"Jin Ping Mei: Pretty Maid Chun Mei: Pretty Maid Chun Mei

Author: Chen Dongyou
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Publish Date: 2003-02-01
Features: A Jin Ping Mei, four hundred years of enduring charm, captivating countless food and sex lovers, drawing the world's attention. The numerous men and women in Jin Ping Mei are greedy for profit and indulgent in desires, day and night, never able to satisfy their boundless lust. Jin Ping Mei is a mirror of history, reflecting the marvelous and dazzling reflections of the myriad people in this vast world before it. Chunmei, a personal maid to Pan Jinlian, was taken in by Xi Menqing at the age of sixteen. The author vividly portrays this young woman who is both a maid and not a maid, rebellious and unruly. She conspires with Jinlian, dominates Xi Menqing, and squeezes out Li Ping'er; she allies with Chen Jingji, asserting herself in the Xi Men household; she holds grudges, bullying Sun Xue'e, and repays kindness with enmity toward Wu Yue'mian, adding so much color to the Xi Men household! By the time she becomes a noble lady, her lust only grows stronger, and she dies of excessive indulgence at the age of twenty-nine. What a prism-like, alluring Pang Chunmei! Pan Jinlian, Li Ping'er, and Pang Chunmei—each taking one character forms Jin Ping Mei. After reading the stories of these characters, the timeless classic Jin Ping Mei will become clear to you. A Jin Ping Mei, four hundred years of enduring charm, captivating countless food and sex lovers, drawing the world's attention. The numerous men and women in Jin Ping Mei are greedy for profit and indulgent in desires, day and night, never able to satisfy their boundless lust. Jin Ping Mei is a mirror of history, reflecting the marvelous and dazzling reflections of the myriad people in this vast world before it. Chunmei, a personal maid to Pan Jinlian, was taken in by Xi Menqing at the age of sixteen. The author vividly portrays this young woman who is both a maid and not a maid, rebellious and unruly. She conspires with Jinlian, dominates Xi Menqing, and squeezes out Li Ping'er; she allies with Chen Jingji, asserting herself in the Xi Men household; she holds grudges, bullying Sun Xue'e, and repays kindness with enmity toward Wu Yue'mian, adding so much color to the Xi Men household! By the time she becomes a noble lady, her lust only grows stronger, and she dies of excessive indulgence at the age of twenty-nine. What a prism-like, alluring Pang Chunmei! Pan Jinlian, Li Ping'er, and Pang Chunmei—each taking one character forms Jin Ping Mei. After reading the stories of these characters, the timeless classic Jin Ping Mei will become clear to you.