“闺阁中多有解人”——《牡丹亭》与明清女读者

Intelligent Person in Harem——On The Peony Pavilion and the Female Readers in Ming-Qing Dynasties

在明清时期,《牡丹亭》女读者的活动地域主要在江南。她们大都是具有文学家身份的青年妇女,对她们来说,阅读《牡丹亭》不是一种简单的娱乐消遣,而是能够触发灵感、推动文学创作的审美中介。明清时期有些女读者因阅读《牡丹亭》而早亡,她们明知阅读有伤身体,却仍然如痴如醉地沉迷于阅读,可见《牡丹亭》的阅读对于明清女读者来说具有特殊的生命内涵。

The female readers of The Peony Pavilion in Ming-Qing dynasties mostly lived in south of the River. Most of them were youthful women with the litterateur＇s identity. The reading of The Peony Pavilion for them wasn＇t a kind of amusements, but was a kind of aesthetic agencies that sprung their inspiration and drove their literary creation. They understood definitely that the reading damaged their bodies. However, they indulged in the reading. This showed that the reading of The Peony Pavilion for them had the especial life meaning.