Chinese Erotism

By Mark de Smedt

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0517351102
• ISBN13: 9780517351109
• Release Date: January 1981
• Publisher: Crescent
• Length: 94 Pages
• Weight: 1.86 lbs.

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Plenty of Full Color Illustrations

From Front Jacket: "The people of ancient China were fond of making love. They saw it as a way of harmonizing the energies of heaven and earth, and thus continuing nature's cycle of creation. So love became an art, the art of living, the art of untying the body's knots. It was also an integral part of religion. Thus to the great indignation of their enemies, the Taoists combined sexual practices with their techniques of meditation. The Taoists quickly realized that techniques retaining sperm were extremely effective: not only did the man thus avoid dissipating his energy and the woman achieve climax, but a subtle alchemy was wrought between them. The male took the woman's Yin and she profited from her partner's pure Yang nature. Among many Chinese treatises on sexual initiation are to be found the famous 'Sou Nu King' and 'Su Nu Fang,' in which the legendary Yellow Emperor, Huangdi, receives his sexual education through the sexual expertise of young women. These treatises, which date from the 4th century AD at the latest, were not the only ones: other notable ones are the 'Yu Fang Mi Ju' ('Secrets of the Jade Chamber') and the 'Dong Xuan Zi' ('Son of the Mystery of the Grotto')."