The Chinese Pleasure Book

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By Michael Nylan *81

Published Jan. 25, 2019

The Chinese Pleasure Book (Zone Books) addresses views towards pleasure in early Chinese writings, including how Chinese thinkers viewed long-term, relational pleasure differently from short-term and how they perceived insecurity as the opposite of pleasure.

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