“世难容”与“世能容”的空门女弟子──妙玉与妙常人物形象比较

"Easy to be Accepted" and "Difficult to be Accepted" Buddhist Nuns——An Image Comparison between Miaoyu and Miaochang

清代长篇小说《红楼梦》与明代传奇《玉簪记》分别塑造了两个光彩照人的空门女弟子形象———妙玉与妙常。二妙的身世相似,性格同中有异,结局则截然不同。本文试图以此为切入点,分析二妙的种种异同,并结合她们的生存环境、爱情模式以及《红楼梦》与《玉簪记》两部作品的时代背景和文本特征,对产生这些异同的原因作一番挖掘与探讨。

Miaoyu and Miaochang are two Buddhist nuns portrayed in Dream of Red Mansion , a Qing dynasty novel, and The story of a Jade Hair Clasp , a Ming dynasty legend. They have similar family background and their personalities have many similarities though they differ from each other. However, they have totally different destiny. Combined with their living environments and backgrounds, also their love modes and the text characteristics of the two novels, this article intends to analyze the differences and similarities between the two characters, and probes the reasons caused these differences.