难以摆脱的羁绊——从《红楼梦》贵族少妇形象看作家对儒家传统妇德观的认同

Fetters that Are Difficult to Break Away from ——Cao Xueqin's Identification with Traditional Confucian Thinking on Womanly Virtues as Reflected in the Characterization of the Young Ladies in A Dream of Red Chambers

作为中国几千年传统文化、主要是儒家文化孕育出的伟大作家 ,曹雪芹不可能脱离其文化土壤 ,必然受到传统思想和文化习俗的制约。这样在《红楼梦》人物形象的塑造、特别是贵族少妇形象的塑造上 ,就呈现出对儒家传统妇德观的承传情况。具体地说 ,这些贵族少妇在事夫之德、去妒之德、守节之德等方面 ,自觉不自觉地表现出对儒家传统妇德观念的恪守与张扬 ,对此 。

As a great author born of China's traditional culture, mainly Confucian culture, which had lasted for thousands of years, Cao Xueqin could not be completely cut off from this cultural background, but was necessarily constrained by traditional thinking and the cultural conventions associated with it. Thus, the characterization in the novel, especially that of the young ladies, shows many continuities with traditional Confucian thinking on womanly virtues. More specifically, these young ladies consciously or unconsciously show their observance and advocacy of traditional Confucian ideas of womanly virtues such as serving their husbands, eliminating their jealousy, and maintaining their chastity. The author more or less gives his approval to such observance and advocacy.