素女经

《素女经》，中国关于房中术的古代作品，在汉朝已经非常著名，成书在汉朝之前，传说作者为黄帝时代的素女。

此书在唐朝之后失传。982年，日本人丹波康赖在他编成的《医心方》一书中收录了此书，现今《素女经》发行本即为日本收藏本。

概述

黄帝时代有三个神女，分别是素女、玄女和采女，三姐妹用性理论和身体向黄帝传授房中术，其中素女擅长音乐，著有《素女经》。

全书可分为两大部分，一大部分讲性交的方法，〈七损〉〈八益〉〈九法〉共有24招；另一部分论调情技巧，〈五征〉、〈五欲〉、〈十动〉，其中对男女双方的解说都很扼要。

主要讲述房中术和养生须知。包含体位、技巧、季节、心理学、怀孕方法、性科学理论等多方面内涵。其中提及“爱乐”，主张男女双方情同意和才能做爱，否则对身体有害。

Sunü-jing "Classic of the Pure Woman" (Chinese: 素女經), is a Chinese sexology book thought to be written between the late Han Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms Period, around 27 - 260 C.E.

It belongs to the Chinese classics and presents the Taoist sexual practices. According to this religious tradition, the book is said to have been written by the goddess Sunü in the time of the Yellow Emperor, Huangdi.

History

In China, this book was lost after Tang dynasty (~907 AD). However, copies of the text were collected in Japan in the Ishinpō of Tamba Yasara (醫心方), published in 982 by Ye Dehui, a Chinese publisher and scholar known to have an extensive collection of sexological works, and the current edition of the Sunü-jing is the version taken from the collection of Yasara.

Supposedly, there were three goddesses in the era of the Yellow Emperor: Sunü, Jiutian Xuannü, and Cainü; the three sisters taught the Emperor Daoist sexual practices and theory of sex, and practiced physically with him.The goddess Sunü takes the role of an expert and advisor in Sunüjing, providing advice to the Yellow Emperor. The Yellow Emperor, Huangdi, asks questions about sex and Sunü answers him. In addition to her knowledge of sexology and the Dao, Sunü was also said to be a very talented musician.

The name Su Nu is most often translated as “The White Girl” or “The Immaculate Girl” but it has been translated in many different ways.

Content

The whole book can be divided into two parts. One part talks about the methods of sexual intercourse. There are 24 tricks in "Seven Losses", "Eight Benefits" and "Nine Methods"; the other parts are about recommended practices of intimacy and observations of sexual arousal, including the Five Signs, the Five Desires, Ten Movements and Nine Methods. The explanations for both men and women are very straightforward.

Sunüjing advises that during intercourse, it is men’s priority to delay ejaculation and it is women' s priority to achieve orgasm. Sunü explains that the more orgasms a man is able to give a woman, the greater spiritual benefits he will attain. The text instructs how a man should move to achieve this goal and what physical signs the woman will present when she is aroused. These are known as the Five Signs and the Ten Movements.

The Five Signs explain what a man should look for when initiating sexual intercourse relating to the physical complexion and body language of a woman. The Five Signs also suggests how a man should act to encourage arousal in a woman, including the pace of movement and the depth of penetration.

The Five Desires illustrates how a woman will show that she is aroused to her partner through her facial expression, movements, and mood. The Ten Movements describe the steps it takes for a woman to reach orgasm.

The Nine Methods describe nine sex positions that one should assume for the best preservation of energies. If each method is successfully performed, health benefits will be attained for both the man and the woman.

This book mainly is about Taoist sexual practices and health precautions. It teaches sex positions, skills, seasons and sex, psychology, pregnancy method, sexology theory and various other subjects. It is advocated that both men and women shall agree to make love, otherwise it is harmful to the body.