明清长篇家庭小说妾妇文化管窥——家庭、家族文化视域下的明清小说解读系列论文之三

An Analysis of the Concubine Culture of Family Novels in the Ming and Qing Dynasties

妾妇是中国古代社会结构和家庭结构的重要组成部分,是家庭、家族文化圈特殊的"群"体。在明清小说中妾妇有着广泛性的存在,她们是引发家庭纷争的重要因素,她们数量众多而命运各异:或不甘雌伏,或志得意满,亦或不幸而成为家庭血腥战争的牺牲品。通过明清长篇家庭小说妾妇群体生存境遇的解析,我们发现"被决定性"是千姿百态的她们命运的共性。

The concubines were important part of social structure and family structure in the Chinese ancient times,and also the special group in the Chinese clan culture.In novels of that time,there were a lot of images of concubines,who were important elements which lead to the war at home.They were so many,but with quite differences： unwilling to make the best of a bad bargain,or feeling self-satisfied,or unlucky to be the victim of the family strife.By analyzing the survival circumstances of the concubines group in the family novels of the Ming and Qing Dynasties,this paper concludes that ＂passivity＂ is common in their destinies of various kinds.