A pornographic novel written during the Qing dynasty, focusing on the life of a famous Peking Opera actor, Du Qinyan, and the homosexual love between him and the young scholar Mei Ziyu. Pin Hua Bao Jian did not acquire much research attention until the twenty-first century because of the sensitivity of its content. At present academic researches on the novel are mostly at the macro level concentrating on the author’s biography finished time of the book definition of homosexual relationship gender studies and the art of literature creation and drama research.