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In the afterword, Jin Yong mentions that "The Smiling, Proud Wanderer" can be read as a political allegory disguised as a wuxia novel. As an allegory, it can happen in "any dynasty or organisation". Jin Yong also stated in the afterword that after the novel was published, Vietnamese politicians had once used the names of Yue Buqun and Zuo Lengshan as derogatory terms against one another in parliamentary sessions.