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Chungongtu
''Chungongtu'' (春宮圖, lit. spring palace illustration or spring palace picture), also known as ''chungonghua'' (春宮畵) or ''chungongmihua'' (春宮密畵) is a generic term for the traditional erotic art in China.The humor and technology of sex, 1970, Paul Tabori, page 302. Mentions the tradition as "spring palace pictures" started some time from the Song dynasty. History The earliest mention of the word ''chungong'' is found in the ''Chu Ci'', but the word only began to mean erotic paintings from the Song dynasty. The first known record of the tradition of erotic art, however, dates back to the 2nd century B.C. Chen Ping (Han dynasty), Chen ping of the Han Dynasty, and Guangchuanwang were said to have enjoyed drawing erotic art. The paintings were used as decorations of folding screens during the Tang dynasty. During the Yuan dynasty, the tradition had Mongolian influences. The habit of viewing erotic paintings with young ladies is also described in Chinese classical lit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erotic Art
Erotic art is a broad field of the visual arts that includes any artistic work intended to evoke arousal. It usually depicts human nudity or sexual activity, and has included works in various visual mediums, including drawings, engravings, films, video games, paintings, photographs, and sculptures. Some of the earliest known works of art include erotic themes, which have recurred with varying prominence in different societies throughout history. However, it has also been widely considered taboo, with either social norms or laws restricting its creation, distribution, and possession. This is particularly the case when it is deemed pornographic, immoral, or obscene. Definition The definition of erotic art can be subjective because it is dependent on context, as perceptions of what is ''erotic'' and what is ''art'' vary. A sculpture of a phallus in some cultures may be considered a traditional symbol of potency rather than overtly erotic. Material that is produced to illustra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shunga
is a type of Japanese erotic art typically executed as a kind of ukiyo-e, often in Woodcut, woodblock print format. While rare, there are also extant erotic painted handscrolls which predate ukiyo-e. Translated literally, the Japanese word ''shunga'' means ''picture of spring''; "spring" is a common euphemism for sex. Shunga, as a subset of ukiyo-e, was enjoyed by all social groups in the Edo period, despite being out of favor with the shogunate. The ukiyo-e movement sought to idealize contemporary urban living and appeal to the new chōnin class. Shunga followed the aesthetics of everyday life and widely varied in its depictions of sexuality. Most ukiyo-e artists made shunga at some point in their careers. History Shunga was heavily influenced by illustrations in Chinese medicine manuals beginning in the Muromachi era (1336 to 1573). Zhou Fang (Tang Dynasty), Zhou Fang, a notable Tang dynasty, Tang-dynasty Chinese painter, is also thought to have been influential. He, li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chunhwa
Chunhwa () is a term referring to the Korean erotic art tradition, mainly during the Joseon era. History According to ''Maeyanghanrok'', written by Park Yang Han during the reign of King Yongjo, the tradition was first imported from China in the form of an ivory sculpture. But considering the time period, it is also speculated that the tradition can be traced back to the late Goryeo period during an interchange with the Yuan dynasty. The tradition flourished when many novels from the Ming and Qing dynasties were imported, which caused a boom of interest in sexual subjects. However, compared to the traditions of Shunga of Japan and Chungongtu of China, it did not become as mainstream due to the country's strong Confucian values. Most of the examples found were done by anonymous artists, and the depictions were not as explicit as other East Asian counterparts. The tradition was also influenced by the style of Pungsokhwa, the tradition of genre paintings in Korea depicting the everyd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shunga
is a type of Japanese erotic art typically executed as a kind of ukiyo-e, often in Woodcut, woodblock print format. While rare, there are also extant erotic painted handscrolls which predate ukiyo-e. Translated literally, the Japanese word ''shunga'' means ''picture of spring''; "spring" is a common euphemism for sex. Shunga, as a subset of ukiyo-e, was enjoyed by all social groups in the Edo period, despite being out of favor with the shogunate. The ukiyo-e movement sought to idealize contemporary urban living and appeal to the new chōnin class. Shunga followed the aesthetics of everyday life and widely varied in its depictions of sexuality. Most ukiyo-e artists made shunga at some point in their careers. History Shunga was heavily influenced by illustrations in Chinese medicine manuals beginning in the Muromachi era (1336 to 1573). Zhou Fang (Tang Dynasty), Zhou Fang, a notable Tang dynasty, Tang-dynasty Chinese painter, is also thought to have been influential. He, li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Tabori
Pál Tábori (16 November 1908 – 9 November 1974), also known as Paul Tabori, and by his pen names Paul Stafford and Christopher Stevens, was a Hungarian-born author, journalist, screenwriter and psychoanalyst. He was known for his diverse range of writings, which covered a wide array of topics including history, psychology, popular science, and fiction. Tabori's works were often characterized by his engaging writing style and his ability to make complex subjects accessible to a broad audience. Life Pál Tabori was born on 16 November, 1908, in Budapest, Hungary, the son of the journalist Cornelius Tabori and Elsa, née Ziffer. George Tabori was his younger brother. Tabori grew up in a bilingual and cultured Jewish family. He studied in Vienna and Berlin, where he earned a Ph.D. in psychology. Tabori's background in psychology influenced his later writings, particularly his interest in the human mind and behavior. In the 1930s, Tabori worked as a journalist and editor in Berl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Qing Dynasty
The Qing dynasty ( ), officially the Great Qing, was a Manchu-led Dynasties of China, imperial dynasty of China and an early modern empire in East Asia. The last imperial dynasty in Chinese history, the Qing dynasty was preceded by the Ming dynasty and succeeded by the Republic of China (1912–1949), Republic of China. At its height of power, the empire stretched from the Sea of Japan in the east to the Pamir Mountains in the west, and from the Mongolian Plateau in the north to the South China Sea in the south. Originally emerging from the Later Jin (1616–1636), Later Jin dynasty founded in 1616 and proclaimed in Shenyang in 1636, the dynasty seized control of the Ming capital Beijing and North China in 1644, traditionally considered the start of the dynasty's rule. The dynasty lasted until the Xinhai Revolution of October 1911 led to the abdication of the last emperor in February 1912. The multi-ethnic Qing dynasty Legacy of the Qing dynasty, assembled the territoria ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Su Nü Jing
''Su Nü Jing'' or ''Su Nü Ching'' - ''Classic of the White Madam'' (素女經), is a Chinese sexology book written before the Han dynasty. It belongs to the Chinese classics and presents the Taoist sexual practices.In the Han dynasty Zhang Heng's poem'' Song of the Same Voice'', when describing the night of the male and female bridal chamber, he wrote: "Sunü is my teacher, her manners are full" According to this religious tradition, the book is said to have been written by the Goddess Sunü in the Huang Di era. History In China, this book was lost after Tang dynasty (~907 AD). However, copies of the text were collected in Japan by Tamba Yasara ( 丹波康赖), who included this book in his series of books "Heart of Medicine" ( 医心方) (published in 982 AD), and the current edition of "Su Nu Jing" is the version taken from the collection of Yasara.《素女经》中央编译出版社 ''Su Nu Ching'', Central Publishing, Beijing 2008 Supposedly, there were three goddes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yangsheng (Daoism)
In religious Daoism and traditional Chinese medicine, ''yangsheng'' refers to a range of self-cultivation practices designed to promote health and longevity. These techniques include calisthenics, self-massage, breathing exercises, meditation, internal and external Daoist alchemy, sexual practices, and dietary regimens. Most ''yangsheng'' practices are intended to promote health and longevity, while a few are aimed at achieving "immortality" in the Daoist sense—referring to transformation into a ("transcendent"), a being who typically lives for several centuries before passing away. While common longevity practices, such as maintaining a healthy diet and exercising, contribute to an extended lifespan and overall well-being, some esoteric methods of transcendence can be extreme or even hazardous. These include "grain avoidance" diets, in which practitioners consume only '' qi'' (breath) instead of solid food, and the ingestion of Daoist alchemical elixirs of life, whic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ming Dynasty
The Ming dynasty, officially the Great Ming, was an Dynasties of China, imperial dynasty of China that ruled from 1368 to 1644, following the collapse of the Mongol Empire, Mongol-led Yuan dynasty. The Ming was the last imperial dynasty of China ruled by the Han people, the majority ethnic group in China. Although the primary capital of Beijing fell in 1644 to a rebellion led by Li Zicheng (who established the short-lived Shun dynasty), numerous rump state, rump regimes ruled by remnants of the House of Zhu, Ming imperial family, collectively called the Southern Ming, survived until 1662. The Ming dynasty's founder, the Hongwu Emperor (1368–1398), attempted to create a society of self-sufficient rural communities ordered in a rigid, immobile system that would guarantee and support a permanent class of soldiers for his dynasty: the empire's standing army exceeded one million troops and the naval history of China, navy's dockyards in Nanjing were the largest in the world. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after India, representing 17.4% of the world population. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and Borders of China, borders fourteen countries by land across an area of nearly , making it the list of countries and dependencies by area, third-largest country by land area. The country is divided into 33 Province-level divisions of China, province-level divisions: 22 provinces of China, provinces, 5 autonomous regions of China, autonomous regions, 4 direct-administered municipalities of China, municipalities, and 2 semi-autonomous special administrative regions. Beijing is the country's capital, while Shanghai is List of cities in China by population, its most populous city by urban area and largest financial center. Considered one of six ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zheng Zhenduo
Zheng Zhenduo (December 19, 1898 – October 17, 1958) was a Chinese journalist, writer, archaeologist and scholar. He made a significant contribution towards the establishment of the Chinese literature and the editing of a variety of literary magazines. In 1921, he, Mao Dun, Jiang Baili, Geng Jizhi (耿濟之), and others organized the Literary Study Society ( zh, labels=no, c=文學研究會, p=Wenxue yanjiu hui). In 1923, he became the chief editor of '' Fiction Monthly''. In addition, he in succession participated in editing ''Min Chao'' (閩潮), ''Xin Shehui'' (新社會), ''Wenxue Xunkan'' (文學旬刊). In late 1931, he became a professor at both Yenching University and Tsinghua University, the president of Faculty of Arts and the director of Chinese department of Jinan University. He was also the chief editor of ''The World's Library'' ( zh, labels=no, c=世界文庫, p=Shijie Wenku) at the same time. After the establishment of the People's Republic of China, he was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Carnal Prayer Mat
''Rouputuan'', also known as ''Huiquanbao'' and ''Juehouchan'', and translated as ''The Carnal Prayer Mat'' or ''The Before Midnight Scholar'', is a 17th-century Chinese erotic novel published under a pseudonym but usually attributed to Li Yu. It was written in 1657 and published in 1693 during the Qing dynasty. It is divided into four volumes of five chapters apiece. It was published in Japan in 1705 as ''Nikubuton'' with a preface proclaiming it the greatest erotic novel of all time. The novel had a controversial status in Chinese literature, and has long been banned and censored; recent scholarship treats the work as an allegory which uses its unabashed pornographic nature to attack Confucian puritanism. The prologue comments that sex is healthy when taken as if it were a drug, but not as if it were ordinary food. Plot summary Set during the Yuan dynasty in the 14th century, the novel's protagonist, Weiyangsheng (未央生; lit. "Unrealised One" or "Unfinished One"), visits ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
