<轉載自2018年10月31日 明報 社評>
《明報》創辦人、著名武俠小說家查良鏞先生病逝，享年94歲。查良鏞文人辦報，立足香港，心懷國事，憂國憂民。他以一支健筆打出名堂，一片丹心為國家民族留下不少金石良言；他以筆名「金庸」撰寫的小說膾炙人口，將武俠小說推向巔峰，「有華人的地方就有金庸」。政治紛爭不過一時一地，只有文化精神永垂不朽，全球華人將銘記查良鏞所留下的文化遺產。
查良鏞以批判愛國 展現知識分子擔當
滾滾長江東逝水，浪花淘盡英雄。20世紀中國動盪歲月多，平靜日子少。查良鏞出身書香門第，親歷近百載中國變化，由民國時代、抗日戰爭、新中國成立、文化大革命到改革開放，查良鏞滿腔愛國情懷從未改變，無論是辦報臧否時事，還是撰寫的武俠小說，都反映了他對中國文化的熱愛，以及作為中國傳統知識分子的擔當。
1966年文革爆發，內地閉關鎖國，香港成為了解內地一扇重要窗口，查良鏞以報章作為平台，以筆桿作為武器，對文革倒行逆施破壞中國文化，提出強而有力的批判。六七暴動期間，查良鏞堅決反對左派過激行動，抨擊他們「將愛國一詞竊為己有」，「凡是擁護他們的就叫做愛國，反對他們的就叫做賣國」。時光荏苒，半世紀過去，然而查良鏞所批判的這種思維和心態，在本港社會仍然隨處可見，很多人依舊喜歡以各種政治二分法區分敵我，只重立場不講道理，將「非友即敵」思維強加到別人身上。現在回看查良鏞這番金石良言，依然有參考價值。
建設性的批判和有意義的討論，可以推動社會前行。查良鏞以凌厲筆鋒證明，愛國不代表盲從，批判一樣可以愛國。1960年代初，查良鏞一篇題為「要褲子，不要核子」的評論，批駁時任副總理兼外長陳毅「當了褲子也要造核子彈」的說法，掀起相當大的波瀾，本港左派報章群起圍攻，然而據《文匯報》已故前總編輯金堯如憶述，當年陳毅也認為只有左派報章「捧場」未必對頭，應該兼聽不同意見，只要罵得有理，就應視作諍友。陳毅後來改說「既有褲子，又有核子」，反映他亦認同查良鏞以民生為本的觀點。
查良鏞也有遇上政治爭議的時候，例如「雙查方案」風波，然而是非成敗轉頭空，放在歷史長河之中，很多紛爭也不過是過眼雲煙小插曲，全球華人最耳熟能詳的，不是查良鏞一時一地的政治立場或主張，而是他的武俠小說。金庸的小說雅俗共賞，筆下角色各有性格，栩栩如生，《射鵰英雄傳》、《神鵰俠侶》、《倚天屠龍記》、《天龍八部》、《笑傲江湖》、《鹿鼎記》等一系列小說，跨越政治意識形態分歧，風靡全球華人社會。
小說盛載中國文化 民族復興還看今朝
金庸武俠小說廣受歡迎，不僅因為故事情節豐富高潮迭起，更因為他以跌宕起伏的中國歷史為軸，以博大精深的中國文化為綱，描寫俠義精神，道盡人性善惡美醜，一邊展現了中國深厚的文化底蘊，同時也有着跨越時空和國界的普世意義，這亦是為何他的小說內容，竟然會成為當年南越政客在議事堂借題發揮的對象，你說我是岳不群，我說你是左冷禪。
「自古帝王將相，聖賢豪傑，奸雄大盜，元兇巨惡，莫不有死。」查良鏞提到，政治情况變化很快，影射性的小說無大意義，他在小說中想寫的是人性，將古今中外政治生活一些普遍現象勾畫出來，一些角色與其說是武林高手，不如說是政治人物。他的小說能夠歷久不衰，充滿生命力，原因亦在於此。查良鏞說過，如果死後100年、200年仍然有人看他的作品，他就心滿意足。這個遺願，相信不難實現。
今時今日香港社會氣氛，談愛國彷彿已成為一種政治忌諱，然而談查良鏞不可不談他的愛國情懷。查良鏞熱愛中國文化，一片丹心就是希望國家踏上正途。愛之深，責之切。他為國家走上文革歧途痛心疾首，對內地踏上改革開放正路高興安慰，流露的正是中國傳統知識分子對民族復興的期盼。1994年，他在北京大學演講，強調近幾百年中國歷史說明，專制和封閉只會帶來落後，中華民族自強不息靠的是改革開放，他對中國能夠在21世紀成為世界經濟中心充滿信心，更相信中國人的文化和智慧，可以為世界作出貢獻。廿多年後回看這番說話，仍然有極大現實意義。
Pearls of wisdom and a crimson heart
FOUNDER of Ming Pao and renowned wuxia (or martial arts) novelist Louis Cha
Leung-yung has passed away at the age of 94. An intellectual running a
newspaper business, he made Hong Kong his home while remaining mindful of
national affairs and deeply concerned about the country and its people. Cha
made his name as a great writer, and, with his crimson heart of loyalty,
offered pearls of wisdom to the nation. Written under the pen name Jin Yong,
his novels have won universal adoration and brought the wuxia genre to its
apex, so much so "wherever you find Chinese people you can find Jin Yong's
works". Political controversies are short-lived compared to the
immortality of culture. The cultural heritage left by Cha will be engraved in
the memory of all Chinese worldwide.
History is like the gushing, east-flowing waters of the Yangtze River,
washing away all the past heroes. To China, the 20th century was a period
dominated by turbulence rather than peace. Cha was born into a family of
scholars. From the era of the Republic of China, the war of resistance against
Japanese aggression, the founding of new China, the Cultural Revolution to the
country's reform and opening-up, he witnessed the country's major changes
spanning nearly a hundred years. All through the time, his wholehearted passion
for the homeland did not change a bit. Be it an opinion piece on current
affairs in the newspaper he founded or a wuxia novel, what he wrote invariably
reflected his deep love for Chinese culture and his sense of responsibility as
a traditional Chinese intellectual.
When the Cultural Revolution broke out in 1966, China's adoption of
isolationism turned Hong Kong into an important window for understanding the
mainland. Taking his newspaper as a platform and his pen as a weapon, Cha
articulated strong and sound criticisms of the harm inflicted upon Chinese
culture by the perverse practices of the Cultural Revolution. During the 1967
riots, he adamantly opposed the excessive action taken by the leftists,
denouncing them for "hijacking the word 'patriotism'". "They
praise whoever supporting their cause as a patriot, and accuse whoever opposing
them of treason." Time has flown and half a century has passed. But the
mindset and mentality criticised by Cha back then can still be seen everywhere
in Hong Kong society. Many people still like to classify people into enemies or
friends by means of various political dichotomies. Taking only people's stances
but not reason into consideration, they impose the thinking of "either
friends or foes" on other people. Looking back at the pearls of wisdom
offered by Cha, his comments are indeed still relevant nowadays.
However, to the majority of the global Chinese community, the most
familiar side of Cha is not his political stance or advocacy at a particular
time or in a particular place, but his wuxia universe. Cha's works appeal to
both refined and popular tastes. The characters he created all have a unique
personality as if they were alive. Transcending political and ideological
differences, his novel series including The Legend of the Condor Heroes, The
Return of the Condor Heroes, The Heavenly Sword and the Dragon Saber, Demi-Gods
and Semi-Devils, The Smiling, Proud Wanderer and The Deer and the Cauldron have
enjoyed enormous popularity among global Chinese societies.
Cha once noted that given politics often changed rapidly, there was not
much meaning in writing novels of literary innuendos. Instead, what he tried to
portray in his works were human nature and phenomena related to politics or
livelihood universal across all times and cultures. Rather than martial arts
masters, some of the characters in his works in fact resemble political figures
even more. That exactly is also the reason behind the long-lasting appeal and
vitality of his novels. Cha said he would be contented if people would still
read his works one or two hundred years after his death. Foreseeably it will
not be difficult to fulfil this last wish.
金石良言為家國 一片丹心留汗青
《明報》創辦人、著名武俠小說家查良鏞先生病逝，享年94歲。查良鏞文人辦報，立足香港，心懷國事，憂國憂民。他以一支健筆打出名堂，一片丹心為國家民族留下不少金石良言；他以筆名「金庸」撰寫的小說膾炙人口，將武俠小說推向巔峰，「有華人的地方就有金庸」。政治紛爭不過一時一地，只有文化精神永垂不朽，全球華人將銘記查良鏞所留下的文化遺產。
滾滾長江東逝水，浪花淘盡英雄。20世紀中國動盪歲月多，平靜日子少。查良鏞出身書香門第，親歷近百載中國變化，由民國時代、抗日戰爭、新中國成立、文化大革命到改革開放，查良鏞滿腔愛國情懷從未改變，無論是辦報臧否時事，還是撰寫的武俠小說，都反映了他對中國文化的熱愛，以及作為中國傳統知識分子的擔當。
1966年文革爆發，內地閉關鎖國，香港成為了解內地一扇重要窗口，查良鏞以報章作為平台，以筆桿作為武器，對文革倒行逆施破壞中國文化，提出強而有力的批判。六七暴動期間，查良鏞堅決反對左派過激行動，抨擊他們「將愛國一詞竊為己有」，「凡是擁護他們的就叫做愛國，反對他們的就叫做賣國」。時光荏苒，半世紀過去，然而查良鏞所批判的這種思維和心態，在本港社會仍然隨處可見，很多人依舊喜歡以各種政治二分法區分敵我，只重立場不講道理，將「非友即敵」思維強加到別人身上。現在回看查良鏞這番金石良言，依然有參考價值。
全球華人最耳熟能詳的，不是查良鏞一時一地的政治立場或主張，而是他的武俠小說。金庸的小說雅俗共賞，筆下角色各有性格，栩栩如生，《射鵰英雄傳》、《神鵰俠侶》、《倚天屠龍記》、《天龍八部》、《笑傲江湖》、《鹿鼎記》等一系列小說，跨越政治意識形態分歧，風靡全球華人社會。
