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 [[JinPingMei|《金瓶梅》]]’s reception history. The episode says he grouped the novel with [[WaterMargin|《水浒传》]], [[JourneyToTheWest|《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

• [[JinPingMei|《金瓶梅》]], [[WaterMargin|《水浒传》]], and [[JourneyToTheWest|《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.
• [[ZhangZhupo|张竹坡]], [[LuXun|鲁迅]], and [[ZhengZhenduo|郑振铎]] - other reception figures named in the source.