The Plum in the Golden Vase or, Chin P'ing Mei, Volume Four: The Climax Condition:Good and wants to keep a

and wants to keep a low profile

to emerging power relationships and economies

you already know them

mordant wit

domestic strife

The Plum in the Golden Vase or, Chin P'ing Mei, Volume Four: The Climax Condition:Good and wants to keep aThis is the fourth and penultimate volume in David Roy's celebrated translation of one of the most famous and important novels in Chinese literature. The Plum in the Golden Vase or, Chin P'ing Mei is an anonymous sixteenth century work that focuses on the domestic life of Hsi men Ch'ing, a corrupt, upwardly mobile merchant in a provincial town, who maintains a harem of six wives and concubines. The novel, known primarily for its erotic realism, is