Yang Kang is a character from Jin Yong's book, The Legend of the Condor Heroes. He was the sworn brother of Guo Jing and the father of Yang Guo. Yang Kang was also a disciple of Mei Chaofeng and Quanzhen priest Qiu Chuji. His biological father was Yang Tiexin and mother Bao Xiruo. He was known as Wanyan Kang before he knew his true parentage, and he always thought that he was the son of Wanyan Honglie, the sixth prince of the Jin emperor. Louis Cha, (born June 6, 1924), known to most by his penname Jinyong or Kam-yung, is one of the most influential Chinese-language novelists. ... The Legend of Condor Heroes (hanzi:traditional character射雕英雄傳/simplified character射雕英雄传,pinyin: Shèdiāo YÄ«ngxióng Zhuàn) is a 1957 novel, the first part of the Condor Trilogy written by Jin Yong, the pen name for Chinese author Louis Cha. ... Guo Jing (born in November 1200, November 1201, November 1196 or November 1188, died January 31, 1273) is the fictional main character in The Legend of the Condor Heroes (She Diao Ying Xiong Zhuan), a novel written by Chinese author, Jin Yong. ... The fictional character Yang Guo (Traditional Chinese: 楊過; Simplified Chinese: 杨过) is the protagonist in the Chinese wuxia novel The Return of the Condor Heroes (神鵰俠侶)(1959) by writer Jin Yong. ... Qiu Chuji(丘处机, sometimes spelled Kiu Chang Chun, Taoist name 长春; [Perpetual Spring]; 1148 - 23 July 1227) was a Quanzhen Taoist who was the most famous one in Wang Chongyangs seven disciples, or The Seven Immortals. ...

Even after learning of his true identity, as the son of Yang Tiexin, he still recognised Wanyan Honglie as his father because Wanyan Honglie was the one who raised him. Another reason was that, he was promised a share of the power of the Jin Empire. He was later killed when he hit Huang Rong, who was wearing her family's protective vest which was incidentally coated with poison when Ouyang Feng previously hit her. Huang Rong (born in 1203, died January 31, 1273)) is fictional character in the novel, The Legend of the Condor Heroes (She Diao Ying Xiong Zhuan) written by Chinese author Jin Yong (Louis Cha). ...

His death was ironical because Yang Kang killed Ouyang Feng's son in order to become his disciple.