Pan Jinlian
Pan Jinlian | ||
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Hanyu Pinyin Pān Jīnlián | | |
Wade–Giles | P'an Chin-lien |
Pan Jinlian (
Name
Pan Jinlian's name appears to be inspired by Pan Yunu, an imperial consort of the Southern Qi. Her husband, Xiao Baojuan, was obsessed with her small feet and made her dance on golden (金, jin) lotuses (蓮, lian) .
Pan Jinlian also appeared to be based on the false rumors a real namesake lady who had a sharply different personality. The reputation of real-life Pan Jinlian was badly affected by the fictional Pan Jinlian and this incident also caused a rift between Pan family and Shi family (the family of Shi Nai'an, author of Water Margin) for a long time until descendants of Shi family made an official apology in 2009.[3][4]
Story
Pan Jinlian is married to Wu Dalang, the elder brother of Wu Song. Wu Dalang is short and ugly, while Pan Jinlian is renowned for her beauty; as a result, many people feel that the couple are a mismatch.
Pan Jinlian, dissatisfied with her marriage, has an extramarital affair with Ximen Qing, a handsome womaniser in town. Wu Dalang eventually discovers the affair, but Pan Jinlian and Ximen Qing murder him by adding poison to his food. They bribe the coroner to conceal the true cause of his death.
Wu Song grows suspicious of his brother's death. He carries out his own investigations and discovers the truth. In Water Margin, Wu Song's slaying of the adulterous pair is described in graphic detail and is one of the most memorable scenes in the novel. In Jin Ping Mei, however, Pan Jinlian marries Ximen Qing as a concubine, and Wu Song kills Pan after Ximen dies from excessive sexual activity.
Adaptations
In the post-
Pan Jinlian is a popular subject of Chinese and Japanese films and television series. Since the 1950s, there have been at least 20 films and television series featuring her as a main character.[6] The Chinese name of the film I Am Not Madame Bovary is literally I Am Not Pan Jinlian.
Title | Release year | Origin of production |
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The Amorous Lotus Pan | 1964 | Hong Kong |
Outlaws of the Marsh (TV series) | 1983 | China |
The Reincarnation of Golden Lotus | 1989 | Hong Kong |
The Amorous Lotus Pan | 1994 | Hong Kong |
The Water Margin (1998 TV series) | 1998 | China |
All Men Are Brothers (TV series) | 2011 | China |
I Am Not Madame Bovary | 2016 | China |
References
- ^ ISBN 978-0-520-22218-2.
- ISBN 978-1-135-96390-3.
- ^ Thủy Hử truyện và nỗi hàm oan của Phan Kim Liên – Võ Đại Lang An Ninh Thế Giới, 21 August 2016
- ^ Con cháu Thi Nại Am “trả nợ” Người Lao Động, 30 November 2015
- Ministry of Culture of China. Archived from the originalon 4 March 2016. Retrieved 6 May 2015.
- ^ 盘点: 20版潘金莲谁更妩媚 (in Chinese). Sina. Retrieved 17 July 2013.