明清山东地方志中孟母教子故事的传承与弘扬

The Inheritance and Carrying Forward of the Story How Mencius’ Mother Teaches Her Son in Shandong’s Local Chronicles of Ming and Qing Dynasties

自西汉以来,孟母教子的故事被人们广泛传诵,延至明清,孟母成为一个家喻户晓的母亲典范。作为现存地方文献的大宗,明清山东地方志中多有关于这方面的记载。明清山东地方志记载了孟母教子的系列故事,还记载了古代皇帝对孟母的追谥,以及文人墨客对孟母的赞颂,民间女性对孟母教子的学习。从中可以看到,明清时代孟母教子的故事在官府、文人墨客、民间等社会各阶层中得到了广泛的传承与弘扬。

Since the Western Han Dynasty,the story of how Mencius’ mother teaches her son has been widely spread.Until Ming and Qing Dynasties,Mencius’ mother had become widely known as a model of motherhood.As a large amount of existing local documents,Shandong’s local chronicles of the Ming and Qing Dynasties contain many records on this topic.They recorded a series of stories about how Mencius’ mother taught her son,the honor that the ancient emperors granted to Mencius’ mother,the praise offered by the men of letters,and the deeds of folk women’s learning from Mencius’ mother.It could be seen from Shandong’s local chronicles that the stories of how Mencius’ mother taught her son had been widely spread and carried forward by the officials,the men of letters and the civilians in the Ming and Qing Dynasties.