Why did a big family in ancient times keep a troupe when they were not allowed to read miscellaneous books?

Miscellaneous books are not necessarily pornographic books, and the troupe is not a reality show. What parents and teachers let their children contact and what they are not allowed to contact has little to do with the content of the thing itself, but more to do with the nature and influence of the contact.

The word "miscellaneous books" is still in use today. When I was in middle school, my parents were not allowed to read extracurricular books, even Jane Eyre and National Geographic. At that time, in addition to textbooks of various subjects, except Qu Yixian and Wang Houxiong, most books were miscellaneous books in their eyes. In fact, there is almost no negative information in many books, let alone pornography and gambling. But in the eyes of parents and teachers, as long as it is "miscellaneous books", it will affect learning. Moreover, we also secretly took a look at the evening self-study class and watched it with a flashlight under the covers. Many times, they couldn't catch it.

Therefore, the reason why the so-called miscellaneous books are regarded as a scourge by parents and teachers has little to do with whether the books are yellow or not. There are two main problems: first, it affects business. Second, it is not easy to manage.

Throughout the ages, the situation is the same. In A Dream of Red Mansions, the right way for girls is to keep women's morality, do needlework, be a lady, do housework and know a few words. Baochai educated Daiyu because she thought reading miscellaneous books would "shift her temperament" and deviate from the right path. The main business of boys is economic career, and reading miscellaneous books is even more counterintuitive. Even so, Baoyu asked his cronies to go outside and find some banned books to hide, and Jia Zheng didn't know.

The influence of miscellaneous books on children is profound and subtle, and it is precisely because it is difficult to prevent it that it should be prevented.

Going to the opera is not so much a reality show that was banned in 18, but more like a family watching a performance or a movie together. Rich people have theatrical troupes, which is a bit similar to today's powerful people who hire their own theatrical troupes and invite stars to perform privately-anyway, holidays are always a family's leisure time, which does not delay children's normal study. Even if there is something "not suitable for children" in this play, after all, there is parental supervision, not to mention that many dramas listened to by extended families are suitable for all ages. In other words, compared with reading miscellaneous books, raising a troupe is relatively "not affecting the proper business" and relatively "easy to manage"

In addition, the ancients only let children go to the opera, but also prohibited their teenagers from associating with actors-so Jia Zheng was very angry with Baoyu and Guan Qi. It is not the troupe that needs to be guarded against, but "children get too close to the troupe and do something unpopular."