从中古女性墓碑文看中古女性价值观

Tentative Thoughts on Female's Epigraphs during the Mediaeval Times

整个中古时期的墓碑,主要以男性之碑为主。在为数不多的女性墓碑文中,又以中、上层社会妇人之碑文为多,从这些刊录中、上层社会妇人行履的墓碑文字来看,其对墓主生前价值的肯定,多称道其孝悌与持家、治家之道,其中又主要集中于孝姑与育子两个方面,而孝姑之行其源又出于育子之行。中国孝文化多讲孝母(孝姑),从中古这些女性尤其是妇人墓碑文可窥其一斑。

Epigraph is an inscription on a tombstone which is erected at the head of a grave or buried within a coffin that inscribes the deceased person＇ s achievements and experiences in order to express his relatives＇ and friends＇ sorrow and memory towards the dead one. The writers praised their contributions to their family from the aspects of flailing piety to their mother-in-law and bringing up their children in the female＇ s epigraphs and these reflect the value of feminine during Mediaeval times in Chinese cultural history.