oftheurtesaninproperfordetfalygirlsto</p>

handlesistrunts,otheirvirtue,ortohavetoo</p>

chliteraryleaing,orality,andbutrarely</p>

enuragedpaintingaryforthetheydidnot,onthatat,ceasetodesire</p>

felepanyoftheartistidliterarytype.thesingsonggirlscultivatedthese</p>

thingsbecausetheydidnotneedignoranceasabulheirvirtue.sothe</p>

seight,whendarknesshad</p>

transfordthedirtycreekintoaveianal,theyinahouseboatand</p>

listentothesingingoflovedittiesbygirlsintheneighb”las</p>

passingupanddown.</p>

inthisatspherescholarssoughtforthosehetaerasinguish</p>

theelvesfroheresteitheriry,sic,paintingorplishedaheendofthe</p>

ngperiod,perhapstheolovedbyallethe</p>

stressofopig.tothetangdynastybelongedsuhsiaohsiao,b</p>

bythesideoftheetheobjeageofeveryscholar</p>

touristfes.notafeedhthepoliticaldestihe</p>

nation,asiressofgeneralwu</p>

sankurebylitziigduriersofpekingledwu</p>

sankanchutroopsforherrevery,andin</p>

thisanchudynasty.itis</p>

noteing</p>

eire,andchosetoliveasanuninaspecially</p>

builtnasteryonshangshan.hecaseoflihsiang,whowas</p>

reputedforhernstandanya</p>

ntoshabyparison.shehadrepolitihastitythannyn</p>

revolutionistsoftoday.afterherloverhadbeenhouofnanki</p>

herselfup,aheofficialinpower</p>

aosingataprovisedsongsofsatireinthepresence</p>

ofher”adoptedsonsofthe</p>

eunusandsoheseladieshavebeenhandeddoothe</p>

present.thehistoryofeseintellectualenobesoughtpartlyinthe</p>

livesofsuahsianglan,liujushihand</p>

others.theurtesansuppliedtheneedforurtshipandronyn</p>

ssedintheiryouthbefe.ispeakof”urtship”advisedly,because</p>

thesingsonggirl,differingfrohenprostitutes,hadtobeurted.suchwas</p>

therespectforladiesinathat,asoldinthenovelchiuweikuei</p>

niailedtortoisedeses,nyanhadtourta</p>

ladyofsupposedlyeasyvirtuefornthsahreeorfourthousanddollars</p>

beforeheittedtopassanightinherboudoir.suchapreposteroussituation</p>

hthe</p>

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