But the opportunities for marriage on the basis of such chance encounters were rare. In most cases, those women with the opportunity to be in the company of men and to fall in love with them were of two kinds: ghosts, foxes and other spirits, who transcended society, and female entertainers, who lived on its fringes.
然而這樣機緣巧合的姻緣畢竟難得，能夠與男子相處而相愛的，不外乎二者，一是超越社會的鬼狐神仙，二是處在社會邊緣的伎女。