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Name of Book: The Golden Lotus Vol II Author: Lanling Xiaoxiaosheng, Clement Egerton, Shu Qingchun ISBN: 978-0-8048-4171-9 Publisher: Tuttle Part of a Series: The Golden Lotus Vol I was the "prequel" This one covers chapters 54-100 Type of book: 1100s, Forbidden book, death, despicable deeds, bribing, finances, affairs, falling into place, China, reparations, revenge, loyalty, surprising heroes and heroines, women as main characters, officials, greed, second chances, lust, sloth, Year it was published: 2011 (1300s) Summary: The Golden Lotus (Jin Ping Mei) has been called the fifth greatest work in all of Chinese literature and one of the Four Masterworks of the Ming novel. Anonymously written, it was admired in its own time for its literary qualities and biting indictment of the immorality and cruelty of its age. Yet it has also been denigrated as a dirty book for its sexual frankness. It centers on Ximen Qing, a wealthy, young, dissolute merchant, and ...

Name of Book: The Golden Lotus, aka Jin Ping Mei aka The Plum in the Golden Vase Author: Lanling Xiaoxiaosheng, Clement Egerton, Shu Qingchun ISBN: 978-0-8048-4170-2 Publisher: Tuttle Part of a Series: This is first part of Jin Ping Mei, spanning from chapters 1-53 Type of book: China, "dirty book" sex, 1100s, corruption, women, poetry, ambition, murder, daily life, selfishness, widowhood, connections, wealth, city life, pride, envy, gluttony, lust, anger, greed, sloth Year it was published: 2011 (1590s or afterwards originally) Summary: The Golden Lotus (Jin Ping Mei) has been called the fifth greatest work in all of Chinese literature and one of the Four Masterworks of the Ming novel. Anonymously written, it was admired in its own time for its literary qualities and biting indictment of the immorality and cruelty of its age. Yet it has also been denigrated as a dirty book for its sexual frankness. It centers on Ximen Qing, a wealthy, young, dissolute ...