It's got a lot more than sex. It has rich and detailed descriptions of material life in the Ming dynasty, "says the cultured Evarts in his decently accented Mandarin.
「不要小看金瓶梅，它除了男女豔情外，對於明代的物質生活也有鉅細彌遺的描寫呢」，溫文儒雅的柯悌思，用還算字正腔圓的國語說。