《金瓶梅》－封建末世的写实长卷

<金瓶梅>反映了明代嘉、万年间中国社会生活的真实面貌.以西门庆为代表的市侩封建主义,形成16世纪后期中国一股疯狂腐朽的破坏力量;商品经济的巨大浪潮,席卷起社会风俗的变异;贪图性欲享乐的纵欲之风,揭示出封建末世的时代特质;作者具有时代特征的文化心态和客观历史认知,促使<金瓶梅>成为具有历史文化内涵的优秀作品.

Jin Ping Mei: A Realistic Account of the Declining Feudal Society

Jin Ping Mei is a true-to-life account of the late 16th century social life in Ming Dynasty. The sordid feudalists, represented by Xi Mengqing, antagonist of the novel, formed an extremely corruptive and destructive force of the then society. Meanwhile, the flourishing commodity economy brought in its wake rapid tremendous changes in social norms and conventions. These changes were best illustrated by the indulgence in sensual pleasures on the part of corrupt feudalists, as was depicted in the novel. The author's sensitivity to historical traits and insights into social reality add greatly to the historical and cultural connotations of the novel.