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A Study on the Rules of Whoremaster(嫖客)’s ‘Fengliu(風流)’ through 『QinglouYunyu(靑樓韻語)』

  • The Journal of Study on Language and Culture of Korea and China
  • Abbr : JSLCKC
  • 2015, (38), pp.191-215
  • DOI : 10.16874/jslckc.2015..38.008
  • Publisher : Korean Society of Study on Chinese Languge and Culture
  • Research Area : Humanities > Chinese Language and Literature
  • Published : June 30, 2015

Kwon Ho-Jong 1 Bongsang Lee 2

1경상대학교
2서울여자대학교

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ABSTRACT

Since mid-Ming dynasty, the brothel(靑樓) had been prevalent. Accordingly, the number of whoremasters who frequented brothel surged. 『QinglouYunyu』 was an important book as a guide to clients in achieving a high degree of satisfaction. They got at the behavior codes, life style and mental state of the prostitutes(妓女) by reading 『QinglouYunyu』. This paper summarizes their behavior codes at brothel as follows. (1) to do as a man who seems to have been experienced before. (2) to be well-trained at writing and drinking. (3) to win prostitute’s heart according to her taste. (4) to make a timely remark. (5) to rouse some adequate jealousy. Like above mentioned, 『QinglouYunyu』 was a guide book to the whoremasters who visit brothels, and on the other hand it is a very important book as the works of literature that contains 507 pieces of poems.

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This paper was written with support from the National Research Foundation of Korea.