一优伶,是优和伶的并称。在先秦二者是有区别的:优谓俳优和倡优,俳优指以诙谐嘲弄逗人笑乐的一类艺人,倡优指歌舞包括奏乐一类的艺人;伶谓乐人,亦称伶优,指演奏音乐的艺人,因传说黄帝命伶伦作音律而得名。汉之后、宋之前,二者往往并称,成了对以歌、舞、乐以及诙谐滑稽为业的一类艺人的统称。宋元以来,随着中国戏曲艺术的日渐成熟并蔚成称雄表演艺术世界的泱泱大国,优伶遂成了戏曲演员的专称;它在历代,又有优人、伶 An actor, meritorious and meritorious. In the pre-Qin there are differences between the two: Youyouyouyou and advocate gifted, Yauyou refers to the witty ridicule funny type of entertainer, advocate refers to the song and dance, including music and a class of artists; Ling Yue musicians, also known as gifted, referring to Entertainers who play music are named after the legendary Emperor Wong Ling-ling was used as a temperament. After the Han, before the Song, the two often claimed to be collectively referred to as a category of artists who used their song, dance, music, and witty comic. Since the Song and Yuan dynasties, with the maturing of Chinese traditional opera art and the vanguard power of the performing arts world, Youling became the acronym of opera actress.