Talk:Theatre of China

Hope to use the traditional Chinese term "geji" to more clearly distinguish female artists from high-class prostitutes. Many actresses in the Yuan Dynasty were geji.

I don't understand why traditional Chinese terms cannot be used on English Wikipedia, and only Western cultural terms can be used? Why can Japanese geisha use their own traditional terms, but Chinese geji must use "courtesan" and must not use their original names on it? Japanese geisha do not use courtesan because their functions are different from those of "courtesan" in Western culture, and similarly, ancient Chinese geji are also different from the functions of Western "courtesan". The word used in this Chinese paper is "Geji", so why must they be called "singing courtesan" on Wikipedia? The situation is very complicated, because now in English, high-class prostitutes and female singing and dancing artists in ancient China are both called "courtesan", and further distinction is needed to avoid misunderstanding. In a wiki about art, it is geji, not high-class prostitutes, who contributed to ancient Chinese drama. 清风与明月 (talk) 03:03, 12 July 2024 (UTC)