8 Famous Historical Chinese Courtesans and prostitutes who influence chinese culture and history

[Guest PAN JIN LIAN]

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Generally speaking, prostitutes are usually despised by common people of different ages. However, there were some prostitutes who played a role in Chinese history. Here are eight most famous and influential prostitutes in ancient China:

 

1. Su Xiaoxiao 苏小小

 

 

Su Xiaoxiao, also known as Su Xiaojun, was a Chinese courtesan who lived in Qiantang City (today’s Hangzhou city in Zhejiang province) in the Southern Qi Dynasty (479–502). She died at only 19 years old. She was regarded as a courtesan as well as a poetess. Some think that she did not want to be a man’s wife or mistress, but prefered to share her beauty when other women were caged as housewives at that time.

 

2. Li Shishi 李师师

 

Li Shishi was a courtesan in Kaifeng city, capital of the Song Dynasty (960-1127). Li stood out for her incredible versatility, she was skilled in singing, dancing and poetry. Her talents and beauty attracted many writers, poets and people of upper classes and even Emperor Huizong was a regular client of hers.

 

3. Chen Yuanyuan 陈圆圆 

 

 

Chen Yuanyuan (1624－1681) was a well-known prostitute from Changzhou city living in the late Ming Dynasty and early Qing Dynasty. She was both an excellent singer and a good dancer. She was married to Wu Sangui, a Chinese military general, as his concubine. She was very beautiful and her capture by Li Zicheng (a Chinese rebel leader who overthrew the Ming dynasty) was one of the reasons that made Wu Sangui open Shanhaiguan Gate to let the Manchus inside. In her old age she became a Taoist nun, and some said she committed suicide.

 

4. Liu Rushi 柳如是

 

 

Liu Rushi (1618–1664) was a famous courtesan living in the late Ming Dynasty (1368–1644). she is considered by many scholars to be the most respectable prostitute in ancient China. She was very talented and good at poem, calligraphy, drawing and Chinese zither, she also demonstrated the upright character and personality when the country facing the dangerous conditions. She committed suicide on the death of her husband Qian Qianyi .

 

 

5. Dong Xiaowan 董小婉

 

 

Dong Xiaowan (1624-1651) was one of “The Eight Most Popular Courtesans” along the Qinhuaihe River in Nanjing city. She was attracted by litterateur Mao Pijiang, who had good appearance, with casual and elegant bearing and was well-educated and later she became his concubine. Dong Xiaowan passed away at only 27 for falling sick in taking care of her husband.

 

 

A side note, I thought  董小婉   was an imperial concubine of the Qing dynasty appearing in   

清宫残梦

 

 

6. Li Xiangjun 李香君

 

 

Li Xiangjun (1624-1653) was also one of the “The Eight Most Popular Courtesans” along the Qinhuaihe River together with Dong Xiaowan, Chen Yuanyuan and other five ladies. She was good at singing, poem and playing Chinese lute. Li Xiangjun later married Hou Fangyu (a famous young scholar in South Ming Dynasty) who was devoted to fighting against theeunuch factions and overturning the Qing regime to restore the Ming Dynasty, Li Xiangjun was always there supporting him. However, due to her humble background and her past as a prostitute, she was later banished and was depressed to death.

 

7. Sai Jinhua 赛金花

 

 

Sai Jinhua (1870 or 1864 – 1936) was a famous courtesan in the late Qing Dynasty. Sai Jinhua became a prostitute at 20 and at 23 married Hong Jun, a retired top rank imperial official,  as his concubine. She traveled to Russia, Germany, Australia and Holland with her husband as ambassador’s wife, but was later forced to leave Hong’s home after his death. After Eight-Nation Army invaded Beijing, she was obliged to have a relathionship with a German officer. After that she married a man named Wei and died in 1936.

 

8. Xiao Fengxian 小凤仙

 

 

Xiao Fengxian (1900-1954) was a famous prostitute during Late Qing Dynasty and the Republic China. She was the most famous prostitute in Bada Hutong, formerly Beijing’s largest red light district.  She later became the mistress of  General Cai E, who was  a Chinese revolutionary leader well known for challenging the imperial ambitions of Yuan Shikai.

 

Wow, never knew that these women was talented outside the bedrooms also.

 

They were famous because they can make powerful men fall for them, and gave these lowly women a status that was above their dreaded professions.

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest PAN JIN LIAN]

What skills did these women possess in the bedroom that made men fall for them and come back again and again for the forbidden fruit that lies waiting for them in the boudoir of these women.

 

Some of these generals are already married with wives and concubines and mistresses and still they wanted these loose women who was patronised by countless men.

 

Do they use their oral skills also ,

 

did they provide something that the wives did not provide, 

 

Is there anything that these women will not do and did not do ?

 

Do they even not have vanilla sex ?

 

It is said that some of these women are accomplished poetess, musicians and classical singers and maybe can play the qin.

 

What is the deadly skill that these women possess that we , today can learn from , in the bedroom and to hold on to the hearts and loins of desirable  ermmmm....

 

 

Mandarin version.

 

 

Cantonese version.

 

Wow look at the inventions found at these fictional house of pleasures.

[Steve5380]

I would be more interested in famous MALE prostitutes of the past...

[fab]

奴家卖艺不卖身

[Guest Guest 2]

3 hours ago, Steve5380 said:

I would be more interested in famous MALE prostitutes of the past...

 

Yawn........ 

[fab]

On 12/10/2018 at 4:52 AM, Steve5380 said:

I would be more interested in famous MALE prostitutes of the past...

 

 

[Steve5380]

2 hours ago, fab said:

 

 

 

I find these prostitutes wearing to much clothing, and not moving enough  

 

Times have changed for the better, but then, prostitutes were not associated with HELL in those days.  It was just their activity, profession.

Thinking about this... 

Priests and nuns dedicate their lives to the God of Abraham.

These ancient prostitutes dedicated their lives to the Gods Eros, Aphrodite or their equivalent.

What's the difference?

[Guest guest]

[Steve5380]

1 hour ago, Guest guest said:

 

This is a curious group you hang out with.

Are you all prostitutes?

[Guest guest]

On 12/11/2018 at 10:40 PM, Steve5380 said:

 

I find these prostitutes wearing to much clothing, and not moving enough  

 

Times have changed for the better, but then, prostitutes were not associated with HELL in those days.  It was just their activity, profession.

Thinking about this... 

Priests and nuns dedicate their lives to the God of Abraham.

These ancient prostitutes dedicated their lives to the Gods Eros, Aphrodite or their equivalent.

What's the difference?

 

[Steve5380]

26 minutes ago, Guest guest said:

 

 

You don't want to know what's good for you?

That's why you are what you are!

But it is never too late.

Learn what is good for you!  And good luck.

[Guest guest]

53 minutes ago, Steve5380 said:

 

You don't want to know what's good for you?

That's why you are what you are!

But it is never too late.

Learn what is good for you!  And good luck.

 

[fab]

On 12/11/2018 at 10:40 PM, Steve5380 said:

 

I find these prostitutes wearing to much clothing, and not moving enough  

 

Times have changed for the better, but then, prostitutes were not associated with HELL in those days.  It was just their activity, profession.

Thinking about this... 

Priests and nuns dedicate their lives to the God of Abraham.

These ancient prostitutes dedicated their lives to the Gods Eros, Aphrodite or their equivalent.

What's the difference?

 

Courtesy of Google

 

The man swears and sells his own body and becomes a plaything of the opposite sex and the same sex. It has always existed in Chinese history. It is only because of the long feudal society in China, the consciousness of the right of the husband has accumulated profoundly, and the story of the male singer is not clear. Hard to find. The mainstream society has always despised the man, thinking that men’s prostitution is far more disgusting than prostitutes relying on the door to sell meat, because the man’s supremacy of men’s dignity has been devastated.

How did the male donkey come from?
The man is first to be enjoyed by wealthy and powerful ladies. The Princess of Shanyin of the Southern and Northern Dynasties said to Liu Ziye, "I am different from men and women, but they are all born by the emperor, and there should be no guarantee for your palace." There are thousands of Gong Jiali, for you to have fun, and I only have one horse, it is unfair!" Liu Ziye felt that it makes sense, he personally selected thirty bodybuilders for his sister for their lascivious.
In the Wu Zetian chaos palace, in order to lure the Zhang brothers and Xue Huaiyi for their own play, the pets have excellent, but also specially set up "control crane supervisor", Guang Luo world beauty man, known as "face three thousand."
The lady is a man, one is forced by the slutty, and the other is lured by Lilu. Of course, in addition to playing for women, males are also prepared for the wealthy men who like homosexuality.
In the history books, this male nickname is called a male pet, a male color, a urchin, a deaf child, and the like. Homosexuality is endless in the book. In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, in Fujian, Guangdong, and the North, the homosexuality became a common practice. The female had a "small friend" and the man had a "chi brother". In the Qing Dynasty, there were also laws and regulations stipulating that "the sons of the sluts, so that the men who were forced to commit rape, are not allowed to take the examinations." This provision indirectly indicates that the prevalence of homosexuality prevailed.
Ancient male scorpion turned into fashion
Song Huizong Zhao Wei is a typical playboy, playing a woman is not tired, playing a man is also indulgent, his prime minister Li Bangyan and the deputy is not good to assist the monarch, specifically to cater to his lust, "although for the phase, then the matter of the Huizong亵". Huizong drinking, vice-phase short-sleeved pants, talking about the profane language, Li Bangyan is wearing a variety of masks and wearing a variety of clothes, posing a variety of gestures, to please Huizong.
In today's modern society, males are also known as males and midnight cows, commonly known as "ducks" or "ducks". They are now males who provide sexual services for women. The male nickname is called "duck". I don't know if it is different from the prostitute who is engaged in sexual services, because the niece is called "chicken" in our Sichuan folk.
In ancient Chinese society, the appearance of male baboons was first enjoyed by aristocratic women who had status and wealth. Here, there are a lot of records about Wu Zetian playing with the "face". The ancient male shackles are far beyond our imagination, especially from the Five Dynasties to the Song Dynasty. The prosperity of the male shackles not only exists in the court but also in the folk, and we cannot let the modern people sigh the "openness" of the ancient ancestors. Although the male monk was scorned by the ancient mainstream society, and even severely attacked, it is a bit like today's anti-vice, but there is demand, there is a market. Therefore, the Jingdu of the Southern and Northern Song Dynasties and the surrounding counties, the male color is still prosperous, the wind in the Yuan Dynasty seems to be a little weak, and in the Ming Dynasty, the male color began to flourish again. At that time, both the emperor and the ordinary people, the man is a fashion.

[Steve5380]

38 minutes ago, fab said:

 

Courtesy of Google

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This is interesting.  After reading this I don't believe anymore what Pat Robertson said,  that homosexuality is what causes all the natural disasters.

Because if it were so,  the planet would have exploded in millions of pieces at the time of the Ming and Qing dynasties. 

[Steve5380]

9 hours ago, Guest guest said:

 

 

When I recommended to learn what is good for you

I didn't mean an obsession with getting fucked hard by an angel.

[auri]

23 hours ago, fab said:

 

Courtesy of Google

 

The man swears and sells his own body and becomes a plaything of the opposite sex and the same sex. It has always existed in Chinese history. It is only because of the long feudal society in China, the consciousness of the right of the husband has accumulated profoundly, and the story of the male singer is not clear. Hard to find. The mainstream society has always despised the man, thinking that men’s prostitution is far more disgusting than prostitutes relying on the door to sell meat, ......

 

 

Google has got a long way to go, ha ha.

[wilfgene]

So, is/was Pan Jin Lian higher or lower than prostitutes?

Edited December 14, 2018 by wilfgene

[Guest Guest]

7 hours ago, wilfgene said:

So, is/was Pan Jin Lian higher or lower than prostitutes?

 

PAN JIN LIAN  is fictional character, it was created to amplify the virtuosity if Wu Song. 

 

WU SONG,  hero and man and legitimate to be horny,  Pan Jin Lian is not good housewife therefore anything she does is delegitimise, hence whore , 

 

The story is written such that she no redeeming merit except to seduce men and screw. She is not literarily talented which is judged highly by the Chinks.

 

[Guest Guest]

There's also a Ho Jinx... 

[wilfgene]

On 12/15/2018 at 3:02 AM, wilfgene said:

So, is/was Pan Jin Lian higher or lower than prostitutes?

 

On 12/15/2018 at 10:36 AM, Guest Guest said:

 

PAN JIN LIAN  is fictional character, it was created to amplify the virtuosity if Wu Song. 

 

WU SONG,  hero and man and legitimate to be horny,  Pan Jin Lian is not good housewife therefore anything she does is delegitimise, hence whore , 

 

The story is written such that she no redeeming merit except to seduce men and screw. She is not literarily talented which is judged highly by the Chinks.

 

巧啭岂能无本意

[Guest 里喝精]

On 12/15/2018 at 10:44 AM, Guest Guest said:

There's also a Ho Jinx... 

Hahaha...good one

[Guest InBangkok]

There is an excellently researched and illustrated book titled "A Hidden Love: Art and Sexuality". It has an extensive chapter on Asia which makes clear that homosexuality was accepted at the highest levels in China until around the Qing Dynasty and that the names of certain male lovers of certain Emperors have come down through history, even though they may not have altered the course of history.  Long Yang Jun (the worldwide Long Yang clubs) and Tung Hsien and Emperor Ai Ti from whom the term "cut sleeve" became a euphemism for homosexual love. An anonymous 18th century treatise on love between men "Passions of the Cut Sleeve" itemises the 50 most famous cases in Chinese history. 

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Literary texts and paintings alike attest to the fact that the high water-mark of homosexual erotic culture in China was reached during the Ming Dynasty. According to Li Yu (1611 - 1680), homosexual relations were structured according to age and class: older men and those of a higher social stratum took the active role . . . Violence and prostitution were also prevalent, since a master could easily abuse his position and force his servants to  accede to his desires . . .

 

China's glorious erotic culture was eventually eradicated by the joint efforts of Confucian bigots and western missionaries.