Su Nü Jing

Su Nu Ching or Sunü Jing -Classic of the White Madam (素女经), is the basic book of Taoist sexology, China's Chinese classics on Taoist sexual practices.[1][2] The book was written before the Han Dynasty, and it is said that the author was the Goddess Su Nu in the Huang Di era.

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In China this book was lost after Tang dynasty (~907AD). However it was preserved 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 982AD), and the current edition of "Su Nu Ching" is the taken from the collection of Yasara.[3]

Supposedly there were three goddesses in the era of Huang Di, namely Su Nu, Xuannü and Cai Nu; the three sisters taught the Huang Di Taoist sexual practices the theory of sex and practiced physically with him, among them, Su Nu 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 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, skills, seasons and sex, psychology, pregnancy method, sexology theory and many other connotations.[3] 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.[4]

References
  1. "TAO OF SEXOLOGY: SEXUAL WISDOM AND METHODS - Tao Longevity LLC".
  2. In Han Dynasty Zhang Heng's poem Song of the Same Voice, when describing the night of the male and female bridal chamber, he wrote: "Su Nu is my teacher, her manners are full"
  3. 《素女经》中央编译出版社 Su Nu Ching, Central Publishing, Beijing 2008 ISBN 9787802116269
  4. 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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