An edition of Rou pu tuan (1644)

The carnal prayer mat

(Rou putuan)

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An edition of Rou pu tuan (1644)

The carnal prayer mat

(Rou putuan)

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In the three hundred years since its initial publication, Li Yu's The Carnal Prayer Mat has been widely read in China, where it is recognized as a benchmark of erotic literature and currently enjoys the distinction of being a banned-in-Beijing classic. The story centers on Scholar Vesperus, a handsome orphan and student of Zen. Before taking his monastic vows, Vesperus embarks on a career of licentiousness.

His adventures as "hero of the boudoir, a champion of sex" take both comic and calamitous turns, until eventually he attains "enlightenment on the carnal prayer mat."

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Publisher
Arrow
Language
English
Pages
242

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Subjects

China, Fiction, Sex customs, Sexual behavior, Social life and customs, Young men, Near and far eastern fiction (fictional works by one author), Chinese fiction, Translations into English, History, LITERARY CRITICISM, Asian, General, Ming dynasty, Manners and customs, Languages & Literatures, East Asian Languages & Literatures, Erotic stories, Historical fiction, Fiction, general, Chinese Erotic literature, Chinese Erotic stories, Sex in literature

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China

Times

960-1644, Qing dynasty, 1644-1912

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Cover of: De la chair à l'extase
De la chair à l'extase: roman érotique
1996, P. Picquier
in French
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The carnal prayer mat: (Rou putuan)
1990, Arrow
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The carnal prayer mat =: Rou putuan
1990, Ballantine Books
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Jou pu tuan: the prayer mat of flesh
1967, Grove Press
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Jou pu tuan: the prayer mat of flesh
1963, Grove Press
in English
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Translation from the Chinese.

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London

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Dewey Decimal Class
895.1348

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Pagination
xiv,242p. ;
Number of pages
242

ID Numbers

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OL14909608M
Internet Archive
carnalprayermatr00liyu
ISBN 10
0099846306
OCLC/WorldCat
24752561
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157443

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