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In this novel, a white lion is raised by a wife of the protagonist to scare a rival wife's son to death. The protagonist of this novel has an affair with the wife of his brother and steals all of his valuables via the wall connecting their houses. David Tod Roy has recently finished his four-part translation of this work. Lu Xun said of the author of this book that "his writing holds such a variety of human interest that no novel of that time could surpass it." Its author was known as the Scoffing Scholar of Lanling. The serving girl Pang Chunmei is featured in the final parts of this novel, which earlier sees the sordid marriages of Li Ping'er and Pan Jinlian. For 10 points, name this novel about Ximen Qing, loosely based off an incident in The Water Margin and known for its explicit material.
In this novel, a white lion is raised by a wife of the protagonist to scare a rival wife's son to death.
The Plum in the Golden Vase [or Jin Ping Mei; or The Golden Lotus]