Sexual Life in Ancient China
A Preliminary Survey of Chinese Sex and Society from ca. 1500 B.C. till 1644 A.D.
1974
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The fundamental concept determining the ancient Chinese attitude toward sex was "an unreserved, joyful acceptation of all the varied aspects of human procreation.
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Robert van Gulik
Author · 30 books
Robert Hans van Gulik was a Dutch diplomat best known for his Judge Dee stories. His first published book, The Celebrated Cases of Judge Dee, was a translation of an eighteenth-century Chinese murder mystery by an unknown author; he went on to write new mysteries for Judge Dee, a character based on a historical figure from the seventh century. He also wrote academic books, mostly on Chinese history.
