Pan Jinlian is the wife of Wu Song’s brother Wu Dalang, and is also Wu Song’s sister-in-law.

Story summary: Pan Jinlian tried to seduce Wu Song, but was rejected. She was seduced by local wealthy Ximen Qing. After the adultery was exposed, the two poisoned Wu Dalang. In order to take revenge, Wu Song first killed Pan Jinlian and then Ximen Qing.

Character introduction:

1) Wu Song is an important character in the classic "Water Margin" written by Shi Naian. Wu Song was originally from Qinghe County. Because he was ranked second, he was also called "Wu Erlang". After the blood splattered in Yuanyang Tower, he dressed up as a tutuo to avoid the government, and was known as "Whisper Wusong" by people in the world. Wu Song once killed an eye-catching white-fronted tiger with his bare hands on Jingyanggang. The story of "Wu Song beating the tiger" was widely circulated in later generations. Wu Song eventually lost an arm in the battle against Fangla, and finally died of illness in Liuhe Temple, reaching the age of eighty.

2) Pan Jinlian, a character in "Water Margin" and a further character in "Jin Ping Mei". For hundreds of years, she has been nailed to the pillar of shame in history as a model of coquettishness, lewdness, and cruelty. In Chinese moral concepts, few people sympathize with her plight. This is Pan Jinlian. Lan Ling smiled and smiled, which was even more colorful. Later, she lived in dramatic and stage literary works through extreme interpretation and became a role model of bad women after dinner.

In "Jin Ping Mei", her experience, personality, life, etc. have been enriched in many aspects, thus shaping her into a beautiful, romantic, ruthless, troublemaking, and excessively lustful woman. Pan Jinlian was Ximen Qing's fifth concubine and died at the hands of Wu Song.

However, Pan Jinlian’s historical prototype is completely different from the novel. Pan Jinlian is the daughter of the Zhizhou family and lives in Huangjinzhuang not far from Wujiana Village. She likes Wu Dalang and Wu Zhi, often helps him, and has a private life-long relationship with him. After the two got married, they lived in harmony and love and raised four children.