Where does the term "mistress" come from?

In fact, the word mistress was not invented on the Internet. Its origin is the local dialect of Guangdong.

In the mid-1990s, mainland China’s reform and opening up policy entered a mature stage, attracting a large number of Hong Kong mistresses. Taiwanese people come to the mainland to invest. People who have money have always been fashionable. Compared with their locals, the expenses and responsibilities required to hide a baby in a golden house on the mainland are much smaller. Therefore, many businessmen have raised a little wife in the mainland. , people vividly call it "mistress".

So why is it called so?

There is no way to find the original person involved, so we can only find the answer from the classics.

"The Biography of Lienv" also said that Shun's two wives were the daughters of Yao. The eldest daughter was Ehuang, and the second daughter was Nvying. Ehuang was the queen and Nvying was the concubine. The two died between Jiang and Xiang, and Chu people used to call them Xiangjun.

"Natural History" and "Shu Yi Ji" further outline the love story of Xiangjun, Mrs. Xiang and Shun. It is said that Shun visited the south and Yao's two daughters Ehuang and Nvying pursued their pursuit to the Xiangjiang River. , heard that Shun had died and was buried in Cangwu Mountain, so he cried endlessly and shed tears on the green bamboo. The bamboo skin was stained with tears, which became "Xiangfei Bamboo".

It can be seen from all the above records that Xiangjun and Mrs. Xiang were sisters, and they were both married to Shun. According to unofficial records, when the sisters married, Shun's servants became difficult to deal with. It doesn't matter how many wives Shun wants, but the surnames must be different! The servants can call them Grandma Ma, Grandma Wang, Grandma Liu, etc., but the sisters are all surnamed Yao. But what should I do? What is even more difficult is at night, if Shun The emperor said: We are spending the night in Grandma Yao's room tonight. Should this red lantern be hung at the door of Grandma Yao? Hanging the wrong lantern will seriously affect Emperor Shun's mood! So the chief steward reported it to Emperor Shun. After a while, Emperor Shun said, Emperor E should be called Grandma Yao, and Nv Ying should be called Mistress. According to Pu Ye's research, this is the origin of the term "Mistress".