''Su Nü Jing'' or ''Su Nü Ching'' - ''Classic of the White Madam'' (素女經), is the basic book of Taoist sexology, China's

Chinese classics Chinese classic texts or canonical texts () or simply dianji (典籍) refers to the Chinese texts which originated before the imperial unification by the Qin dynasty in 221 BC, particularly the "Four Books and Five Classics" of the Neo-Confucian ...

Taoist sexual practices Taoist sexual practices ( zh, s=房中术, t=房中術, p=fángzhōngshù, l=arts of the bedchamber, first=t) are the ways Taoists may practice sexual activity. These practices are also known as "joining energy" or "the joining of the essences" ...

.In Han Dynasty

Zhang Heng Zhang Heng (; AD 78–139), formerly romanized as Chang Heng, was a Chinese polymathic scientist and statesman who lived during the Han dynasty. Educated in the capital cities of Luoyang and Chang'an, he achieved success as an astronomer, ma ...

's poem'' Song of the Same Voice'', when describing the night of the male and female bridal chamber, he wrote: "Sunü is my teacher, her manners are full" The book was written before the Han dynasty, and it is said that the author was the Goddess

Sunü Sunü () is an ancient Chinese goddess associated with music and sexuality. She is viewed as the divine sister of the Chinese war and sex goddess Jiutian Xuannü. She is traditionally portrayed as a highly skilled singer who plays a zither, and Su ...

in the

Huang Di Huangdi () may refer to: *Yellow Emperor (黃帝), a legendary Chinese monarch who supposedly ruled before the Xia dynasty *Emperor of China (皇帝), the imperial title of Chinese monarchs; and the superlative monarchical title in the Sinosphere ...

era. In China this book was lost after

Tang dynasty The Tang dynasty (, ; zh, t= ), or Tang Empire, was an Dynasties in Chinese history, imperial dynasty of China that ruled from 618 to 907 AD, with an Zhou dynasty (690–705), interregnum between 690 and 705. It was preceded by the Sui dyn ...

(~907 AD). However, copies of the text were collected in Japan by Tamba Yasara ( 丹波康赖), who included this book in his series of books "Heart of Medicine" ( 医心方) (published in 982 AD), and the current edition of "Su Nu Jing" is the taken from the collection of Yasara.《素女经》中央编译出版社 ''Su Nu Ching'', Central Publishing, Beijing 2008 Supposedly there were three goddesses in the era of Huangdi, namely Sunü, Xuannü and Cainü; the three sisters taught the Huangdi Taoist sexual practices the theory of sex and practiced physically with him, among them, Sunü was good at music and is the author of "Su Nu Jing". 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

flirting Flirting or coquetry is a social and sexual behavior involving spoken or written communication, as well as body language. It is either to suggest interest in a deeper relationship with the other person or, if done playfully, for amusement. It ...

skills, Five Signs, Five Desires, and Ten Movements. The explanations for both men and women are very straightforward. This book mainly is about Taoist sexual practices and health precautions. It teaches

sex position A sex position is a position of the body that people use for sexual intercourse or other sexual activities. Sexual acts are generally described by the positions the participants adopt in order to perform those acts. Though sexual intercourse ge ...

, skills, seasons and sex,

psychology Psychology is the scientific study of mind and behavior. Psychology includes the study of conscious and unconscious phenomena, including feelings and thoughts. It is an academic discipline of immense scope, crossing the boundaries betwe ...

pregnancy Pregnancy is the time during which one or more offspring develops ( gestates) inside a woman's uterus (womb). A multiple pregnancy involves more than one offspring, such as with twins. Pregnancy usually occurs by sexual intercourse, but ca ...

method,

sexology Sexology is the scientific study of human sexuality, including human sexual interests, behaviors, and functions. The term ''sexology'' does not generally refer to the non-scientific study of sexuality, such as social criticism. Sexologists app ...

theory and many other connotations. Among them, "philharmonic" is mentioned, and it is advocated that both men and women shall agree to make love, otherwise it is harmful to the body.Cao Kou，The Secret History Hidden in the Box， Huacheng Publishing House，Ｇuangzhou, 2011, In Chinese Language:　曹寇《藏在箱底的秘密性史》花城出版社 2011　

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''Su Nu Ching'', （''Classic of the White Madam''）中醫大典－《醫心方》〈卷第二十八至理第一〉〈卷第二十八養陽第二〉Wisdom of Chinese Medicine Traditional Chinese Medicine Classics-"Heart-Heart Prescription" (Volume 28 to Li No. 1) (Volume 28 to Yang Yang No. 2)
Taoist practices Sexology