英文备注译文：

也许，将所附人物称为女性喜剧演员角色中的人物形象比“女性喜剧演员”更合适。因为自从已故皇帝建隆为他的一个次等妻子娶了一个女演员后，女性就被禁止公开登台演出。因此，女性角色现在要么由男孩扮演，要么由宦官扮演。整件衣服应该是中国古代的，实际上与今天的没有太大的不同。

中国的年轻女性在头饰上表现出相当的品味和想象力，头饰上有羽毛、鲜花、珠子以及各种形式的金属饰品。

他们的外衣绣得很华丽，通常是他们自己亲手制作的，他们大部分时间都是这样使用的。如果这个国家没有严格的风俗习惯，把上层阶级的女性限制在自己的公寓里，那么当她们还是婴儿时，她们的脚会不自然地抽筋，这足以阻止她们在国外活动，因为她们很难一瘸一拐地走着：然而，时尚的力量是如此之大，以至于一个脚长得像自然大小的女人会被鄙视，立刻被归类为庸俗之辈。

英文原文：

 It is , perhaps , more proper to call the annexed figure ,the representation of a person in the character of a female comedian than "a female comedian".   as women have been prohibited from appearing publicly on the stage since the late Emperor Kien Lung , took an actress for one of his inferior wives . Female characters are now therefore performed either by boys or eunuchs . The whole dress is supposed to be that of the ancient Chinese ,and indeed is not very different from that of the present day . 

The young ladies of China display considerable taste and fancy in their head-dresses , which are much decrated with feathers , flowers , and beads , as well as metallic ornaments,in great variety of form . 

Their outer garments are richly embroidered , and are generally the work of their own hands , a great part of their time being employed in this way . If it was not a rigid custom of the country , to confine to their apartments the better class of females , the unnatural cramping of their feet ,while infants , is quite sufficient to prevent them from stirring abroad , as it is with some dificulty they are able to hobble along : yet such is the force of fashion , that a lady with her feet of the natural size would be despised, and at once classed among the vulgar .

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