01654cam a22003493u 4500 52205 UtSlPG 20260610134213.0 m cr n 260607r2016||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d UtSlPG zh iso639-1 PL Li, Yu, 1611-1680? 肉蒲團 Rou Pu Tuan Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg, 2016 1 online resource : multiple file formats text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Carnal_Prayer_Mat Release date is 2016-06-01 Produced by Shiou-Shian Wu "肉蒲團" by Yu Li is a 17th-century Chinese erotic novel written in 1657 and published in 1693. The story follows Weiyangsheng, an arrogant young scholar who boasts of his sexual prowess and rejects Buddhist warnings about his lustful ways. After surgically enhancing himself, he embarks on affairs with married women, only to face karmic retribution when his own wife becomes victim to similar betrayals. This controversial work uses explicit content as allegory to challenge Confucian puritanism while exploring Buddhist themes of karma and spiritual awakening. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Original publication data not identified Erotic literature, Chinese Chinese fiction Erotic fiction, Chinese https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/52205 93039 93039