李渔 / Li Yu

李渔 is cited in 番外 15：半拿铁讲《金瓶梅》啦，而且还是绿色的 as part of 《金瓶梅》’s reception history. The episode says he grouped the novel with 《水浒传》, 《西游记》, and 《三国演义》 as “四大奇书”, using that category to argue that Jin Ping Mei belonged inside major vernacular-fiction discussion rather than outside literature.

In this source, Li Yu’s importance is classificatory. He helps establish Genre Literary Legitimacy / 类型文学正名 for a work whose public reputation can be reduced to scandal, and he connects the episode’s Classic Reading Complexity frame to older Chinese critical ranking rather than only modern reinterpretation.

Connections

• 《金瓶梅》, 《水浒传》, and 《西游记》 - works connected by the source’s “四大奇书” discussion.
• Genre Literary Legitimacy / 类型文学正名 and Classic Reading Complexity - critical frames supported by the citation.
• 张竹坡, 鲁迅, and 郑振铎 - other reception figures named in the source.