A Study on the Narrative Form of "jin Ping Mei
by Sun Zhigang
About This Novel
"Jin Ping Mei" is a classical novel that is still "alive" today. Many issues in today's society can be found in this book. There are one hundred chapters in "Jin Ping Mei", and the plot is highly integrated, which is rare in Chinese classical novels. Therefore, only by studying the book from the overall narrative form can we decipher the mystery. In terms of overall form, "Jin Ping Mei" is a novel of the style of "Songs of Love and Crying". It writes about the beauty of sex, wealth, and power, but in essence it is crying about the death of the country, the corruption of politics, and the destruction of the family. The beauty of the narrative of "Jin Ping Mei" is that it combines the rise and fall of Ximen Qing and his family with the fall of the Song Dynasty. Its deep structure is the integration of family and country. "Jin Ping Mei" adopts a purely objective narrative technique and describes the various situations in the market calmly. Its purpose is to make readers carefully "see" through the world and "see" through life. The narrative purpose of "Jin Ping Mei" is to use the Song Dynasty to illustrate the Ming Dynasty. It uses the death of the Song Dynasty to warn the rulers of the Ming Dynasty not to make the same mistakes. Therefore, it is a work that worries about the country and the people. The author of "Jin Ping Mei" has profound historical insight. He pointed out that the shortcomings of the Song and Ming Dynasties were the collusion between officials and businessmen. As a result, officials will become corrupt; as a result, the country's economy will decline; as a result, the country will surely perish. "Jin Ping Mei" admonishes businessmen and state rulers like Ximen Qing from the negative side, so it is a textbook written for property owners. "Jin Ping Mei" is a novel where characters come first. Each character is carefully designed by the author and has a unique narrative purpose. The stylistic form of "Jin Ping Mei" is similar to that of popular lectures, so it can be regarded as a major popular lecture in the late Ming Dynasty.
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