遊鄉

遊鄉

1. to parade somebody through the villages

   • 他們用繩子捆綁了劣紳，給他戴上高帽子，牽著遊鄉（湘潭、湘鄉叫遊團，醴陵叫遊壠）。 [MSC, trad.]
     他们用绳子捆绑了劣绅，给他戴上高帽子，牵着游乡（湘潭、湘乡叫游团，醴陵叫游垅）。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1927, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《湖南農民運動考察報告》 (Report on an Investigation of the Peasant Movement in Hunan), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Tāmen yòng shéngzi kǔnbǎng le lièshēn, gěi tā dài shàng gāo màozi, qiān zhe yóuxiāng (Xiāngtán, Xiāngxiāng jiào yóutuán, Lǐlíng jiào yóulǒng). [Pinyin]

     They tether the evil gentry with ropes, crown them with tall paper-hats and parade them through the villages. (In Xiangtan and Xiangxiang they call this “parading through the township” and in Liling “parading through the fields”.)

2. to go through the villages to solicit customers