被售卖的美丽——“苏州瘦马”考

Beauty On Sale:Research on"the Concubine Market of Suzhou"

生活于清代乾嘉时期的卧龛,在他所作20首《吴阊纳姬竹枝词》中,为我们提供了当时苏州地区迎娶瘦马的丰富信息,其繁复细致,毫不逊色于张岱关于扬州瘦马的记述。今据卧龛竹枝词,参证其他文献,列:(一)缘起;(二)时段、称名与类别;(三)迎娶步骤;(四)语言、妆容与伎艺;(五)参与、费用与盈利;(六)策略与短长;(七)地域与余波;(八)参证与衍说共八类十七小目,对苏州瘦马详加考述,以纠学界“言瘦马只重扬州”之偏颇。

Wo Kan,a poet living during the Qian Long to Jia Qing reigns of the Qing Dynasty,in his 20 poems the Zhu Zhi Ci(bamboo branch poems)of the Concubine Market of Suzhou,provided abundant information about the concubine market in Suzhou of that time,which was no less complex and detailed than Zhang Dai's account of the one in Yangzhou.Based on the Zhu Zhi Ci of the Concubine Market of Suzhou and other related documents,with the purpose to compensate the academic negligence that"the concubine market only flourished in Yangzhou",this paper engages in a thorough research in the following aspects of concubine market in Suzhou:the origin;the time period,term and categorization;deal procedures;the glossary of marketing;regulation regarding makeup and skills;the participation:expenses and profits;marketing strategies;the comparison with Yangzhou concubine market;the regional distribution and aftereffect;other evidence and further discussion.