Novel 'Jin Ping Mei' - Revision history

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	Various English translations of "Jin Ping Mei" all accessed online.		Various English translations of "Jin Ping Mei" all accessed online.

−	Presentation ~~can be viewed~~ by ~~clicking here~~: [~~https~~:~~//docs.google~~.~~com/presentation/d/1Yy02T3UKIIO4pcwl1bm1WWB2_4LcwkEZT0xH5Pdqu2o/pub?start=false&loop=false&delayms=3000~~]	+	Presentation by TaraDFroisland: [[File:Jin Ping Mei.pptx]]

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	Various English translations of "Jin Ping Mei" all accessed online.		Various English translations of "Jin Ping Mei" all accessed online.

−	[https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Yy02T3UKIIO4pcwl1bm1WWB2_4LcwkEZT0xH5Pdqu2o/pub?start=false&loop=false&delayms=3000]	+	Presentation can be viewed by clicking here: [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Yy02T3UKIIO4pcwl1bm1WWB2_4LcwkEZT0xH5Pdqu2o/pub?start=false&loop=false&delayms=3000]

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	Various English translations of "Jin Ping Mei" all accessed online.		Various English translations of "Jin Ping Mei" all accessed online.

−	[~~File~~:~~Presentation_Jin_Ping_Mei~~.~~ppt]~~] ~~Link to Powerpoint~~	+	[https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Yy02T3UKIIO4pcwl1bm1WWB2_4LcwkEZT0xH5Pdqu2o/pub?start=false&loop=false&delayms=3000]

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 Jianghuai Mandarin and later Beijing Mandarin formed the standard for written vernacular Chinese before and during the Qing dynasty up until its replacement by early 20th century modern Standard Chinese. This Baihua was used by writers all over China regardless of the dialect they spoke. Chinese writers who spoke other dialects had to use the grammar and vocabulary of Jianghuai and Beijing Mandarin in order for the majority of Chinese to understand their writing. After the May Fourth Movement, Baihua became the normal written form of Chinese. While the phonology of Modern Standard Chinese is based on that of Beijing, its grammar is officially based on the exemplary works of the vernacular literature.(Ramsey, Luo, Ping Chen)
-For more information of Chinese Vernacular and the Merchant Elite, click here.[[Chinese Vernacular and the Merchant Elite]]
+What this means for the "Jin Ping Mei" is that it was written in a way that even the more common people of the day would have been able to read and understand it. The author wrote it to be read by others in the situations he was commenting on.
 = Main Characters =

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 the steps of his dance.
 The power of spring remains weak;
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 Such long form descriptive poetry is found through out the work. I have found while reading this work that the poetry is used to describe things that would sound very ordinary and plain without the addition of poetry.
 =Writing Style: Vernacular=

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	Such long form descriptive poetry is found through out the work. I have found while reading this work that the poetry is used to describe things that would sound very ordinary and plain without the addition of poetry.		Such long form descriptive poetry is found through out the work. I have found while reading this work that the poetry is used to describe things that would sound very ordinary and plain without the addition of poetry.
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	=Writing Style: Vernacular=		=Writing Style: Vernacular=

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	Jianghuai Mandarin and later Beijing Mandarin formed the standard for written vernacular Chinese before and during the Qing dynasty up until its replacement by early 20th century modern Standard Chinese. This Baihua was used by writers all over China regardless of the dialect they spoke. Chinese writers who spoke other dialects had to use the grammar and vocabulary of Jianghuai and Beijing Mandarin in order for the majority of Chinese to understand their writing. After the May Fourth Movement, Baihua became the normal written form of Chinese. While the phonology of Modern Standard Chinese is based on that of Beijing, its grammar is officially based on the exemplary works of the vernacular literature.(Ramsey, Luo, Ping Chen)		Jianghuai Mandarin and later Beijing Mandarin formed the standard for written vernacular Chinese before and during the Qing dynasty up until its replacement by early 20th century modern Standard Chinese. This Baihua was used by writers all over China regardless of the dialect they spoke. Chinese writers who spoke other dialects had to use the grammar and vocabulary of Jianghuai and Beijing Mandarin in order for the majority of Chinese to understand their writing. After the May Fourth Movement, Baihua became the normal written form of Chinese. While the phonology of Modern Standard Chinese is based on that of Beijing, its grammar is officially based on the exemplary works of the vernacular literature.(Ramsey, Luo, Ping Chen)
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		+	For more information of Chinese Vernacular and the Merchant Elite, click here.[[Chinese Vernacular and the Merchant Elite]]

	= Main Characters =		= Main Characters =

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 = Plot =
-Simply put, this is the story of Ximen Qing's family and how it falls apart.
+Simply put, this is the story of Ximen Qing's family and how it falls apart in one hundred chapters.
 The Jin Ping Mei describes in "naturalistic detail the life of the family of a well-to-do businessman, Ximen Qing, who has acquired his wealth largely through dishonest means and who devotes himself to the pursuit of carnal pleasure and heavy drinking." To these ends he acquires six wives and numerous maidservants and concubines. Not even satisfied with these women, he spends most of his time seeking the pleasures of entertainment areas.  For much of the book, the "action" in the family centers on the rivalry of his wives Pan Jinlian and Li Ping'er . They are both competing for the affection of their husband who, on the other hand, is out on the town with his friends almost every day. He should be more concerned with his family and having more kids, but, he is only interested in having a good time. Ximen and his fifth wife, Pan Jinlian, whom he has acquired by poisoning her first husband, nearly succeed in corrupting the entire household and eventually lead to its entire downfall. Ximen ends up poisening himself by using too many drugs at the age of thirty-three. The first wife, however, remains virtuous and in the end bears a son who becomes a Buddhist monk to atone for his father’s sins. She gives up her son to a monastery and adopts one of the other characters as Ximen's "son". She lives to be 69 years old. Little Vase slowly bleeds to death after her son dies. Golden Lotus meets up with her first husbands brother, the tiger killer from the first of the book. He is out to avenge his brother's death. The debauchery of Ximen is related in vivid detail, leading many readers to dismiss the novel as pornography. Others, however, regard the erotic passages as central to the author’s moral purpose of exposing the vanity of pleasure.(Britannica)

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 Luo, Jing. Over a Cup of Tea: An Introduction to Chinese Life and Culture. University Press of America. 2004.
-Roy, David Tod.Translator. [The Plum in the Golden Vase or, Chin P'ing Mei: Volume Two: The Rivals]. Princeton University Press. 2001.
+Roy, David Tod.Translator. The Plum in the Golden Vase or, Chin P'ing Mei: Volume Two: The Rivals. Princeton University Press. 2001.
-Encyclopædia Britannica. "[Jinpingmei.]" www.britannica.com. Web. 9 April 2013
+Encyclopædia Britannica. "Jinpingmei." www.britannica.com. Web. 9 April 2013
-Encyclopædia Britannica. "[Ming Dynasty.]" www.britannica.com. Web. 9 April 2013
+Encyclopædia Britannica. "Ming Dynasty." www.britannica.com. Web. 9 April 2013
-Cultural China. "[Jin Ping Mei: The Fifth Great Classic or Just A Twisted Story?]" history.cultural-china.com. Web. 8 April 2013
+Cultural China. "Jin Ping Mei: The Fifth Great Classic or Just A Twisted Story?" history.cultural-china.com. Web. 8 April 2013
 Jianjun He. "Burning Incense at Night: A Reading of Wu Yueniang in 'Jin Ping Mei'".Chinese Literature: Essays, Articles, Reviews (CLEAR) , Vol. 29, (Dec., 2007).
-Vesna Vučinić-Nešković. "[Social Exchange and Power Relations in Jin Ping Mei: An Analysis of a Classic Chinese Novel]". Antropologija 12. 2012.
+Vesna Vučinić-Nešković. "Social Exchange and Power Relations in Jin Ping Mei: An Analysis of a Classic Chinese Novel." Antropologija 12. 2012.

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 = References =
 Chang, Kang-I & Owen, Stephen. "The Cambridge History of Chinese Literature Volume Two From 1375". New York,  Cambridge University Press, 2010.
 Various English translations of "Jin Ping Mei" all accessed online.
 [File:Presentation_Jin_Ping_Mei.ppt]] Link to Powerpoint