The Passion of the Cut Sleeve is an Ancient Chinese story depicting homosexual love and desire. Homosexuality is not a new phenomenon or a Western invention. Homosexuality has been present at least since the dawn of civilization.
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Just as Ancient Greeks and Romans have their tales involving homosexual relationships, so too the Ancient Chinese stories depict themes of same-sex love between the rulers and their “favorites” (lovers).
“The Passion of the Cut Sleeve,” tells the story of the second to last Emperor of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Emperor Ai (27 BCE – 1 BCE) and his lover, Dong Xian. The story told in ‘The Book of Han’, describes how the Emperor Ai loved his companion Dong Xian. One day the couple took a nap together. =
When the Emperor awakened, he realized his lover had fallen asleep on the sleeve of his robe. The emperor didn’t want to wake the peaceful Dong Xian. Therefore, he cut the sleeve from his robe so as not to disturb him and left the room silently.
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