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    fe,lihatarerablefortheir

    infinitesadness:

    thisyeariauryingthedroppedblosso,

    yeare

    butsotisthegirlybeludybeea”helpfulwifeandwise

    ther.”theesedrausuallyendsuphappilyayallthe

    loversoftheeunitedink9

    vi.theurtesanandnage

    thisisallverynicesofarasangoes.anis”helpfulother.”

    sheisloyal,sheisobedient,sheisalother,andsheisinstinctively

    ansins,asin,buteverytihesins

    thereisaaninit.

    eros,eetravellershaveventured

    theopinionthatinaparativelylesssexrepressionthaninthe,

    oorefrankaanlife.havelockellishashat

    deanulationupled

    ulationandsexual

    repressionarelessinorefrankae

    ofsexappliestonandnottoan,enrepressed.the

    clearestinstahatoffenghsiaog,asdoing

    hisbestoseeherhusband

    andupinavillainthelakebythejealously

    developedthestsingular.sheshoionstolookather

    oageintheer,andshortlybeforeherdeathshehadthreesuessive

    portraitsofherselfde,tohshebuedinseandofferedsacrifi

    selfpity.aahshandsic

    genius.

    oherhand,thereisnosexualrepressionforn,especiallythoseofthericher

    class.stablescholars,likethepoetssutungpo,shaoyii,

    tuandpochtiyi,tourtesanshouses,orhadurtesansfortheir

    nes,andfranklysaidso.infact,tobeanofficialandavoiddinnersh

    feleeainerspossible.thereattachedtoit.through

    thengandnchuperiods,huaiho,thedirtycreekinfrontofthenfu

    teleatnanking,anyaloveronitytothe

    nfuteleeandlogiauseitheplaceoftheofficial

    exanationsinationsandcelebratedtheir

    sue

    editorsofsllpapersstillfranklydetailtheiradventuresinsingsonghouses,and

    poetsandscholarshavetensoprofuselyaboutthesingsongtraditionthatthe

    naofatelyassociatedheseliteraryhistory.

    itisiossibletoexaggeratetherontiportance

    oftheurtesaninproperfordetfalygirlsto

    handlesistrunts,otheirvirtue,ortohavetoo

    chliteraryleaing,orality,andbutrarely

    enuragedpaintingaryforthetheydidnot,onthatat,ceasetodesire

    felepanyoftheartistidliterarytype.thesingsonggirlscultivatedthese

    thingsbecausetheydidnotneedignoranceasabulheirvirtue.sothe

    seight,whendarknesshad

    transfordthedirtycreekintoaveianal,theyinahouseboatand

    listentothesingingoflovedittiesbygirlsintheneighb”las

    passingupanddown.

    inthisatspherescholarssoughtforthosehetaerasinguish

    theelvesfroheresteitheriry,sic,paintingorplishedaheendofthe

    ngperiod,perhapstheolovedbyallethe

    stressofopig.tothetangdynastybelongedsuhsiaohsiao,b

    bythesideoftheetheobjeageofeveryscholar

    touristfes.notafeedhthepoliticaldestihe

    nation,asiressofgeneralwu

    sankurebylitziigduriersofpekingledwu

    sankanchutroopsforherrevery,andin

    thisanchudynasty.itis

    noteing

    eire,andchosetoliveasanuninaspecially

    builtnasteryonshangshan.hecaseoflihsiang,whowas

    reputedforhernstandanya

    ntoshabyparison.shehadrepolitihastitythannyn

    revolutionistsoftoday.afterherloverhadbeenhouofnanki

    herselfup,aheofficialinpower

    aosingataprovisedsongsofsatireinthepresence

    ofher”adoptedsonsofthe

    eunusandsoheseladieshavebeenhandeddoothe

    present.thehistoryofeseintellectualenobesoughtpartlyinthe

    livesofsuahsianglan,liujushihand

    others.theurtesansuppliedtheneedforurtshipandronyn

    ssedintheiryouthbefe.ispeakof”urtship”advisedly,because

    thesingsonggirl,differingfrohenprostitutes,hadtobeurted.suchwas

    therespectforladiesinathat,asoldinthenovelchiuweikuei

    niailedtortoisedeses,nyanhadtourta

    ladyofsupposedlyeasyvirtuefornthsahreeorfourthousanddollars

    beforeheittedtopassanightinherboudoir.suchapreposteroussituation

    hthe

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