清代中期闺秀与妓女交游考论——以王梅卿、钱莲因为中心

On the Friendship Between Ladies and Prostitutes in the Mid-Qing Dynasty:Centering on Wang Meiqing and Qian Lianyin

清代中期,闺秀王梅卿和钱莲因共创作赠妓、涉妓诗词21首。诗词展现了她们与杜宛兰、崔漱英、汤小云等苏州、扬州妓女的交游事实,这种交游具有双向往来、生活化以及文人、闺秀、妓女三角互动的特征。闺秀的赠妓、涉妓诗词丰富了闺秀文学的样貌,而其中所透露的闺秀与妓女交游的事实,也有助于研究清代女性的社会生活。

In the mid-Qing Dynasty,the ladies Wang Meiqing and Qian Lianyin wrote 21 poems and lyrics for or about prostitutes,which were mainly composed between 1795 and 1821,the early period when the life of the ladies and their husbands was relatively relaxed and stable.The poems show the fact that they were friends with prostitutes in Suzhou and Yangzhou,such as Du Wanlan,Cui Shuying,Tang Xiaoyun,etc.The friendship between ladies and prostitutes has the characteristics of two-way communications,daily-life involvement,and triangular interactions among literati,ladies and prostitutes.The ladies’poems that were given to and related with the prostitutes enriched the ladies’literary works,and the facts that revealed the friendship between the ladies and the prostitutes are also useful for studying the social life of women in the Qing Dynasty.