The Legend of the Condor Heroes

The Legend of the Condor Heroesis awuxianovel byJin Yong (Louis Cha). It is the first part of theCondor Trilogyand is followed byThe Return of the Condor HeroesandThe Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber. It was first serialised between 1 January 1957 and 19 May 1959 inHong Kong Commercial Daily.Jin Yong revised the novel twice, first in the 1970s and later in the 2000s. The English title is imprecise since neither species of thecondor, theAndean condorandCalifornian condor, is native to China.