Golden Bottles（）

Author: Zhu Yixuan (Editor)
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Publish Date: 2002-06-01
Features: This book is the fourth volume of the series "Classical Chinese Novel Masterpieces," compiled by the author for teaching and research purposes, gathering years of accumulated materials on "Jin Ping Mei." The compilation is divided into five parts.
Part One: "Story Collection," which gathers materials adopted and referenced from classical novels for "Jin Ping Mei."
Part Two: "Author Studies," which collects relevant materials on the authorship of "Jin Ping Mei."
Part Three: "Version Collection," which compiles version-related materials of "Jin Ping Mei."
Part Four: "Commentary Collection," which gathers reviews of "Jin Ping Mei" since its publication.
Part Five: "Influence Collection," further divided into two sections: influence on novels and influence on opera. Since plays based on the stories of figures like Wu Song, Ximen Qing, and Pan Jinlian are generally categorized as "Water Margin plays," this collection includes only those listed in Zhu Yifu's "A Comprehensive Examination of Classical Opera Titles" (Gu Dian Xi Qu Cun Mu Hui Kao), excluding others. Most of the materials compiled in this collection predate the May Fourth Movement. Some exceptions are included due to special needs, extending beyond this timeframe. The materials in each part are arranged chronologically by author. A few exceptions are made for entries with closely related content. Each entry is annotated with the era, author, volume number in the source book, and the version used. If an entry is quoted from another source, the original reference is also noted. For materials from the same version, the version is only annotated under the first occurrence.