Book 2013.02.23 - The Before Midnight Scholar

Original title in Chinese is 肉蒲團, 'The Carnal Prayer Mat' or 'The Prayer Mat of Flesh'. This erotic work is written by Li Yu (李漁) in the first half of the 17th century. Due to the candid, graphic, and detailed descriptions of sexual license, the book has been banned in China practically since. To be fair, the story comes with a moral lesson - a libertine's life could only end in spiritual disaster.

As I was reading the book, I can't help feeling a sense of deja vu. Turns out I've seen the movie adaptation before. It's the 1991 sex comedy film called Sex and Zen (玉蒲團之偷情寶鑑).