《金瓶梅》已被译成日、俄、英、法、德、朝等13种外文版本,涉及语文之多,译本出版量之大,都已超过《三国演义》、《红楼梦》等其他中国古典文学名著。1985年,法语译本《金瓶梅》出版时,法国总统为之发表谈话,法文化部出面举行庆祝会,称《金瓶梅》在法国出版是法国文化界的一大盛事。 The “Jin Ping Mei” has been translated into 13 foreign language versions such as Japanese, Russian, English, French, German and Korean. It covers a large amount of Chinese and large volumes of translation have exceeded other Chinese classical such as Romance of the Three Kingdoms and A Dream of Red Mansions Literature. When the French translation of “Jin Ping Mei” was published in 1985, the French President made a statement and the French Ministry of Culture came out to hold a celebration party. He said that publication of the Golden Lotus in France was a major event in the French cultural community.