《红楼梦》第十九回:“宝玉道:‘我不叫你去也难哪!’袭人道:‘从来没这个理。就是朝廷宫里,也有定例,几年一挑,几年一放,没有长远留下人的理,别说你们家!’”由于袭人的身份是奴婢,她这段话显然系指宫中挑放宫婢,也即宫女。清代以前,对宫女并无几年一挑,几年一放的所谓“定例? “Dream of Red Mansions” nineteenth back: “Bao Yu said:” I do not want you to go is also difficult! “Habitat humane: ’never this reason .Is the imperial court, there are regulations, a few years a pick, a few years, There is no reason to leave people in the long run, not to mention your family! ”“ Because the identity of the attacker is a slave, her passage apparently refers to the election of a palace in the palace, that is, a palace woman. Before the Qing Dynasty, the ladies did not have a few years to pick a few years put the so-called ”set?