What does Bai Jingqi mean by quail players and monkeys at the gate of the mansion?

What does this phrase "quail player queen" mean to her sister? "Quail" is a kind of bird, and "player monkey" is to compare "player" to "monkey" of crops. This shows that in feudal society, the status of actors is very low, so they don't treat actors as people, but as playthings for rich people to eat and drink.

At that time, in the play "Da Zhai Men", the player was an inferior person, no different from a pet. He was teased, reprimanded and played politics by his master, and only the master scolded you, not you. Why is the master so fierce and aggressive? Because people give you food and drink to support you, your job is to make the host happy. If you can't make the master happy, how will the masters support you?

The same is true of monkey tricks. The monkey was tied around his neck by a rope. If you let go of the rope, this thing will run away. Think about it, master. You have to watch carefully when you eat, drink and drink. If you don't look carefully, you will run away. Isn't this ingratitude? Why is there such a statement? This is really something to say. If we don't say that our ancestors were "thieves", just saying a word will hurt people.

The same is true of raising quails. In the early years, some fortune tellers or jugglers who sold medicine balls used to tell people's fortune with tortoise shells or snakes or quails. If this quail is trained, it can be painted for others, but you need to keep it delicious and lock it up, otherwise it will run away as soon as it comes out of the cage.

To tell the truth, what our ancestors said is not unreasonable, but we didn't understand the feudal society, and many actors don't understand it today. This thing, used to be a plaything, is now in Yatang.