Prostitution was forbidden in ancient courts, and Ming Xuanzong launched a large-scale campaign to eliminate evils.

Even in ancient times when prostitution was legal, there were many restrictions on prostitution, and there were also many anti-pornography actions led by rulers. For example, almost every dynasty banned "forcing good people to be prostitutes" and controlled it from the access mechanism. According to the law of the Ming Dynasty, "whoever buys a good boy as a prostitute will be fined 100 sticks". Xuanzong of the Ming Dynasty launched the first large-scale anti-vice campaign in China. During the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, prostitutes even disappeared because of strict laws.

1. Officials were forbidden to go whoring in the Song Dynasty.

In 645 BC, with the consent of Qi Huangong, Guan Zhong founded the first official brothel in China, named "Nvlu". After Qin and Han Dynasties, the "happy family system" and "official prostitute system" were gradually formed, accompanied by the so-called brothel culture. This is the highest status of prostitutes in the Tang Dynasty. Xue Tao, famous in history, was appreciated by Wei Gao, the special envoy of our army who was building Xichuan in the south at that time and the leader of the provincial party committee at that time. This is actually equivalent to the current role of government civil servants, participating in handling cases originally handled by staff. Gao Wei almost reported it to the imperial court headquarters, and in the next document officially let Xue Tao become a full member. After the Tang Dynasty, the status of prostitutes began to decline.

Prostitution was still legal in Song Dynasty. Liu Yong became a famous idol poet because of courtship, but died in his official career because of this hobby. It can be seen that the concept of prostitutes in the Song Dynasty has gone downhill.

In the future, the court clearly stipulated that officials could let official prostitutes drink and dance, but they could not share the same bed with them. In case of violation, Hell Pay will be fired or demoted to Shu Ren. Eating and drinking with public funds, and then looking for a "escort" is absolutely taboo. There was a case in the Southern Song Dynasty in which the magistrate of Chong 'an was punished for "feasting every day, reaching the peak, and prostitutes were ordered to be lewd and invincible", and was finally reduced to a county magistrate's book. Even if it is not public consumption, officials will be punished if they attend private banquets accompanied by prostitutes: "The governor of each state, Chang Ping, belongs to counties, towns and villages, and is hosted by official prostitutes and domestic prostitutes and subject to judicial supervision. In other words, those who go to non-envoys to eat and drink will be posted at 80, and they will not lose. "

In the Song Dynasty, officials were forbidden to marry prostitutes. When Zhao Zhen became emperor, he stipulated that officials in charge of prisons should not call prostitutes in prisons. What was said at that time was "no whoring". Forty years later, when Zhao Xu became emperor, it was extended to the whole prison. Not only did he mention some prison sentences, but all supervisory officials were forbidden to go whoring. But there are exceptions. One of the 365 days in a year can be "relaxed", which is the "sacred day" of Zhao Xu's birthday. In the poet's poem, the so-called "Gong Jun doesn't need to sleep tonight, it is still spring before dawn" refers to the situation of Christmas Eve.

Ming Xuanzong launched a large-scale campaign against pornography.

Prostitution was particularly developed in the early and middle Ming Dynasty. Many dignitaries do not ask about state affairs and indulge in singing, dancing and feasting; Celebrities engage in prostitution and entertainment. Later, as a tool to study and evaluate prostitutes, Gong Mingshu's Comments on Qingming Collection became a guide for prostitutes at that time. At that time, prostitutes were all over the world, with thousands of metropolises and even backcountry.

In the autumn of 1429, Zhu Zhanji, a 30-year-old Ming Xuanzong, had had enough. Zhu Zhanji, the eldest son of Emperor Renzong of Ming Dynasty, was born in the first year of Wen Jian. He is a wise monarch who is good at writing and martial arts. When he proclaimed himself emperor, the national platform was slack, officials became increasingly corrupt and indulgent, and they were arrogant and extravagant all day. In the fourth year of his reign, Zhu Zhanji finally couldn't stand the deteriorating lifestyle of Manchu civil and military officials. He decided to fire regular employees.

His measures are decisive and beyond doubt. In Daming and Beijing, state-run brothels in 13 provinces were completely abolished after decades of operation, and censors were strictly ordered to supervise the ethics of officials. Those who dare to disobey orders and engage in prostitution are doomed to resign and will never be employed. Scholars who betray themselves will also be punished and will not even be hired to engage in scientific research. This ban was undoubtedly disastrous for the state-owned brothels and restaurants that flourished in the Ming Dynasty. Soon after, the once prosperous and gorgeous women's shop in the teaching workshop was demolished by half, and the ballroom became an abandoned well and pool.

But for civil and military officials, the tense atmosphere is only temporary. Despite the ban on official prostitutes, officials are afraid to go in and out of brothels in broad daylight, but prostitutes are still kept at home and cannot be investigated and banned. Xuande ten years, 38-year-old Ming Xuanzong died. After a brief rectification of Xuanzong's style, the repressed lust of Ming officials quickly rebounded, and the whole society became "lewd".

3. Prostitution was forbidden by Qing law.

The prohibition of prostitution in Qing dynasty can be said to be a real "legal prohibition of prostitution". The court's "anti-pornography" efforts were very strong and quite effective for a period of time. Take Yangzhou, a famous "red light city" in China at that time, as an example. Sex workers at that time were very nervous. Since the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the sex industry in Yangzhou has been very developed. Although the imperial court cracked down on pornography and gambling, prostitutes were not banned, and secret and private prostitutes such as "private prostitutes", "Half Moon Gate", "Vencent Yang" and "Boat Lady" continued their activities. These sex workers know all about "eliminating pornography", and when the news is tense, they will "disappear collectively". Wu Qi, a beginner in the Qing Dynasty, said in the preface to obscene books: "If there is a ban, you will flee for life and death, and you don't know where you are."

In the early Qing Dynasty, according to the records in Ming History, a teaching workshop was set up in Beijing. However, the emperor shunzhi twice reduced the female music in the teaching workshop and trained 48 eunuchs to replace the female prostitutes engaged in activities in the palace. After the emperor shunzhi became a prostitute for the first time, she chose 48 eunuchs to replace prostitutes. In the eighth year of Shunzhi, the court ordered to stop teaching women's music and began to ban prostitution, which set off a top-down "prostitution ban movement" in the Qing Dynasty. In the sixteenth year of Shunzhi, female music was directly cut.

Emperor Kangxi inherited Shunzhi's policy of banning prostitution. In 12, he reiterated the prohibition of prostitution. In 19, the law clearly stipulated: "A group of people opened a kiln to trick women and children in order to dress slaves in Heilongjiang and other places, and killed them according to the example of the bachelor." During the reign of Kangxi, the Qing court also banned Yangko from singing in Beijing, and Yangko artists were not allowed to stay in Beijing. He also sent a letter forbidding the publication and sale of pornographic songs and forbidding children from good families to act. In the forty-eighth year of Kangxi, local officials ordered the prohibition of "a hundred-member group, mixed men and women" local mass entertainment activities and the prohibition of printing and publishing obscene novels. In addition, the Kangxi period also issued a ban on opening theaters in the inner city of Beijing.

Yong Zhengdi ordered the national abolition of the music system, and the state no longer officially supported prostitutes. Official whoring is an officially prohibited system. Emperor Jiaqing further increased the punishment for prostitution. The Yangzhou Proposal, revised in the 16th year of Jiaqing, stipulates: "Any long-term offender will be leased to the owner for the first time with 80 employees for one month."