Rou Pu Tuan was no exception, and justified itself with the words, "To stem the tide of lewdness, one must speak of lewd things; when discussing affairs of the flesh, we must start from fleshly desires."
《肉蒲團》也不能免俗，開卷便以「止淫風借淫事說法，談色事就色慾開端」來自圓其說。