Good Match (Includes Three Books)

Author: Tianyi
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Publish Date: 2002-12-01
Features: In traditional Chinese culture, the literary works about female beauty are quite developed, to the extent that every detail is meticulously considered, scrutinized, and embellished. This excessively focused cultural attention on female beauty becomes alluring. Some say that alluring beauty is vulgar and shameless desire, while others argue that it is a sentiment excessively embellished. Everyone has their own perspective on [alluring beauty], where the wise see wisdom and the benevolent see benevolence. Excluding some unavoidable unhealthy consciousness in history, we can easily find beauty—beauty about women—in fragrance and allure. It is a beautiful world: every posture embodies a gentle vitality and energy; every expression reflects a charming sentiment. Thus, there are poems praising willow brows, snow-white cheeks, fragrant tongues, slender shoulders, slender waists, and delicate fingers. There are [lithe steps across waves], [swaying dance of the flying swan], and [a], []—timeless classics. Alluring beauty speaks far beyond the slender and plump, or the mystical love of Mount Wu. That is merely hunting for allure. Alluring beauty exists between desire and art. What it is, let the discerning judge.