The Culture Of Sex In Ancient China

Author : Paul R. Goldin
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2001-10-31
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780824864651

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The Culture of Sex in Ancient China by Paul R. Goldin Pdf

The subject of sex was central to early Chinese thought. Discussed openly and seriously as a fundamental topic of human speculation, it was an important source of imagery and terminology that informed the classical Chinese conception of social and political relationships. This sophisticated and long-standing tradition, however, has been all but neglected by modern historians. In The Culture of Sex in Ancient China, Paul Rakita Goldin addresses central issues in the history of Chinese attitudes toward sex and gender from 500 B.C. to A.D. 400. A survey of major pre-imperial sources, including some of the most revered and influential texts in the Chinese tradition, reveals the use of the image of copulation as a metaphor for various human relations, such as those between a worshiper and his or her deity or a ruler and his subjects. In his examination of early Confucian views of women, Goldin notes that, while contradictions and ambiguities existed in the articulation of these views, women were nevertheless regarded as full participants in the Confucian project of self-transformation. He goes on to show how assumptions concerning the relationship of sexual behavior to political activity (assumptions reinforced by the habitual use of various literary tropes discussed earlier in the book) led to increasing attempts to regulate sexual behavior throughout the Han dynasty. Following the fall of the Han, this ideology was rejected by the aristocracy, who continually resisted claims of sovereignty made by impotent emperors in a succession of short-lived dynasties. Erudite and immensely entertaining, this study of intellectual conceptions of sex and sexuality in China will be welcomed by students and scholars of early China and by those with an interest in the comparative development of ancient cultures.

Author : Fang Fu Ruan
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2013-11-22
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781489906090

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Sex in China by Fang Fu Ruan Pdf

China today is sexually (and in many other ways) a very repressive so ciety, yet ancient China was very different. Some of the earliest surviving literature of China is devoted to discussions of sexual topics, and the sexual implications of the Ym and Yang theories common in ancient China continue to influence Tantric and esoteric sexual practices today far dis tant from their Chinese origins. In recent years, a number of books have been written exploring the history of sexual practices and ideas in China, but most have ended the discussion with ancient China and have not continued up to the present time. Fang Fu Ruan first surveys the ancient assumptions and beliefs, then carries the story to present-day China with brief descriptions of homosexuality, lesbianism, transvestism, transsexualism, and prostitution, and ends with a chapter on changing attitudes toward sex in China today. Dr. Ruan is well qualified to give such an overview. Until he left China in the 1980s, he was a leader in attempting to change the repressive attitudes of the government toward human sexuality. He wrote a best selling book on sex in China, and had written to and corresponded with a number of people in China who considered him as confidant and ad visor about their sex problems. A physician and medical historian, Dr. Ruan's doctoral dissertation was a study of the history of sex in China.

Author : R.H. van Gulik
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 444 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2021-10-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004487864

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Sexual Life in Ancient China by R.H. van Gulik Pdf

In 1961 Robert van Gulik published his pioneering overview of Sexual Life in Ancient China. This edition of the work is preceded by an elaborate introduction by Paul Rakita Goldin assessing the value of Van Gulik’s volume, the subject itself, and its author. The introduction is followed by an extensive and up-to-date bibliography on the subject, which guides the modern reader in the literature on the field which appeared after the publication of Van Gulik's volume. One of the criticisms in 1961 regarded the Latin translations of passages deemed too explicit by Van Gulik. In this 2002 edition all Latin has for the first time been translated into unambiguous English, thus making the full text widely available to an academic audience.

Author : Robert Hans van Gulik
Publisher : Brill Archive
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9004039171

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中國古代房内考 by Robert Hans van Gulik Pdf

In 1961 Robert van Gulik published his pioneering overview of "Sexual Life in Ancient China," This edition of the work is preceded by an elaborate "introduction" by Paul Rakita Goldin assessing the value of Van Gulik's volume, the subject itself, and its author. The introduction is followed by an extensive and up-to-date "bibliography" on the subject, which guides the modern reader in the literature on the field which appeared after the publication of Van Gulik's volume. One of the criticisms in 1961 regarded the Latin translations of passages deemed too explicit by Van Gulik. In this 2002 edition all Latin has for the first time been translated into unambiguous English, thus making the full text widely available to an academic audience.

Author : Paul R. Goldin
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2001-10-31
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0824824822

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The Culture of Sex in Ancient China by Paul R. Goldin Pdf

The subject of sex was central to early Chinese thought. Discussed openly and seriously as a fundamental topic of human speculation, it was an important source of imagery and terminology that informed the classical Chinese conception of social and political relationships. This sophisticated and long-standing tradition, however, has been all but neglected by modern historians. In The Culture of Sex in Ancient China, Paul Rakita Goldin addresses central issues in the history of Chinese attitudes toward sex and gender from 500 B.C. to A.D. 400. A survey of major pre-imperial sources, including some of the most revered and influential texts in the Chinese tradition, reveals the use of the image of copulation as a metaphor for various human relations, such as those between a worshiper and his or her deity or a ruler and his subjects. In his examination of early Confucian views of women, Goldin notes that, while contradictions and ambiguities existed in the articulation of these views, women were nevertheless regarded as full participants in the Confucian project of self-transformation. He goes on to show how assumptions concerning the relationship of sexual behavior to political activity (assumptions reinforced by the habitual use of various literary tropes discussed earlier in the book) led to increasing attempts to regulate sexual behavior throughout the Han dynasty. Following the fall of the Han, this ideology was rejected by the aristocracy, who continually resisted claims of sovereignty made by impotent emperors in a succession of short-lived dynasties. Erudite and immensely entertaining, this study of intellectual conceptions of sex and sexuality in China will be welcomed by students and scholars of early China and by those with an interest in the comparative development of ancient cultures.

Author : Robert Hans van Gulik
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1961
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:460601059

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Sexual Life in Ancient China. A Preliminary Survey of Chinese Sex and Society from Ca. 1500 B.C. Till 1644 A.D. [With Illustrations and Plates.]. by Robert Hans van Gulik Pdf

Author : VAN GULIK
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2023-07-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004643499

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Sexual Life in Ancient China En India by VAN GULIK Pdf

Author : Robert Hans Van Gulik
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9004102930

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Sexual Life in Ancient China by Robert Hans Van Gulik Pdf

In 1961 Robert van Gulik published his pioneering overview of "Sexual Life in Ancient China," This edition of the work is preceded by an elaborate "introduction" by Paul Rakita Goldin assessing the value of Van Gulik's volume, the subject itself, and its author. The introduction is followed by an extensive and up-to-date "bibliography" on the subject, which guides the modern reader in the literature on the field which appeared after the publication of Van Gulik's volume. One of the criticisms in 1961 regarded the Latin translations of passages deemed too explicit by Van Gulik. In this 2002 edition all Latin has for the first time been translated into unambiguous English, thus making the full text widely available to an academic audience.

Author : Howard Chiang
Publisher : University of Washington Press
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2018-06-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780295743486

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Sexuality in China by Howard Chiang Pdf

What was sex like in China, from imperial times through the post-Mao era? The answer depends, of course, on who was having sex, where they were located in time and place, and what kind of familial, social, and political structures they participated in. This collection offers a variety of perspectives by addressing diverse topics such as polygamy, pornography, free love, eugenics, sexology, crimes of passion, homosexuality, intersexuality, transsexuality, masculine anxiety, sex work, and HIV/AIDS. Following a loose chronological sequence, the chapters examine revealing historical moments in which human desire and power dynamics came into play. Collectively, the contributors undertake a necessary historiographic intervention by reconsidering Western categorizations and exploring Chinese understandings of sexuality and erotic orientation.

Author : Cuncun Wu
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2004-08-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781134312863

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Homoerotic Sensibilities in Late Imperial China by Cuncun Wu Pdf

Homoerotic Sensibilities in Late Imperial China is the richest exploration to date of late imperial Chinese literati interest in male love. Employing primary sources such as miscellanies, poetry, fiction and 'flower guides', Wu Cuncun argues that male homoeroticism played a central role in the cultural life of late imperial Chinese literati elites. Countering recent arguments that homosexuality was marginal and disparaged during this period, the book also seeks to trace the relationship of homoeroticism to status and power. In addition to historical portraits and analysis, the book also advances the concept of 'sensibilities' as a method for interpreting the complex range of homoerotic texts produced in late imperial China.

Author : Michael Loewe,Edward L. Shaughnessy
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 1192 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1999-03-13
Category : History
ISBN : 0521470307

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The Cambridge History of Ancient China by Michael Loewe,Edward L. Shaughnessy Pdf

The Cambridge History of Ancient China provides a survey of the institutional and cultural history of pre-imperial China.

Author : Bret Hinsch
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1990-08-10
Category : History
ISBN : 0520912659

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Passions of the Cut Sleeve by Bret Hinsch Pdf

The first detailed treatment of the Chinese homosexual tradition in any Western language, Passions of the Cut Sleeve shatters preconceptions and stereotypes. Gone is the image of the sternly puritanical Confucian as sole representative of Chinese sexual practices—and with it the justification for the modern Chinese insistence that homosexuality is a recent import from the decadent West. Rediscovering the male homosexual tradition in China provides a startling new perspective on Chinese society and adds richly to our understanding of homosexuality. Bret Hinsch's reconstruction of the Chinese homosexual past reveals unexpected scenes. An emperor on his deathbed turns over the seals of the empire to a male beloved; two men marry each other with elaborate wedding rituals; parents sell their son into prostitution. The tradition portrays men from all levels of society—emperors, transvestite actors, rapists, elegant scholars, licentious monks, and even the nameless poor. Drawing from dynastic histories, erotic novels, popular Buddhist tracts, love poetry, legal cases, and joke books, Passions of the Cut Sleeve evokes the complex and fascinating male homosexual tradition in China from the Bronze Age until its decline in recent times.

Author : Jolan Chang
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Interpersonal relations
ISBN : 0704501880

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The Tao of Love and Sex by Jolan Chang Pdf

The Tao of Love and Sex is a revealing and vivid account of the ancient Chinese sexual teachings and techniques banned by the invading Mongols in the 13th century. The book describes, through text and contemporary illustrations, the ways in which Taoist teachings about sexual love can be used as a means to achieving ecstasy and as a therapeutic and healing force.The modern Western reader can here discover the ancient Eastern methods of ejaculation control, types of thrust, love-making positions, erotic kissing, the conquest of impotence and about sex and longevity.Frank and explicit, yet inseparable from the Taoist spiritual tradition, The Tao of Love and Sex will enrich the variety, subtlety and sheer sexual pleasure of all who read it.

Author : Robert Hans van Gulik
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 454 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1961
Category : China
ISBN : UVA:X000882995

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Chung-kuo Ku Tai Fang Nei Kʻao by Robert Hans van Gulik Pdf

Author : Bret Hinsch
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2018-05-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9781538115411

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Women in Ancient China by Bret Hinsch Pdf

This pioneering book provides a comprehensive survey of ancient Chinese women’s history, covering thousands of years from the Neolithic era to China’s unification in 221 BCE. For each period—Neolithic, Shang, Western Zhou, and Eastern Zhou—Hinsch explores central aspects of female life such as marriage, family life, politics, ritual, and religious roles.