Ximen Qing () is a fictional Chinese

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merchant, womanizer, and murderer in Yanggu County, Shandong. He is the male protagonist in the novel '' Jin Ping Mei'' and a minor character in the novel ''

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''. In both novels, he is portrayed as a lascivious and immoral man who starts a secret affair with Pan Jinlian and helps her poison her husband Wu Dalang to death. Where the two novels differ is what happens when Wu Dalang's brother Wu Song confronts Ximen Qing at Lion Tower. In ''Water Margin'', the older novel, Wu Song kills Ximen Qing in broad daylight and is exiled. In ''Jin Ping Mei'', however, Ximen Qing escapes and bribes the county magistrate to have Wu Song arrested and exiled. ''Jin Ping Mei'' then follows Ximen Qing's degenerate pursuits of women and power until he dies from

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overdose.

Sexual partners

*Lady Chen (), first wife *Wu Yueniang (), second wife *Li Jiao'er (), first concubine, originally a courtesan *Zhuo Diu'er (), second concubine, originally a prostitute *Meng Yulou (), third concubine, originally the wife of Yang Zongxi *Sun Xue'e (), fourth concubine, originally a widower * Pan Jinlian(), lover, fifth concubine, originally the wife Wu Dalang * Li Ping'er (), sixth concubine, originally the wife of Hua Zixu * Pang Xuemei (), originally a maid *Yingchun (), maid *Xiuchun (), maid *Lanchun (), maid *Song Huilian (), wife of Lai Wang *Wang Liu'er (), wife of Han Daoguo *Ruyi'er () *Ben Sisao () *Huiyuan () *Madam Lin () *Li Guijie () *Wu Yin'er () *Zheng Aiyue () *Zhang Xichun () *Servant boy, homosexual partner

References

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