世情或豔情之辨──從《金瓶梅》與《肉蒲團》性描寫的比較出發

Erotic or Pornographic: A Comparative Study of the Sexual Description of Jin Ping Mei and Rou Pu Tuan

《金瓶梅》問世前一個世紀，已見豔情小說始祖《如意君傳》。《金瓶梅》問世的同一時期，另有豔情小說《痴婆子傳》、《繡榻野史》、《浪史》等等。從明末到清初，豔情小說產量極大，其中以《內蒲團》最為有名。然而長期以來，始終沒有人針對《金瓶梅》與《內蒲團》的性描寫文字，進行詳實且有意義的比對。本文將比較這兩部小說的性描寫，並試圖論證《金瓶梅》和《肉蒲團》屬於不同的小說類型。

The pioneering Chinese pornographic novel, Ruyijun Zhuan had been published one century before the appearance of Jin Ping Mei. There were pornographic novels such as Chipozi Zhuan, Xiu Ta Ye Shi and Lang Shi published during the appearance of Jin Ping Mei. During late Ming and early Qing period, there were more pornographic novels, among which Rou Pu Tuan is the most famous. Unfortunately, there is hardly any research focusing on comparing sexual descriptions between Jin Ping Mei and Rou Pu Tuan. This article will compare the sexual descriptions of these two novels, and try to argue that Jin Ping Mei and Rou Pu Tuan belong to different novel genres.