Jin Ping Mei
1610 Chinese naturalistic novel
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Summary
Jin Ping Mei is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of literary work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,306 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Author: Lanling Xiaoxiao Sheng[3]
- Movement: naturalism[4]
- Genre: zhanghui novel[5], erotica[6]
- Named after: Pan Jinlian[7], Li Ping'er[8], Pang Chunmei[9]
- Based on: Water Margin[10]
- Part of: Four Great Masterworks[11]
- Commons category: Jin Ping Mei[12]
- Language of work or name: written vernacular Chinese[13]
- Country of origin: Ming dynasty[14]
- Inception: 1610[15]
- Publication date: 1610[16]
- Characters: Yang Jian[17]
- Has edition or translation: Xinke Xiuxiang Piping Jin Ping Mei[18], Xinke Jin Ping Mei Cihua[19], Diyi Qishu Jin Ping Mei[20]
- Narrative location: Qinghe County[21]
- Topic's main category: Category:Jin Ping Mei[22]
- Topic has template: Template:Jin Ping Mei[23]
- Takes place in fictional universe: Jin Ping Mei universe[24]
- Title: 金瓶梅[25], Kwiaty śliwy w złotym wazonie[26], Kwiat w złotym flakonie[27]
- First line: 豪華去後行人絕 簫箏不響歌喉咽 雄劍無威光彩沉[28]
- Studied by: 金瓶梅学[29]
- Number of parts of this work: 100 chapter[30]
- Last line: 可怪金蓮遭惡報 遺臭千年作話傳[31]
- Derivative work: The Notorious Concubines[32]
- Copyright status: public domain[33]
- Form of creative work: novel[34]
Why It Matters
Jin Ping Mei has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[35] It is known by 38 alternative names across languages and contexts.[36]