C1669 First Tiger Lady
Madame, this was a form of honorifics for females. In the Qing Kingdom, the host Wife was also known as Madame, including the lowest ranked scholar, book reader. People also called him Elementary Scholar Madame.
Madame was just like westerner, who was addressed as "Lady X", a kind of honorific.
However, in the ancient times, Madame was definitely not a name anyone could call