Ximen Qing

Fictional character in Chinese literature

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Ximen Qing (left) fights with Wu Song, from the Peking opera Lion Tower.

In this Chinese name, the family name is  Ximen.

Ximen Qing (Chinese: 西門慶; pinyin: Xīmén Qìng) is a fictional Chinese Song dynasty 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 Water Margin.

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 aphrodisiac overdose.

## Sexual partners

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* Lady Chen (陳氏), first wife
* Wu Yueniang (吳月娘), second wife
* Li Jiao'er (李娇兒), first concubine, originally a prostitute[1]
* Zhuo Diu'er (卓丟兒), second concubine, originally a prostitute
* Meng Yulou (孟玉樓), third concubine, originally the wife of Yang Zongxi
* Sun Xue'e (孫雪娥), fourth concubine, originally a widower
* Pan Jinlian (潘金蓮), lover, fifth concubine, originally the wife of Wu Dalang
* Li Ping'er (李瓶兒), sixth concubine, originally the wife of Hua Zixu
* Pang Xuemei (龐春梅), originally a maid
* Yingchun (迎春), maid
* Xiuchun (秀春), maid
* Lanchun (蘭香), maid
* Song Huilian (宋惠蓮), wife of Lai Wang
* Wang Liu'er (王六兒), wife of Han Daoguo
* Ruyi'er (如意兒)
* Ben Sisao (賁四嫂)
* Huiyuan (惠元)
* Madam Lin (林太太)
* Li Guijie (李桂姐)
* Wu Yin'er (吳銀兒)
* Zheng Aiyue (鄭愛月)
* Zhang Xichun (張惜春)
* Servant boy, homosexual partner

## References

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1. ^ "西门庆七个妻妾最终下场".

* Buck, Pearl S. (2006). All Men are Brothers. Moyer Bell. ISBN 9781559213035.
* Miyazaki, Ichisada (1993). Suikoden: Kyoko no naka no Shijitsu (in Japanese). Chuo Koronsha. ISBN 978-4122020559.
* Keffer, David. "Outlaws of the Marsh: A Somewhat Less Than Critical Commentary". Poison Pie Publishing House. Retrieved 19 December 2016.
* Li, Mengxia (1992). 108 Heroes from the Water Margin (in Chinese). EPB Publishers. p. 17\. ISBN 9971-0-0252-3.
* Miyamoto, Yoko (2011). "Water Margin: Chinese Robin Hood and His Bandits". Demystifying Confucianism. Retrieved 19 December 2016.
* Shibusawa, Kou (1989), Bandit Kings of Ancient China, Koei, p. 91
* Zhang, Lin Ching (2009). Biographies of Characters in Water Margin. Writers Publishing House. ISBN 978-7506344784.

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Water Margin characters

Founding father|

Chao Gai

108 Stars of Destiny|

36 Heavenly Spirits
Song Jiang
Lu Junyi
Wu Yong
Gongsun Sheng
Guan Sheng
Lin Chong
Qin Ming
Huyan Zhuo
Hua Rong
Chai Jin
Li Ying
Zhu Tong
Lu Zhishen
Wu Song
Dong Ping
Zhang Qing
Yang Zhi
Xu Ning
Suo Chao
Dai Zong
Liu Tang
Li Kui
Shi Jin
Mu Hong
Lei Heng
Li Jun
Ruan Xiao'er
Zhang Heng
Ruan Xiaowu
Zhang Shun
Ruan Xiaoqi
Yang Xiong
Shi Xiu
Xie Zhen
Xie Bao
Yan Qing

72 Earthly Fiends
Zhu Wu
Huang Xin
Sun Li
Xuan Zan
Hao Siwen
Han Tao
Peng Qi
Shan Tinggui
Wei Dingguo
Xiao Rang
Pei Xuan
Ou Peng
Deng Fei
Yan Shun
Yang Lin
Ling Zhen
Jiang Jing
Lü Fang
Guo Sheng
An Daoquan
Huangfu Duan
Wang Ying
Hu Sanniang
Bao Xu
Fan Rui
Kong Ming
Kong Liang
Xiang Chong
Li Gun
Jin Dajian
Ma Lin
Tong Wei
Tong Meng
Meng Kang
Hou Jian
Chen Da
Yang Chun
Zheng Tianshou
Tao Zongwang
Song Qing
Yue He
Gong Wang
Ding Desun
Mu Chun
Cao Zheng
Song Wan
Du Qian
Xue Yong
Shi En
Li Zhong
Zhou Tong
Tang Long
Du Xing
Zou Yuan
Zou Run
Zhu Gui
Zhu Fu
Cai Fu
Cai Qing
Li Li
Li Yun
Jiao Ting
Shi Yong
Sun Xin
Gu Dasao
Zhang Qing
Sun Erniang
Wang Dingliu
Yu Baosi
Bai Sheng
Shi Qian
Duan Jingzhu

Antagonists (Song imperial court)|

* Gao Qiu
* Cai Jing
* Tong Guan
* Yang Jian

Antagonists (rebel leaders)|

* Fang La
* Tian Hu
* Wang Qing

Other characters|

* Ximen Qing
* Pan Jinlian
* Wu Dalang
* Yan Poxi
* Emperor Huizong
* Li Shishi
* Zhou Tong
* others

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