Controversial and rich in sexual details, Jin Ping Mei, or The Plum in the Golden Vase, has been a taboo book in China for centuries. Composed during the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) by an author using ...

Jin Ping Mei was one of the quartet of classic novels in the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) before A Dream of Red Mansions replaced it in the subsequent Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). "It holds fifth position ...

Scenes from an erotic film were accidentally broadcast on a large LED screen near a railway station in Jilin city last week, attracting hundreds of curious onlookers. The film Xin Jin Ping Mei was ...

The Jin Ping Mei, or 'The Plum in the Golden Vase,' is a classic of Chinese literature from the Ming dynasty that has been banned ever since the 17th century because of its explicit sexual content.