1996年6月，筆者以「金庸武俠小說研究」為題取得博士學位，其中立有專章討論舊版（即初版）之修訂，但囿於時間與學力，在情節方面的探討，並未達到分項嚴謹、論述充分的境地。眼見金庸再度修訂大作，「見賢思齊」與「有為者亦若是」之情不免油然而生。本文以金氏修訂情節之主要目的進行論述，依序為合乎情理、避免蕪雜、調整節奏、預示後情。在審視過金庸對其初版情節修訂後，筆者認為金氏所耗費之時間與精力，絕對值得讚揚；而修訂成果除了消極地減少書中失誤或不合情理，也積極地提高了作品的可讀性與文學價值。 June of 1999, I got my Ph.D. by "Study of Jin-yong's knight novels". In one chapter of my thesis I discussed about how Jin-yong corrected his original novels. At that time because of lack of time and ability, on the plot study I couldn't make it perfect. Now Jin-yong is correcting his novels again, I want to learn his spirit, so I wrote this paper. This paper aims how Jin-yong corrected his original novel's plot, they are making a well-reasoned statement, avoiding branch, adjusting rhythm, and giving hint. I think, as a result of correction, except reducing novels' mistakes, and making his novels more easy to read and adding literature value.
