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today, as well as a large number of bawdy jokes and oblique but titillating sexual euphemisms. Some critics have argued that the highly sexual descriptions are essential, and have exerted what has been termed a "liberating" influence on other
Chinese novels that deal with sexuality, most notably the
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Chinese perspective but in a world-historical context ... noted for its surprisingly modern technique" and "with the possible exception of
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British orientalist
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