唐婚恋传奇中的父母形象

A Study on Parents' Image of Tang Marriage Legend

以往研究者多从唐婚恋传奇的文本出发,在评价其中的父母形象时谴责多于谅解。然结合唐代复杂的社会环境——整个社会汲汲于科举仕进的巨大热情,崇尚"父母之命,媒妁之言"的封建传统力量,严格的婚姻制度,崇尚士族而以五姓为贵的婚姻观念等这些因素去探讨这些作为家族利益捍卫者的父母形象,他们在干预子女婚恋时确实呈现出了专制与冷酷,然这专制与冷酷既是受了那个时代集体性声音熏染的结果,又是维护家族利益的需要。因此仅对其严厉谴责而忽略其背后深刻的社会原因则有失公允,并且对全面审视父母形象及深入探讨唐传奇作品的艺术成就有弊而无益。

From the text of Tang marriage legend by previous researchers, in evaluating the parents＇ image, there was more condemned than understanding. Combing with the complex social environment of Tang Dynasty, the whole society had the great enthusiasm on imperial officialdom, advocated such feudal tradition as ＂parents＇ order, match-maker＇s canvasses＂, strict marriage system and the marriage idea of advocating intelligentsia. From all the factors above, parents＇ image as defender of the family interests is analyzed. They showed their autocracy and cruel in intervening their children＇s marriage. However, such autocracy and cruel not only are affected by the results of collective sound of that era, but the need to maintain family interests. Therefore it is unfair to just blame it and ignore the deep social behind it, and it does no good to view parent＇s image comprehensively and deeply study artistic achievements of Tang legend works.