1. Various nicknames of Luqi.
In the Song Dynasty (the first part of Yuan Song) drama "The official children are wrong", the character Ma Wanyan confessed her favorite woman to Wang Jinbang: "Let nature take its course and be willing to be Luqi." Luqi is also mentioned here. Qizi can also be written in different ways. Luqi is also known as "playing wild". In Beijing, this is called "dumping the ground". In earlier years, Hou and Xindu dumped land on the overpass. So what exactly does Luqi mean?
2. The meaning of Luqi people
Feng, a historian of classical literature, is studying the collection of ancient operas? Luqi Gao said of Luqi: "The actor in the Song and Yuan Dynasties was called Luqi. People call them Luqi. Encyclopedia of China explains: "The name of the mobile performance is Luqi" and "The small group performing in various places is Luqi, which is generally organized by members of a family." "Jin Ping Mei Appreciation Dictionary" explains more vividly: "At that time, artists had to travel around Beijing all the year round because they took the wrong road in food, clothing, housing and transportation and performed vagrantly, so they were called Luqi. "Thus, Luqi was the title of folk artist in the Song and Yuan Dynasties, and now he is commonly known as a busker. Luqi's metaphorical meaning is also obvious. The artist it refers to is very mobile. They often perform in roadside, square and other places and work hard.
3. Evolution of Luqi
In the notes, novels and operas of Song, Yuan and Ming Dynasties, "Luqi" or "Luqi people" are frequently used. However, in the more formal documents of the Ming Dynasty, the word "Luqi" was not used to refer to artists. Began to return to the original meaning, that is, the meaning of fork in the road and roadside, similar to the antonym of the word "Luqi". In the Ming Dynasty, Shen Defu recorded the situation that Wang Jian, the thirteenth son of Taizu, raised artists in fiefs: "Therefore, there are several times more musicians than other princes. Today, it has gradually declined, and there are still 2000 people studying abroad, singing and dancing orchestral music all night. Today, those who do not transfer to the three hospitals inside and outside the capital are mostly overflowed by Datong, and the so-called Qilu Sanle in the Song Dynasty is also. " It can be seen from the last sentence of this passage that Luqi was called Luqi in the Song Dynasty, not Luqi in the Ming Dynasty.
So Luqi refers to street performers in the Song, Yuan and Ming Dynasties, while Luqi people naturally refer to street performers.