试论《金瓶梅》命名之深义

The Deep Meaning of the Title "Jinpingmei"

《金瓶梅》书中的女角色有几十人,重点描写的也有十余人,而作者却用其中的潘金莲、李瓶儿、庞春梅三人为书名,尤其是庞春梅仅仅是个丫头,确实令人费解。倘若弄清了这三个女人在小说的创作意图、主题及情节结构中的作用,便可看出作者选用她们为书名的深义。

Scores of women characters are contained in the novel'Jinpingmei',of which more than ten are emphatically described.Why does the author name the book only with the three characters——Pan Jinlian,Li Pinger,and Pang Chunmei.It is especially difficult in understanding Pang Chunmei for she is a young girl.Only by clarifying the creating intention of the three women in the novel and their roles for the theme and the plot,can we make ourselves be aware of the real meaning of names of the characters the writer uses in the book.