We all know that the martial arts novels written by Mr. Jin Yong are all based on the real dynasties in history, such as the legend of the condor hero in the Southern Song Dynasty and the dragon slaying in the Yuan Dynasty. Most of the characters created by Mr. Jin Yong in his novels have historical prototypes except the real dynasty background. For example, Zhang Sanfeng, Zhu Yuanzhang and Chang Yuchun are all real people in history, and today we are going to talk about Yin Zhiping, a famous Taoist in history.
Yin Zhiping was a Taoist priest in the late Jin Dynasty and early Yuan Dynasty, and a disciple of Quanzhen Sect such as Qiu Chuji and Wang Chu. After Yin Zhiping joined Quanzhen religion, he practiced seriously and never paid attention to the secular world. Later, he became the sixth generation of Quanzhen religion. Yin Zhiping enjoys a good reputation in history because he is modest and kind. However, when Mr. Jin Yong wrote The Condor Heroes, he created a brand-new Yin Zhiping on the basis of historical Yin Zhiping. In Mr. Jin Yong's works, Yin Zhiping not only often does bad things, but also always covets the little dragon girl's body. He also violated the little dragon girl after she was stabbed, so in the hearts of many readers of The Legend of the Condor Heroes, Yin Zhiping is an out-and-out villain.
Because many readers failed to separate history from novels, many readers regarded Yin Zhiping, who committed various crimes in novels, as the real Yin Zhiping in history. Mr. Jin Yong also realized that this had a great influence on history, so Mr. Jin Yong took the initiative to rename Zhen in The Condor Heroes.