Illustrated Edition - Top Ten Forbidden Books of the Ming and Qing Dynasties (Complete 10 Volumes, Bound in Traditional Style) (Illustrated Edition, Bound in Traditional Style)

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Publish Date: 2002-09-01
Features: "The Top Ten Forbidden Books of the Ming and Qing Dynasties (Illustrated Edition)" is a carefully selected collection of over a thousand "sensational" novels, forbidden by imperial decree and local authorities from 1442 (the 7th year of the Zhengtong reign in the Ming Dynasty) to 1868 (the 7th year of the Tongzhi reign in the Qing Dynasty), spanning nearly four hundred and thirty years. These books were deemed to incite rebellion and corrupt social morals, earning them the title of "Forbidden within the Forbidden." The Ming and Qing dynasties were the golden age of "sensational" novels in ancient China. The proliferation of these novels was, in fact, a mockery and an act of defiance against the "asceticism and prohibition" of feudal society. Of course, excessive asceticism inevitably leads to excessive indulgence. These novels generally depict, sometimes deliberately and even recklessly, the raw and explicit sexual relations between men and women, which in turn further provokes the sensitive nerves of feudal etiquette. As a result, the feudal ruling class resorts to even more severe measures to ban these "sensational" novels.