The carnal prayer mat

Li, Yu

Original title: Rou pu tuan

first published 1705 Arrow, 1990 242 pages

Si wu xie hui bao — book 15

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 adve...

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Editions we hold

De la chair à l'extase edition · 1996 · P. Picquier · 272 pages · 9782877302852
The carnal prayer mat edition · 1996 · University of Hawai'i Press · 316 pages
Rou pu tuan edition · 1994 · Taiwan da Ying bai ke gu fen you xian gong si · 502 pages
The carnal prayer mat edition · 1994 · Book-of-the-Month Club · 354 pages · 9781562010935
The carnal prayer mat (Rou putuan) edition · 1990 · Ballentine Books · 316 pages
The carnal prayer mat edition · 1990 · Arrow · 242 pages
Jou pu tuan = edition · 1979 · Fischer Taschenbuch · 461 pages
Jeou-p'ou-t'ouan, ou, La chair comme tapis de prière edition · 1962 · J.-J. Pauvert · 316 pages

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