元代散曲、詩詞中的女子足球 = The Condition of Woman Football in the Poems of the Yuan Dynasty

Ancient football (Tzu Chu) had fallen into decline in the Yuan dynasty. There is no record of man and woman playing ball together before the Yuan dynasty, however in the poems and literal work of such Yuan dynasty poet like Guan Han Qing, situation where man and woman played together was described, but this kind of breaking the law of manner was not for the enjoyment of oneself, but providing show ”woman playing ball” for an audience. In Sa Dou Ci poem” After party in the garden, then learn to playing football”. As we can see, ball playing, like singing, was thought of as a show, and woman consider them ways of pleasing guests.

From the poems and literal work of the ancient Yuan dynasty, the playing of football socially was diminished, however from a different point of view, it was the high-point for woman's football.