"The Plum in the Golden Lotus" is a landmark realist masterpiece in the history of Chinese classical literature. It is known as the first of the "Four Wonderful Books of the Ming Dynasty" and occupies an important position in the history of the development of Chinese novels.
The author of this book is signed as "Lanling Xiaoxiaosheng" from the Ming Dynasty, and his true identity is still a mystery in literary history research.
The novel uses the plot of "Wu Song murders his sister-in-law" in "Water Margin" as an introduction, but takes a different approach, going deep into the urban society and focusing on the rise and fall of the wealthy businessman Ximen Qing and his family.
With an astonishingly realistic writing style, the novel vividly and vividly displays the life of all living beings in the late Ming Dynasty, and profoundly exposes the corruption of official circles, the manipulation of businessmen, the decadence of worldly customs, and the tragic fate of women under the feudal system.
Its profound depiction of the various aspects of society and the complexity of human nature has extremely high cognitive value and warning significance.
"Jin Ping Mei" has reached a very high level in terms of character creation, language art, and structural layout.
Mr. Lu Xun once spoke highly of his "description of the world's conditions, which is as realistic as possible" and "the author's sincerity and insight into the world's conditions".
It pioneered novels about worldly affairs and had a profound impact on later literature such as "A Dream of Red Mansions".
