Huang Lin said Jin Ping Mei

Author: Huang Lin
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Publish Date: 2005-09-01
Features: Do you want to understand the pathological aspects of real Chinese society? Do you want to savor the intricacies of traditional novel art? Renowned scholar Huang Lin opens the door to The Golden Lotus for you, allowing us to see within the masterfully crafted artistic world of Xiaoxiao Sheng, where men like Simen Qing, the official and merchant, rise to power through, promotion, corruption, and domination, yet remain unstoppable in their demise. Women like Pan Jinlian are crushed by a vicious society, struggling for their fate as their humanity twists and perishes, harming others while consuming themselves, destroying youth and beauty. He portrays the ignorant emperor, corrupt officials, decadent scholars, shameless hangers-on, despicable monks and nuns, lecherous wives and concubines, greedy courtesans, and deceitful servants, painting a world of darkness. This darkness makes one yearn for a world of light and justice, and compels us as individuals to ponder our place amidst the conflicts between the mundane and the divine, the individual and society, and humanity and nature.