The Chinese Pleasure Book

by Michael Nylan

An examination of pleasure--short-term delight and the cultivation of longer-term satisfaction--in early Chinese thought.

In The Chinese Pleasure Book, Michael Nylan takes up one of the most important themes in Chinese thought: the relation of pleasurable activities to bodily health and the health of the body politic. In a notable contrast to Western writings on the subject, early Chinese writings oppose pleasure not with pain...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1942130139
• ISBN13: 9781942130130
• Release Date: October 2018
• Publisher: Zone Books
• Length: 472 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.0" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher