China Banned 110 Novels (Worldly Affairs · Urban Life Volume 1)

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Publish Date: 2001-05-01
Features:
- Most Comprehensive: On a grand scale, unparalleled in both China and abroad, with a systematic completeness unmatched by any other collection.
- Least Censored: Unaltered in every word, preserving the original essence of the works. Even when minor adjustments were necessary, this version is among the least altered compared to similar existing books.
- Superior Editions: For works already available in China, only the best versions are selected; for those not available in China, we invest heavily in importing them from abroad or Taiwan, filling gaps in the literary landscape.
- Exquisite Introductions: Every volume in this series includes an introduction explaining the edition, reasons for being banned, and providing an overview of the content, along with concise and insightful evaluations. These introductions serve as guiding beacons in the sea of books.
- Great Value: This series provides invaluable resources for the study of Chinese fiction history and cultural history, holding high literary and reading value, making it an outstanding gift for connoisseurs.
Characteristics of the Banned Library Collection:
- Frequently Banned, Rare Masterpieces, Unheard of Before, Now Revealed for the First Time.
Due to the stringent control of feudal rulers over culture, and because banned novels explore human liberation, freedom, and critique oppression while depicting love and desire, they were deemed intolerable by feudal regimes that enforced censorship. These rulers consistently suppressed ideas unfavorable to the government, practicing cultural control by banning and destroying books, leading to the persecution of certain uniquely valuable novels.
Government bans caused some novels to be censored at birth, forcing them into secret circulation among collectors, surviving silently in hardship. Among these banned novels, some are exceptionally rare, appearing once in a thousand years—treasures beyond price whether for reading or collecting.
This collection brings together 113 rare masterpieces from around the world, all exquisite banned novels. These works were hidden for centuries and are now brought to light after years of diligent effort by hundreds of experts in (rescue and collection).
Topics Covered:
- Buddhism, Daoism, Medicine, and Health Preservation
- Teaching through Erotic Tales (with an aim to temper desire, not promote debauchery)
- Comprehensive Wisdom (including (health preservation methods), (bedroom arts), (beauty-preserving elixirs), and (awakening pills))
These novels often touch on Buddhist, Daoist, medical, and philosophical themes, making them a treasure trove of secrets. Dutch scholar Robert van Gulik's The Chinese Sex Manual was compiled from banned novels.
"Words paint storms, telling tales of the changing times; ink flows like tears, reflecting the warmth and cold of human relations; endless stories unfold between men and women."
The 113 works in this collection were banned for excessive erotic descriptions or political reasons. Now, after years of meticulous editing by experts, they are being launched in China for the first time. Unique, novel, mysterious, and alluring—feast your eyes and experience the unparalleled splendor of these timeless classics!