Ban Zhao
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Ban Zhao, courtesy name Huiban, was a Chinese historian, philosopher, and politician. She was the first known female Chinese historian and, along with Pamphile of Epidaurus, one of the first known fem
Ban Zhao, as painted by Gai Qi, 1799
Ban Zhao as depicted in the Wu Shuang Pu (無雙譜, preface 1690) by Jin Guliang
Image of Ban Zhao by Shangguan Zhou (上官周, b. 1665)
Taoist sexual practices
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Taoist sexual practices are the ways Taoists may practice sexual activity. These practices are also known as "joining energy" or "the joining of the essences". Practitioners believe that by performing
Ban Zhao
…argumentations, commentaries, essays and several longer works, not all of which survive. She became China's most famous female scholar and an instructor of Taoist sexual practices for the imperial family. Ban Zhao is depicted in the Wu Shuang Pu (無雙譜, Table of Peerless Heroes) by Jin Guliang. Ban Zhao was born in Anling, near…
A Chinese print depicting "The Joining of the Essences", based on Tang Dynasty art