The Culture of Sex in Ancient ChinaUniversity of Hawaii Press, 2001年10月31日 - 544 頁 The subject of sex was central to early Chinese thought. Discussed openly and seriously as a fundamental topic of human speculation, it was an important source of imagery and terminology that informed the classical Chinese conception of social and political relationships. This sophisticated and long-standing tradition, however, has been all but neglected by modern historians. In The Culture of Sex in Ancient China, Paul Rakita Goldin addresses central issues in the history of Chinese attitudes toward sex and gender from 500 B.C. to A.D. 400. |
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... poetic significance of the pelican is derived from the fact that it eats fish—for the capture of fish is an image that frequently accompanies union between male and female in the Odes.3 In this poem, however, the pelican does not wet ...
... poem a discussion of the various species of fish available for one to eat, we should be prepared to take the image as a metaphor for copulation—that is, of joining one human being with another. When you eat a fish, must it be a bream ...
... poem that a casual reader could hardly have surmised. The oldest critical utterance is simply that “'The Crafty Youth' criticizes indifference” .6 The orthodox Mao commentary, however, takes this statement as a reference to Lord Chao of ...
... poem in the Odes until one could elucidate its moral significance—and for poems like “The Crafty Youth,” fulfilling that mission requires a liberal dose of creative reading. But Confucius' statement contains a dimension that has not ...
... poem that Confucius alludes to: “Ah, without mishap/may these horses replicate.” The point of the phrase is to express the desire that the fine horses procreate successfully. (1782–1853),17 even take the phrase wu-mei Confucius ...
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2 Women and Sex Roles | 48 |
3 Sex Politics and Ritualization in the Early Empire | 75 |
Privacy and Other Revolutionary Notions at the End of the Han | 111 |
Notes | 123 |
Bibliography | 193 |
Index | 225 |
About the Author | 232 |