A Comprehensive Study of Ancient Chinese Bedrooms (Vol. 1, 2, and 3)

Author: Liu Daling
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Authentically reviewed by Professor Wu Jieping, Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress and Honorary President of the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, who also inscribed the book title personally.
Expertly compiled by Professor Liu Daling, a recipient of the world's highest academic award in the field of sexology – the Hirschfeld International Sexology Award, with the participation of renowned sociologists and medical experts in the writing process.
Treasured illustrations Over 200 color photographs and 800 accompanying illustrations, showcasing the essence of rare historical sex artifacts in China and precious works of art. Ancient cave paintings, stone carvings, and burial urns, wood carvings from the Xia, Shang, and Zhou dynasties, bronze erotic ritual pots, ceramic bowls, naked female figurines, and murals from the Qin, Han, Sui, Tang, and Five Dynasties periods, as well as numerous erotic ceramic carvings, spring chamber paintings, wedding dowry paintings, and erotic illustrations from the Song, Yuan, Ming, Qing, and Republican eras—all have largely remained scattered overseas.
Exquisite craftsmanship Designed by renowned binding artists from the Central Academy of Fine Arts, each volume features 16-page color inserts in the preface, with the main text printed on 60g imported paper, ensuring the accompanying illustrations are aged yet clear.
Luxurious hardcover binding in a pearl matte box, exuding elegance and sophistication.
The term "room" was the ancient Chinese polite designation for sexual matters, and A Comprehensive Study of Historical Chinese Sexual Culture delves into the evolution of sex culture through the ages. This book comprehensively and systematically presents the long and winding history of Chinese sex culture. From the early reverence and taboos on sexuality in primitive societies to the gradual emergence of a rudimentary sex culture in slave societies; from the relaxed gender relationships, the rise of sexual techniques, and the flourishing of erotic art and literature during the Han and Tang dynasties to the harsh suppression and deprivation of sexuality in the Song, Yuan, Ming, and Qing periods; from the early 20th-century "sex doctor" eccentric Zhang Jingsheng to the nationwide "sex culture" survey of 20,000 cases in the 1990s under the reform and opening-up era, people's sexual concepts and awareness have been oscillating between repression and liberation.
With over two million words and nearly a thousand illustrations, the book vividly portrays the 5,000-year history of Chinese sex culture, unveiling the most enigmatic chapter in Chinese history. It is a monumental work that comprehensively and systematically elaborates on the sex culture of past dynasties in China, as well as a delicate classic that vividly depicts the Chinese sexual techniques (fang zhai).
For the first time, the book examines the origins of ancient Chinese sex culture to shed light on the development of contemporary sex culture; it is the first series to comprehensively compile sex culture, sexology, sexual medicine, and sexual customs; it is the first collection to publicly disclose ancient folk sexology manuscripts, handwritten books, and court sexual theories; and it is the first to publish and academically study erotic artifacts, spring chamber paintings, and erotic illustrations in a scholarly perspective.