In order to illustrate such ideas, here are some positions as described in the Kama Sutra: Catching your penis, the lady with dark eyes like upturned lotus petals guides it into her yoni, clings to you and shakes her buttocks: this is "Charunarik*censored*a" (Lovely Lady in Control). ... The round-thighed woman on the bed grasps her ankles and raises high her lotus feet; you strike her to the root, kissing and slapping open-palmed between her breasts: this is "Markata" (The Monkey). ... These are examples of only a few of over 40 different positions. Though not all of the positions in...

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The records of the earthquake of 1668, the White Lotus rising of 1622, and rebels rising vividly described by Feng, demonstrate the extent of suffering people of T'an-ch'eng experienced. ... The earthquake claimed the lives of nine thousand people, many others died from the White lotus rising, hunger, sickness and banditry. ... In the final chapter, The Woman Who Ran Away, the reader is confronted with a dilemma; to choose sympathy for woman Wang's position or to reason her death as part of the culturally accepted practices. ...

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