A Japanese expression derived from a legend about King Zhou in the "Basic Annals of Shang" of the "Records of the Grand Historian" by Sima Qian, it was originally used to describe an extravagant banquet but has come to mean a state of extreme pleasure, in which one is surrounded by people of the opposite sex.
According to the "Basic Annals of Shang", King Zhou was a man of many misdeeds. For his own pleasure, he is said to have conducted the punishment of "Paolao (Bronze Toaster)", which had him force criminals to cross a bronze suspension set atop burning charcoal, and to have indulged in the daily pleasures of extravagant banquets.
The "Basic Annals of Shang" describe the scene of such a banquet, "with pool of wine and forest of spread meat, men and women were made naked, and whilst they chased themselves, long nights were made".
In other words, it tells of a feast that took place for many nights, in which King Zhou created a pool filled with wine and a forest of displayed meat, where naked men and women would pursue each other. This is the origin of the historical expression "Shuchinikurin".
Additionally, the "Basic Annals of Shang" state that King Zhou did whatever his favorite concubine, Daji, asked him to do, and it is said that Daji was the one who made King Zhou commit all these outrages.
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