The Chinese Pleasure Book

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This book takes up one of the most important themes in Chinese thought: the relation of pleasurable activities to bodily health and to the health of the body po

The Chinese Pleasure Book

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An examination of pleasure--short-term delight and the cultivation of longer-term satisfaction--in early Chinese thought. In The Chinese Pleasure Book, Michael

The Confusions of Pleasure

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The Ming dynasty was the last great Chinese dynasty before the Manchu conquest in 1644. During that time, China, not Europe, was the center of the world: the Eu

Gardens of Pleasure

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"Drawing on the largest collection of erotic art in the world, this book initiates the reader into China's intimate "gardens of pleasure." Over one hundred of t

Pictures for Use and Pleasure

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"This is an outstanding piece of work: timely, essential, authoritative, and original. Cahill throws light on obscure artists, emerging styles and regional trad