刘向《列女传》女性观的当代价值

The Contemporary Value of Liu Xiang’s View on Women in His Biographies of Exemplary Women

刘向编撰《列女传》的目的是劝诫天子,教化女性,因此从男权角度出发塑造了许多维护男权思想的女性形象,以传达封建女性观念。与此同时,刘向在《列女传》中塑造了许多不同身份的女性形象,反映女性的美德和智慧,表明女性对家庭、社会均具有重要作用,其中所蕴含的女性观在今天仍然具有重要价值,对家庭教育、家庭和睦、女性与社会发展等方面均具有启示意义。

Liu Xiang Compiled Biographies of Exemplary Women with the purpose of admonishing the emperor and educating women.He created many images of women from the perspective of male chauvinism and conveyed the idea of feudal women.Meanwhile,Liu Xiang created many images of women of different status in his Biographies of Exemplary Women,which showed that women played an important role in the family and society,and his view on women reflected in the book still have value today,with implications for child discipline,family harmony,and the social development of women.