Lan wrote at the beginning of Jin Ping Mei: "Those who read Jin Ping Mei and have compassion are bodhisattvas; He who fears the heart is also a gentleman; Happy people are also villains; What works is the animal's ear. If anyone knows this, let him read Jin Ping Mei. "I have read it many times, and I feel sorry for the characters in the book every time. Do I also have a bodhisattva heart?
There are many different ways to describe human death in Jin Ping Mei, such as Wu Dalang's tragic wrongful death, Ximen Qing's virtual death after indulgence, and Li Pinger's death, all of which are very touching. Especially the description of Ximen Qing's behavior before his death, and the words he entrusted to future generations, people always want to forgive all his mistakes.
However, everyone else's death is not as sad as Pan Jinlian's. Pan Jinlian has been the representative of an adulteress since ancient times, and one has been reviled for hundreds of years. However, in Jin Ping Mei, she is also a poor person. The biggest mistake in her life was that she was too enthusiastic to control herself.
Her malice, her dissatisfaction and her jealousy actually stem from this insatiable desire. However, it is not her fault in itself. She leads a miserable life. She has had so many formal and informal men in her life, but none of them is what she really wants. She and Ximen Qing are not really in love at all, but they are sexually overdrawn.
If she has feelings based on desire in her life, but not limited to desire, it is for Song Wu. From the description of the first time she met Song Wu in Jin Ping Mei, it can be seen that Song Wu is a man who can really be called the feeling of love in her life. However, what she faces is the ethical impossibility, which is her most painful.
And Ximen Qing have no feelings, only desires. However, before she died, Ximen Qing specially asked Wu Yueniang to forgive Pan Jinlian's past mistakes and treat her well. Judging from this detail, Ximen Qing still has feelings for Pan Jinlian in his later years. However, in Pan Jinlian's eyes, Ximen Qing is just a tool.
After Ximen Qing's death, Wu Yueniang asked Wang Po to sell Pan Jinlian. By this time, Pan Jinlian was 32 years old, but she was still very beautiful. Song Wu was pardoned by the court and returned to his hometown. Seeing Pan Jinlian selling in Wang Po, he agreed to the sky-high price in Wang Po and bought Pan Jinlian. Wang Po was very taboo at first, and didn't want Pan Jinlian to return to Song Wu.
However, Pan Jinlian volunteered to marry Song Wu. Although it is not clearly written in the book, we can roughly calculate Pan Jinlian's inner activities from the situation at that time. She only faced two endings: a happy ending, Song Wu treated her sincerely, and she got her lifelong dream; The end of great compassion was killed by Song Wu.
Everyone in the street knows that Pan Jinlian killed Wu Dalang for Ximen Qing. Didn't Pan Jinlian think a little more? Of course I know. However, she still wants to take risks for her own happiness. Even if she pursues temporary satisfaction, she can take her own life. Pan Jinlian is not a little woman, she is a typical big woman.
Her ending was extremely tragic. Song Wu cut off her heart, internal organs and head. However, this may be the result that Pan Jinlian had already expected. Killing because of the man you like becomes cheap, killing because of the person you like. This is Pan Jinlian. Who has the heart to hate her after reading this?