Illustrated History of Chinese Sexuality (Color Edition)

Author: Liu Daling
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Publish Date: 2003-07-01
Features: In recent years, with the development of society and the increasing demand for quality of life, the study of sexuality and sexual culture has made significant progress in China. In this regard, Professor Liu Daling of Shanghai University, who was internationally renowned as "China's Kinsey" (1989-1990), has explored over 100 ancient sites of sexual culture in the past decade. With the approval of relevant government departments, he has photographed over 100 sex artifacts stored in the national museum's vaults and has collected nearly a thousand sex artifacts for research. Based on this, he has written numerous works such as Ancient Chinese Sexual Culture and A Journey Through Chinese Sexual History, which have received widespread acclaim and sold hundreds of thousands of copies in total. The Illustrated History of Chinese Sexuality is a compilation based on the above foundation. The Illustrated History of Chinese Sexuality is a representative part of the history of Chinese culture. With a clear and meticulous theoretical framework as the thread, it weaves together a large number of long-secret color images, unveiling the mysterious curtain of Chinese sexual culture over 5,000 years and bringing it back into the light of day. In the late 20th century, some countries also published books on ancient Chinese sexual culture. However, most of the images were erotic art, with a narrow time span, insufficient data, and a lack of in-depth research and analysis. The main features of The Illustrated History of Chinese Sexuality are: 1. Extensive content, with over 100,000 explanatory texts and more than 600 color images, covering a time span of approximately 6,000 years. 2. It is the first large-scale compendium in the world that comprehensively explains ancient Chinese sexual culture through ancient pottery, stone tools, wood carvings, embroidery, erotic art, rock paintings, landscape paintings, etc., and has high collectible value. 3. Many of the physical images are newly revealed, some are newly identified with their meanings, and some images are already rare or "lost copies." 4. A complete theoretical framework, authoritative in nature. The over 100,000 words of interpretation and explanation in this book reflect the author's unique achievements from years of dedicated research. With extensive references and fair arguments, it is fresh and engaging to read, providing a deeper understanding of these 600 images, making it also hold considerable academic value.