An edition of Rou pu tuan (1644)

Jou pu tuan

the prayer mat of flesh

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An edition of Rou pu tuan (1644)

Jou pu tuan

the prayer mat of flesh

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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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Grove Press
Language
English
Pages
376

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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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Cover of: The carnal prayer mat
The carnal prayer mat: (Rou putuan)
1990, Arrow
in English
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The carnal prayer mat =: Rou putuan
1990, Ballantine Books
in English - 1st ed.
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Jou pu tuan: the prayer mat of flesh
1967, Grove Press
in English
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Jou pu tuan: the prayer mat of flesh
1963, Grove Press
in English
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Genre
Fiction.
Other Titles
Prayer mat of flesh

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Dewey Decimal Class
895.1348
Library of Congress
PL2698.L52 J613

The Physical Object

Pagination
376 p. :
Number of pages
376

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL24211455M
Internet Archive
jouputuanprayerm00liyu
OCLC/WorldCat
62524050

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