Illustrated Stories of Alluring Beauties (Colorful Illustrated Text)

Author: Yao Qi, edited by Hua Hua, written by Yao Qi
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Publishing Date: 2005-10-01
Features: Alluring beauty, ruling the roster of beauties; Deep affection and loyalty, hard to grace the union of lovers; The summer days and spring nights of a classical emotional world! The twelve most enchanting beauties, each captivating; The roster of beauty and romance, each shining! This book takes the love stories of 12 courtesans as its foundation, using prose to express nostalgia for them and hope for their rebirth in reality. It also supplements various textual and visual materials about them to provide a comprehensive and profound understanding of them. The author of this book has indeed prepared a feast for the eyes for the readers. They were women living in ancient China under a male-dominated society, beautiful, noble, talented, and extraordinary. Due to their special status, they possessed more freedom than ordinary women, able to love what they loved, think what they thought, and hate what they hated. They could also look down upon money and consider precious things as dung. However, precisely because of this special status, they often could not attain the happiness and love of ordinary people, and their endings were rarely happy.
Alluring beauty, ruling the roster of beauties
Deep affection and loyalty, hard to grace the union of lovers
The summer days and spring nights of a classical emotional world.
Courtesans have been a topic of discussion throughout history. Their words and deeds, as well as their romantic love stories, are the true realms that many yearn for. This book takes the love stories of 12 courtesans as its foundation, using prose to express nostalgia for them and hope for their rebirth in reality. It also supplements various textual and visual materials about them to provide a comprehensive and profound understanding of them. The author of this book has indeed prepared a feast for the eyes for the readers.