Jin Ping Mei: Hua Mi Yue Niang: Hua Mi Yue Niang

Author: Wei Ziyun
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Publish Date: 2003-02-01
Features: A "Jin Ping Mei," four hundred years of enduring charm, captivating countless men and women obsessed with food and desire, drawing the world's attention. The numerous men and women in "Jin Ping Mei" are greedy for profit and indulgent in lust, day and night, unable to satisfy their boundless desires. Xi Menqing, a man who embodies both merchant and lecher, exploits every means to make money while indulging in every excess. Wu Yueyuan, the principal wife of Xi Menqing, faces five concubines, numerous lustful women, courtesans, and young boys. How does she cope with them? The author, Mr. Wei Ziyun, a renowned Jin Ping Mei scholar from Taiwan, has dedicated over twenty years of research into "Jin Ping Mei," condensing his findings into this work. Based on clues from the original text and employing modern novelistic techniques for eighty percent of the recreation, he vividly portrays Wu Yueyuan's external appearance and inner nature, her actions within the Xi Men family, and the licentious and shameless lives of the men and women under Xi Menqing. This book provides a practical understanding of the timeless masterpiece "Jin Ping Mei."