Yang Kang

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.

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 Ouyang Feng's poison when Guo Jing's master, Nan Xiren previously hit her.

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