Jin Yong suddenly stopped writing after he finished writing The Deer and Cauldron, and never wrote any new works again. Why?
Why did Jin Yong suddenly stop writing after writing The Deer and the Cauldron? There were many legends and speculations about why Jin Yong stopped writing, but the most widely known one was that he had to stop writing because of his health. It was reported that Jin Yong began to feel unwell in the late 1980s, and his health gradually deteriorated. Finally, he announced his retirement in 1991. After Jin Yong stopped writing, he said that he stopped writing because he wanted to focus on his physical and mental health and enjoy life. He had also said that he was not retiring, but that he would stop writing for the time being and start writing again at the right time. Although Jin Yong stopped writing, his literary influence was still widespread. His novels were translated into many languages and were widely used in entertainment, education, culture and so on. His representative works included The Legend of the Condor Heroes, The Return of the Condor Heroes, The Eight Dragons and Dragons, The Smiling Proud Jianghu, and so on. These works had become classics in Chinese literature.