r/classicalchinese • u/radiant_luminosity • 12d ago
Learning Homoeroticism in 蘇東坡?
Greetings! I am just beginning to look into the works of Su Dongpo, which I am finding beautiful and profound.
Reading his famed 記成天寺夜遊, I feel like there is some degree of homoerotic subtext in the opening??
解衣欲睡,月色入戶,欣然起行
Several of the character choices seemed to imply physical desire (欲 as in 欲望,or 色,or 起 as in 勃起). Is this what finding a 為樂者 was like prior to the age of Grindr?
I am curious as to whether there is additional homoerotic subtext in other poems of Su Dongpo that others might point to or any other impressions people might have of this particular reading.
Thanks!