俳 · Liu Gongquan
Pái (2nd tone). The Shuowen Jiezi defines it as 「戲也。从人非聲」 — ‘play, performance’. Xu Shen immediately narrows it in the received gloss: 「亦曰優，曰倡」, and 段玉裁 spells out why three words exist for one trade — 「以其戲言之謂之俳；以其音樂言之謂之倡；亦謂之優。其實一物也」 — call $9.00 – Purchase Checkout Added to cart