乞丐并非中国特产,在庞杂的社会生活中,乞讨亦非个别现象,从历史渊源、“从业”人数乃至分布流派,称其为一个行当,一点也不为过。《吕氏春秋·精通》就有这样的记载:“闻乞人歌于门下而悲之,动于颜色。”当时的乞丐已经很专业,不是一般地乞讨,是属于那种唱着歌乞讨的类型,使闻者动容,顿生怜悯。看来,乞丐远在春秋战国时期就有了。 Beggars are not Chinese specialties. In the complex social life, begging is not an isolated phenomenon. It is no exaggeration to say that it is an act of business from historical origins, number of “practitioners” and even distribution genres. “Lu Shi Chun Qiu Jing Tong” has such a record: “Smell people singing under the door and grief, moving in color.” "The beggar was very professional, not a general begging, is the kind of singing songs The type of begging, so that the sour people move, give birth to pity. It seems, beggars far in the Spring and Autumn Period there.