Author: Charles R. Stone
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
ISBN: 0824862589
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 281
Book Description
The Lord of Perfect Satisfaction (Ruyijun zhuan), a short work of fiction from the early sixteenth century, tells the story of the Tang dynasty's notorious Wu Zetian, the only woman to rule as emperor of China. It is famous not for the history it relates, but for its graphic sexual descriptions--the first ever in a Chinese novel--purportedly given from a woman's point of view. Despite its renown and unmistakable influence on later writing, the origins and significance of the Ruyijun zhuan have never been explored, in any language, and until now it has never been translated. Its date of composition is unknown, its author unidentified. One of its earliest appraisals, written by a contemporary scholar known for his conservatism, maintains that the Ruyijun zhuan is a moral work notwithstanding its sexual content. Combining a complete translation with a detailed and far-ranging study of the text, The Fountainhead of Chinese Erotica places this important cultural document into historical context and offers possibilities on its meaning.
The Fountainhead of Chinese Erotica
Author: Charles R. Stone
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
ISBN: 0824862589
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 281
Book Description
The Lord of Perfect Satisfaction (Ruyijun zhuan), a short work of fiction from the early sixteenth century, tells the story of the Tang dynasty's notorious Wu Zetian, the only woman to rule as emperor of China. It is famous not for the history it relates, but for its graphic sexual descriptions--the first ever in a Chinese novel--purportedly given from a woman's point of view. Despite its renown and unmistakable influence on later writing, the origins and significance of the Ruyijun zhuan have never been explored, in any language, and until now it has never been translated. Its date of composition is unknown, its author unidentified. One of its earliest appraisals, written by a contemporary scholar known for his conservatism, maintains that the Ruyijun zhuan is a moral work notwithstanding its sexual content. Combining a complete translation with a detailed and far-ranging study of the text, The Fountainhead of Chinese Erotica places this important cultural document into historical context and offers possibilities on its meaning.
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
ISBN: 0824862589
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 281
Book Description
The Lord of Perfect Satisfaction (Ruyijun zhuan), a short work of fiction from the early sixteenth century, tells the story of the Tang dynasty's notorious Wu Zetian, the only woman to rule as emperor of China. It is famous not for the history it relates, but for its graphic sexual descriptions--the first ever in a Chinese novel--purportedly given from a woman's point of view. Despite its renown and unmistakable influence on later writing, the origins and significance of the Ruyijun zhuan have never been explored, in any language, and until now it has never been translated. Its date of composition is unknown, its author unidentified. One of its earliest appraisals, written by a contemporary scholar known for his conservatism, maintains that the Ruyijun zhuan is a moral work notwithstanding its sexual content. Combining a complete translation with a detailed and far-ranging study of the text, The Fountainhead of Chinese Erotica places this important cultural document into historical context and offers possibilities on its meaning.
Eastern Erotica
Author: Bret Norton
Publisher: Astrolog
ISBN: 9789654941549
Category : Erotic art
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher: Astrolog
ISBN: 9789654941549
Category : Erotic art
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Ars Erotica
Author: Richard Shusterman
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107004764
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 437
Book Description
Drawing on theories of lovemaking from ancient Asian and Western cultures, this book provides a new aesthetics of erotic love.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107004764
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 437
Book Description
Drawing on theories of lovemaking from ancient Asian and Western cultures, this book provides a new aesthetics of erotic love.
Sex in China
Author: Fang Fu Ruan
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9780306438608
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 230
Book Description
Ruan (The Institute for Advanced Study of Human Sexuality, San Francisco), the leading authority in his field, presents a comprehensive historical survey of Chinese sexology covering ancient texts, the latest statistics and mass media reports, and his own interviews and correspondence with sexual minorities. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9780306438608
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 230
Book Description
Ruan (The Institute for Advanced Study of Human Sexuality, San Francisco), the leading authority in his field, presents a comprehensive historical survey of Chinese sexology covering ancient texts, the latest statistics and mass media reports, and his own interviews and correspondence with sexual minorities. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Chinese Erotic Poems
Author: Tony Barnstone
Publisher: Everyman's Library
ISBN:
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
A dazzling collection of Chinese erotic poems about deep love and pure lust, enticement and seduction, ecstasy and disappointment, that span nearly three thousand years and include many poems never before translated into English. The ancient Chinese tradition of erotic poetry has been largely ignored in the west. Now, a vast continent of sensual verse is opened to us with this glorious collection spanning nearly Here are poems that express need, hunger, grief, and longing—for husbands and wives and for concubines and lovers; poems by turns explicit or subtle, light-hearted or desperate, written from both men’s and women’s points of view. The editors have drawn on a wide range of sources from 600 BCE to the present, including highly literary poems, popular verse, and folk songs, as well as poems that appeared in ancient Daoist sex manuals, in classical novels of the Ming Dynasty, and in collections of erotic prints. The result is an array of voices that speak the universal language of desire. For the first time, all the major works of this beloved writer are gathered together in one hardcover volume.
Publisher: Everyman's Library
ISBN:
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
A dazzling collection of Chinese erotic poems about deep love and pure lust, enticement and seduction, ecstasy and disappointment, that span nearly three thousand years and include many poems never before translated into English. The ancient Chinese tradition of erotic poetry has been largely ignored in the west. Now, a vast continent of sensual verse is opened to us with this glorious collection spanning nearly Here are poems that express need, hunger, grief, and longing—for husbands and wives and for concubines and lovers; poems by turns explicit or subtle, light-hearted or desperate, written from both men’s and women’s points of view. The editors have drawn on a wide range of sources from 600 BCE to the present, including highly literary poems, popular verse, and folk songs, as well as poems that appeared in ancient Daoist sex manuals, in classical novels of the Ming Dynasty, and in collections of erotic prints. The result is an array of voices that speak the universal language of desire. For the first time, all the major works of this beloved writer are gathered together in one hardcover volume.
Dreams of Spring
Author: Yimen
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
"At its best, Chinese erotic art is a search for beauty in all its manifestations, for not only does it offer stimulation, it provides a source of great aesthetic pleasure. It never presents sex in a crude or pornographical way, but within a framework of beauty and harmony, enhanced with details of a profound or symbolic nature. Dreams of Spring presents for the first time the treasures of the Bertholet Collection, one of the world's most important surviving collections of Chinese erotic art. Many of the pictures reproduced are unique in their style and content, and have never been published before."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
"At its best, Chinese erotic art is a search for beauty in all its manifestations, for not only does it offer stimulation, it provides a source of great aesthetic pleasure. It never presents sex in a crude or pornographical way, but within a framework of beauty and harmony, enhanced with details of a profound or symbolic nature. Dreams of Spring presents for the first time the treasures of the Bertholet Collection, one of the world's most important surviving collections of Chinese erotic art. Many of the pictures reproduced are unique in their style and content, and have never been published before."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
The Fragrant Flower
Author: Hua Ying Jin Zhen
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
A collection of 40 Ming Dynasty line drawings and their accompanying poems, presented in both Chinese and (for the first time) English. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
A collection of 40 Ming Dynasty line drawings and their accompanying poems, presented in both Chinese and (for the first time) English. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
Chinese Erotic Art
Author: Michel Beurdeley
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
ISBN: 9780804806954
Category : Arts, Chinese
Languages : en
Pages : 209
Book Description
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
ISBN: 9780804806954
Category : Arts, Chinese
Languages : en
Pages : 209
Book Description
Chinese Erotica
Author: Alka Pande
Publisher:
ISBN: 9788174362094
Category : Erotic art
Languages : en
Pages : 62
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9788174362094
Category : Erotic art
Languages : en
Pages : 62
Book Description
Library of Congress Subject Headings
Author: Library of Congress. Cataloging Policy and Support Office
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Subject headings, Library of Congress
Languages : en
Pages : 1688
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Subject headings, Library of Congress
Languages : en
Pages : 1688
Book Description