《袁氏世范》中的空间、规训与女性身份

Space, Discipline and Female Identity in The Yuan Family Education

有学者认为中国古代女性因被局限在家庭内部,而成为历史的沉默他者,女性解放的道路首先要打破这一空间限制,走向公共空间;这一论断显得过于简单,且有失偏颇。事实上,中国古代女性的存在状态并非局限在家庭内部。在理学盛行的宋代,江南家训的代表《袁氏世范》呈现了复杂多元的女性生活空间与身份,女性溢出了传统性别理论设置的界限。江南地区士绅阶层的女性,作为母亲、作为妻子都被鼓励通过“内”,实现对“外”的参与与跨越,体现了中国“家国同构”在性别问题上的独特性。

It holds that ancient Chinese women were confined to the family and thus became the silent others of history. But in fact, the existing state of Chinese traditional culture is more complicated. By reading The Yuan Family Education , we can understand that Gentry women, as mothers and wives, are encouraged to participate in and penetrate into the outside world through “inside”, which embodies the uniqueness of China’s “homeostasis” in gender issues.