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Golden Lotus
Lanling Xiaoxiao Sheng; Translated by Clement Egerton, Shu Qingchun; Introduction by Robert Hegel
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"The greatest novel of physical love which China has produced."
--Pearl S. Buck A saga of ruthless ambition, murder, and lust, The
Golden Lotus (Jin Ping Mei) has been called the fifth Great
Classical Novel in Chinese literature, joining the Four Great
Classics: Journey to the West, The Water Margin, Romance of the
Three Kingdoms, and Dream of the Red Chamber (also known as The
Story of the Stone), and is recognized as one of the Four
Masterworks of the Ming novel. Golden Lotus tells the story of
Ximen Qing, a wealthy, unscrupulous merchant who takes the
beautiful and ambitious widow Pan Jinlian as his fifth wife.
Jinlian is not content to accept her position and schemes to
dominate her husband and improve her standing in society by using
sex as her weapon. As the story unfolds, Ximen Qing embarks on a
series sexual conquests and Pan Jinlian exploits her husband's
lust, ultimately causing the downfall of the entire family. The
story's dramatic climax vividly portrays the lengths to which
ambitious people will go to gain influence. It also lays bare the
rivalries within wealthy families of privilege while chronicling
their rise and fall. Iconic in China, Golden Lotus has been
alternately banned and lauded for centuries, all the while still
avidly read as a popular page-turner. This new Tuttle edition, now
available in a single unabridged volume, includes a superb
introduction by Robert Hegel of Washington University, who explains
the book's importance as the first novel in the Chinese tradition
attributable to a single author.
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