PNB Chapter 306: Sexual harassment
Chapter 306: Sexual harassment
After watching an episode of Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Li Ranran quit the TV series. She went back to the homepage and started looking for long videos. After refreshing the homepage several times, she finally saw a title that interested her.
【Why is Jin Ping Mei a banned book? 】
【Preface】
[In ancient my country, books were basically divided into two categories: the first type was widely promoted at the official level, and the second type was burned and banned by official order.
There is a book that has been officially classified as a banned book since its publication and has been strictly prohibited through two dynasties.
First, during the Wanli reign of the Ming Dynasty, the imperial court announced that anyone who violated the rules and privately printed and published Jin Ping Mei would be severely punished, and some would lose their heads! Later, during the Shunzhi reign of the Qing Dynasty, the emperor issued more than ten imperial edicts, requiring the public not to spread Jin Ping Mei.
For those who are not familiar with this book, the first reaction is definitely, isn’t this just a pornographic book? Is it worth making such a fuss? 】
＜I think of a crosstalk, it seems that Guo Degang said: I have been studying hard every day recently. Then Yu Qian asked: What book are you studying so hard? Guo Degang replied: I have read Jin Ping Mei to pieces. At this time, the audience burst into laughter. I have to say that this is indeed a stereotype. Those who have not read this book, but have heard the name of this book, think of lewdness when they mention Jin Ping Mei. ＞
＜It is said that there are a lot of sexual descriptions in the book. I guess many people who read this book are also attracted by its reputation. However, this book has a million words, and the descriptions of sex only account for a few percent, which is really not much.＞
＜To be honest, if you want to read about sexual descriptions by ancient people, you might as well read the love history of Emperor Yang of Sui.＞
＜There seem to be quite a lot of books written about sex during the Ming Dynasty [dog head] As expected, society is a huge thing that fills whatever is lacking. On the social reality level, on the surface, everyone advocates preserving the laws of nature and eliminating human desires. But behind the scenes, the louder the roar, the more fun they have.＞
＜ Hahaha, there seem to be a lot of things mentioned above…? I feel like it’s not much different from now. Now it seems to have improved a lot on the surface, but in many aspects, people’s inherent ideas are still difficult to change. ＞
＜This reminds me of a sentence I saw on the Internet before, "The Chinese, who are shy about talking about sex and are reserved all their lives, ended up giving birth to more than a billion people." [Covering face]＞
＜ To put it bluntly, this is the lack of sex education. ＞
[Emperor Gaozu of Han Liu Bang: The more Guangmu talks, the more I am curious about what Jin Ping Mei actually wrote.]
[Qin Shi Huang Ying Zheng: [Thinking]]
[Tang Xuanzong Li Longji: The emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties were too stingy]
[Yang Yong, the 11th year of Kaihuang in the Sui Dynasty: Who has the love history of Emperor Yang? Let me see it [peek] ]
[Emperor Hongwu of the Ming Dynasty Zhu Yuanzhang: This name appears many times, but I still don’t know what it means.]
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Sui Dynasty, 11th year of Kaihuang
During the three years since the light curtain appeared in the world, Yang Yong was basically closely watched by Yang Jian, fearing that he would go astray. Now, he finally met the standard of Yang Jian's ideal prince.
Yang Yong, who was assigned to inspect the border, felt a little uncomfortable about the fact that Yang Guang was not dead.
Even though Yang Yong was out in public, he was still thinking about his younger brother Yang Guang who was imprisoned for life.
Yang Guang is very cunning, it would be best to kill him while my father is not paying attention. This will eliminate the trouble forever!
My mother is really too soft-hearted.
"This light curtain is too unfair. If you want to mention it, please mention it in full. I want to see how future generations will write about Yang Guang, the unjust and incompetent emperor."
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Tang Dynasty, 25th year of Kaiyuan
The topic of sex education mentioned on the light curtain aroused different discussions among people from all walks of life during the Kaiyuan period.
Li Longji himself felt that the Tang Dynasty was tolerant and open, and for various reasons it attracted people from all over the world to come to Chang'an. It is undeniable that even if you want to have a child, you must know how to have one.
The nobles and aristocratic families all have their own set of methods. When children reach a certain age, their families will assign someone to teach them about this.
"Preserve the laws of nature and eliminate human desires."
Li Bai pondered over this sentence for a long time, and it should be the meaning he understood...
"If we really understand it literally, it's a little hard to understand the thoughts of later generations..." Gao Shi paused for a while, then said: "They really had a hard life."
"This seems to be the later Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism." Du Fu's face was serious, and he carefully recalled the contents of Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism in his mind.
“It’s really depressing.”
This was the common idea of the three people, and also the idea of everyone before the Song Dynasty.
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During the Hongwu period, Luo Guanzhong was abducted to Nanjing by Zhu Yuanzhang's Jinyiwei. He usually spent his days meeting with fans and chatting about stories of the Three Kingdoms.
In life, in addition to being tagged and questioned by many Three Kingdoms historical celebrities in the comments when the TV series Romance of the Three Kingdoms is playing on the screen.
The rest of the time I lived a very comfortable life. I could get a house immediately after coming to Yingtian.
Under the explicit and implicit instructions of Emperor Hongwu, he revised some parts of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms. After repeatedly watching the TV version of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms and the screen reviews, he came up with the idea of polishing the details of the book.
This time, the light curtain mentioned Jin Ping Mei, which is known as one of the four great books of the Ming Dynasty. Luo Guanzhong immediately became interested, put down the work in his hands, and planned to listen.
"Sex?"
When it is abstract, it describes nature; when it is concrete, it describes people.
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[Book publishing time and evaluation]
[Regarding the time of the dissemination and writing of "Jin Ping Mei", it can only be summarized into a certain period, and cannot be specific to a certain year.
The time when Jin Ping Mei was written is probably during the Jiajing period. This statement was questioned by Zheng Zhenduo. Later, Wu Han verified that the time when Jin Ping Mei was written was probably between the 10th and 30th year of Wanli. Scholar Huang Lin believes that Jin Ping Mei was written around .
However, no matter how we infer the time of its writing, it is obvious that after reading the whole book, we can find that this book depicts the social life of a group of people, from the imperial master who abuses his power and dictatorship to the local bureaucrats and bullies and even the ruffians and hooligans in the market. It exposes the darkness and corruption of the society in the middle of Ming Dynasty and is a long novel about social life.
Reading this book can help us understand the living conditions of people in the mid-Ming Dynasty and the development of society through the text, and it will also subvert our understanding of the traditional image of women.
It contains descriptions of lust, reflections on human nature, and criticisms of a corrupt society, as well as descriptions of the lives of people in the Ming Dynasty, food culture, and various hidden meanings.
After reading it, you will feel from the bottom of your heart that this is an excellent novel that allows you to have a good understanding of life and society in the Ming Dynasty. 】