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* EvilPaysBetter: And ''how''. The evil characters in the novel prospered, while the good ones suffered. Notably (more than the graphic sexual content), this was the main reason why the novel was censored/ bowdlerised, as it completely went against Confucian ethics and theexpectation that evil doers will be p[punished eventually.
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* EvilPaysBetter: And ''how''. The evil characters in the novel prospered, while the good ones suffered. Notably (more than the graphic sexual content), this was the main reason why the novel was censored/ bowdlerised, as it completely went against Confucian ethics and theexpectation the expectation that evil doers will be p[punished punished eventually.
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* ArbitrarilyLargeBankAccount: Ximen Qing is incredibly rich.
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* ArbitrarilyLargeBankAccount: Ximen Qing is incredibly rich. The novel explains that he owns many prospering businesses ''and'' manages to marry a rich widow.
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* TheBusCameBack: Wu Sung.
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* TheBusCameBack: Wu Sung.Song.
*EvilPaysBetter: And ''how''. The evil characters in the novel prospered, while the good ones suffered. Notably (more than the graphic sexual content), this was the main reason why the novel was censored/ bowdlerised, as it completely went against Confucian ethics and theexpectation that evil doers will be p[punished eventually.
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* PutOnABus: Wu Sung.
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Wu Sung.
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Wu Sung.
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* PutOnABus: Wu Sung.
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* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: WuSung.Song. This is directly lifted from the corresponding chapter of ''Water Margin''.
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Wu
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* TamperingWithFoodAndDrink: How Gold Lotus kills Wu Ta.
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* TamperingWithFoodAndDrink: How Gold Lotus kills Wu Ta.Da.
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The takes a small episode from the classic Chinese novel ''Literature/WaterMargin'', where Wu Song kills his brother's former wife and murderer, Pan Jinlian, and expands it into its own world of affairs. ''Jin Ping Mei'' follows the fortunes of Pan Jinlian, a beautiful but [[TheSociopath sociopathic]] woman, and the family of the lascivious Ximen Qing, her lover.
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The novel takes a small episode from the classic Chinese novel ''Literature/WaterMargin'', where Wu Song kills his brother's former wife and murderer, Pan Jinlian, and expands it into its own world of affairs. ''Jin Ping Mei'' follows the fortunes of Pan Jinlian, a beautiful but [[TheSociopath sociopathic]] woman, and the family of the lascivious Ximen Qing, her lover.
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The story is an expansion of a small episode from the classic Chinese novel ''Literature/WaterMargin'', where Wu Song kills his brother's former wife and murderer, Pan Jinlian. ''Jin Ping Mei'' follows the fortunes of Pan Jinlian, a beautiful but [[TheSociopath sociopathic]] woman, and the family of the lascivious Ximen Qing, her lover.
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The story is an expansion of takes a small episode from the classic Chinese novel ''Literature/WaterMargin'', where Wu Song kills his brother's former wife and murderer, Pan Jinlian. Jinlian, and expands it into its own world of affairs. ''Jin Ping Mei'' follows the fortunes of Pan Jinlian, a beautiful but [[TheSociopath sociopathic]] woman, and the family of the lascivious Ximen Qing, her lover.
lover.
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The story is an expansion of a small episode from the classic Chinese novel ''Literature/WaterMargin'', where Wu Song kills his brother's former wife and murderer, Pan Jinlian. ''Jin Ping Mei'' follows the fortunes of Gold Lotus (Jin Lian), a beautiful but [[TheSociopath sociopathic]] woman, and the family of the lascivious Ximen Qing, her lover.
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The story is an expansion of a small episode from the classic Chinese novel ''Literature/WaterMargin'', where Wu Song kills his brother's former wife and murderer, Pan Jinlian. ''Jin Ping Mei'' follows the fortunes of Gold Lotus (Jin Lian), Pan Jinlian, a beautiful but [[TheSociopath sociopathic]] woman, and the family of the lascivious Ximen Qing, her lover.
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''Jin Ping Mei'', also known as ''The Golden Lotus'' or ''The Plum in the Golden Vase'' is a classic Chinese novel by an anonymous author who used the pseudonym Lanling Xiaoxiao Sheng, or "The Scoffing Scholar of Lanling." It follows the fortunes of Gold Lotus (Jin Lian), a beautiful but [[TheSociopath sociopathic]] woman, and the family of the lascivious Ximen Qing, her lover.
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''Jin Ping Mei'', also known as ''The Golden Lotus'' or ''The Plum in the Golden Vase'' is a classic Chinese novel from the late sixteenth century by an anonymous author who used the pseudonym Lanling Xiaoxiao Sheng, or "The Scoffing Scholar of Lanling." It "
The story is an expansion of a small episode from the classic Chinese novel ''Literature/WaterMargin'', where Wu Song kills his brother's former wife and murderer, Pan Jinlian. ''Jin Ping Mei'' follows the fortunes of Gold Lotus (Jin Lian), a beautiful but [[TheSociopath sociopathic]] woman, and the family of the lascivious Ximen Qing, her lover.
The story is an expansion of a small episode from the classic Chinese novel ''Literature/WaterMargin'', where Wu Song kills his brother's former wife and murderer, Pan Jinlian. ''Jin Ping Mei'' follows the fortunes of Gold Lotus (Jin Lian), a beautiful but [[TheSociopath sociopathic]] woman, and the family of the lascivious Ximen Qing, her lover.
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No longer a trope.
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* UnproblematicProstitution: Being a [[HighClassCallGirl high-class]] courtesan carried no stigma, although [[{{Hypocrite}} Gold Lotus]] mocks them for being [[GoldDigger Gold Diggers]].
* YourCheatingHeart: Literally every major character except Moon Lady, Ximen Qing's First Wife.
* YourCheatingHeart: Literally every major character except Moon Lady, Ximen Qing's First Wife.
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* UnproblematicProstitution: Being a [[HighClassCallGirl high-class]] courtesan carried no stigma, although [[{{Hypocrite}} Gold Lotus]] mocks them for being [[GoldDigger Gold Diggers]].
* YourCheatingHeart: Literally every major character except Moon Lady, Ximen Qing's First Wife.Diggers]].
* YourCheatingHeart: Literally every major character except Moon Lady, Ximen Qing's First Wife.
