Qiu Shuitang on Jin Ping Mei
by Tian Xiaofei
About This Novel
"Yunxia fills the paper", Yuan Hongdao praised "Jin Ping Mei" in his letter to Dong Qichang. In the more than 400 years since "Jin Ping Mei" came out, it has been cherished and copied by countless writers and scholars. From Li Yu and Cao Xueqin to Hu Shi and Zhang Ailing... All of them have drawn nourishment from "Jin Ping Mei". "Jin Ping Mei" is not only a book about boudoir affairs, but also a book about "crime and punishment" that deeply understands human nature: all the characters in the book are drowned in the sea of desire, tossed by the huge waves of greed, anger, jealousy, and infatuation. The author of "The Plum in the Golden Vase" has the power to penetrate into the unfathomable parts of human nature, revealing the complexity of the human heart without any sadness or sentimentality. A reader must have a strong spleen and stomach, a sound spirit, and a mature mind to truly appreciate and understand "The Plum in the Golden Vase" and face the particularly thrilling violence in it due to its extreme realism.
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