I am not Ximen Qing.

What do people really like? What do men really like? If we use the biblical figures of God, Adam, and Eve to explain it, that theory is outdated, too old-fashioned, and nobody wants to understand such old-fashioned things! For example, if Zhang Sheng truly liked Zhao Ji, did he like immortal beauty? Was it love at first sight or a sudden, heart-fluttering love? These are all secrets!

Actually, after the middle school entrance exam, the three goddesses and class beauties from the class, Mei Hui, visited Zhang Sheng's house once. That was thanks to Yanzi. Yanzi liked to chat shamelessly with the girls, gossiping about everything. The girls all called Yanzi their male best friend. This must be fake. There is no such thing as a male-female best friend relationship in this world. A group of Lovegirls made perfect taste love better for Zhang Sheng and Zhao Ji's Live Art Perfect taste! Young girls have love energy, possessing unlimited vitality and imagination in love. The girl's slim shape is so sexy, like a pair of little deer dancing. Youth is good. As long as you have a good figure, fair and beautiful skin, elastic skin, and a tender, slender waist, be careful, be careful, there is a charming and passionate temptation! To be honest, Zhang Sheng knew in his heart that he was actually spying on the sexy figures of those young girls with slender waists in TasteArt Love. The little deer are dancing, so tempting.

To describe men's desires using Adam's Eyes is too subtle. If there were one more man in paradise, Eve might have had more choices in love, which aligns with a woman's natural instincts. Now I finally understand the "natural instincts" mentioned in *The Great Learning* and *The Doctrine of the Mean*; the English word "nature" is quite accurate. Please give literature more imagination. Spatial thought is, after all, humanity's last great forest of the soul. If this forest of the soul is destroyed, what difference is there between a person and a dead person? Literature should be like the sweet taste of *Jin Ping Mei*, an art of living life authentically and without pretense, not like *Dream of the Red Chamber*, empty, hollow, vain, and lacking in genuine existence—a novel with even logical inconsistencies in some plot points. *Dream of the Red Chamber* is a shackle and constraint on love. They are all treated in a way similar to Victor Hugo's The Man Who Laughs, distorting and manipulating everyone, making it impossible to show the real world. It's a monster in disguise. You can also understand "Dream of the Red Chamber" as a world of ghosts, a world of A Chinese Ghost Story. You can see Jia Zheng as a Fahai who suppresses love, because too many constraints completely suppress the creativity of love. This will destroy the most basic being of humanity. If the world does not have the birth of literary beauty, it is like a world without light, without darkness. In fact, we don't need to talk about the authenticity of history. Wanli is the most controversial emperor of the Ming Dynasty, but he is a hero who fights against Japanese pirates, even more so than Jiajing. From a holistic and strategic perspective, he at least thoroughly inherited the spirit of Li Shimin and Li Zhi of the Tang Dynasty, which is why Wu Zetian bestowed the surname "Wa" (倭) upon him and the Japanese archipelago adopted the surname "Wa" (倭). Yet, despite this, public opinion over 300 years has failed to fully elucidate the true nature of Emperor Wanli. This is solely due to the gaps in Ming Dynasty history, the large-scale cultural revisionism of the Qing Dynasty (Kangxi, Yongzheng, Qianlong, and Shunzhi), and the large-scale destruction of Chinese culture. Therefore, the Korean Peninsula, in terms of thought, spirit, and culture, firmly adheres to the Ming Dynasty's traditions. We must seriously consider and study *Jin Ping Mei*, as its informational and artistic value is immeasurable. It's remarkable that *Jin Ping Mei* has survived. Reflecting on the Wanli and Jiajing eras, we must consider the history and culture of the Ming Dynasty. Why did the history and culture of the Ming Dynasty suffer such a gap? It became rootless, a void in our culture—a void even in the Ming Dynasty. This is indeed a deficiency in Chinese culture! We must face the true culture and history of the Ming Dynasty. The creation of *Dream of the Red Chamber* was actually a misguided path in literature; it had no way forward and did not conform to the direction of literary development. Literature is the soul of thought, imagination, and the passionate collision of time and space—it is universal, not merely a purely aristocratic antique! It is the spark of love and romance. If a pluralistic society also lacks love and romance, it must be a failure of the evolution of pluralistic society, isn't it? In fact, *Journey to the West* and *Investiture of the Gods* can be seen as models of progress in a pluralistic society, but our current pluralistic society has not yet reached the level of *Journey to the West* and *Investiture of the Gods*. Look at the advanced nature of Chinese culture, the predictive significance of mythology. Now you understand, right? Tang Xuanzang's hobbies were merely the various strange and wonderful temptations he encountered on his journey to the West. *Journey to the West* and *Don Quixote* are completely similar in artistic techniques. We should believe in the commonalities of Chinese and Western cultural creation. Even Tang Xuanzang should have had the power of love like Don Quixote in his heart. The power of love and romance is a cultural belief that everyone in a world of great harmony should believe in! It's an inseparable bond of love and affection. Tang Dynasty culture and Spanish culture do share some similarities, at least in terms of their historical compatibility. The Tang Dynasty opened the Silk Road to the Western Regions, while Spain was in the midst of its Age of Exploration. If the Age of Exploration under Zhu Di and Zheng He hadn't been interrupted by human intervention, then the British Empire would have been the empire of the dragon, the Chinese Empire. This is the only time our Chinese culture has been lost. The glorious historical backdrop of the Age of Exploration—only in such a historical context could a great culture emerge.

"In fact, every man will have a romantic encounter with Ximen Qing and Pan Jinlian."

"It's not a romantic encounter, it's love's choices,"

"What do you mean? Think about it, Zhang the Rich was Pan Jinlian's first man. Unfortunately, he wasn't lucky enough to encounter Pan Jinlian's tender, slender figure. He ended up with a crooked nose and eyes, which, according to traditional Chinese medicine, meant he was possessed by an evil spirit. So, Zhang the Rich's wife gave him to the dwarf Wu Dalang. There used to be a dwarf outside the film studio who was more energetic than Wu Dalang, and he could even lead a team to participate in various commercial activities. He was one of the homeless vendors outside the Beijing film studio who made a living by eating every day. Pan Jinlian didn't have the fortune to have a pear blossom overshadow a crabapple." Pan Jinlian did resist, for example, by flirting with those around her. After all, her love was suppressed by Wu Dalang and couldn't be released. Finally, she met the tiger-slaying hero Wu Song, but Wu Song was too hypocritical. Pan Jinlian's pursuit of love and her burning heart were a tragedy created by the five brothers. If Wu Song had been more manly, it would have been just the prelude to Hamlet. No matter which way she went, it would have been difficult, but Chinese social norms wouldn't allow it. So, Ximen Qing's love and romantic encounter occurred. This fits the story's try-logical logic. If Pan Jinlian had seduced Wu Song and then Ximen Qing appeared, the plot might not have been as devastating as the previous one. Wu Song has a kind of chivalrous spirit like in "Léon: The Professional," so Ximen Qing's love was also a result of love's choice!

"What do you think men are? Men, you know?"

"The men in *Jin Ping Mei* are almost all women who spend their days chasing after women and indulging in brothels. Even the wealthy and powerful tycoons love to frequent brothels! And Ximen Qing's romantic history is also a story of a man's rise to power. It's quite peculiar that Ximen Qing might offer some insights into various aspects of life: men who are lustful are more likely to achieve success in their careers, isn't that right? So, look at which emperor didn't have thousands of concubines and mistresses?"

"That woman, isn't she a woman?"

"In the past, women passively sought love and affection, which was a tragedy of that era. Therefore, finding a handsome, wealthy man like Ximen Qing—a gentry and scholar-official—was the dream of many women! In that era, Ximen Qing was indeed a rather outstanding man; one could say he was equally adept in the imperial court and in the common room. Such a description of a capable man is not an exaggeration at all."

"Oh, Ximen Qing is a prince charming, a dream lover, a good husband, a good man. It makes sense that a man like Ximen Qing is so charming and romantic."

"Those are Wu Yueniang, Li Jiao'er, Sun Xue'e, Li Ping'er, Meng Yulou, Pan Jinlian, Yu Xiao, Pang Chunmei, Ruyi, Xiuchun, Yingchun. Shen Erjie, Wang Liu'er, Han Jinchuan, Li Guijie, Han Aiyue, Zheng Aixiang—Zheng Aiyue is also a good woman! There are so many perfect women! That Qiuju who always gets beaten up is so pitiful, how can you say they're bad? And that Ximen Dajie—Ximen Qing's biggest mistake was not finding a good husband for her. In the end, Ximen Dajie hanged herself. All of this was the evil deeds of that lecherous Chen Jingji! The entire plot of *Jin Ping Mei* emphasizes the Buddhist concept of cause and effect. The grand edifice of *Jin Ping Mei* is also an art form built around this Buddhist concept of cause and effect, a crystallized work of art."

Is Chen Jingji another shadow of Ximen Qing?

"This is merely a substitute for love and the continuation of love in the writing of *Jin Ping Mei*. Whether it was Ximen Qing or not is irrelevant. Anyway, Chen Jingji's death was quite tragic, almost the same as Pan Jinlian's—his head was separated from his body and cut off. Perhaps it's due to prejudice against Pan Jinlian and Chen Jingji. Prejudice creates cause and effect, a tragic ending."

"In the history of Chinese literature, Ximen Qing is probably the most famous man."

"Becoming famous isn't the same as becoming the most famous. That's a bit controversial. Indeed, the subtle writing style of 'Jin Ping Mei' is a tradition in Chinese literature. Anyway, it's acceptable to label oneself as Ximen Qing, but to become Ximen Qing is almost impossible. Times have changed, there's no comparison, and there's no way we'll ever see another Ximen Qing from the Ming Dynasty. That's something you can only hope for, not something you can seek out."

"Are you Ximen Qing? You can imagine that you are Ximen Qing."

"This is a bit like the narcissistic imagination of Song Yu. Song Yu was quite narcissistic, but in any case, Ximen Qing is a literary symbol and a representation of love of nature. He is the Ximen Qing in Jin Ping Mei, an art show of love. You can have all sorts of interpretations. He is a metamorphosis, and he is compatible with Western metamorphosis and the art of love. So Jin Ping Mei is great precisely because of this."

"Can you become Ximen Qing? Are you Ximen Qing?"

"Zhao Jun, what do you mean by this question? Of course, which man isn't lustful? He's attracted to beautiful women, but in literary history, Ximen Qing represents only one era, an era of male awakening. Otherwise, a diverse society would cease to evolve, like paradise on Earth, Adam and Eve. I'm trying to say that Ximen Qing represents a contemporary, somewhat like Simone de Beauvoir. The past patriarchal era saw the awakening of women's rights, hence the earliest feminist movements in the world. The authors of Jane Eyre, and Pride and Prejudice, all had that awakening of feminism in their bones, similar to Simone de Beauvoir. But the evolution of a diverse society has reached the era of Ximen Qing's awakening, which is ironic. Now it's the era of feminism. This Ming Dynasty novel, *Jin Ping Mei*, probably never imagined that its creation over 300 years ago would bring such artistic inspiration to a diverse human society."

"These have a perfect art taste. You've always loved bluefin tuna, haven't you?"

"I don't know, this is the world's best bluefin tuna, custom-made from Norway. Their art changes so much, I love this Syrian vanilla and wild rose. It will create a completely new understanding of love and romance. Perhaps from this sense, one can reminisce about her love of art, which is the most painful. Finally understanding the birth of beauty, using motor beauty to go away, but this is also the beauty of the world, the reason why diverse societies keep evolving, and the reason why the whole world so extreme in advocating the three principles of money—fear of depravity, because with money, they can display the most beautiful and seductive state. Dionysus and the sun god are hidden in my thoughts and soul, but I have always restrained my own love, because it is to find my dream love, Goddess, she, A motor beauty, will appear."

"Who is she? Is she with Ximen Qing and Pan Jinlian, or with Li Ping'er?"

"Actually, these artistic techniques are all part of Wu Yueniang; they are all just shadows of Ximen Qing's legal wife, Wu Yueniang. That's the beauty of art. Your snake creation, 'One Hundred Immortal Beauty,' plus a Romeo wearing a mask, is actually Ximen Qing's entirety of love art. You might not have thought of it, but I did. This is the value of *Jin Ping Mei*."

But I've always been pursuing the nature of love.

"You've always wanted to be the real Frida, but I suggest you embrace immortal beauty. True art's value lies in self-expression; who you become is unimportant. Create your own unique beauty. Self-Me Art Love."

"Can the Decameron discuss everything?"

We talked about a happy life and love art.

"Speaking of your happiest days, that's always been a mystery to me. Does the concept of a truly happiest day even exist? Of course, the happiest moments do exist, so tell me about them. I'm curious about your happiest day. Was it in Beijing or your hometown? It must have been in Beijing, right?"

"Want to hear about my happiest days? But I'll tell you, they definitely weren't in my hometown. This is exactly the same as Lu Xun's thinking. My happiest days were definitely in Beijing, just like Lu Xun's. However, Lu Xun's happiest days were probably at the Shaoxing Guild Hall near Fayuan Temple! The happy days of ordinary people and great figures are similar."

"Of course I want to, I really want to! But if I don't, it won't affect you listening. Painting Portrait of Mine."

"Now painting beauty is so fluid, you always make me feel so fluid, it's wonderful. No need for fantasies, no need for imagination, you are art itself, aren't you?"

"Uncle, don't forget to tell me about the happiest days in Beijing..."