Jin Ping Mei
Jin Ping Mei is a late Ming Chinese novel of manners, circulated in manuscript from about 1596 and first printed around 1610 under the pen name Lanling Xiaoxiao Sheng. Clement Egerton's expurgated English version, The Golden Lotus, came out from Routledge in London in 1939 in four volumes.
- Editions tracked
- 1
- First UK edition
- Routledge, 1939
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Awards, adaptations and setting
Adaptations
- Chin Ping Mei film, 1955
- The Amorous Lotus Pan film, 1964
- The Notorious Concubines film, 1968
- The Golden Lotus film, 1974
Setting and characters
- Set in
- Qinghe County
- Characters
- Yang Jian
- Genre
- zhanghui novel, erotica
In print
- Editions recorded
- 2 on Open Library, 1 in English
- Wikipedia
- Articles in 37 languages
From Wikidata and Open Library, both CC0. A prize or a new adaptation often lifts demand for the first printing.
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How many editions of Jin Ping Mei are there?
We track 1 edition of Jin Ping Mei. Each has its own page with how to identify it.
Has Jin Ping Mei been adapted?
Yes, including The Golden Lotus (film, 1974), The Notorious Concubines (film, 1968), The Amorous Lotus Pan (film, 1964), according to Wikidata.
When was Jin Ping Mei first published?
Jin Ping Mei by Lanling Xiaoxiao Sheng was first published in 1610.
Where these facts come from
- Jin Ping Mei, Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org)
- Jin Ping Mei (Q753535), Wikidata (wikidata.org)
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