我有故人抱剑去，斩尽春风再未归

    金庸先生的创作天赋在他读初中的时候就已经显露无疑，但在那个年代，敢于挑战权威肯定是会被枪打出头鸟，果然他就因为写讽刺训导主任投降主义的文章被开除，后来考入重庆中央政治大学，又因为向校方投诉学生的不良行为，反被劝退学。直到抗战胜利之后，他才从上海东吴大学法学院国际法专业毕业。说到这里，我们就很想继续读下去，看看到底金庸先生是经历了什么之后才创作出他的第一部武侠小说《书剑恩仇录》呢?

本篇课程选自 The Straits Times

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But in the interim（在此期间）, he had fallen into（偶然进入） journalism（新闻界）, working as a reporter for the Southeastern Daily in Hangzhou in 1946, and moving to Ta Kung Pao in Shanghai as a translator of international news in 1947. By 1948, he had been transferred（调入） to the Hong Kong branch分支机构 of Ta Kung Pao.

In his novels, he incorporated the personal and the political, stories from his childhood and larger topics. The Book And The Sword 书剑恩仇录was woven out of 创作来源于a legend in his hometown that the Qianlong Emperor was not a Manchu but a Han Chinese who had been switched 调包at birth. A Deadly Secret连城诀, about a young swordsman 剑客framed 诓骗for murder, was inspired 诱发灵感by the true story of a Zha family employee whom Cha's magistrate 地方官员grandfather had smuggled 走私out of prison.

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in the interim: 在此期间

transfer /trænsˈfɜː, trænsˈfɜːr/: vi. 调入

translator /trænsˈleɪtə, trænzˈleɪər/: n. 翻译

branch /brɑːntʃ, bræntʃ/: n. 分部；分支

magistrate /ˈmædʒəstreɪt, ˈmædʒəstrət/: n. 地方法官

swordsman /ˈsɔːdzmən, ˈsɔːrdzmən/: n. 剑客

Ta Kung Pao: 《大公报》

The Book And The Sword：《书剑恩仇录》

A Deadly Secret 《连城诀》