""The Golden Lotus"" is a famous historical book,
""the first book of Wonder in the World"",
written by one of the six top...
Chinese scholars, translated into
Many languages and over 600 textbooks
on its subject
Known as the ""Golden"" studies
as the ""Red"" about
""The Dreams of the Red Chambers"".
In the book are
Pan ""Jing"" Lien, Lee ""Ping"" Er and Chuan ""Mae"", literally
gold, bottle and berry;
thus ""Jing Ping Mae"".
Xi Men Qing is an illiterate but wealthy Men,
well trained in martial arts,
brilliant in business
friendly with corrupted lords. Assistant ""mayor""
to the county of ""Clear River"" (equivalent to a
present assistant police chief) with local gangsters
for friends, a playboy, the "Godfather" of Shan Dung
Equivalent to present day Mafia boss.
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Mr. Chou!
Do you know her?
Don"t even think about her.
Why not?
""Do not covet your neighbour"s wife""
Whose wife is she?
Our "goodbrother" Hwa Ze Xu"s wife
What a beautiful wife he has
Didn"t you mention that Hwa is often impotent?
His uncle married her in his name,
meaning...
Lee Ping Er was born in 15th of the first month in lunar calendar.
She was gixen a pair of fish-bowis
thus Ping Er.
Originally Lord Tsai"s son-in-law
Scholar Liang"s
concubine. Born beautiful,
great in bed and with 2 golden lotuses (feet)
She has another nickname : "" Big Beard""
The blackest pubic hair, thicker than anyone"s beard
Scholar Liang ran away when their home was burnt by
Lu Ju Yee. Lee Ping Er married old Eunuch Hwa"s
nephew, Hwa Ze Xu took 18 huge pearls as her dowry
Hwa Ze Xu looks very masculine,
but really impotent
therefore his name means"
to be without an heir""
Eunuch Hwa chose her for his nephew"s wife
but she was really his concubine.
An eunuch taking a wife,
no good hurrying:
pinching, biting, bounding,
burning, hanging
and exen burning pubic hair. Everything was tried, even the weirdest.
When Eunuch Hwa was died...
Lee was left everything,
including 8 treasure chests
There were 4 cousins,
oil, tight, pretentiousness, riches:
Hwa Ze Yiu, Hwa Ze Gwang, Hwa Ze Xu, Hwa Ze Hwa
They should have inherited equally
but Lee held the books,
so nothing could be done
Hwa Ze Xu did not haxe a proper job, just eating,
drinking, gambling and whoring all day long
Ieaving the beautiful Lee
alone and lonely.
Leaving her burning with lust,
reading Eunuch Hwa"s lusty books.
No one played Mah-Jong than
But "fooling around" was always to be...
Lady, l"m scared...
Silly child,
the lord hasn"t returned for three days
No, if the lord knew...
Hurry up!
The lord would beat me to death if he found out
If I can ask you to come, there"s nothing to be scared of
No, I can"t...
Hurry up!
I"m scared someone will see.
Come on, don"t be so frightened.
No, no...
Chuen Mae and Qiu Ju are both asleep
I can"t!
Over here!
I"d better get back to sleep in my own room
Hurry up and come over!
Lord Hwa is drunk, be careful!
Yes!
Mama Fung, hurry and prepare hot water
Yes!
Get away, l"m not drunk
I"ll support him
Be careful!
Why did you drink so much?
I don"t need to be supported
Alright!
I"m not drunk, get away from me!
It"s late, stop it.
I haven"t had enough to drink, more wine!
You must be elder brother"s wife?
How courteous, and you are?
I"m Xi Men Qing.
Lord Xi Men!
I could drink for 6 more days and still be sober
Just look at you, so drunk and thinking you"re sober
Go!
Be careful!
I"m not drunk!
See if you can walk proparly
I want more wine...
Drink, drink!
I want more to drink
OK, OK, we"ll have more to drink!
Mama Fung, hurry!
Coming, coming!
Let"s drink!
I bow to thank your Lord Xi Men
This courtiousness is unnecessary, please rise
Drink with me!
Lord, you"re so big!
Who?
Mama Fung"s my nursemaid,
Xiao Chuen and Ying Chuen are my maids.
All our own people.
Does the Lord live next door?
Yes
my fourth concubine lives next to your garden
Must be Madame Pan.
Yes, her name is Jing Lian. We"re newly wed
The 5th lady is very lucky to be married to you
I think my seventh younger brother is luckier
to be wed to one as beautiful as you
Your lordship!
Get out, get out!
Elder brother, you want to fool with my wife
Don"t, please!
Your lordship, don"t!
Hurry up and hide
Under the bed.
You, you wicked person
You cheap whore, whoring when l"m not at home?
Yes, l"m cheap, but you"re no better
Aren"t you the same, in a brothel all the time
You just go and die out there
Horrible, worrying me by not coming home for days
This wine has been treasured for years.
Enjoy yourselxes.
How old Mama Fung?
Fifteen-two
About you?
I was born in the year of the ram.
You"re twenty-three this year?
Right!
I"m 26, born in this year of the tiger
Hold on. The Buddhism protect me.
What"s wrong?
You guess. Haven"t I putting the ram in the tiger"s mouth?
No, the tiger"s being fooled be a doogie.
Come. Let"s drink!
Wait!
You feed me!
My grandfather took this from the palace:
24 way of marking lover.
Come, let"s look together.
Let"s learn from the drawings.
Alright!
What are you looking at?
I"ve got to go over.
Be careful!
What are you doing this early in the morning?
Yes, what are you doing on a ladder this early?
I"m a Men. Men have their business.
What good business would you be up to?
What good or bad business?
It"s none of your business
What? What are you doing with my things?
Gixe it back to me!
Don"t go away!
Did she give this to you?
Which she are you talk about?
Are you learning to do this from her?
No, of course not. Don"t talk rubbish,
Your lordship, you"re back.
Why are you leaving as soon as you"re returned?
Not only was Xi Men Qing lustful for women, he was also greedy for money.
He lied and cajoled to women to obtain sex.
Increased his wealth by any possible means.
He encouraged the three Hwa brothers to sue
their other brother, Ze Xu and his wife Lee Ping Er.
He Menaged to take all that Eunuch Hwa left.
And kept him in prison by using his official rank.
Elder brother, Had you seen Ping Er?
Yes, she says she"ll hang herself if you still don"t go out.
Today l"ve come specially to tell you
everything"s almost ready.
Xi Men Qing act like helping Eunuch Hwa out
and tell Hwa"s brothers to...
sue him out in court
The prices are too high to be sold immediately
Elder brother, help me, l"d want to get out of here quickly.
Not that I don"t want to help you.
I"m afraid people say l"m taking advantage.
It"s helping people out.
You decide.
Alright, l"ll help you!
No need!
Thank you...
Say it slowly! Be calm!
You speak out
My lord...
The left was supposed to give us evenly
but Enunch Hwa just listened to his wife...
to take the left solely
Now I allow you to split the left with eunuch Hwa evenly
Okay? Case closed
But I heard that his wife got 8 boxes of treasures
Who told you that?
Lots of people said that.
Bullshit! There"s not proof
Leave now
Yes
Xi Men Qing then said sweet words to Lee Ping Er
to move the treasures into his house to avoid searching
He turns out to have treasures and the woman
Hwa Ze Xu watching exerything be owned disappear
He soon passed away
as be couldn"t bear to watch
Lee ping Er only wanted to marry with Xi Men Qing
She begged for new everyday.
The reply was always that Xi was busy, unavailable
Troubled,
she became dizzy and fell ill
This was a strange illness, Dreaming of intercourse
with ghosts. Sometimes with the god of Wutung
other times with Xi Men Qing.
She would awake exhausted and faint.
The witch brought wa of no help.
Go, l"m not ill. Go, l"m not ill!
I don"t need you here, get out!
What?
I don"t want you here, I don"t need your magic
Go away, l"m not ill, l"m not ill...
Get out!
Open the door, please open the door, please!
Coming!
What"s the matter?
Our lady would like to see your lord Xi Men
Our lord is busy and not receiving guests
Then...
Sorry!
then when Mama Fung and Ying Chuen
tried to no avail
They didn"t know that
Xi"s supporter in the court,
Lord Tsai was innovated in a political failure
so Xi had be hide
This was why
Lee Ping Er married Doctor Jiang JuShan
Doctor Jiang!
You go and help the lady out
Doctor Jiang, please!
Thank you!
Get out!
Madame, please cough once for me
Voice is hoase, fire in the liver, any coughing?
Sometimes
Any phlegm?
A little
Clear or coloured?
Both I should say clear with cloudy yellow
Madame is ill due to ghosts
What do you mean?
I mean troubled sleep, dreams yet not dreaming
Restless,
Like having intercourse with a human, but not
Like having intercourse with ghost, but not
Like having intercourse with a wolf, but not
What type of intercourse do you mean?
intercourse, meaning sexual intercourse
Man and woman tossing and turning in bed
Clouds and rain, abnormal intercourse. Sometimes pain
then pleasure, other times pleasure then pain
I"m not sure what l"ve said is correct?
Yes, sometimes even...
Well? Sometime even what?
Pain, yet not pain; itchiness yet not an itch
Would that be pain then be pleasure or itchiness than pleasure?
Is it pleasurable?
Yes, pleasurable!
Beautiful?
Beautiful!
Like rising to heaven than dropping to earth?
Like waving and floating in clouds
Waving, Floating, Then suddenly a scream
Petrified and waking in a cold sweat
Bed and clothes soaked with sweat, completely drained
Exhausted and limp
Feeling, thinking... strange.
Am I correct?
You are absolutely correct!
Like a god but yet not a god, madame is too gracious,
The good doctor will please give me a prescription
Healing is observing, listening, questioning, feeling
Observing the colouring, listening to the sounds
Asking why and feeling the pulses:
everything is vital.
I can"t see the lady"s colouring through the wall
So it"s hard to define the illness
Please remove the screen
so I may see the lady
in order for me to prescribe medication
Sio Chuen, remove the screen
Yes!
What is it? Please hurry!
Almost, almost!
Alright...
Get out, teasing when there "s no fire, when there is
fire you"re useless. OK for looking but useless. Out!
So sorry! I"m useless during the day, but at night...
Don"t boast, when have you been capable at night!
You cheaper than the Xi Men Qing.
He is shit!
Although Jiang JuShan had medication
and injections,
all kinds of balms and oils
he couldn"t be helped. impotent.
Lee Ping Er kicked him off the bed and out the room
Mama Fung want to beg Xi Men Qing several times
saying that all Lee wanted wa to be married to him
Xi hand just made new connections
and was prospering
She would just be an extra mouth to feed. Why not?
Please have more drinks! Help yourselves!
My lord, please enter the wedding chambers!
I"m not going in. I"m staying with my 5th wife.
How can you not sleep here
on your wedding night?
Oh, no! The lady"s hung herself!
Come help! The lady"s hung herself!
Get away, get out, leave me alone.
Come, bring me a whip!
Cheap broad
why hang yourself in my house?
Since you"re married that bastard
you stay with him!
Come down!
Come down, come on down!
Kneel down!
Kneel down, kneel!
Take your clothes off
Strip!
Strip! Strip!
Strip hurry up!
Hurry up!
Cheap bitch!
Try to hang yourself?
Cheap bitch, it"s all right for you
to marry him and open a shop for him
but why say I stole your money?
Shut up! Don"t cry!
You involve me!
Didn"t you say so?
I didn"t even think of it
I just wanted to marry you
I want your love.
What does money mean to me?
Sounds so good, just wanted to marry me
Then why did you marry Jiang JuShan?
You didn"t come for me so I want a little crazy
I even dreamt of you, I was so ill
When Jiang came to heal me, he persuaded me
So you told him I took all your silver?
No, I swear, I didn"t say such things.
So what if you did?
How do I compare with Jiang?
There is none: your are heaven
and he is hell
I really do love you
Really?
It"s said that a pirate
never has long to enjoy
but Xi Men Qing stole other"s wives time and again.
Poisoned Wu Da Lang, angered Hwa Ze Xu to death.
Not only was he unpunished, he became wealthier
Lee Ping Er had even given him a son: Little Gwan!
But evil brings evil and goodwill brings godwill;
if not, the time has just not come yet.
Little Gwan was always weak and sick, along with
along with Pan Jing Lien"s jealousy
there was always trouble...
Just frightened, some medicine and he"ll be alright.
Thank you, doctor!
You go out first.
Good boy, stop crying!
Good boy!
All Xi Men Qing can think of is little Gwan
This boy is best of dead
How could there be dog faeces?
Pick it up!
Pick it up and bring it over!
Bring it over!
Don"t be scared, I won"t beat you, just come look
Come smell it
Does it stink?
A little!
Bring the horse whip!
Cheap bitch, think there"ll be a next time? Go to hell!
Go find out what"s happening outside.
Don"t cry! Be good!
5th lady, don"t whip her so many times!
You"re all so noisy you"re scaring little Gwan
the 6th lady asked me to beg you to be lenient!
What a joke! She"s my maid so none of her business.
Did you hear that, you stupid girl?
Can"t you hear that someone wants you to shut up?
Go to hell!
Child, child, don"t scare your mother, child!
Out! Get out!
What"s the matter? What"s going on?
Mama Fung said the cat scared the child.
Cat? What cat?
The 5th lady"s snow lion!
Snow lion, snow lion, give me my child"s life back
Snow lion!
Where"s the snow lion? Give it to me!
Give it to me!
What?
Give me that stupid cat!
Why? What"s it done to you?
Get away! Get out of my way!
Cheap bitch! Get out of my way!
Give it back to me!
Get out of my way!
Give it back to me!
Get away!
Son of a bitch!
Little Gwan, Papa will take revenge for you!
Go die!
Lady!
Lady, 5th lady is fooling with some man in her room
With which man?
The 16 year old boy Qing Tung
6rd lady brought over
Can"t be, 5th lady with that boy?
Truthfully, I saw them with my own eyes.
5th lady tied him to the bed
and is whipping him
Qing Tung is screaming.
Good boy, be stranger, good boy, be stranger
Quiet!
how can you speak of your mistress like that?
Never mind if there was such a thing
Even if there was, you mustn"t speak of it.
If the lord hears about it there"ll be big trouble.
Lady, oh no, something"s happened!
What happened? Speak up!
Qiu Ju told everything about you and Qing Tung!
What?!
Lady, where are you going?
Hurry, go and tell Qing Tung to run away, understand?
Yes!
Come back! In case the lord asks about anything,
don"t admit anything, understand?
Chuen Mae, if the lord asks about the purse,
say you found it in the garden, remember?!
Come with us!
What"s going on? What"s happening?
Go!
Where are you taking me?
Shut up!
When did you come in, you startled me.
If one had a clear conscience they"re not scared at night.
What are you scared of?
My lord, haxe tea. Have tea, my lord!
What is it?
What is it? You know perfectly well.
Tell me, how many times have you been with Qing Tung?
What are you talking about? That stupid Qing Tung?
Still pretending? What other Qing Tung?
The Qing Tung Mung Yu Leu brought with her.
Oh, you mean that 16 year old boy.
Boy, so a virgin
Who purse is this?
Where did you find that?
Where? I found it on Qing Tung.
Oh, your"re hitting me for that?
Stop being stupid.
Tell me! When did you give it to him?
Why should I give it to him?
Lady Mung and I were
were in the garden embroidering. It just disappeared.
Couldn"t find it anywhere in the garden
so the boy stole it.
Stop lying to me!
Bring the boy here!
Get out!
You bastard, you have guts.
how dare you fool around with my wife?
Just because you"re with someone"s with everyday,
it doesn"t mean that your wife"s fooling around.
I"m going to give you a good lesson.
My lord, I wouldn"t dare me,
I"m only sixteen!
16? You so young but with such old thoughts.
Bastard, you"re older than a mule
Speak up, have you ever been in bed with her?
No, truthfully, no!
No?
Tell! Have you ever been with her...
No, really, not lord, believe me, please!
I don"t believe that, tell me, tell me!
Have you?... Have you?...
Yes, just two or three times...
What did you say?
Cheap stuff!
Really just two or three times?
Yes, two or three times. Really, that"s all.
Was it two or was it three times?
Can"t remember.
You"re really been at it with the 5th lady?
No, not with the 5th lady, with Qiu Ju.
Rubbish! You"re talking rubbish, absolute rubbish!
Shut up!
You"re really been at it with Qiu Ju?
Yes, she came into my room
and said the 5th lady had
whipped her. Took her clothes off to show me.
She has a red mole under her belly button.
You won"t die a nice death.
Just be careful, lightening will strike you
Stand still!
My lord, no! I"m still a virgin, I swear!
My lord!
She, menstruated yesterday...
You think l"m blind?
Lying to my face!
My lord, please! I beg you, don"t hit her!
Now I understand.
You and my wife... you bastard!
Die!
I"ll beat you to death!
See if you still dare? With my wife?!
You"ve got guts, fooling with Xi Men Qing"s wife!
I"m going to beat you to death today!
Why are you quiet now? Answer me!
Dare you do it again? Dare you?!
Someone drag him out and dump him with the rubbish.
Get on your kneel!
My lord, why are you treating me so? I haven"t had
a good day since l"ve wed you.
You"re always out fooling with other"s wives, now you
come home believing others" lies about your wife.
Shut up and kneel properly!
Take off your clothes.
You bastard, you"ll end up in hell!
Shut up, no more noise from you!
Kneel down.
I beg you!
Take your pants off as well.
No...
Take them off!
You bastard!
Bastard!
You"ll burn in hell!
Speak up, how many times have you been with him? Talk!
I"ve fooled around with Xi Men Qing, who"s
fooled around with Wu Da Lang"s wife, Pan Jing Lien,
and with Hwa Ze Xu"s wife, Lee Ping Er and
with Fen Xe"s wife and also
with Lai Wang"s daughter-in-law, Sung Hwei Lien and...
Right... right... you heap bitch!
Keep quiet, I won"t allow you to talk
Shut up!
Yes, so I like fooling with other"s wives, so what?
What can you do about that?
You cheap bitch, actually thinking you can rule me?
I"ll teach you a lesson!
Who?
Chuen Mae, come over here!
Take off your clothes!
Hurry up and take them off!
Strip!
So you"d like to fool around as well?
Come over here!
Hurry! Hurry up! I said to hurry!
My lord, no! No...
No...
Relax!
No...
Fun, isn"t this?
For the 5th lady
I"ll give you all my bottom half, OK?
Your lordship!
Chuen Mae! Chuen Mae!
My lord, she"ll be all right, the first time...
Carry on and she"ll wake up.
Chuen Mae! Are you wake?!
My lord, don"t stop, carry on...
please don"t stop, carry on, continue
My lord, don"t stop, don"t...
You must continue
Carry on don"t stop. Don"t!
Xi Men Qing killed two birds with one stone.
Lee Ping Er stayed in her room,
calm and forgiving
Understanding emptiness being sex and sex, emptiness.
Amen!