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Article: The Fountainhead of Chinese Erotica: The Lord of Perfect Satisfaction (Ruyijun zhuan).(Reviews)(Book Review)
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- China Review International
- Article date:
- September 22, 2003
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CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2003 University of Hawaii Press. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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Charles R. Stone, translator and editor. The Fountainhead of Chinese Erotica: The Lord of Perfect Satisfaction (Ruyijun zhuan). Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 2003. Hardcover $45.00, ISBN 0-8248-2412-1.
Charles R. Stone, the translator and editor of this important work, has made a great contribution to the scholarly literature on the understanding of the role of sex in imperial China. This complements a general study by Paul Rakita Goldin, The Culture of Sex in Ancient China, recently published also by the University of Hawai'i Press. In this critical edition of the Ruyijun zhuan, Stone focuses on the sexual encounter between politics and power during the ...
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