ABSTRAK
Skripsi ini membahas seluk-beluk kehidupan Kho Ping Hoo dari mulai riwayatkepengarangannya, penerbitan karyanya, sampai karakteristik yang terdapat dalamkarya Kho Ping Hoo, baik dalam cerita silat Cina maupun dalam cerita silatIndonesia. Penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan sosiologi sastra?denganmelihat hubungan antara penerbit, pengarang, karya sastra, serta pembaca karyatersebut?dan pendekatan struktural karya sastra?dengan melihat unsur-unsurintrinsik sebuah karya. Metode penelitian yang digunakan dalam penelitian iniadalah metode deskriptif-analitis. Hasil penelitian membuktikan bahwa Kho PingHoo merupakan penulis produktif yang menghasilkan sejumlah karya melaluipenerbit yang dirintisnya dan karya tersebut masih memikat banyak penggemarmeskipun Kho Ping Hoo telah meninggal dunia.

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ABSTRACT
This thesis discussed details of Kho Ping Hoo?s life from his authorship stories,his publishing works, until characteristics of his works, either in silat story ofChina and silat story of Indonesia. This research uses the sociological approach?by looking at the relationship between publisher, author, literary works, andreaders?and the structural approach to literary works?by looking at intrinsicelements of a literary work. The method used in this research is descriptiveanalytic.Results of the research prove that Kho Ping Hoo is productive toproduced works through his publishing and his works still had a lot of fansalthough he passed away.