Sexual Life in Ancient China

Gulik, R.H. van

Published by E.J. Brill, Leiden,, 1974

About this Item

Hardcover. Quarto, red cloth, 392pp., colour frontispiece, 22 monochrome plates and text illustrations. Light blue stain to text block edges, tiny nick to front endpaper, few light marks to boards: very good copy in like dustwrapper; professionally protected by superior non-adhesive polypropylene film. Postage quoted is for a standard format octavo book. Final charges may vary depending on size and weight. A classic survey of Chinese sex and society. The author's research in this field was originally published as Erotic Colour Prints of the Ming Period; it comprised three volumes and was limited to fifty copies only, all of which were presented to institutes of learning in the East and West. Despite its restricted circulation the book attracted much attention in sinological and anthropological circles; it was extensively reviewed in scholarly journals, quoted in A C Kinsey's book on American Woman, and Mircea Eliade's study on Yoga. Joseph Needham suggested a number of improvements which encouraged the author to contemplate the publication of a substantial supplement with corrections and additions which resulted in the present volume; - a general survey of Chinese sex and society intended for broader circles of anthropologists and sexologists. The work contains an Appendix discussing the historical relation of Chinese and Indian sexual mysticism.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Sexual Life in Ancient China
• Publisher: E.J. Brill, Leiden,
• Publication Date: 1974