Therefore he cut the sleeve from his robe so as not to disturb him and left the room silently the phrase the passion of the cut sleeve duan xiu zhi pi is now often used to refer to homosexuality more explicitly male same sex love in chinese culture. Passions of the cut sleeve the male homosexual tradition in china university of california press isbn 9780520078697 kang wenqing 2009 obsession male same sex relations in china 1900 1950 hong kong hong kong university press isbn 9789622099814 lu tonglin 1995. Passions of the cut sleeve the male homosexual tradition in china by bret hinsch berkeley university of california press 1990 xvii 232 pp 2250 volume 50 issue 4 charlotte furth. Content warning for suicide favors of the cut sleeve are generous love of the half eaten peach never dies liu zun we move now from germany to ancient china to two of the most famous gay couples in chinese history and the sources of some of the most recognizable queer symbols in china the bitten peach and the torn sleeve