"Chinese Eros" is a phenomenon rare in the world and unprecedented in domestic literature. This scientific and artistic collection, prepared by highly qualified sinologists, comprehensively covers the sexual theory and practice of traditional China. The basis of the book consists of carefully crafted, scientifically commented and richly illustrated translations of the most important erotological treatises and classic examples of erotic prose of the Middle Kingdom, accompanied by a series of articles on the problems of gender, love and sex in Chinese philosophy, religious thought, everyday consciousness, fiction and the visual arts