缅铃与李瓶儿之死:基于《金瓶梅》视角下的宦官性事

《金瓶梅》是中国古代的著名小说,作者兰陵笑笑生于此首次提到了缅铃一词,不过自此以后,明清两代文人笔下的缅铃又都莫衷一是,极具臆想、讹传色彩。剖析《金瓶梅》内缅铃的来历和用处,却可以发现其背后隐藏着的宦官性事的内容。宦官,作为腐刑之下的刑余之人,自东汉以后就有婚娶之事,然其性事充满了非正常性。李瓶儿作为《金瓶梅》中的重要角色,其死亡背后亦有宦官性事的影响。

Relationship between Burmese-bell and the death of LiPing′er:the eunuchs′ sex from the perspective of The Golden Lotus

The Golden Lotus is a famous novel in ancient China. The author Lanling Xiaoxiaosheng first mentioned the word "Burmese-bell"(a kind of ancient sex appliance). However, since then, the "Burmese-bell" in the literature of the Ming and Qing Dynasty has been controversial, and most were imaginative and rumored. Analyzing the origin and use of the Burmese-bell in The Golden Lotus is helpful to learn the eunuchs′ sex hidden behind it. Eunuchs, as the sufferers of the punishment of castration, have had marriages since the Eastern Han Dynasty, but their sexual affairs are full of abnormalities. As an important role in The Golden Lotus, Li Ping′er death also has been affected by the eunuchs′ sex.