金瓶梅
Pan Jinlian () is a fictional character in the 17th-century Chinese novel "Jin Ping Mei" ("The Plum in the Golden Vase)", and a minor character in "Water Margin", one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature. She is an archetypal femme fatale and one of the most notorious villainesses of classical Chinese culture. She has also become the patron goddess of brothels and prostitutes.