Revealing the secret of Pan Jinlian's first love, to whom did she give her first love?

Pan Jinlian can be said to be a famous woman in history. Of course, her fame is not because of her achievements, but she is a model in China in seducing men and cuckolding her husband. So, what is the relationship between Pan Jinlian and Wu Song? What was Pan Jinlian like in history?

Friends who have read "Water Margin" must be familiar with the woman Pan Jinlian. One reason is that there are few beauties in the book, and the other is because of the "romantic nature" of the character Pan Jinlian herself. So, who was Pan Jinlian's first love? Why was Pan Jinlian so romantic in history? Today, the editor will analyze them one by one from the perspective of history and culture!

Pan Jinlian's first love

A masterpiece is a masterpiece because it can give profound meaning to seemingly ordinary things.

In "Water Margin", Pan Jinlian is only interested in two men, one is Wu Song and the other is Ximen Qing. Mr. Shi Nai'an put a lot of thought into writing these two characters who are incompatible between good and evil. Using objects to represent people and to show emotions is the author's deliberate expression method.

As for the two men in front, they can serve as a kind of foreshadowing, which is optional but indispensable. In the work, apart from the description of the vulgarity of two minor characters, there is no other hint. Da Hu is a vulgar and pervert, while Wu Da is an ugly and short, poor man. In Pan Jinlian's eyes, such a man is not even as good as dirt.

Of course, there is always a distinction between the two. In addition to being extremely disgusted with the old rich man, you also have to be careful to avoid the "harassment" that occurs from time to time. There is no need to do that with Wu Da. He is honest and kind. He has only ever sold pancakes and will not resort to force. Even if you offer yourself to him, he may not be interested. This place was safe, and Pan Jinlian followed for a long time. This is a nearly "Puritan" couple, two poor people who just stick together for warmth.

Obviously, Pan Jinlian's first love was Wu Song. As mentioned earlier, when the author described Wu Song meeting Pan Jinlian, he consciously added an extremely common object, which was a "curtain". The few numbers are just a passing mention of “lifting the curtain”. But this seemingly ordinary curtain has already laid the groundwork for Wu Song to block Pan Jinlian's love offensive.

Does the curtain have any other uses besides blocking external interference and infiltration? But this curtain will not have any effect on Pan Jinlian. It is her own curtain, and she can open and lower it at her own discretion. So it is inevitable that Pan Jinlian will have feelings for Wu Song, "Marrying a man like him will not be in vain. ... I didn't expect that our marriage would be here." This kind of thinking is actually normal, that is, love at first sight.

This is what Pan Jinlian thought and did. Finally one day, taking advantage of Dalang's absence and returning late, she launched a fierce "love offensive" against Wu Song. This made Wu Song angry, and he scolded him angrily, extinguishing the fire of love that had just been ignited in Pan Jinlian. After being scolded by Wu Song, Pan Jinlian's desire was temporarily extinguished. Afterwards, the county magistrate (the author) arranged for Wu Song to go on a business trip, which also led to the emergence of another important character. The appearance of this character makes the plot take a sharp turn for the worse. However, this ill-fated relationship started with a bamboo pole supporting a window.

It is not difficult to see that Pan Jinlian's "one-stick" is actually very accidental and dramatic. As a good woman, Pan Jinlian has to do housework, and closing the windows may also be within the scope of housework. In "Water Margin", the description of this window itself is very ambiguous. This can be explained roughly from two aspects: On the one hand, Pan Jinlian should be focused. From a literary perspective, "closing the window" means being calm, frank and selfless. This is a window to the soul. On the other hand, it was because of this failure that Pan Jinlian met the playboy Ximen Qing. After some persuasion, the "window" that had been closed for a long time was reopened.

It didn't matter that it was opened. The long-suppressed emotions burst out instantly. In the stalemate of half-pushing and half-giving, Pan Jinlian's moral defense line completely collapsed. The reason why Pan Jinlian is called a "whore" is simply that she slept with Ximen Qing. But this was never Pan Jinlian's original intention. In her heart, losing her chastity was also a top priority. Unfortunately, Pan Jinlian's resistance was ultimately vulnerable in front of Ximen Qing, who was known as a master in the love field.

Logically speaking, how could Comrade Jinlian not know the consequences of doing so! Even if Wu Dalang could spare her, could that vicious brother let her go? But the word "lust" is like a knife hanging over one's head. Once the door of desire is opened, one will not care about the future, and will not care about life or death. In the end, she killed her husband, her lover, and herself, and she was on a path of no return, without even the chance to ask for a divorce.

In fact, Pan Jinlian’s only unforgivable “crime” was the killing of Wu Da, and that was the real crime. In that era, Pan Jinlian was not a chaste and loyal woman, but she was not a complete slut either. After all, it's just the pursuit of so-called love. But fate seemed to play a trick on her, and accidentally pushed her into the moral grave of "adultery". This is Pan Jinlian's sorrow, and also the tragedy of history and society!

When we mention Pan Jinlian, our impression is that of a slut and a jealous woman. She was favored and powerful in the Ximen family, and she occupied all the limelight. In theory, her life must be the most luxurious, with gold and silver jewelry on her shoulders and her word being hers. But in fact, she has always been a "low-income household" financially. She didn't have a decent piece of jewelry, not even a decent fur coat. This is again unimaginable.

One Lantern Festival, Wu Yueniang led her concubines to her eldest sister-in-law's house to drink and admire the moon. Suddenly it started snowing. Wu ordered the servant to go home and get fur coats for the "women", and Wu Yue Niang suddenly remembered that among all the wives and concubines, only Pan Jinlian did not have a fur coat. Wu Yueniang ordered that a fur coat pawned in the pawn shop be given to Pan Jinlian to wear. Pan Jinlian thought this was a very embarrassing thing, so she swore in public: "If I have the ability, I can ask a man for one to wear tomorrow. It will not be in vain. Why should I put on an old fur coat picked up from someone else's hands!" - However, Pan Jinlian's wish was never realized.

Isn't this a very strange thing? Ximen Qing's family had "more money than the Big Dipper and more rice than Chencang", but he was generous in giving his friends fifty or one hundred yuan; not to mention bribes and gifts. How could a wife who was so doted on by her husband not even have a decent fur coat? In fact, the message behind this incident was that Ximen Qing's family implemented a "two-level economic accounting system." Wives and concubines are each a unit of accounting for silver and money. If you have your own money, you can use more; if you don’t have it, you can use less or no money. It was extremely difficult to get a penny from Ximen Qing.

Among all the wives and concubines, Wu Yueniang was the legitimate wife and had economic privileges. In principle, the family's property should be controlled by her. Besides, her family is wealthy and has money. Meng Yulou and Li Ping'er were both wealthy widows, which made them generous and popular. Li Jiao'er was born a prostitute and had a lot of private money. She also managed the financial accounts at home and may have "earned" some money. After Ximen Qing died, her first reaction was to steal a few large silver bars during the chaos, then return to the brothel and resume her old business. ——As for Sun Xue'e, she was originally a maid in charge of the house, and her actual position was the head cook. No one ever regarded her as the "Fourth Lady".

The only one left was Pan Jinlian. Although she was also a widow who remarried, she was originally the daughter of a poor tailor. After her father died, she was sold twice and later married to Wu Da, who was "three parts human and seven parts ghost". Later, she hooked up with Ximen Qing, killed Wu Da, and married Ximen Qing. ——But her arrival did not bring a single penny.

As mentioned earlier, Ximen Qing's view on marriage is that of a businessman, and marrying a wife and taking a concubine is one of the ways to make money. The immortal Wu once read Ximen Qing's fortune and said that he would have many wives and wealth in his life. As for his wives and concubines, Ximen Qing's economic policy was to only take in and not spend out. ——Ximen Qing spends money with a purpose, which is to “make money from money”. My wives and concubines have already been married, and both the person and the property belong to me. Why should I spend money on them?

In such a family full of money, a woman's personal dignity is maintained by money. Women all love beauty, but they have to pay for themselves to dress up. Li Ping was the richest and brought a lot of jewelry and clothes. She had a golden-threaded wig (a wig is a net that holds a wig, usually only worn by noble women) that weighed nine taels and was worth nearly ten thousand yuan. Li Ping was a very low-key person. She was afraid that wearing it would attract attention and arouse jealousy from other wives and concubines, so she asked Ximen Qing first: Does Wu Yue Niang have it? Ximen Qing said she had a silver one, but no gold one. Li Ping refused to wear it, and asked Ximen Qing to take it to a silversmith to have two ordinary-looking pieces of jewelry made for her to wear. When Pan Jinlian found out, she asked Ximen Qing to use the remaining gold to make her a piece of jewelry. Ximen Qing laughed and scolded: "You only care about small gains and try to take advantage of others."

Later, the wives and concubines asked Chen Jingji to go out and buy a handkerchief, and Pan Jinlian asked for a plain one. She joked that it would be used when she was in mourning. Actually, it’s because the plain ones are cheaper. In the end, Li Ping took out a piece of silver and paid the bill for everyone. ——Pan Jinlian is a person who always strives to win, but at times like these, she can only be "short-tempered".

Because Li Ping had a lot of money and was generous with her money, everyone liked her. He often paid for banquets and entertained guests, and asked servants to buy things, and he was generous in giving them money. Including when Grandma Pan came to visit and stayed in her house, and before leaving, she gave her shoe uppers, clothes and silver, so Grandma Pan said that Li Ping treated her better than her own daughter.

But Pan Jinlian is indeed heartless. In Chapter 78, it is Pan Jinlian’s birthday. Old Pan comes to wish her a happy birthday, but he cannot afford the fare when he gets out of the sedan chair, so he comes to his daughter to ask for it. Pan said: "Who asked you to come if you don't have the money for the sedan chair? You are making a fool of yourself and letting others look down on you?... You are counting on me for money, where can I ask for money from you? You are here with your eyes open, and there are eight eyes waiting for you in your seven holes. In the future, if you have money for the sedan chair, come to his house. If you don't have money for the sedan chair, don't come. I think his family can do without a poor relative like you, so don't be like a boaster offering treasures to Guan Wang to buy tofu - the person is tough but the goods are not. ... The donkey dung egg looks bright in front, but I don't know how miserable it is inside!" This made Old Pan cry bitterly.

The maid Chunmei said two fair words afterwards: "You old man only know one side of the story. My mother is a competitive person, and she is not willing to give in to the weak. You can't compare with Sixth Mother. She has her own money. You don't have it, but you just say she doesn't give it to you. Others don't know, but I know. Even though my father has some money in the house, my mother doesn't even look at it. If she wants to buy flowers or other things, she should ask him for it fairly. Don't hide it and make people look down on her. How can you open your mouth and talk about others?..."

Wu Yueniang also found out about this later and said to Pan Jinlian: Just give her one penny of silver and she will write the account. It means to write it on Ximen Qing's account.

Pan Jinlian said: "He had a limited amount of money and only taught me how to buy things, not how to pay for the sedan chair." - From these descriptions we can see that Pan Jinlian also has her principles in life. As a competitive person, she has her own self-esteem. This kind of self-esteem is reflected in the attitude towards money: I have no money, it is well known, but I will never steal or hide it!

Still back to that fur coat. Ximen Qing never made a fur coat specifically for Pan Jinlian. After Li Ping's death, Pan Jinlian asked Ximen Qing for Li Ping's coat, but Ximen Qing was reluctant to give it to her, saying, "You just want to get a small bargain. His fur coat is worth sixty taels of silver. Wouldn't it sway if you put it on?" Pan Jinlian scolded him, "You gave it to Zhang San or Li Si's wife to wear? After all, she is your wife, she is there to save you, there is no need for you to be so arrogant. I won't agree to it." After much persuasion, she finally got the fur coat. ——This fur coat is worth sixty taels of silver, twice the value of Pan Jinlian!

It was precisely because of this incident that Wu Yue Niang became strongly dissatisfied. Once the two had an argument, and Yue Niang mentioned: "You quietly asked a man for a fur coat, put it on, and didn't even come back to say a word... Even in an orphanage, there is a head of armor!" Later, Yue Niang dreamed that she found a robe from Li Ping's box, but it was snatched away by Jinlian. Wu was so angry that he shouted in his dream: "You can wear his fur coat if you want it, but you took this robe away". ——For the legal wife, a fur coat was a huge shock to her, and she even kept it in mind and had nightmares about it. Pan Jinlian's fur coat was really hard to come by!

To whom did Pan Jinlian give her first time?

Pan Jinlian can be said to be a famous woman in history. Of course, her fame is not because of her achievements, but she is a model in China in seducing men and cuckolding her husband. So, what is the relationship between Pan Jinlian and Wu Song? What was Pan Jinlian like in history? Today, the editor will analyze it for you!

Pan Jinlian

This character first appeared in the classic novel "Water Margin" and was further enriched and deepened in the ancient social novel "Jin Ping Mei". For hundreds of years, she has been nailed to history's pillar of shame, a typical example of being seductive, lewd, and vicious. In Chinese moral concepts, few people sympathize with her experience, this is Pan Jinlian. Lanling Xiaoxiaosheng is even more colorful. Later, she lived on through extreme interpretations on the stage and in literary works, becoming a model of bad women that people talked about after dinner. In "Jin Ping Mei", her experience, character, life, etc. have been enriched in many important aspects, thus shaping her into a beautiful, romantic, cruel, gossipy and lustful woman.

Pan Jinlian was a maid in a wealthy family in Qinghe County. Her maiden name was Pan and her nickname was Jinlian. She was in her twenties and quite pretty. Because the wealthy man wanted to pester her, Pan Jinlian went to tell her mistress, indicating that she refused to comply. Later, when the landlady found out, she quarreled with the wealthy family for several days and beat Pan Jinlian severely. The wealthy family knew that they could not tolerate this girl, so they wanted to compensate her with her dowry out of spite and find a suitable family for her to marry off. The servants of the wealthy family all said that Wu Da was loyal and honest. Seeing that he had no wife and children and lived in a room inside the house, they thought he was worthy of being with him. So Pan Jinlian became Wu Da's wife.

In "Jin Ping Mei", before marrying Wu Dalang, Pan Jinlian had already given her virginity to a local wealthy man named Zhang Dahu. The cause and effect of the matter is as follows: Mr. Zhang has a fortune of millions and hundreds of properties. He is over 60 years old and has no sons or daughters around him. The hostess's mother-in-law, Ms. Yu, was very strict and there were no pretty maids in her room. One day, Mr. Zhang patted his chest and sighed. Yu asked, "You have abundant land and sufficient wealth, why do you sigh in your spare time?" The rich man said, "I am old and have no children. Even if I have wealth, it will be of no use!" Yu said, "If that's the case, I will ask the matchmaker to buy two maids for you. They will learn to sing and play musical instruments and serve you morning and evening." The rich man was overjoyed and thanked Yu. After a while, Yu really called a matchmaker and bought two maids from a wealthy family. One was named Pan Jinlian and the other was named Bai Yulian.

At first, Yu treated the two of them very well. But unexpectedly, Bai Yulian died one day, leaving only Jinlian. She grew up to be eighteen years old, with a pretty face like a peach blossom and eyebrows like a crescent moon. Mr. Zhang wanted to recruit him, but he was afraid that the mistress of the house was too powerful and he would fail. One day, the hostess's mother-in-law was away at a neighbor's party. The rich man secretly called Jinlian into his room and took her in. Later, when the landlady found out, she quarreled with the wealthy family for several days and beat Jinlian severely. The wealthy family knew that they could not tolerate this girl, so they wanted to compensate her with her dowry out of spite and find a suitable family for her to marry off. The servants of the wealthy family all said that Wu Dalang was honest and loyal. Seeing that he had no wife and children and lived in a room inside the house, they thought he was worthy of being with him. So Pan Jinlian became Wu Dalang's wife.

Ever since she became famous in "Water Margin" and "Jin Ping Mei", Pan Jinlian has been a hot figure in Chinese culture, so much so that she is now a household name known to everyone. Although she has been nailed to the pillar of shame in history for hundreds of years, becoming the archetype of a woman who is beautiful, dissolute, and sad! However, there are also many people who sympathize with her experience and envy her courage to pursue freedom and resist the old ethics. In fact, Pan Jinlian was first a beauty and then became a slut. So, how beautiful was Pan Jinlian that made men risk their lives to pursue a romantic relationship with her? This has to start with Pan Jinlian's life experience and circumstances.

Pan Jinlian had a miserable fate since childhood. She was sold to the wealthy Zhang family in Qinghe County as a maid when she was seven or eight years old. Unexpectedly, when she grew up, the daughter of the poor family was born with a beautiful appearance, skin whiter than snow, and a charming and fragrant appearance. Who would have thought that the mutton would fall into the mouth of a pervert? Naturally, the lustful Mr. Zhang would not let her go. Poor Pan Jinlian was a girl in love at that time. Although she had dreams, the lover she liked was obviously not someone like Mr. Zhang.

Pan Jinlian was undoubtedly a smart woman. She knew that a good woman would not suffer a loss in front of her. So after quietly agreeing to Mr. Zhang's proposal, she secretly told her mistress and caught the adulterer at the right time... In this way, Mr. Zhang did not catch the fox, but got into trouble instead. So, he came up with the most vicious way to take revenge on a woman, which was to give Pan Jinlian away as a gift to Wu Dalang in exchange for her dowry. From then on, the prelude to Pan Jinlian’s tragic life from beauty to slut began.

Who is Wu Dalang? Why did Mr. Zhang become so generous to him? It turned out that Wu Dalang was an ugly dwarf, known as a three-inch-tall tree bark, who looked three parts like a human and seven parts like a ghost. If it were just that, it would be fine, but the key is that Wu Dalang has no sexual ability, not even the ability to "love". He can neither satisfy Pan Jinlian physically nor spiritually, let alone protect his beautiful wife. As a result, Pan Jinlian is often teased by the scoundrel, who not only ruthlessly insults Pan Jinlian's body, but also completely destroys her soul.

People cannot imagine how Pan Jinlian walked into Wu Dalang's bridal chamber on his wedding night amid the discriminatory gazes of others? And how did she suffer through the long nights after worshipping heaven and earth and becoming husband and wife? Although Pan Jinlian was born a humble maid and was not afraid of hardship or fatigue, she was a woman after all, a normal woman, and she needed to live the life of a normal woman. So, she chose to have an affair, and also chose her tragic life.

An encounter that seemed accidental but was actually inevitable gave her a new direction in life. That is, when her brother-in-law Wu Song became famous for killing a tiger in Jingyang Ridge, she first chose this tiger-killing hero who later became a hero of Liangshan.

Pan Jinlian's choice to seduce Wu Song began on a snowy winter day. Wu Da was out selling pancakes and was not at home. Wu Song, who had become the head of the constables, had finished roll call at the yamen and returned home early. As soon as he entered the house, he found that Pan Jinlian had already lit a fire and prepared wine and food. Both "Water Margin" and "Jin Ping Mei" probably have such a description:

The woman had already asked Ying'er to bolt the front door and close the back door. But he brought some cooked vegetables into the room and placed them on the table. Wu Song asked, "Where is my brother?" The woman said, "Your brother has gone out to do business and hasn't come back yet. Uncle and I should have three cups of wine." Wu Song said, "It won't be too late to wait for my brother to come home and have a drink."

The woman said, "How can we wait for him?" Before she finished speaking, she saw Ying'er's daughter had already warmed up a jug of wine.

Wu Song said, "I'm causing my sister-in-law trouble again."

The woman also picked up a stool and sat near the fire. There were cups and plates on the table. The woman held a cup of wine in her hand and said to Wu Song, "Uncle, drink this cup." Wu Song took the wine and drank it all in one gulp. The woman poured another cup of wine and said, "It's cold, uncle, drink a pair of cups." Wu Song said, "Sister-in-law, please." He took it and drank it all in one gulp. Wu Song poured a cup of wine and handed it to the woman. The woman took the wine and took a sip, then took the jug and poured more wine in front of Wu Song.

The woman slightly exposed her breasts, half pulled up her hair, and smiled as she said, "I heard that my uncle keeps a singer in the street in front of the county. Is that true?" Wu Song said, "Sister-in-law, don't listen to other people's nonsense. I, Wu Er, have never been that kind of person."

The woman said, "I don't believe it! I'm afraid uncle doesn't mean what he says." Wu Song said, "If you don't believe it, just ask your brother."

The woman said, "Oh, don't talk about him. How could he know anything? He is like a drunkard! If he knew, he would stop selling pancakes. Uncle, please have a drink."

Pan Jinlian in history

Pan Jinlian was already very well-known because of "Water Margin", and in "Jin Ping Mei", she became the "female number one". According to the book, she was the most beautiful of all the girls and also the most adept at romance. There are two theories about the title of the book "Jin Ping Mei". One theory is that it means "plum blossoms in a golden bottle". Another theory is that it is composed of one character from the names of the first three female characters in the book (Pan Jinlian, Li Ping'er, and Pang Chunmei). Obviously, the latter theory is more reasonable. The image of Pan Jinlian in "Water Margin" is relatively thin, but the Pan Jinlian in "Jin Ping Mei" is an extremely full and vivid artistic image.

In "Jin Ping Mei", the first part is generally similar to "Water Margin". Pan Jinlian was born into a poor tailor family. She lost her father at an early age and was sold to a wealthy family as a maid at the age of nine. Later, she was sold to the home of local tycoon Zhang Dahu. After being "adopted", she was not accepted by the rich man's wife and was married to the short and ugly Wu Zhi by Zhang Dahu.

When she failed to pursue Wu Song, a majestic man who fell from the sky, she turned to the arms of the rich and handsome Ximen Qing.

What is different from the story in "Water Margin" is that under the instigation of Wang Po, she poisoned her husband and was then married to Ximen Qing as his fifth wife, starting her "battle" career with other women for favor in Ximen Qing's house.

Not only that, she also had an affair with a servant and seduced Ximen Qing's son-in-law Chen Jingji... Because in feudal society, the primary reason why men as heads of families had many wives and concubines was to continue the family line.

Therefore, when Pan Jinlian was unable to raise a child herself, her jealousy towards Ximen Qing's other wives and concubines increased exponentially; when Li Ping'er gave birth to Guan Ge'er, how to kill this "thorn in the eye" became her "top priority"; when Guan Ge'er was finally frightened by her and fell ill and died, she clapped her hands in joy, but a new round of battle for favor began again... Pan Jinlian's debauchery, viciousness, perversion and even madness not only amaze us, but also give the most thorough and final characterization of Pan Jinlian's image.

So, what were Pan Jinlian and Wu Dalang like in history? Were they real people? Or were they completely fictional artistic images? What was their relationship?

According to research, Dalang Wu Zhi was from Wujia Village, Qinghe County, Shandong Province. He respected literature and martial arts since childhood, had extraordinary talents and abilities, and succeeded at a young age and became a Jinshi. He then became the magistrate of Yanggu, Shandong. A classmate who had sponsored Wu Dalang became increasingly impoverished because his talent was not appreciated. So, he traveled thousands of miles to seek out Wu Dalang's help in order to get a job and escape from his predicament.

At first, he was treated warmly, but after half a year he didn't hear Wu Dalang mention anything about being an official. He thought that "Wu Dalang is a truly ungrateful person" and left in anger without saying goodbye.

On the way home, he wrote many short stories and proverbs that insulted and satirized Wu Dalang. He posted them in every village and every store, telling stories in every village and posting them in every town. He spread rumors to confuse the public and did his best to slander, defame and vilify Wu Zhi.

In addition, Ximen Qing, a local evil boy who had been punished by Wu Zhi, assisted the tyrant and became corrupt, so vulgar words about Wu Dalang spread along the way, and Wu Qingguan's image was destroyed.

Unexpectedly, when he returned home, Wu Dalang had already sent someone to bring him silver and money to help him repair the house and buy good farmland.

Only then did he realize that Wu Dalang was by no means ungrateful, but simply did not abuse his power for personal gain.

He went back madly to tear off the notes he had posted, but it was too late. They were like spilled water, never to be taken back.

In addition, some literati and poets took advantage of the topic to make more comments, and the fallacy was spread again and again.

The Water Margin devotes a lot of space to describing Pan Jinlian's wickedness and lasciviousness, which is a rare delicate detail in this rough work, such as: The woman said, "How can I control those people who serve my uncle? Why don't they move in with me? When they need some soup in the morning and evening, I will personally prepare it for my uncle. It's better than this group of dirty people. My uncle can just have some soup and feel at ease."

"Uncle, how old are you?" "Uncle, where are you from this time?" The woman picked up the wine and said, "Uncle, don't blame me. I don't have much to offer. Just a glass of sake."

The woman smiled and said, "Uncle, why don't you eat the fish and the meat together?" She picked out the good ones and handed them over. With smiles on her face and questions asked earnestly, Pan Jinlian's thoughts and seductive manner, with a hint of love on her face, seemed to be right in front of her, and her sweet and tender call of "Uncle" seemed to be ringing in her ears. Pan Jinlian looked at Wu Song's appearance and thought to herself, "Wu Song and he are brothers from the same mother, and he grew up like this. If I marry a man like him, my life will not be in vain. Look at my three-inch-tall tree bark, three parts like a human and seven parts like a ghost. I am so unlucky! As for Wu Song, even tigers would be beaten by him, so he must be very strong. Since he is unmarried, why not let him move to my house? I didn't expect that this fate would be here." Pan Jinlian had such an idea, which simply explained the following problems: She thought that if she married a man like Wu Song who was handsome and enjoyed the treatment of a national civil servant, her life would not be in vain. This was a very normal idea. For women, especially women of that era, satisfaction with marriage and emotions is the most important or even the only measure of whether they are satisfied with their lives and whether their lives are happy. Therefore, Pan Jinlian stayed with Wu Dalang, and she always felt regretful that her life was in vain. With such a huge sense of loss, it would be unfair to ask her to be obedient and submissive. With such huge regret and dissatisfaction, she will definitely not be content with the status quo, and as long as there is a chance, she will take a chance. When she saw Wu Song, she was immediately moved and even forgot about ethics, which was an obvious manifestation of her impatience.

Pan Jinlian is an outstanding beauty. As the saying goes, "When a woman chases a man, it's easy for him to catch her." For an ordinary man, it would be hard to resist a beautiful woman who frequently launches attacks, but Wu Song really takes it as a matter of course. Each of Pan Jinlian's offensives ended in failure, which is described very well in "Water Margin". Such a meticulous description is certainly not in vain. Like other sluts described in "Water Margin", such as Yan Poxi and Pan Qiaoyun, Pan Jinlian is just a contrast to the heroes. The purpose of writing about Pan Jinlian in this way is to highlight Wu Song's lofty image.

The characters are created by the writer through reasonable fictional processing based on reality. To a certain extent, they bear the moral imprint of the writer's time and reflect the writer's own likes and dislikes. Therefore, it can be said that Pan Jinlian was labeled as a "slut" by Shi Naian based on the moral standards that he identified with. As a result, Pan Jinlian was written by him as a synonym for whore and bad woman, and became a symbol of evil and lewdness.

Pan Jinlian is Wu Dalang's wife and a woman who suffered insults and misunderstandings in "Water Margin". She was 20 years old when she first appeared, just reaching the legal age for marriage. She was only 23 years old when she was killed, and the flower of her life withered when it was at its most beautiful. Her legal man, Wu Da, was a cowardly and obedient man, and his appearance was also a bit difficult to find. After Pan Jinlian married him, it meant that a beautiful flower was officially planted on cow dung. Judging from her experience, her life was a life of humiliation, a life of being trampled on, a life of courageously pursuing love, and also a life of the most pitiful and unreasonable victim. She was a maid who was driven around by others; she encountered the coveted old rich man Zhang Dahu, and was given to Wu Dalang like a pig and a dog; she met her dream lover, Wu Song, who we can consider to be her first love, but was cruelly rejected; the 23-year-old Pan Jinlian met Ximen Qing, which was a fatal encounter, like a moth flying into a flame, it was just a momentary light.

During her short life, Pan Jinlian met four men: Zhang Da Hu, Wu Dalang, Wu Song and Ximen Qing, but there was perhaps only one man in Pan Jinlian's heart, and that was Wu Song. When Pan Jinlian met Wu Song, when Ximen Qing met Pan Jinlian, Pan Jinlian lost herself between loving and being loved, and ruined herself. Who harmed Pan Jinlian? Was it Mr. Zhang? Because of his insult and trampling on Pan Jinlian; or was it Ximen Qing? Was it his deliberate seduction of Pan Jinlian; or was it Wang Po? Driven by money, she took the initiative to act as a matchmaker for Ximen Qing and set a trap for Pan Jinlian; or was it Wu Song? Because of his brutal blow to Pan Jinlian's true feelings, or was it because Pan Jinlian herself could not control herself and fell into the water in a daze? Everything is hard to determine.

Pan Jinlian is so pitiful. She is beautiful in appearance but strong in character. Her character determined her tragic life, so she dared and was able to successfully rebel against the wealthy man Zhang Dahu, so she dared to make a rebellious confession of love to Wu Song, but Pan Jinlian's strong character determined that she would not be an infatuated woman, so after being rejected by Wu Song, Pan Jinlian quickly fell in love with someone else and threw herself into the arms of Ximen Qing in revenge. If Pan Jinlian was a woman with a weak character, she would be insulted by the rich man Zhang Dahu, and she would bury her love for Wu Song deep in her heart and dare not speak it out. Moreover, after being rejected by Wu Song, she would continue to love Wu Song as always and would not be seduced by Ximen Qing. From this point of view, it is true to say that she is a fickle woman. Even if she hadn't met Wu Song and Ximen Qing, Pan Jinlian might still have fallen in love with them at first sight.

As for developing a relationship, it’s hard to say with whom. Maybe it’s Wu Song, maybe it’s Wen Song, or maybe it’s Ximen Qing. Maybe it's Dongmenqing...

Pan Jinlian was completely unwilling to marry Wu Dalang. It was a wrong marriage. From the perspective of marriage, this marriage was not the same as an arranged marriage. Most arranged marriages first consider the matching of social status. Moreover, their marriage lacks an emotional foundation. Wu Dalang certainly likes Pan Jinlian, and perhaps loves her very much, but Pan Jinlian may not love Wu Dalang. There are five reasons for this: first, the difference in appearance. One is "quite pretty", while the other looks fragmented; second, the difference in personality. One is "usually quick-tempered", while the other is the kind of person who can't even get a cold fart from a blow with three hammers; third, the difference in behavior. One is eloquent and likes to show off, while the other is cowardly, honest and not good at speaking; fourth, the difference in living and growing environment. Although Pan Jinlian is a slave in a wealthy family, she has seen the world and lived a wealthy life after all. Wu Dalang, however, can only rely on a pancake-selling pole as a small itinerant vendor who has to avoid the urban management (he is incomparable to Ximen Qing, the second-generation rich man who runs a pharmaceutical company). His income can only support a simple life of coarse tea and rice. Fifth, there is the age difference. Even if Wu Dalang does not change his household registration, he will have to be much older than Pan Jinlian. How can he do what Pan Jinlian wants? And they have been married for two years and have no children. I didn't even go to Union Hospital to see who was responsible. In this case, how can two people live together, and how can they live in harmony? The cowardly and incompetent Wu Dalang did not consider the mismatch between him and Pan Jinlian at all, and did not work hard to make Pan Jinlian like him. Instead, he kept watching over Pan Jinlian like a prisoner. Wu Da's character flaws laid a solid foundation for his wife to cheat on him in the future.

In the 24th chapter "Wang Po takes bribes and talks about love affairs, Yun Ge is angry and makes trouble in the teahouse", Pan Jinlian confides in Wu Song: "Ever since I married your brother, I have been treated too well by him and have been bullied. I can't live in Qinghe County, so I moved here. If I could meet an uncle as strong as you, who would dare to say no?" Wu Song said: "My brother has always been a decent person, unlike Wu Er who throws a tantrum." The woman said: "Why are you talking nonsense like that? As the saying goes: A man without a backbone cannot stand firm.

I have a quick temper all my life, and I can't stand seeing people who don't look back after the third answer, and turn around after the fourth answer. She dislikes Wu Da's cowardice and incompetence the most, which shows the strong side of her character.

The desirable thing about Pan Jinlian's character is her courage to pursue. She dares to resist, dares to liberate herself, and dares to say love. Pan Jinlian is not a woman who is greedy for money, but she is a genuine woman. She hopes to be loved and needs love. For a man, it is not necessarily that he should not respect and be grateful to a woman who says she loves him. Human liberation is first of all the liberation of one's inner world, the liberation of the true nature of human truth, goodness, beauty and true nature. A woman who dares to say that love is her own liberation. There was nothing wrong with all of Pan Jinlian's pursuits and actions, whether it was rebelling against Mr. Zhang, actively pursuing Wu Song, or accepting Ximen Qing's pursuit. It was just that she shouldn't have poisoned Wu Song. This was her biggest mistake and the most unforgivable mistake. Pan Jinlian was actually oppressed, but she was strong and she dared to resist. If she could realize this, she should have joined Liangshan, married Lin Chong and other Liangshan heroes, and then come back with a knife to kill Mr. Zhang.

Let’s take a look at Pan Jinlian’s character again. The first story we read about her in the book (Chapter 24) is about the reason why Pan Jinlian was given to Wu Dalang: she rejected the rich man's advances and told the rich man's wife about it. From this we can see that Pan is at least an upright woman. After being offered to Wu Da, her attitude towards him was not very bad. From what she said to Wu Da when he returned home, "Brother, why did you come back so early?" we can see that Pan's attitude was at least cordial. From this we can see that Pan is not a bad person by nature. At least before Wu Song appeared, she was a faithful wife and stayed with Wu Da. But when Wu Song appeared, he awakened her desire for true love. She just started to have evil thoughts, and of course it was wrong for her to have evil thoughts. But who is 100% angelic soul? Everyone has their evil side. When Pan Jinlian completely became a hateful erotic woman, it was the 25th chapter of "Water Margin". She and Wang Po colluded with poisoning Wuhan University and pretended to be both holding funerals and mourning. At this time, her evil side was completely exposed, which was really hateful. But even though it is natural to kill someone and pay for his life, he will not die so miserably: he cut off his sharp knife in his chest... and he cut out his heart and liver... When a woman died, she was dug out her heart. Such a way of dying is a bit miserable. Even if she is punished for her death, there will be an official, so she will not die without a complete body.

For hundreds of years, she has been set on the pillar of historical shame and has become a typical example of being charming, lewd and vicious! But some people sympathize with her experience and envy her courage to pursue freedom and resist the old ethics. This is Pan Jinlian. After Shi Nai'an first portrayed Jinling Xiaoxiaosheng's extreme interpretation and lived in the stage of the drama and the literary works of the market and the people after dinner. She pursued women's freedom of love and human sexual rights under the monogamous marriage system in feudal society with extreme means and great costs. This result still makes us tremble, hesitate, wander, struggle in confusion, and reflect in struggle.

Pan Jinlian in "Water Margin" is a guilty person. But her sin lies in her killing people, not her personal character depravity. She should not bear the moral curse of the "porn" that Chinese people have been "porn" for hundreds of years. Especially when we further investigate why she killed people, how she embarked on the road to killing, and the moral content, we will find that Pan Jinlian's life is really a huge misfortune and a huge tragedy.

After all, Pan Jinlian is a living person. After all, she is young and beautiful. No matter how she is suppressed, she needs emotional life and sexual comfort. Wu Dalang could not give her all this. In this case, the meeting with Wu Erlang awakened Pan Jinlian's consciousness of love life, and it was like dry firewood that encountered fire for a long time, and it was unstoppable. However, in the net of the feudal moral system, divorce is impossible and should be regarded as a rebellious person. She had no choice but to follow the path that many women who were persecuted under unfortunate marriages: having an affair. This is an unmoral behavior oppressed by feudal society; it is a perverted struggle to seize the power of life under the oppression of a sinful moral system.

In order to break free from the tragedy of his unfortunate marriage with Wu Dalang, Pan Jinlian fell into another deeper tragedy and regarded being played with as love. It is already miserable to treat being played with as love. Ximen Daguanren also further turned a helpless and weak woman into a murderer. It can be imagined that if Wu Erlang was not such a hero and had not fought and avenged his brother, then with the power of Ximen, Pan Jinlian would naturally be at large and free. But it is not difficult to estimate that after playing with Pan Jinlian for a while, Ximen Daguanren would definitely find another woman and kick Pan Jinlian away. At that time, Ximen official would still throw Pan Jinlian into death row on the charge of murder, or sell it to prostitute. In short, no matter how you imagine it, Pan Jinlian could not escape a tragic ending.

Having said that, in the living environment where women are seriously discriminated against, Ms. Pan reincarnated as soon as possible and immigrated to Europe and the United States when she grew up is also a kind of relief, and it may not be a bad happiness. However, her head was cut off by Wu Song, and her head was different, and her internal organs were gone. Will she still be a beauty in the next life? Will she and Ximen Qing still seek revenge on Wu Song? "Water Margin"'s positioning of Pan Jinlian in the early stage is that although she is not a chaste woman, she is at least a woman who is disciplined and unwilling to do anything randomly. Of course, under the strong pressure, although he was obedient on the surface, he was not rejected that he still had fantasies about his own marriage.

Wu Song's appearance aroused her love desire and her yearning for a new life is also reasonable. In this case, Wu Song should "understand it with reason." But Wu Song is a rough man. Today, he is a "young and middle-aged man" who graduated from the end of junior high school and does not even have the qualifications to go out to work. His lack of ability in comforting work aroused Pan Jinlian's rebellious mentality, so Ximen Qing, a lewd and villain, had an opportunity to take advantage of. She colluded with the romantic and suave Ximen Qing and became a gangster. It was not because she took the initiative to throw herself into her arms, but because Wang Po's careful planning and painstaking arrangements, it could only be considered as Pan Jinlian's "studying" or "studying". In the subsequent story, the responsibility lies mainly in Ximen Qing and Wang Po, and Pan Jinlian cannot be blamed entirely.

But it was not reasonable to see Wu Song showing off his talent and being a tiger-beating hero, and he actually dared to take the initiative to tease Wu Song under the reputation of "incest". If Pan Jinlian was satisfied just by finding a beautiful boy as her lover, she would not have the chance: after Wu Dalang lived in Qinghe County after his marriage, there were many young and gangsters who came to hook up with her. Not all the clowns on the stage are clowns, there should be several romantic boys with good cover content. However, she did not make a fuss in Qinghe County, but took the measure of "can't afford to get away with it" and moved to Yanggu County, another county to live. Moreover, before Wu Song appeared, Pan Jinlian had always been a "rude" woman. After arranging Wu Dalang to go out to sell cooked cakes every day, he basically lived "closed" life, did not participate in any social activities, did not go out to karaoke, played mahjong, and did not interact with outsiders. That's why she dared to say, "Since she married Wuhan University, she really didn't dare to come into the house! Is there any fence that is not tight and can dogs get in?" - This is not a big talk, but a real situation. So why did Wu Song get moved when she appeared? Pan Jinlian had a hundred reasons to find a lover, or could find any young man to be a lover, but there were also a thousand reasons that he should never be a lover. Because Wu Song is Wu Dalang's younger brother. This is not "feudal ethics", but the "traditional human ethics" of the Chinese. As long as you are a "serious woman", you will not think or do this. But Pan Jinlian thought so and did this. This is an "individual example", which cannot be explained by normal feelings.

Pan Jinlian was chosen as a typical example, from personality analysis to objective evaluation. I know that many people in the literary world have already questioned the female narratives of Water Margin, and there are many people who have avenged Pan Jinlian. But I just want to give her an objective evaluation from my personal perspective. On the surface, Pan Jinlian's misfortune was the desire to satisfy her own emotional life, which finally drove her to miss the arms of Ximen Daguanren. In essence, any individual must reflect the social group that occupies it. No matter how many life choices Pan Jinlian may have, no matter how she actually spends her life, her tragedy is by no means a lack of personal character, but a real social tragedy.

One of the characteristics of China's feudal authoritarian conceptual system is to completely deny the existence of individual human nature and absolutely require that all individual human nature be subject to the rational norms respected by the group. Compared with social composition, the human nature of each body loses the value of existence. Under the rule of this concept, any idea and practice that requires affirmation of the value of individual existence and respect of individual emotions, personal will, personal life is considered to be a violation of moral precepts and is accused of degenerating personal qualities. Pan Jinlian is such a victim of social moral sins.

Conclusion: In fact, from a historical perspective, it is not difficult to find that Pan Jinlian is also a woman who dares to love and hate. In her emotional life, she will bravely pursue her own heart and ignore the eyes of others. This approach was more bold in that era. Perhaps at the beginning, if Pan Jinlian could marry a lovely husband, such a crime of romantic love would not have been added to her.