痴耶?黠耶?——论婴宁的形象塑造兼谈蒲松龄女性理想的矛盾

Naive or Sly ?——Creation of Yingning and Contradiction of Pu Songling's Ideal Female

婴宁是《聊斋志异》中一个极具特色的女性形象,其性格以嫁入王家为界分为前后截然不同的两个阶段:前期娇憨烂漫,无拘无束;后期则恪守礼法,顺从世俗。通过婴宁这一形象,可以看出蒲松龄女性理想的矛盾:既崇尚自然的人性美,又对世俗的伦理怀有依赖和认可。其心中完美的女性形象,呈现为矛盾的统一体。

Yingning is a special female character in Pu Songling＇s Bizarre Stories Liaozhai zhiyi. Her characteristic development can be clearly divided into two stages chronologically - naive and vivacious before getting married to Wang, and faithful and obedient after that. Through his creation of Yingning, we can figure out the features of ideal female as well as the contradiction in Pu Songling＇s heart. He admires the natural beauty of humanity, and meanwhile shows dependence and approval for secular ethics. The ideal female in his mind is actually paradoxical, appearing as an unity of his contradictory value.