“贞女遗芳”与明清广东仕宦塑造的女性形象

The Legend of Virgin and the Reshaping of Women's Image in the Ming-Qing Dynasties

广东顺德龙江镇的贞女桥,原名老女桥,传说宋代女子吴妙静新婚之日,未婚夫在迎亲时溺水身亡,她遂出资在溺水处建造一座五孔石桥,并终身守节。明清时期,地方仕宦出于教化需要,不断发掘有关吴妙静的传说故事,在其建造的桥上竖立了"贞女遗芳"牌坊,将其塑造为节孝双全的女性形象,成为地方社会重要的文化资源。广东仕宦对其形象进行塑造的目的是借此在地方推行王朝教化,强化人们对王朝统治的认同感,从而将地方文化逐步整合到统一的中国文化之中。

There is a Virgin Bridge in Shunde,Guangdong. It was said that a woman named Wu Miaojing in the Song Dynasty invested in the construction of the bridge after her fiance died in the river on the wedding day. In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, literary intelligentsias began to reshape feminine image for the purpose of advocating chastity and pie- ty. By the image reconstruction of Wu Miaojing, people＇s identification to the ruling of feudal dynasty was strengthened, thus Guangzhou was gradually integrated into the unified Chinese culture.