Ximen Qing () is a fictional Chinese

Song dynasty The Song dynasty (; ; 960–1279) was an imperial dynasty of China that began in 960 and lasted until 1279. The dynasty was founded by Emperor Taizu of Song following his usurpation of the throne of the Later Zhou. The Song conquered the rest ...

merchant, womanizer, and murderer in

Yanggu County, Shandong Yanggu County () is a county of western Shandong province, People's Republic of China, bordering the narrow strip of Henan province to the south. It is administered by the prefecture-level city A prefecture-level city () or prefectural cit ...

. He is the male protagonist in the novel ''

Jin Ping Mei ''Jin Ping Mei'' () — translated into English as ''The Plum in the Golden Vase'' or ''The Golden Lotus'' — is a Chinese novel of manners composed in vernacular Chinese during the latter half of the 16th century during the late Ming dynasty ...

'' and a minor character in the novel ''

Water Margin ''Water Margin'' (''Shuihu zhuan'') is one of the earliest Chinese novels written in vernacular Mandarin, and is attributed to Shi Nai'an. It is also translated as ''Outlaws of the Marsh'' and ''All Men Are Brothers''. The story, which is ...

''. In both novels, he is portrayed as a lascivious and immoral man who starts a secret affair with Pan Jinlian and helps her poison her husband

Wu Dalang Wu Dalang (), also translated as Wu the Elder, is a major character in the classic Chinese novel '' The Plum in the Golden Vase'', and a minor character in the ''Water Margin'', another classic. In both novels, he is murdered by his adulterous wife ...

to death. Where the two novels differ is what happens when Wu Dalang's brother

Wu Song Wu Song ( zh, c=武松, p=wǔ sōng), also known as Wu the Second ( zh, c=武二郎, p=wŭ èrláng, labels=no), is a legendary hero recounted since the 13th century; and one of the well-known fictional characters in the ''Water Margin'', one of ...

confronts Ximen Qing at Lion Tower. In ''Water Margin'', the older novel, Wu Song kills Ximen Qing in broad daylight and is exiled. In ''Jin Ping Mei'', however, Ximen Qing escapes and bribes the

county magistrate County magistrate ( or ) sometimes called local magistrate, in imperial China was the official in charge of the ''xian'', or county, the lowest level of central government. The magistrate was the official who had face-to-face relations with the ...

to have Wu Song arrested and exiled. ''Jin Ping Mei'' then follows Ximen Qing's degenerate pursuits of women and power until he dies from

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overdose.

Sexual partners

*Lady Chen (), first wife *Wu Yueniang (), second wife *Li Jiao'er (), first concubine, originally a courtesan *Zhuo Diu'er (), second concubine, originally a prostitute *Meng Yulou (), third concubine, originally the wife of Yang Zongxi *Sun Xue'e (), fourth concubine, originally a widower * Pan Jinlian(), lover, fifth concubine, originally the wife

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(), sixth concubine, originally the wife of Hua Zixu *

Pang Xuemei Pang may refer to: Places *Siem Pang District, Cambodia *Pangnirtung or Pang, an Inuit hamlet on Baffin Island, Canada *Fo Pang (Chinese: 火棚), an area of Kowloon, Hong Kong *Pang, a hamlet in Leh district, Jammu and Kashmir, India *Pang, Mal ...

(), originally a maid *Yingchun (), maid *Xiuchun (), maid *Lanchun (), maid *Song Huilian (), wife of Lai Wang *Wang Liu'er (), wife of Han Daoguo *Ruyi'er () *Ben Sisao () *Huiyuan () *Madam Lin () *Li Guijie () *Wu Yin'er () *Zheng Aiyue () *Zhang Xichun () *Servant boy, homosexual partner

References

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