 In the "Book of Rites", it is recorded that Marquis Wen of Wei expressed concerns about falling asleep during the measured and stately court performances and preferred the popular new music and dances of Wey and Zheng; however, his Confucian advisor condemned these as decadent and disorderly.During the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods, descriptions of professional dancing girls also appear in ancient texts.These may have been people from poorer family who visited and performed in the women's quarters in the palace or at houses of the nobles.