Top 10 most glamorous courtesans in ancient China

By Yang Xi
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   Wang Cuiqiao

 


Wang Cuiqiao was a prostitute during the Ming Dynasty (1368- 1644). Gentle and soft-hearted, she had a persistent and frank disposition. Wang was sold to an old businessman by her procuress. But she married to a young man from a rich family after she escaped from the old man.

Wang's husband ran away after he failed at a war against pirates and Wang was put into jail. Then she was forced to marry a head of the pirates. However, Wang threw herself into the sea after she knew her second husband had been killed by an official of the Ming Dynasty.

 Top 10 most glamorous courtesans in ancient China


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