Editing Religion and sexuality (section)

== East Asian religions ==

===Taoism===
In [[Chinese mythology]], [[Jiutian Xuannü]] is the goddess of war, sex, and longevity.<ref name=Cahill1992>{{cite journal |last1=Cahill |first1=Suzanne E. |title=Sublimation in Medieval China: The Case of the Mysterious Woman of the Nine Heavens |journal=Journal of Chinese Religions |date=January 1992 |volume=20 |issue=1 |pages=91–102 |doi=10.1179/073776992805307692 }}</ref> She is closely related to [[Su Nu Jing|Sunü]] (素女), who is her divine sister.<ref name=Liu2016>{{cite journal |last1=Liu |first1=Peng |title='Conceal my Body so that I can Protect the State': The Making of the Mysterious Woman in Daoism and Water Margin |journal=Ming Studies |date=2 July 2016 |volume=2016 |issue=74 |pages=48–71 |doi=10.1080/0147037X.2016.1228876 |s2cid=164447144 }}</ref> Both their names combined, as ''xuansu zhidao'' (玄素之道), signify the [[Taoist sexual practices|Daoist arts of the bedchamber]].<ref name=Liu2016/> Most books bearing Jiutian Xuannü's name were about warfare, but there were a few books that were specifically about sex.<ref name=Cahill1992/> The ''Xuannü Jing'' (玄女經, "Mysterious Woman Classic") and the [[Su Nu Jing|''Sunü Jing'']] (素女經, "Natural Woman Classic"), both dating to the [[Han dynasty]], were handbooks in dialogue form about sex.<ref name=Cahill1992/> Texts from the ''Xuannü Jing''  have been partly incorporated into the [[Sui dynasty]] edition of the ''Sunü Jing''.<ref name=Cahill1992/> From the Han dynasty onwards, these handbooks would be familiar to the upper class.<ref name=Cahill1992/> On the other side, during the Han dynasty, [[Wang Chong]] had criticized the sexual arts as "not only harming the body but infringing upon the nature of man and woman."<ref name=Cahill1992/> During the [[Tang dynasty]] and earlier periods, Jiutian Xuannü was often associated with the sexual arts.<ref name=Cahill1992/> The ''Xuannü Jing'' remained a familiar work among the literati during the Tang and Sui dynasties.<ref name=Cahill1992/>

The ''Dongxuanzi Fangzhong Shu'' (洞玄子房中術, "Bedchamber Arts of the Master of the Grotto Mysteries"), which was likely written by the 7th-century poet [[Liu Zongyuan]], contains explicit descriptions of the sexual arts that was supposedly transmitted from Jiutian Xuannü.<ref name=Cahill1992/> The sexual practices, that Jiutian Xuannü supposedly taught, were often compared to alchemy and physiological procedures for prolonging life.<ref name=Cahill1992/> In [[Ge Hong]]'s ''Baopu Zi'', there's a passage in which Jiutian Xuannü tells Huangdi that sexual techniques are "like the intermingling of water and fire—it can kill or bring new life depending upon whether or not one uses the correct methods."<ref name=Cahill1992/>

[[Tu'er Shen]] ({{lang-zh|兔儿神 or 兔神}}), The Leveret Spirit is a Chinese [[Shen (Chinese religion)|Shenist]] or [[Taoist]] deity who manages love and sex between men. His name is often colloquially translated as "Rabbit God".  Wei-Ming Temple in the Yonghe District of [[New Taipei City]] in [[Taiwan]] is dedicated to Tu'er Shen.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.weimingtang.url.tw/|title=威明堂兔兒神殿|website=www.weimingtang.url.tw|access-date=2018-12-31|archive-date=2008-01-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080128142939/http://www.weimingtang.url.tw/|url-status=dead}}</ref> About 9000 pilgrims visit the temple each year to pray to find a suitable partner.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/taiwan-gay-temple-_n_6499210|title=Why Taiwan's 'Rabbit' Temple Is Almost Exclusively Gay|date=January 19, 2015|website=HuffPost}}</ref> The Wei-ming temple also performs love ceremony for gay couples.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.newnownext.com/taiwanese-rabbit-temple-drawing-gay-pilgrims/01/2015/|title=Thousands Of Gay Pilgrims Trek To Taiwan To Pray For Love At "Rabbit" Temple|website=LOGO News}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=A temple for gays at Taiwan's Wei-Ming temple |url=https://www.malaymail.com |website=MalayMail |publisher=Dato' Siew Ka Wai |access-date=4 March 2019}}</ref>