清代闺秀诗人的“才”“德”之辩

The Dispute about Abilities and Virtues of the Literary Women

随着女性文学的鼎盛,明末清初时关于女性“才”与“德”的争论则愈加激烈。争论的焦点是女性的文才是否会妨碍到她的德行。清代的闺秀诗人对此多持“德本才末”的观念,实际上,在她们的生活实践中两者是相统一的。

As the women＇s literature was in the great prosperity in late Ming Dynasty and early Qing Dynasty, the dispute about abilities and virtues of women became sharper. The focus of the dispute is whether abilities will hamper virtues or not. Most of literary women considered that virtues are fundamental and abilities are subordinate to them. In fact, the two were unified in their lives.