『靑樓韻語』를 통해 본 遊廓風情 小考

Abstract

Despite much research on jinü (妓女) and whoremasters (嫖客) at brothels (靑樓), their real lives have rarely been described concretely through actual documents, such as QingLouYunyu (靑樓韻語). Exposing the minds of jinü (妓女) who tried to swindle them out of goods and money, QinglouYunyu (靑樓韻語), served as a guidebook for whoremasters (嫖客) who wanted to visit brothels (靑樓). The text of QingLouYunyu (靑樓韻語) consists of the scripture PiaoJing (嫖經), including its sentences, annotations, and literary works, including 505 pieces of poems. Based on an analysis of PiaoJing (嫖經)’s sentences, annotations, and poems, this paper examines in detail the amorous behaviors of whoremasters (嫖客) and the emotional acts of inü (妓女) at brothels. The amorous behaviors of whoremasters (嫖客) are identified as winning hearts (討情), answering puzzles (復爐), having the right of first night (梳籠), swapping partners (跳槽), while the emotional acts of jinü (妓女) are classified as waiting (候約), alluring (誘客), enjoying sex (歡娛), and missing (思人).