从薛宝琴形象看清代中外文化交流

Xue Baoqin Image and the Cultural Exchanges Between China and the World in Qing Dynasty

薛宝琴是《红楼梦》中非常特殊的一位女子,她作为皇商之女自幼走南闯北,不仅有机会了解各地风土民情,甚至还能直接接触到外国器物、文学诗歌和各类人群,从她见多识广的眼界、才华横溢的诗情和艳绝诸芳的形象中,可以看到清代中国和外部世界相关生活器物、文学艺术以及文化思想交流的一个侧面。

Xue Baoqin is a very special girl in A Dream of Red Mansions. She is a royal merchant＇s daughter who traveled all over China in her childhood. Not only did she have a chance to understand the customs in her homeland, but also could directly contact with foreign objects, literary poetry and all kinds of people. From the informed horizons, brilliant poetry talent and outstanding image of Xue Baoqin, we can observe the aspect of relative life implements, literature, art and cultural ideas of Qing Dynasty and the external world.