Louis Cha Leung-yung, one of the most influential Chinese novelists, and better known under the pen name Jin Yong, died on Tuesday afternoon in Hong Kong Sanatorium and Hospital surrounded by family members, according to sources close to him. He was 94.
据消息人士透露，中国最有影响力的小说家之一金庸（原名查良镛）于周二（10月30日）下午在香港养和医院逝世，享年94岁。金庸去世时家人陪在身边。
Cha was most famous for his wuxia, or martial arts and chivalry, novels. Over 300 million copies of his works have been sold in the Chinese-speaking world.
金庸以其创作的武侠小说著称于世。他的著作在华语圈的销量超过3亿册。
He wrote 15 popular wuxia novels, his last, The Deer and the Cauldron, in 1972.
他一共创作了15部广为流传的武侠小说，最后一部是1972年面世的《鹿鼎记》。
His novels have been adapted in films, TV and radio series, and deeply influenced the cultural development of Chinese-speaking communities around the world.
他的小说被改编成电影、电视剧和广播剧，给全球汉语社区的文化发展都带来了深刻影响。
Cha also founded Hong Kong's major Chinese-language newspaper Ming Pao in 1959, and served as its editor-in-chief until retiring in 1989.
他还在1959年创办了香港的知名中文报纸《明报》，并担任总编辑，直到1989年卸任。
He has been honored by top universities in China and around the world.
金庸获得了国内外多所顶尖学府的荣誉教授称号。
Cha also served on the Basic Law Drafting Committee before Hong Kong's return to China in 1997.
在1997年香港归回祖国之前，金庸还担任基本法起草委员会委员。
Hong Kong's Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor, on behalf of the Hong Kong SAR government, expressed deep condolences to his family.
香港特区行政长官林郑月娥代表香港特别行政区政府向金庸的家人致以深切慰问。

Lam said Cha made some of the greatest contributions to Chinese culture and Hong Kong's media development.
林郑月娥表示，金庸对中华文化和香港媒体的发展做出了莫大的贡献。
Hong Kong science fiction novelist Ni Kuang called Cha's novels "the best in the world and of all time" and said Cha's legacy would live on forever.
香港科幻小说作家倪匡说：“金庸小说，天下第一，古今中外，无出其右”，并认为他的作品会“流传下去”。
Hong Kong Screenwriters' Guild President John Chong said Cha was "China's Shakespeare" and the "grandmaster" of Chinese screenwriters.
香港电影编剧家协会会长庄澄说，金庸是“中国的莎士比亚”，也是中国编剧界的“泰斗”。
Chinese actors and actresses known for playing leading roles in TV series adapted from Cha's novels posted online tributes to the late novelist on Tuesday night.
周二晚上，金庸武侠小说改编影视剧中的男女主角也纷纷在网上表达了哀悼之情。