周絜《天启宫词》考——兼论清闺秀才名之传播

On Zhou Jie’s Tian Qi Palace Poem

周絜为清中后期湖南湘潭方上周氏女诗人群体的重要成员,其现藏于湖南图书馆之代表作《天启宫词》咏明代天启年间宫闱之事,与明代秦徵兰《天启宫词》、蒋之翘《天启宫词》并称于世。其作敷辞雅致,平易自然,可称道之处甚多,具有较高的文学价值。周絜《天启宫词》之所以能够刊刻并广泛传播,与其男性亲属的帮助密不可分,其本质是书香世家对耕读传家传统的坚守,由此可以一窥清代闺秀诗人实现才名远播的途径。

Zhou Jie,a lady in Xiangtan,Hunan,was an important member of the group of female poets from the Zhou family in Fangshang,Xiangtan in the middle and late Qing Dynasty.Her masterpiece Tian Qi Palace Poem,now stored in Hunan Library,describes the imperial Quarters during the Reign of Emperor Tianqi in Ming Dynasty,is world-renowned along with Qin Zhenglan’s Tian Qi Palace Poem and Jiang Zhiqiao’s Tian Qi Palace Poem.Her poems are elegant,easy and natural,commendable in many aspects,and have high literary value.The publication and widespread dissemination of Zhou Jie’s Tian Qi Palace Poem is inseparable from the help of his male relatives.Its essence is the scholar family’s adherence to the tradition of farming and reading,from which we can see the way of the Qing Dynasty’s female poets to realize the spread of talents and reputation.