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THE PLUM IN THE GOLDEN VASE PRINCETON LIBRARY OF ASIAN TRANSLATIONS Copyright©2006byPrincetonUniversityPress PublishedbyPrincetonUniversityPress,41WilliamStreet, Princeton,NewJersey08540 IntheUnitedKingdom:PrincetonUniversityPress, 3MarketPlace,Woodstock,OxfordshireOX201SY AllRightsReserved. LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData Hsiao-hsiao-sheng [ChinP’ingMei.English] Thepluminthegoldenvase,or,ChinP’ingMei/ translatedbyDavidTodRoy. p.cm.—(PrincetonlibraryofAsiantranslations) Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex. Contents:v.1.Thegathering.v.2.Therivals. ISBN-13:978-0-691-12534-3 ISBN-10:0-691-12534-1 1.Roy,DavidTod1933–. II.Title III.Series. PL2698.H73C4713 1993 895.I′346–dc20 92-45054 ThisbookhasbeencomposedinElectra Thepaperusedinthispublicationmeetstheminimumrequirements ofANSI/NISOZ39.48-1992(R1997)(PermanenceofPaper) www.pup.princeton.edu PrintedintheUnitedStatesofAmerica 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 To all those students, friends, and colleagues WHO PARTICIPATED WITH ME IN THE EXCITEMENT OF EXPLORING THE WORLD OF THE CHIN P’ING MEI OVER THE PAST QUARTER CENTURY CONTENTS LISTOFILLUSTRATIONS ix ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xi CASTOFCHARACTERS xiii CHAPTER41 Hsi-menCh’ingFormsaMarriageAlliancewithCh’iaoHung; P’anChin-lienEngagesinaQuarrelwithLiP’ing-erh 1 CHAPTER42 APowerfulFamilyBlocksItsGateinOrdertoEnjoyFireworks; DistinguishedGuestsinaHighChamberAppreciatetheLanterns 19 CHAPTER43 BecauseoftheMissingGoldHsi-menCh’ingCursesChin-lien; AsaResultoftheBetrothalYu¨eh-niangMeetsMadameCh’iao 40 CHAPTER44 WuYu¨eh-niangDetainsLiKuei-chiehOvernight; Hsi-menCh’ingDrunkenlyInterrogatesHsia-hua 65 CHAPTER45 LiKuei-chiehRequeststheRetentionofHsia-hua; WuYu¨eh-nianginaFitofAngerCursesatTai-an 81 CHAPTER46 RainandSnowInterruptaWalkduringtheLanternFestival; WifeandConcubinesLaughinglyConsulttheTortoiseOracle 97 CHAPTER47 WangLiu-erhPeddlesInfluenceinPursuitofProfit; Hsi-menCh’ingAcceptsaBribeandSubvertstheLaw 129 CHAPTER48 InvestigatingCensorTsengImpeachestheJudicialCommissioners; GrandPreceptorTs’aiSubmitsaMemorialRegardingSevenMatters 147 CHAPTER49 Hsi-menCh’ingWelcomesInvestigatingCensorSungCh’iao-nien; IntheTempleofEternalFelicityHeEncountersanIndianMonk 171 CHAPTER50 Ch’in-t’ungEavesdropsontheJoysofLovemaking; Tai-anEnjoysaPleasingRambleinButterflyLane 203 viii CONTENTS CHAPTER51 Yu¨eh-niangListenstotheExpositionOfTheDiamondSutra; LiKuei-chiehSeeksRefugeintheHsi-menCh’ingHousehold 221 CHAPTER52 YingPo-chu¨ehIntrudesonaSpringBeautyintheGrotto; P’anChin-lienInspectsaMushroomintheFlowerGarden 255 CHAPTER53 WuYu¨eh-niangEngagesinCoitioninQuestofMaleProgeny; LiP’ing-erhFulfillsaVowinOrdertoSafeguardHerSon 289 CHAPTER54 YingPo-chu¨ehConvenesHisFriendsinaSuburbanGarden; JenHou-ch’iDiagnosesanIllnessforaPowerfulFamily 320 CHAPTER55 Hsi-menCh’ingObservesaBirthdayintheEasternCapital; SquireMiaofromYang-chouSendsaPresentofSingingBoys 346 CHAPTER56 Hsi-menCh’ingAssistsCh’angShih-chieh; YingPo-chu¨ehRecommendsLicentiateShui 374 CHAPTER57 AbbotTaoSolicitsFundstoRepairtheTempleofEternalFelicity; NunHsu¨ehEnjoinsPayingfortheDistributionoftheDha¯ranı¯Sutra 394 CHAPTER58 InspiredbyaFitofJealousyChin-lienBeatsCh’iu-chu¨; BeggingCuredPorktheMirrorPolisherTellsaSobStory 420 CHAPTER59 Hsi-menCh’ingDashes“SnowLion”toDeath; LiP’ing-erhCriesOutinPainforKuan-ko 453 CHAPTER60 LiP’ing-erhBecomesIllBecauseofSuppressedAnger; Hsi-menCh’ing’sSilkGoodsStoreOpensforBusiness 489 NOTES 507 BIBLIOGRAPHY 639 INDEX 673 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS TheInterplayofTwoInfantsLeadstoaMarriageAlliance 5 P’anChin-lienPunishesCh’iu-chu¨ toGetatLiP’ing-erh 16 APowerfulFamilyBlocksItsGateinOrdertoEnjoyFireworks 32 DistinguishedGuestsinaHighChamberAppreciatetheLanterns 34 P’anChin-lienExchangesCausticTauntswithHsi-menCh’ing 48 AsaResultoftheBetrothalYu¨eh-niangMeetsMadameCh’iao 58 Hsia-huaIsFoundundertheMangerwiththeStolenGold 73 TwoBeautiesEnjoyaGameofElephantChessbyLamplight 78 Hsi-menCh’ingAcceptsthePawningofaBronzeGongandDrum 86 LiP’ing-erhContributesaGiftofWhiteSatintoWuYin-erh 95 RainandSnowInterruptaWalkduringtheLanternFestival 118 WifeandConcubinesLaughinglyConsulttheTortoiseOracle 123 MiaoCh’ingConnivesintheMurderofHisMaster 134 Hsi-menCh’ingTakesaBribeandSubvertstheLaw 142 Chin-lienPutsaWreathofPeachBlossomsonChing-chi’sCap 157 Lai-paoPassestheMountedCourierConveyingtheImpeachment 168 Hsi-menCh’ingMeetstheBoatoftheSalt-ControlCensor 174 IntheTempleofEternalFelicityHeMeetsanIndianMonk 194 Ch’in-t’ungEavesdropsontheJoysofLovemaking 212 Tai-anEnjoysaPleasingRambleinButterflyLane 214 Chin-lienHitstheCatwhileSuckingOffHsi-menCh’ing 238 Ching-chiLosesatCardsandConsentstoStandaTreat 253 YingPo-chu¨ehIntrudesonaSpringBeautyintheGrotto 275 P’anChin-lienInspectsaMushroomintheFlowerGarden 286 ATrystbetweenChin-lienandChing-chiIsInterrupted 299 WuYu¨eh-niangRecitesaSutrainQuestofMaleProgeny 301 YingPo-chu¨ehTicklesHanChin-ch’uaninanIndecorousWay 337 JenHou-ch’iDiagnosesanIllnessforaPowerfulFamily 341 Hsi-menCh’ingObservesaBirthdayintheEasternCapital 355 MiaoCh’ingPresentsHsi-menCh’ingwithTwoSingingBoys 359 Hsi-menCh’ingComestotheAssistanceofCadgerCh’ang 380 CadgerCh’angwithSilverinHandLordsItoverHisWife 383 Hsi-menCh’ingSubscribesaSumfortheTemple’sRepair 408 P’anChin-lienandCh’enChing-chiEnjoyaFurtiveTryst 416 P’anChin-lienBeatsaDogattheExpenseofaHumanBeing 441 P’anChin-lienandMengYu¨-louPatronizeaMirrorPolisher 450 Hsi-menCh’ingExposesHisOrganandStartlesChengAi-yu¨eh 464 LiP’ing-erhonSeeingtheClapper-DrumGrievesforKuan-ko 483

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