, the relationship between Wei Xiaobao and the emperor is even more subtle. They are neither monarchs nor ministers, nor brothers, nor can they be regarded as passers-by who meet by chance. Instead, they are two people who influence each other and develop feelings for each other under various environmental factors. In fact, it was a peaceful and prosperous era, but this work reflects the corruption of officialdom and the undercurrent of society, criticizing the false "prosperous age" attitude of the real society. Romanticism and realism coexist. As Mr. Jin Yong's last work, "The Deer and the Cauldron" is very different from previous martial arts novels. Its protagonist is no longer a heroic figure who acts chivalrously, but a street person, that is, a gangster. Characters like gangsters express a tragedy in a humorous way, which further reflects the uniqueness of this work.