Jolan Chang (9 December 1917 – 25 April 2002) was a Canadian

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and

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who wrote the luminary classics on Eastern Sexuality ''The Tao of Love and Sex'' and ''The Tao of the Loving Couple''. He was born in

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as the son of an army general. After the revolution he lived for a number of years in Canada, but later he moved to

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. He died in

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. British author

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wrote about Chang in his 1980 book ''A smile in the Mind's Eye.'' ''The Tao of Love and Sex'' (with foreword and postscript by

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) interprets ancient Taoist sexual teachings into a modern model of

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. Beginning with a background of

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and

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, the book then goes into the following subjects: the role of women in sex, the importance of sexuality to

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control,

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methods, descriptions of various

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s, advantages of female superior positions, erotic

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ing and the Tao, overcoming

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, the importance of female satisfaction,

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in relation to sexual health, benefits of age differences between sexual partners and

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exercises. The book demonstrated that the principles of ancient Taoist texts are applicable to stimulating and improving sexual health today.

Works

* ''The Tao of Love and Sex: The Ancient Chinese Way to Ecstasy.'' New York : Dutton, 1977, **
Note de lecture
' at ''sexologie-magazine.com'' * ''The Tao of the Loving Couple : True Liberation Through the Tao.'' New York : Dutton, 1983,

* ''The Food of Love and Sex : The Tao of Loving, Living and Eating.'' Rockport : Element Books, 1995, * with Sam Thornely: ''Zest for Life: Live Disease-free with the Tao.'' Stockholm : Dao Press, 1995,

Literature

: ''A smile in the mind's eye.'' London : Wildwood House, 1980,

External links

*
History of Sex Manuals - The Tao of Love and Sex
'' by

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