Ribald Classic: How The Fourth Rule Was Invented
September, 1970
In Shantung province during the Ch'eng-hua period of the Ming dynasty, there lived an affluent family with 12 children. The youngest of these was Flowering Mulberry, who possessed a delicate charm, a silken skin and a lovely face, and who had reached the age of 18 when my story begins.One day, en route to visit an uncle in a nearby village, Flowering Mulberry was overtaken by a heavy downpour of rain and had to run for shelter into a semi-ruined temple near the road. Lying down, the youngster so...
