TASSELED SPEAR : peniS 
TSA I-PU: see Pluck-and-nurture 
TWIN LOTUS PEAKS : female breasts 
TZ U: form of poetry combining the classical and the vernacular 
vAS T FOUNT AIN: female urethral orifice 
WATER FROM THE HEAVENLY POOL: saliva 
WHEAT BUD: two inches inside the vagina 
YANG: masculine sexual energy 
YANG IMPLEMENT: peniS 
YANG PEAK: peniS 
YAN G STEM : peniS 
YEN-SHIH: volupt uous poetry 
YIN: female sexual energy 
YIN-CHIAO: "sexual junction "; sexual acup oint belo w the navel 
YIN GATE: vagina 
YUN-YU: "clouds and rain"; literary meta phor for sexual inter­
course 
ZEN BUDDHISM : Chinese form of Buddhism based on India's 
Maha yana lluddhisr n and influenced by Taoism Glossary 
..!.p MAJOR CHINESE DYNASTIES 
Age of the Five Rulers (legendary pe riod) 
Hsia 
Shang-Yin 
Chou 
Era of Spring and Autumn 
Era of Warring States 
Chin 
Han 
Era of Three Kingdoms 
Western Tsin 
Eastern Tsin 
Era of South-North Dynasties 
Sui 
Tang· 
Era of Five Dynasties 
Sung 
Southern Sung 
Yuan (Mongol) 
Ming 
Ching (Manchu) C. 2852-2205 B.C. C. 2205-1765 B.C. 1766-1122 B.C. I 122-722 B.C. 722-480 B.C. 480-221 B.C. 221-206 B.C. 206 B.C.-A.D. 220 
221-277 
265-317 
317-420 
420-589 
589-618 
618-907 
907-960 
960-1126 
1127-1280 
1280-1368 
1368-1644 
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1961. CHINESE SouRcEs 
This book is based for the most part directly on ancient Chinese sour ces; for 
practical reasons, only the best-known sexol ogy classics and a few erotic novels 
arc listed here. The authors of many of these anci ent texts are not known; since 
the texts are not protected by copyright, they have been copied and reprinted by 
various publ ishers. Dates are the near est estimates given by scholars. The Classic of the Arcane Maid (Hsuan Nu Chit1g), c. fifth century 
The Classic of the Elemental Maid (Su Nu Chin g), c. first century A.D. The Classic of the Iridescent Maid ( Tsai Nu Ching), c. fifth century 
Collected Works of the Dark Image of Dou ble Plum Trees (Shu ang Mei Chitrg Atr 
Tsung Shu) , by Yeh Teh-hui, 1914 
The Drea m of the Red Chamber (Hung Lou Men g), by Tsao Hsu eh-ch in, mid­
eight eenth century 
The Essence of Medi cal Prescriptiotrs (I Shim Po, or I Shit��� Fan,\!). ed. and comp. Tamba Yasuyo ri, 984 
Esse ntials C!_{thl'jade Chamber ( Yt1 Fan.� Chih Yao), c. 6th century 
Gold f.tase Plum (Chin Pitl.l! Md) , later sixteenth century 
Tlu· Masta Who Embraces Sim plicity (P ao Pu Tzu), by Ko Hung , c. 300 
Materia Mt•dica , by Li Shih-chen, 1 578 
The AJystic A1asta ,�f thr Grotto (11m,(! Hsuatl Tzu), c. 5th-7 th centuries 
Tlu· Pot·tical Essay tltl tht• Suprt'mt' }t1y ,�f the Plt·asur,lblt• Ut1iot1 ,�f Hetwftl atrd Earth, 
a11d l'it1 11r1d }�m.l! (111 Ltl Fu), by Po Hsing -chie n, ninth centur y 
Tht' f>r11 ya Cush iotr ,�f Flt'sl1 Uou Pu 1i•,m). also known as Tht• Zen t?f Latter-Day 
Et�li.l!htt'tlt iH'II t (Chum Hou Chat l), by Ching Yin, 1034 
Tlu· St'tHt Art 4tht·Jrdr CJ1,1mba (}'II Ftm.l! J>i Clwt'lr). c. sixth century 
Slu·11 N1m.l! s Mt·dical Ht·rb C/,rssit-, c 5 50 Index 
Acupressure, 44, 173 
to avoid ejaculation. 119 
love points, 157-58, 179, 194, 
196, 204-10, 218 
Perineum Press, 179 
Sacral-Coccygeal Press, 
178-79 
Acupuncture. 13, 85. 147, 
179, 204 
Aging, sex and, 162-63 
An Loh-shan, 4 7 
An Teh-hai, 39-40 
Anan ga Rmzga, 81 
Animal symbols/beliefs, 
33-34 
Aphrodisiacs/sexual nutrients, 
6-8, 16, 34, 49, 85, 160 
Bald Hen Mix, 135 
deer horn, 142-43 
Five-Mineral Mix, 131 
gingko, 143-44 
ginseng, 139-41 
huang-chi (yellow vetch), 143 
I To Mix. 136-37 
jou-tsung-ywz L� (broom rape), 
132, 135 
ling-ch ih ("divine mushroom "), 
141-42 
plant of lustful sheep, 137-38 
recipes, 134-38 
search for, 130-34, 138-39, 
144-45 
so-yan.� (squaw root), 132 
wu-c lz ia-pi ( wu-clzia), 143 
Arcane Maid. See The Class ic of 
the Arcane Maid 
Art, erotic, 75-77 
Art of Love (Ovid) , 81 
Aston, William, 165 Bacon, Francis, 11 
Bald Hen Mix. 135 
Ballads, erotic, 63-64, 73-75 
Bamboos by the Altar (intercou rse 
position) , 110 
Bodyquake (exercise), 181 
Book of Chat�ge, The (I Chin.�). 10, 18 
Book of Odes, The (Shih Ching), 
55-56, 73 . Boxer Rebellion, 21 
Breast Circles (exercise), 180, 209 
Broom rape (jou-tsung-yun g), 
132, 135 
Buddhi sm, 13, 20. 26, 31, 36, 46, 
51, 70, 76, 125, 156, 172 
Mahayana, 16-17 
Vaj rayana, 17-18 
Zen, 12. 17, 144, 147, 150, 
151, 217 
Bunny Licking Its Fur (intercourse 
positio n), 107, 110, 222 
Butterflies Fluttering (intercourse 
positio n), 110,222 
Butterfly Quiver (technique), 229, 
231-33, 234 
Cat and Mouse Sharing a Hole 
(intercourse position) , 113 
Chang Chang -tsung, 51 
Chang Mu, 90-92 
Chang Ting, 84-85 
Chang Tsang, 96, 133 
Chang Wen-cheng, 60-61 
Chao Fei-yi, 49, 156-57 
Chen Yuen-yuen, 53 
Cheng (Han emp eror), 42-43, 49, 
157, 188 
Cheng Tsung (Ming emperor), 43 
245 Chest Massage (exer cise), 
179-80 
Clzi (life-ener gy). 16, 119, 126, 
127. 146-47. 177. 182, 
183,184,206-7 
exchange of, betw een indi-
viduals, 153-55 
experiments on, 151-52 
mind over body . 149-51 
sexuality, link to, 
152-53 
Chi-kuug (life-energy skill ) , 
147-49, 156, 157 
deep diaphragm breathing 
and, 173-75 
Chia, 49-50, 153 
Chien Lung . 52, 6 7, 188 
Chin Fcng-t ien, 66 
Chin Pin.� Mei (Gold l�sc Plum), 
66-69, 70, 71 
Ching Tsung. 43, 44 
Ching dynasty , 53 
consor�. 43, 52, 188 
emperors/empr esses. 7, 43 , 
44. 52. 67, 188 
erotica, 67, 75 
eunuchs, 40, 44 
sexol ogy. 90-92 
Chou Pang-ni, 32-33 
Chou dynasty 
consorts, 41, 42 
emperors/ em pn:sses, 41. 42. 50-5 1 
Chu Cho -to, 30-3 1 
Chuang Tw , 13, 14 
Chung Ho. 89 
Cinnabar , 16 
Cinna bar Field Massage (exercise), 
177-78,209 CI.Jssh· ,,,-tltt" :\r(,mc ,\l,lid, Tlrf 
{Hsu.m Nu). H�. 94. 'lH-1011. ltlJ. 165, tH4 
nine positions. 104-H. 219. 220 
Cla.ssi( 4 tire Elnnt'tlltll ,\lc�id, Tlu· 
(Sr4 Nu Clrin.�). h2, 81-82, 
84.86.88. 93-95.98. 103-4. 115-17, 165. 166, 184 
Classic C!f tlrt· Immortals, The, 118 
Cle aving Cic adas (intercourse 
posi tion) , 106 , 112, 225 
Concubines. Sec Consorts 
Conf ucian ism, 4, 5. 12, 13, 16, 
18-20. 26-27. 35, 
38. 156 
family system , 19-20 
nco-Conf ucian ism, 18, 26-27, 
32. 33, 55, 63, 64, 84, 
125. 161 
Taoism com pared wit h , 10, 
14-15 
Con fucius, 13, 14, 18, 49 
attitude towa rd sex, 35 
Cotifucius Says Not, 90-92 
Consorts, 25, 40-53, 133, 154, 
157, 188 
Conver sing in Loving Entan­
glement (love-pla y 
positio n), 100 
Courtesans, 27, 28, 31-33, 45 
Cranes Entwi ning Necks (int er­
course position), 107, 
112,223 
Cultur al Revol ution , 21 
Cunnilin gus, 96-98 , 196 
Jade Fou ntain (love game) , 
211-12 
soixante-neuf (69), 211 
Danci ng, 192 
"Dead entry, live exit" (tech­
nique) , 102 
Deep Diaphragm Breathing 
(exercise), 173, 174-75 
Deer horn , 142-43 
Demon lovers, 33 
"Divine mushr oom " (ling-chi h), 
141-42 
Dogs of Autu mn (int ercourse 
positio n), 113 Donkeys of Spring (intercourse 
position), 113, 225, 
229 -30, 234 
Dragons Twisting (intercourse 
position) , 109, 221 
Drama s, erotic, 64-66 
Dream of the Red Chamber, The 
(Hung Lou Meng ; Tsao 
Hsueh-ch in), 66-67, 71-73 
Dusky Cicadas Cleavi ng (inter-
course position) , 112 
Eas tern Empr ess, 39, 40 
"Eighteen Fondli ngs " (song ) , 186 
Ejacu lation , 197, 217. See also 
Orgasm, male 
acupr essu re and, 119 
avoidance/dela ying , 18, 103, 
108, 116-29, 156, 162, 
167-69, 199,214 -19, 
234-35 
difference betw een orgasm and, 
103, 168, 219 
frequency , recom mendati ons, 
117, 168 
Kins ey on, 185 
Mas ters and johnso n on, 168, 
217, 218 
pluc k-an d-n urture technique 
and, 120-29, 162, 168 
"sque eze technique," 168, 218 
Elemental Maid. See The Classic of 
the Element al Ma id; Pres crip­
tions of the Element al Ma id 
Em press Dowager (Tzu- hai, 
Western Empress), 7, 
39-40 
Enjoyment, sex and, 163-65 
Erotica 
art (vis ual), 75-77 
ballads, 63-64, 73-75 
differen ce betw een pornogr aphy 
and , 54- 55 
dramas, 64-66 
nov els, 59-63, 66-73 
poems, 55-59 
Essenc e of Medical Pres criptions , The 
(I Shim Po or I Shirrg FatJg; 
Yasuyori) , 83-84 
Esse ntials of the jade Chamber 
(Yu Fang Chih Yao), 84, 
95-96, 118 l:'ssentiaiJ of Nurturin� Jjfe, 
The 117 ' 
Eun uchs, 25, 38-40, 44-45, 47, 
53, 162 
Exercises, sexual, 155-58, 1 {,(J, 
172-74, 183 
Bodyq uak c, 181 
Breast Cir cles, 180, 209 
Chest Mass age, 179-80 
chi-kun ._� (life-ener gy skill), 
147-49, 156, 157, 173-75 
Cinnabar Field Ma ssag e, 
177-78, 209 
Dee p Diaphr agm Breathing , 
173-75 
Groin Ma ssag e, 178 
Hip Swiv el, 181 
Kitt en Stretch, 182 
Perineum Pres s, 179 
Pillo w Nip , 181 
Pubic Squeeze, 175-7 7 
Sacral-Coccygeal Press, 178-79 
Saliv a Fount ain, 182 
Scrotu m Rub , 180 
tai chi chuan, 156, 173 
Teeth Chatt er, 183 
Exposed Fish Gills (love-play 
position) , 100 
Face -to-f ace intercourse positio ns, 
220 -22. See also individually 
nam ed positions 
Feast of Peo nies (interco urse posi­
tion), 113 
Fei (emperor) , 48 
Fellatio , 98, 196, 199 
Playing the Flute (Jove game), 
211-13 
soixante-neuf (69), 211 
First Em peror of Chin , 6, 48, 76 
Fish Eye-to-Eye (intercourse posi­
tion), 109, 222 
Fish Linkin g Scales (interco urse 
position) , 107, 110, 222 
Five-M ineral Mix, 131 
Foot-bindi ng, 28-30 
Forepl ay. See Love-play 
Freud, Sigmund, 165, 169, 233 
Fu Yin, 31 
G spot, 169-70, 198 
Galen, 168 Games. Sec Love-play 
GcnirH <! ( Clritlcl, Tlrt' (Temple), 
11-12 
Gingko, 143-44 
Ginseng, 139-41 
Goat Hugging the Tree (inter­
course position), 112, 224 
Gobbling Fish (intercourse posi­
tion), 110 
Gold �asc Plum (Chi11 Pitr.l! Mci ), 
66-69, 70, 71 
Grafenberg, Ernst, 169-70 
Groin Massage (exercise), 178 
Han dynasty 
aphrodisiacs/sexual nutrients, 
usc ot� 133, 141 
consorts, 41-43, 49, 52, 133, 
157, 188 
emperors/empresses, 6, 41-43, 
49, 52, 96, 141 , 157, 188 
erotica, 75 
eunuchs, 40 
sexology, 82, 84, 85 
Hanfei Tzu, 13 
"Harvesting Mulberry Leaves" 
(song), 73-74 
Harvey, William, 162 
Hearing, sense of, 186, 188-89 
Heavenly Fountain (love game), 
210-11 
Heh-teh, 49 
Hinduism, 17, 150 
Hip Swivel (exercise), 181 
HIV, 197· 
Homosex uality 
in China, 27-28 
Kinsey on, 164 
Horse Shaking Its Hoof (inter­
course position), 111, 221 
Hsi Hsiang Chi (The Story of the 
Western Chamber ; Wang 
Shih-fu), 64-66 
Hsi Shih, 52 
Hsia Chi, 49, 157 
Hsia dynasty 
consorts, 41 
emperors/empresses, 41 , 45 
Hsiao, 50 
Hsien (imm ortals), 15-16 
Hsu Fu, 6 
Hsu Ling, 97-98 Hsuan Nu. Sa Arcane Maid 
Hsuan Tsung, 4.\ 47-48 
Hua Fou , 1 36 
Huang Ti. Sa Ydlow Emperor 
Hu,m .�?-dri (yellow vetch), 143 
Hui Tsung, 32-33 
Hui-yiu, 170, 196,204-5,210,218 
Hum ming Ape Embracing the 
Trel' (imer cour se position), 
112, 223 
Hrm.l! Lou Mm,l! (The Drea m of tire 
Red Chmnbcr; Tsao H�ueh­
chin), 66-67, 71-73 
I Chi11.f! (The Book of Chan.ec), 
10, 18 
I Shim Po (I ShinJ! Fat�g; The 
Essetlce of A1cdica l Prescrip­
tions; Yasuyori), 83-84 
I To Mix, 136-37 
Ideal Marriage (Van de Vcldc), 
4, 168 
Immortality 
chi (life-energy) and, 16, 119, 
126, 127, 146-58 
Taoist search for, 6-7, 15-16, 
85, 121, 124, 162 
Imperial School of Medicine, 84 
Incest taboos, 25 
Institute for Advanced Study of 
Human Sexuality, 138-39 
Institute for Sex Research, 164 
Intercourse positions. See Posi­
tions, intercourse 
Interpretation of the Cultivation of 
Truth by the Great Immortal 
of the Purple-Gold Glory, 
118 
Iridescent Maid (Tsai Nu) , 82, 
95-96, 116-17 
Jade Fountain (love game), 211-12 
Johnson, Virginia. See Masters 
and Johnson 
Jou Pu Tuan (The Prayer Cush ion of 
Flesh ), 70-71 
Jou-tsun.f?-Yun g (broom rape), 
132, 135 
Journal of Urology, The, 144 
Jung le Fowl Appr oach ing the 
Arena (intercourse 
position), 112 Kmtl ll Sutrcr, 81 . 85 
Kao Tsung. SO "�ao-tang Fu" (Sung Yu). 56 
1\.arc;: �'' (Stockham), 16H 
Kt:g cl, Arn old, 16(!-(17 
Kegd exer cise, Hl(l-67, 231 
Kingf ishers Uniting (intercourSl' 
posi tion). 1m. 221 
Kinse� Al& ed, 164, 1 65, 167, 169 
on ljacu lation , 1H5 
on femaleorgasm, 167,169 
on homo sexuali ty, Hl4 
on love-play. 164 
on masturbation, 164 
on oral sex, 164 
Kissing. Sec also Oral sex 
in Chinese cultur e, 3-4 , 191 
erotic, 193-95, 203 . 210-11 
Kitten Stretch (exercise). 1H2 
Ko Hung , 96 
Kolodny . Robert, 166 
Krafft-Ebing , Richar d von, 
165, 166 
Kuan Tsung, 7 
Kuang Hsu, 40 
Kublai Khan, 63 
Kuhn, Franz, 70 
Ladas, Alice K .. 170 
Ladas, Har old, 170 
Lamaism, 6, 7. 18, 125. 150 
Lao Ai, 48 
Lao Tzu,l3, 14 
Lasciviousne ss versus prudishness. �4-26 
Later Shu dynasty, 46 
Lesbianism, 28 
Li Licn- ying. 40 
Li Shih-chen, 137 
Li Sze-szc, 32-33 
Li Tsung-hsuan, 84-85 
Li Tzu-che ng. 53 
Li Yu. �9. 46-47 
Liao dynasty, 188 . . Liflg-d1ih ("divine mushroom ). 141-42 
Liu Ching. 117 
Liu Tsu ng-yu an. 89-90 
Love-play, I 15 
bridgi ng the sexual gap. 184-8h 
danci ng. 192 Index 
Four Attain men ts, Nine 
Essences, Five Des ires. 98-99 
gen ital caressin g, 195-99 
genital secr etions. 197 
heari ng, sense of, 186, 188-89 
Heavenly Fou ntain , 210-11 
import ance of. 93-95, 165-66 
Jade Fountain, 211-12 
Kinsey on, 164 
kissi ng, 3-4, 191, 193-95, 203, 
210-11 
love points, 157-58, 179, 194, 
196, 204-10. 218 
Mas ters and Johnson on, 166, 
171, 184 
oral sex, 96-98, 164, 195-97. 199, 211-13 
Peacock Tease, 202 
Playing the Flute, 211-13 
positions, 100-101 
prelude to, 191-93 
pressing on at, 193-95 
sight, sense of, 186 
Silk Tease, 203 
smel l, sense ot� 186-88, 191, 
1lJ3-94 
Sniff- Kissing , 203 
soixat�t£·-m·uf (69), 211 
Spid er's Legs, 203 
Spring Butterfly, 201-2 
taste, sense of, 186, 188, 
1lJ2, 194 
Three Fou ntains, 210-12 
three peaks, lJ5-lJ8 
Tongue: Sweep, 203 
touch , sense: of, 1M6-87, llJ2-lJ6 
Twin Fou ntains, 211 
as two-way game, 18lJ-lJI, 200 
Love points, 157-58, llJ4, 204 
back, 206, 20M 
breasts, 205 , 20lJ 
buucx:ks, 208-lJ 
cimubar fidd, 205 , 209 
erotic massag e tech niques, 
206-10 
groin, 205, 209-10 
head, 208 
lmi-yiu, 179, 196, 204-5, 
210, 218 
h:gs, 206 
neck, 208 peri neum, 204-5, 210 
sacr al-cocc ygeal area, 206 
should ers, 208 
thighs, 206, 210 
Lu Ching -ta, 135 
Mcllvcnna, Raymond, 138 
Mahayana Buddhism, 16-17 
Manchus, 29, 43, 44, 53 
Mandarin Ducks Joining 
(intercourse position), 
109-10, 222 
Maois m, 21 
Married Love (Stope s), 168 
Massag e, erotic. See Love 
points 
Massag e, ther apeutic, 173 
Breast Cir cles, 180, 209 
Chest Massag e, 179-80 
Cinnabar Field Massag e, 
177-78, 209 
Groin Ma ssage, 178 
Scrotum Rub, 180 
Master Who Em braces Simplicity, 
The (Pao Pu Tzu; Ko 
Hung) , 96 
Ma sters and Johnson (William and 
Vir ginia), 159, 164, 165 
accomplish ments of, 170-7 1 
on ejaculation , 168, 217 , 218 
on female org asm, 167, 169 
on love-play, 166, 171 , 184 
on the "squeeze techniq ue," 
168, 218 
Masters aud jolmso1 1 Otl Sex a11d 
Huma11 Lor,ing (Mast ers, 
Johnson, and Kolodny), 
166 
Mastu rbation, Kinsey on, 164 
Matt'ria Mt·dica (Li Shih -
dll·n), 137 
Ml·ng Chang , 46 
Mind-body l'Xl'rcisc s, 85 
Ming dynasty, 29, 30 
aphr odisia cs/sex ual nutr ients, 
usc of, U I. 133 
consorts, 41, 43, 45. 46, 53 
cou rtl'SJns, 28, 32 
l'rtlpl'fors /cmpr esses, fl-7. 28, 
43. 45, 46, 53. 133 
l'roticl, 59, 64, 66, 69-70, 
75. 76 eunuchs, 39, 40, 53 
sexology, 110, 118, 124-26 
Monell Chemical Senses 
Center , 154 
Mo Tzu, 13 
Mou Tan Ting (The Peot1y Pavilion; 
Tang Hsien -tsu) , 66 
Mou nting Tortoises (inter­
course posit ion) , 106, 109, 
112, 221 
Moxi bustion, 85 
Mu Tsung, 7, 46 
Mu scles, sexual, 166-6 7 
Mystic Master of tl1e Grotto, The 
(Tung Hsuan Tzu), 84-85, 
94- 95, 115-18,165, 184 
aph rodi siacs/sexual nutrients, 
135 
intercourse positi ons, 104, 
108-14,219- 21 
jade stalk, mann ers of moving, 
113-14 
love-play positions, 100-1 01 
penetrat ion , styles of, 114 
Nan-tzu, 35 
National Inst itute of Mental 
Health, 169 
Need ham, Joseph, 11, 12, 17 
Nco- Conf ucian ism, 18, 26-27, 
32, 33, 55, 63,64, 84, 
125, 161 
Ni Yin -lin, 30 
Nichans, Paul, 162 
Novels, erotic, 59-6 3, 66-73 
Nutr ients, sexual. See 
Aphr odis iacs/ sexual 
nutr ients 
Oklahoma, Un iversity ot� 155 
Oneida Com munity , 168 
Op en Door Policy, 21 
Opium War. First, 20-21 
Op ium War, Second. 7 
Oral sex, 195, 197 
cunnilingus, 96-98. 196, 
211-12 
tcllatio, 98, 196, 199, 211-13 
Kinsey on. 164 
StliX&Jntf-PICf! { ( 69), 211 
Org asm, female, 103, 197, 216 
avo idance ot� 126 Fn·ud on, 16Y, 233 
G spot. 16Y-70, 1 tJH 
Kinsey on, Hl7, 169 
mal e avoidan ce of <. 'jacu lation 
and, lOH, 116-iY. 214-19, 
2J4-J5 
male dynami cs and, 227-J O 
Master s and Johnson on , 
167, 16lJ 
multip le O's wrsus the Big 0. 233 -35 
Orgasm, male , 1lJ7. 21 (l. Sec alstl 
Ejaculation 
delay ing oC 103, 11 H. 234-35 
diff erence bt.·tween ejacu lation 
and, 103, 16H. 219 
female dynamics and, 230-33 
Masters and Johnson on, 
168, 217 
mult iple O's versu s the Big 0, 
233 -35 
Van de Vclde on, 168 
Ostrowsk i. Nancy, 169 
Ovid, 81 
Pao Pu Tzr4 (Tire Master Who 
Embr aces Simplicity ; Ko 
Hung), 96 
Parr, Thomas, 162 
Peacock Tease (love game), 202 
Pclliot, Paul, 61, 84 
Peng Tsu, 95-96, 116-17 
Penns ylvania, University of, 154 
Peouy Paviliot1, The (Mou Tan Tin.�; 
Tang Hs ien-ts u), 66 
Perf ume d Car den, The, 81 
Perineum Press (exercise), 179 
Perry, John, 169-70 
Phoenix Holding Fledgling (inter­
course position), 110-11 
Phoenix Sporting in the Cinnabar 
Grotto (intercourse posi­
tion), 112 
Pillow Nip (exercise), 181 
Max Planck Institut e, 163 
Plant of lustful sheep, 137-38 
Play. Se£' Love-play 
Playing the Flute (love game), 
211,212-13 
Pluck-and- nurture, 120-29, 
162, 168 
Po Chu-i, 48, 61 Po Hsing -ch it.·n. 61-63 
Poems, notic. 55 -59 
lh·ti f.,[ Essay ,1, tilt' Supn·mt' }t1y ,�f 
tilt' f>ft'tiSIIY tlblc ( l11i11P1 il( 
Ht·.wm 1111d Et�rth, mu{ Yit1 
.md );m,(!, Tile (Po Hsing ­
chien), 61-(l.'\, HS 
Polo, Marco, 25, ()J 
Polygamy 
Chin<.'S<. ', 2(,-27, 41, 53, 
1 54, 1 59-60. Set• al.w 
Consorts 
Western, 168 
Pornogr aphy, difference between 
erotica and, 54-55 
Positions, intercourse, 102-4 
Arcane Maid's nine positions, 
104-8, 219, 220 
Bamboos by the Altar, 110 
Bunny Licking Its Fur, 107, 
110, 222 
Butterflies Fluttering, 1 10, 222 
Cat and Mouse Sharing a 
Hole, 113 
Cleaving Cicadas, 106, 
112, 225 
Cranes Entwining Necks, 107, 
112, 223 
Dogs of Autumn, 113 
Donkeys of Spring. 113, 225, 
229-30,234 
Dragons Twisting, 109, 221 
Dusky Cicadas Cleaving, 112 
face-to-face, 220-22 
Feast of Peonies, 113 
Fish Eye-to-Eye , 109, 222 
Fish Linking Scales, 107, 
110, 222 
Goat Hugging the Tree, 
112, 224 
Gobbling Fish, 110 
Horse Shaking Its Hoof, 
111, 221 
Humming Ape Embracing the 
Tree, 112, 223 
Jungle Fowl Approaching the 
Arena, 112 
King fishers Uniting, 109, 221 
Mandarin Ducks Joining, 
109-10, 222 
Mounting Tortoises, 106, 109, 
112, 221 ltrdc·x 
Mystic Master' s Nine Manners 
of moving the jade stalk, 
1 U-14 
Mystic Mast n's Six Styles of 
pl·m·tr;ltion, 114 
Mystic Mastl'r's thirty posi­
tions, IOH-14, 219-21 
Phoen ix Holding Fkdgling, 
110-1 I 
Phomix Sporting in the 
Cinna bar Grotto , 1 12 
rear-entry , 224-25 
riding , 222-23 
Roc Soa ring owr Dark Sea, 
1 12. 221 
Seagulls Soa ring . 1 1 1. 1 12 
Shelter ing the Rec lining 
Pine, 110 
side-by-side, 222 
Silkworms Entangling. toH-9, 221 
sitting. 223-24 
Soaring Pho enix, 1116 
Somersaulting Dragons, 105, 
109, 220 
Spider Trapped in Its Own 
Web, 113 
standing , 225-26 
Steeds Galloping, 1 1 1 
Stepping Tigers. 105, 1 1 1, 225 
Swifts Sharing a Heart, 109, 220 
Twin Phoenixes Dancing. 110 
whimsical, 226 
White Tiger Jumping . 111 
Wild Duck s Flying Backward , 
110, 222 
Wild Hor ses Leaping . 111, 112, 
221, 228-29, 234 
Wrestling Apes, 105-6, 109, 
112,221 
Pos itions, love -pla y 
Conv ersing in Loving Entangle­
ment, 100 
Exposed Fish Gills. 100 
My stic Master's four positions, 
100-101 
Unicorn's Horn, 100 
Whispe ring End earmen ts, 100 
Prayer Cushiotl of Flesh, The Uou 
Pu Tuan), 70-71 
Prescriptiotls of the Elemental Maid 
(Su Nu Fat1g), 84 
249 Prescri ptions 4 a Thousand 
Goldpicces ( Srm Szu-mo), 
117, 11H 
Prostitution . Sec C ou rtesans 
Prudishne ss, versu s lascivious ness. �4-26 
Psycho patltia Scxualis (Krafft­
Ebing), 165 
Pubic Squeeze (exe rcise), 
175-7 7 
Rati Rahasy a, 81 
Rea r-en try interco urse positions, 
224-25 . Sa also ittdil'idually 
named positions 
Red Guards, 21 
Redi JOok, 196 
Riding intercourse position s, 
222-23. Sec also indil'idua lly 
named positiom 
Roc Soaring ove r Dark Sea (inter­
cou rse pos ition), 112, 221 
Sacral-Coccygeal Press (exercise), 
178-7Y 
Saiv a Saha, 17-18 
Saliv a Fountain (exercise), 182 
San Yin, 4S 
Sciw ct• at1d CiJJilisatiotl in China 
(Needha m), 11 
Scrotum Rub (exercise), ISO 
Seagulls Soaring (intercourse 
posi tion), 111,112 
Sar t't Art t!f thf j,Jdt· Chamber , The 
(Yu Fatr.� Pi Clwl'lr ), 84, 86, 
8lJ, 117,118 
Sart't Clm �t�iclt's 4 Krm:t! Ho Chim, 
The (Chang Mu), lJO-lJ2 
Sexology. Chin t'Sl'. 7lJ-H O 
anatomy . 87-8lJ 
Classic t�f tltt' A rcatlt' Maid, Tht' 
(Hsuan Nu), 82, lJ4, 
lJ8-IO O, Hl3-8, 165, 
184, 2llJ, 220 
Classic 4 tltt• Elmu ·ntdl M,Jid, 
Tlte (Su Nu Ch it�.\!). (,�. 81-82, 84, 86, 88, lJ3-95 , 
lJH, 103-4, 115-17, 1(,5, 
166, 184 
classics, reconstn JCtt·d, 83-86 
coital dynamics, 227-33 
coital tit, 215-I 6 
250 intensifying and prolonging 
ecstasy, 214-35 
intercourse positions, 104, 
108-1 4, 219- 26 
jade stalk, manners of moving, 
113-14 
love-play, 93-101, 115, 184-2 03 
Mystic Master of the Grotto, The 
(7img Hsuat1 Tzu), 84-85 , 
94-95 , 100-1 01, 104, 
108-18, 135, 165, 184, 
219-21 
nomenc latur e, 86-87 
penetration, styles of, 114 
physiognomy, 85, 89-9 1 
pillow talk, 91-92 
sex therapists, early. 82-84 
Taoist, 18, 84- 89, 95-97 , 116, 
117, 119, 121, 124-26, 
146-63, 166-70, 172-7 6, 
179, 182, 183, 185, 190-91, 
194,197,216-1 8,231-33 
Sexology, Western 
aging, sex and, 162-6 3 
Ast on, 165 
enjoyment, sex and, 163-65 
Freud, 165, 169, 233 
G spot, 169-70, 198 
Kegel, 166-67 
Kin sey, 164, 165, 167, 169, 185 
Krafft-Ebing. 165, 166 
Ladas and Ladas, 170 
love-play, 164-66, 171 , 
184-200 
Masters and Johnson, 159, 
164-66, 16Y-71, 184,217 
mu scles, sexual, 166-6 7 
org asm , female, 167, 
169-7 0 
orgasm, mak, 168-69 
Van de Vdde, 4, I 68 
Victor ianism, 161 , 165, 
167, �33 
Whipple and Pary, 169-70 
Shangkuan Wan-erh, 51-52, 
91-92 
Shdteri ng the Rec lining Pine 
(intercourse position), 110 
Slim Nun. (� Ml'clic,J / Ht'Yh C/,J ssic, 
137 
Shiatsu, M5 
Shih Tsung, 7, IJJ Shih Chin g (Tite Book of Odes) , 
55-56. 73 
Shun,45-46 
Side-by-side intercourse positio ns, 
222 . See also individually 
name d positions 
Sight, sense of, 186 
Silk Tease (love game), 203 
Silkworms Entangling 
(intercourse position), 
108-9,221 
Sitting intercourse positions, 
223 -24. See also indivi duall y 
name d positions 
Smell, sense of, 186-88, 191 , 
193-94 
Sniff-Kissing (love game), 203 
So-yang (squaw root), 132 
Soaring Pho enix (intercourse 
posit ion) , 106 
Socrates, 13 
Soixmz te-neuf (69; love game) , 211 
Som ersaulting Dragons (inter-
cou rse position). 105, 
109, 220 
So11 Ll! of Lotz.R Sorr ows, The (Po 
Chu -i), 48 
Sonoma State Hospital Brain 
Behavior Resear ch Cen ter, 
154 
Soo Tung-po . 31 
Sout hern Sung dynas ty, 18, 26 
Southern Tang dynasty 
consorts, 46-4 7 
emperors/empr esses, 29, 
46-47 
Sov iet Academy of Sciences, 143 
Spida Trapped in Its Own Web 
(intercour se posit ion) , 113 
Spider 's Legs (love game), 203 
Spring Butt erfly (love game), 
201-� 
Squaw roo t (stl-Ydtl,l!). 132 
"Squeeze ted mique," 168, 218 
Standing intercourse positions, 
225-26. St't' dlso imlividually 
ndmt •d posititliiS 
Steeds Gall oping (intercourse 
position), 111 
Stepping Tigas (intercourse posi­
tion) , 105,111,225 
Stockham, Alict', 168 Stopl'S, Mar ie, 168 
Sttlry 4 the Hhtcm Chamb er, Tlu· 
(Hsi Hsilltr.� Chi; Wang 
Shi h-fu), (14-6 6 
Su Nu. SCt' The Classic'? { tht• Elc­
mcut ,ll Ma id; Pn·s criptitms 4 
the Elt·mmt ,ll Ma id · 
S11 Nu C/ritr.(?. Sa The Classic ��f the 
E/t'tnctrtal 1\faid 
Su Nu Fmr.� (Prt·scriptitltrS 4 tht> E/1'­
mt'trt,z/ !\laid), 84 
Sui dynasty 
aphrodisiacs/sexual nutrients, 
usc oC 136-37 
consorts, 52 
emperors/empresses, 36-38, 
52, 136 
sexology. 84 
Sun Szu-mo , 117, 118 
Sung Chih-wcng, 31 
Sung Yu, 56 
Sung dynasty, 18, 25, 26, 31 
courtcsans,32-33, 48 
emperors/empresses, 32-33, 48 
erotica, 58-59, 75 
Swifts Sharing a Heart (inter­
course position), 109, 220 
Ta Tung, 31 
Taboos, incest, 25 
Tai Chi, 9 
Tai chi chuan, 156, 173 
TaiPing, 51-52,90 
Tai Tsung, 50 
Tang Hsien-tsu, 66 
Tang Po-hu, 30, 59 
Tang dynasty, 17, 26, 38 
consorts, 43, 46-48, 50, 52 
courtesans, 31-32 
emperors/empresses, 43, 46-48, 
50-52 
erotica, 56-58, 60-63, 75 
eunuchs, 40, 47 
sexology, 18, 84, 90-92, 
111, 117 
Tantrism, 1, 4, 6, 7, 17-18, 125, 
168, 218, 231 
Tao Tsung, 188 
Taoism, 4-9, 12, 13, 14-15, 
17, 20, 27, 31' 36, 70, 77, 
131, 133. See also Yin and 
Yang dri ( lit\.·-l'lll'q�y). 16, 119, 12(), 
127, 146-58 
Confucianism compared with, 
10, 14-15 
immortality and. 6-7, 15-16, 
85. 121, 124, 146-58, H>2 
sexology . 18, 84-89, 1)5-97, 
1 )(l, 117, 119, 121. 124-2 6, 
14h-63, 166-70, 172-7 h, 
179, 182, 1HJ, 185, 190-9 1, 
194, 197,216 -18 ,231-33 
Taste, sense of, 186, 1 HH, 1Y2. 194 
Teeth Chatter (exercise), 183 
Tern pic, Robert, 11-12 
"Ten Fragrances" (poem), 
188, 191 
Three Fountains (love game), 
210-12 
Ting Wen-cheng, 8 
Tongue Sweep (love game), 203 
Touch , sense of, 186-87, 192-96 
Tsai Nu (Iridescent Maid), 82, 
95-96, 116-17 
Tsao Hsueh-chin, 71 
TsuiShih.51-52.91-92 
Tu Mu, 31 
Tung Chih, 39 
Tung Hsuan Tzu. See The Mys tic 
Ma ster of the Grotto 
Twin Fountains (love game), 211 
Twin Phoenixes Dancing (inter­
course position) , 110 
Tzu-hai (Empress Dowager , West­
ern Empress) , 7, 39-40 
Unicorn's Horn (love-play posi­
tion), 100 
Vajrayana Buddhism, 17-18 
Van de Vclde, Theodor e, 4, 168 
Van Gulik, R. H., 17 
Victorian ism, 161, 165, 167, 233 
Virginity 
obsession with, 25 
wedding-night loss of, 57-58, 
61-62 
Visit to an Immor tal Grotto, A 
( Yu Hsien Ku; Chang 
Wcn-chcng), 60-61 
Voronoff, Serge, 162 
Wang (empress), 50 Wang Chao-d nu:n, 52 
W.mg Shi-fu, M-6 6 ltrdex 
Wl'i ( l'lll pl·ror, A. n. 290-307) . 49 
Wei, Princl' ot: 35 
Wl'i Chung (tcnth- Cl'ntu r y 
l'lllPl'ror). 45 
Wes£l'rn Empress (T:r.u-hai, 
Empress Dow.lgl·r). 7, 
JtJ-4 0 
Whimsical inter cour se positions, 
22(>. St>c ,,/so indi t,idually 
lllltllc d positi om 
Whippk and Perry (Beverly and 
John), 16lJ-70 
Whispering Endearm ents (love­
play position), 100 
White Tiger Jumping (intercourse 
position). 111 
Wild Ducks Flying Back-
ward (intercourse 
position), 110, 222 
Wild Horses Leaping (itHercoursc 
position), 1 11, 112. 221, 
228 -29, 234 
Wrestling Apes (intercourse posi-
tion), 105-6, 109, 112. 221 
Wu (Han emperor). 141 
Wu San-kuei, 53 
Wu Tse-tien. 50-5 1,90-91 
Wu Tsung, 46 
Wu Tzu-tu, 118 
Wu-chia- pi (wu-c lzia), 143 
Yang (Sui emperor). 36-38, 
52. 136 
Yang (Imperial Concubine), 
47- 48 
Yang Tieh-yai (scholar), 30 
Yang. See Yin and Yang 
Yao Niang, 28-2 9 
Yasuyori, Tamba, 83-84 
Yeh Tch-hui, 84 
Yellow Emperor (Huang Ti), 41, 
81, 82, 88, 93-95, 98-99, 
103-4 , 115, 117 
Yellow vetch (huan.�-chi), 143 
Yen Feng, 7 
Yin and Yang. 5, 9-11, 15, 18, 39, 
42, 56, 61-62, 81, 82, 89, 
93-95, 101' 122. 137, 147, 
155, 166, 184, 189, 200 
symbols of. 22-24 Yu Hsicn-chi, 31 
H1 Fan.e Chih }iw (Essc lltial s 4 
the Jade Ch amber ) . 84, 
95-96, 118 
Yu Fang Pi Clmeh (The Secret Art t�{ 
the Jadt> Chamber ) , 84, 86, 89, 117, 118 
y,, Hsim Ku (A Visit to an Immor tal 
Grotto ; Chang Wen-cheng), 
60-61 
Yuan dynasty, 6, 125 
consorts, 45-46 emperors/ em presses, 45-46 
erotica, 63-64, 66 
Yuch Ling, 48 
Zen Buddhism, 12, 17, 144, 147, 
150, 151, 217 A1out the Author 
VALENTIN CHu was born and educated in Shanghai. As a winner 
of an international writing award, he was invited to be a guest ob­
server at United Nations headquart ers in New York. He worked 
as a correspondent for Time magazine in Hong Kong, then as an 
editor at Time-Life Books in New York and, later, at Reader's Di­
gest General Books. His byline articles have appeared in Time, 
L�fe, US. News & World Report, The New Leader, and the US. Con­
gressional Record, and in periodicals in Britain, France, Italy, and 
the Far East. For the past decade, Chu has been a student of an­
cient Chinese sexology. He has always been fascinated by the in­
terplay between East and West, in sexology and other fields. He 
now lives in the San Francisco Bay area.
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        TASSELED SPEAR : peniS 
TSA I-PU: see Pluck-and-nurture 
TWIN LOTUS PEAKS : female breasts 
TZ U: form of poetry combining the classical and the vernacular 
vAS T FOUNT AIN: female urethral orifice 
WATER FROM THE HEAVENLY POOL: saliva 
WHEAT BUD: two inches inside the vagina 
YANG: masculine sexual energy 
YANG IMPLEMENT: peniS 
YANG PEAK: peniS 
YAN G STEM : peniS 
YEN-SHIH: volupt uous poetry 
YIN: female sexual energy 
YIN-CHIAO: "sexual junction "; sexual acup oint belo w the navel 
YIN GATE: vagina 
YUN-YU: "clouds and rain"; literary meta phor for sexual inter­
course 
ZEN BUDDHISM : Chinese form of Buddhism based on India's 
Maha yana lluddhisr n and influenced by Taoism Glossary. p MAJOR CHINESE DYNASTIES 
Age of the Five Rulers (legendary pe riod) 
Hsia 
Shang-Yin 
Chou 
Era of Spring and Autumn 
Era of Warring States 
Chin 
Han 
Era of Three Kingdoms 
Western Tsin 
Eastern Tsin 
Era of South-North Dynasties 
Sui 
Tang· 
Era of Five Dynasties 
Sung 
Southern Sung 
Yuan (Mongol) 
Ming 
Ching (Manchu) C. 2852-2205 B. C.
TZ U
What is the term for a form of poetry combining classical and vernacular elements?
The Dream of the Red Chamber
What is the name of the 17th-century erotic novel translated by Richard Martin?
Yuan
Which Chinese dynasty is mentioned as having a strong influence on the author's work?
VALENTIN CHU
Who is the author of the book?
Vajrayana
What is the term for a type of Buddhism that emphasizes the attainment of enlightenment through sexual activity?
Yuan
What is the name of the Chinese dynasty that is mentioned as having a significant influence on the author's work?