18th century manservants accused of being maidservants in disguise
Part 3 of “The use of the term ‘renyao’ through the ages”
In earlier posts, we looked at the use of the term “renyao” in texts from the 7th through the 10th centuries. Yue Ke (1183—1243)[1] also used the term in Tingshi 桯史, a collection of historical notes from the Song era. The section Renyao of Suqu recorded two anecdotes about people of unusual physical appearance:
