The what with the which in the where now?

[rushthatspeaks]

telophase, in an entry locked to spare the sensibilities of her relatives, has been reading a book on sexual life in ancient China. The literary merits of this text should be obvious-- why, the light it could shed on Gensomaden Saiyuki Journey to the West alone is simply mind-boggling.

However, although the book is of fairly recent vintage (mid-1960s, I believe), the author follows the old-fashioned practice of putting any material which might be considered explicit into Latin, because as we all know every adult over the age of twenty-one is fluent in Latin and no one under the age of consent has ever studied it.

This includes Latinization of a sex manual of the Sui Dynasty, in which all of the names of various techniques have been rendered in English and all the descriptions haven't. And I, selflessly, in the interest of scholarly good, literary clarity, annoyance at prudery and better Saiyuki fanfic, have decided to translate it.

Which requires the input of the Internet.




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All translations will appear in an unlocked entry which I'll link to my userinfo and add to as time goes on.

Ah, Scholarship.

ETA: The first set of translations are up.

Comments

[cicer.livejournal.com]

The Wailing Monkeys...that's just the best name of a sexual position ever. It really is.