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The Plum in The Golden Vase

PRinCeTon liBR a RY oF asi a n TR a nsl aTions

The Plum in the Golden Vase

or,

Chin P’inG mei

VOLUME FI V E: THE DISSOLU TION

Translated by David Tod Roy

Princeton University Press

Princeton and oxford

Published by Princeton university Press, 41 William street, Princeton, new Jersey 08540

in the united Kingdom: Princeton university Press, 6 oxford street,

Woodstock, oxfordshire oX20 1TW

press.princeton.edu

Jacket illustration:

Pan Jinlian (Golden Lotus) Humiliated for Being Intimate with a Servant,

album:

Illustrations for the novel Jin Ping Mei, or The Plum in the Golden Vase,

17th century.

album leaf, ink and color on silk. The nelson-atkins museum of art, Kansas City, missouri.

Purchase: William Rockhill nelson Trust through the George h. and elizabeth o. davis Fund,

2006.18.2. Photo: John lamberton.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

hsiao-hsiao-sheng

[Chin P’ing mei. english]

The plum in the golden vase, or, Chin P’ing mei /

translated by david Tod Roy.

p. cm. —(Princeton library of asian translations)

includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents: v. 1. The gathering. v. 2. The rivals. v. 3. The aphrodisiac. v. 4. The climax.

isBn-13: 978-0-691-15771-9

1. Roy, david Tod 1933–. ii. Title iii. series.

Pl2698.h73C4713 1993

895.i´346–dc20 92-45054

British library Cataloging-in-Publication data is available

This book has been composed in electra lT std

Printed on acid-free paper.

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Printed in the united states of america

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