The Han Chinese wuxia heroes of Jin Yong's novels are typically brave, strong men of integrity: Gwok Jing, Yeung Gor, Cheung Mo Gei, Ling Wu Chung, etc., naturally all fit this mold. These men, however, represent Chinese "superheroes;" none of them was an ordinary man. Each was extraordinary.
What Jin Yong seemingly has to say about the "average" Chinese man in his novels, however, doesn't seem flattering. Doesn't he tend to portray average Chinese men as selfish, cowardly, and weak...forever being victimized by stronger foreigners such as the Khitan, the Tangut, the Juchen, and the Mongols? Aside from the "supermen" wuxia heroes, the average Chinese man isn't depicted in a very flattering light in Jin Yong's stories.