此女始终总为情、礼所误——读《氓》说辨

The Bondage of Love and Rites ——My Understanding of the Poem Mang

关于《氓》诗所叙婚姻行为的认识 ,历来多所编差 ,从而影响了对诗中女主人公悲剧命运的解读。我们注意到 ,在上古时代 ,对于宗法礼教的被趋从以及与此客观的历史环境相协和的主观能动 ,才是致其苦悲的主要原因。《氓》诗正是在这点上 ,为我们了解古代婚姻礼法下的弃妇现象 ,提供了重要的依据。

The traditional misreading of marriages recited in the poem Mang has baffled our understanding of the tragic fate of the heroine in the poem. We observe that the tragic was mainly caused by the passive submission to the patriarch system and feudal ethics and rites, the subjective initiative in harmony with the objective historical surroundings in the remote ages. The poem Mang furnishes the important basis for our understanding of the phenomenon of deserted wife existing under the law and discipline rites of the ancient times.