Yin Yang Butterfly

280 Pages·1993·25.817 MB·English

by  Chu Valentin

Ancient Chinese
Sexual Secrets for
Western Lovers
VALENTIN CHU
ISBN 0-67M77-7M7-X
(>$32.S0CAN)
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Learn theArtoftheBedchamber
This is a highly unusual book about eroti-
cism. Itis foravidaficionados whoseekto
know ancient practices and sexual secrets.
Itisformodernloverswhoyearnforgreater
sexual vitality and deeper sexual healing.
And it is for lovers ofhistory who enjoy
esoteric information about other cultures.
The Yin-Yang Butterfly is steeped in five
thousand years ofChinese lore about "the
ArtoftheBedchamber."Ittellsthetalesof
Chinese emperors and courtesans, their
exotic sexual customs and little-known
ways oflovemaking, which have been
erasedfrom thememoryofmodernChina
and are virtually unknown to the West. It
exploresthelinksmadebyChineseTaoists
among sex, health, and longevity, includ-
ing the practice of"pluck-and-nurture,"
thebattlefortheelixiroflife. Andittiesthe
results ofancient Taoist practices to con-
temporaryresearchfindingsinsexology.
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Ancient Chinese
Sexual Secrets
Western Lovers
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VALENTIN CHU
AJeremy P. Tarcher/Putnam Book
published by
G. P. Putnam's Sons
NewYork
AJeremyP. Tarcher/PutnamBook
PublishedbyG. P. Putnam'sSons
Publishers Sincet8j8
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NewYork, NY 10016
Copyright© 1993 byValentinChu
Allrightsreserved.Thisbook,orpartsthereof, maynotbereproducedin
anyformwithoutpermission.
Requestsforsuchpermissionsshouldbeaddressedto:
JeremyP. Tarcher. Inc.
5858WilshireBlvd., Suite200
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PublishedsimultaneouslyinCanada
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Chu, Valentin
Theyin-yangbutterfly:AncientChinesesexualsecretsforwesternlovers/ValentinChu.
p. cm.
"AJeremyP. Tarcher/PutnamBook."
Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex.
ISBN0-87477-—747-X — — —
I. Sexcustoms —China —History. 2. Sexinstruction China History.
3. Hygiene, Sexual China History. I. Title.
HQ18.C6C—53 1993 92-39628CIP
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