《镜花缘》与《红楼梦》才女意识之比较

A Comparison of Gifted Women's Consciousness Between Mirror and Flowers and Dreams of A Red Mansion

《镜花缘》与《红楼梦》两部古典名著中塑造了众多的才女形象,体现出鲜明的才女意识,且其才女意识的基本内涵都是对女子读书的肯定和对女性才学的赞赏。透视两部名著的创造人,李汝珍与曾雪芹的才女意识在写作目的、才女之才的内涵等处有着共同特征,并由他们进步的妇女观所决定。但是,由于两人在生活阅历、知识修养、治学兴趣以及对科举制度认识等方面的不同,两部名著所昭示的才女意识在立足点和为女性所设定的读书目的,以及女子才学内涵的侧重点上也存在诸多的差异:《镜花缘》主要表现为其读书吟诗、民间百戏与音韵学知识;《红楼梦》则表现为其诗才、绘画才能以及理家之才。

Numerous images of gifted women are modeled and obvious gifted women's consciousness can be found in Mirror and Flowers (jing hua yuan) and Dreams of A Red Mansion (hong lou meng) , both of which are ancient Chinese classics. The basic meaning of gifted women's consciousness is the affirmation of women's reading and the appreciation of women's eruditeness. Li Ruzhen and Cao xueqin share a lot in their writing intentions and the connotations of the concept because they both have progressive ideas on women. However, they differ greatly in their foothold, their ideas on the purpose of women's reading and their emphasis on the different layers of connotations of the concept, for they have different life experiences, scope of knowledge, literary taste and understandings to the imperial examination system. To be more exact, the talents of gifted women in Mirror and Flowers mainly include their knowledge on poetry, folklores, acrobatics and rhyming patterns, while those in Dreams of A Red Mansion mainly include knowledge in poem composition, paintings and household management.