唐代地方官妓论析

On the local official prostitutes in the Tang Dynasty

唐代官妓是隶属于州县官府乐籍、为官府宴会服务的女性群体。作为一种身份符号,女性一旦成为官妓,便终身无法摆脱,除非得到地方最高长官的许可除籍。她们一般来源于乐人家庭,以及因生活所迫的良家女。官妓群体的出现表面上是因为唐代宴饮时盛行以伎乐歌舞助兴,从而促使官府必须控制一批具有各种才艺的女妓随时备用,实质上反映的是地方对中央礼乐文化形式的一种模仿和复制。官妓群体的出现也从一个侧面反映唐以后女性依附性的增强,妓逐渐演变成为一种社会职业。

Official prostitutes is a groups of femal that serivics for official banquet and is belong to the local official Yueji. （ Which register musicinans, dancers, and acrobatics etc. ） As a status symbol , female once become prostitutes that can not be re- moved, unless permission by the highest chief. They are from musical families and those female for the life. Apparently, the emer- gence of official prostitutes because of prevalence of song and dance performance at the banquet to promote the official must control a group of prostitues, in essence , that reflect the local culture copying the form of the central ritual. And that is a reflection of female dependent on male in Tang Dynasty. Prostitutes gradually evolved into a profession.