On the verse of brothel in Sanqu and the character of the prostitutes in Yuan Dynasty

After comparing the Sanqu made by prostitutes with brothel Sanqu made by male,this pa- per reveals that the Sanqu made by the prostitutes really expressed the good will of the prostitutes and showed their literary and artistic talent and their high aesthetic grade,discusses why the number of the prostitutes in Yuan Dynasty is more than the prostitutes in Tang and Song Dynasty,but there are fewest prostitutes in Yuan Dynasty who had literary talent,discusses the reasons from three aspects such as emphasizing military power but overlooking cultural education,the rulers having lower cultur- al level and lower cultural level of general prostitutes in Yuan Dynasty.Based on Brothel Collection and prostitute play of Zaqu,this paper reveals that the prostitutes in Yuan Dynasty had more self—i- deas for their human rights than the prostitutes in Tang and Song Dynasty and that the ideas reached highest degree up to that time.