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The Embroidered Couch
 The title page from the first volume of a Ming dynasty edition (collection of Yamaguchi University) | |
| Author | Lü Tiancheng (呂天成) |
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| Original title | 繡榻野史 |
| Translator | Lenny Hu |
| Language | Chinese |
Publication date | c. 1600 |
| Publication place | China (Ming dynasty) |
Published in English | 2001 |
| Media type | |
| Pages | 237 |
| The Embroidered Couch | |||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 繡榻野史 | ||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 绣榻野史 | ||||||||
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Xiuta yeshi, translated into English as The Embroidered Couch,[a] is a Chinese erotic novel composed during the late Ming dynasty by playwright Lü Tiancheng (呂天成) under various pseudonyms. Believed to be one of the oldest Chinese erotic novels, Xiuta yeshi was first published at around the same time as Jin Ping Mei (The Golden Lotus). It has been constantly banned or censored since then, especially during the Qing dynasty. Literary critics have drawn attention to its obscenity and vivid descriptions of sex. A complete English translation by Lenny Hu was published in 2001.
- ^ Vitiello 1994, p. 21.
- ^ Wu & Stevenson 2011, p. 474.
- ^ Hanan 1988, p. 123.
- ^ Mair 2010, p. 665.
- ^ Fang 2013, p. 87.
- ^ Yao 2018, p. 44.
- ^ Hinsch 2021, p. 86.
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