是“新妇”还是“西妇”?——梁启超“新妇观”的文化评议

New Chinese Women" or "Western Idea of Women"?

从文化视角看,梁启超"反缠足、兴女学、倡女权"的新妇观,既没有超越传统文化"男主女从"的范式,却又能"与时俱进"地提出新的时代命题:在西方文化大潮冲击下,中国妇女应如何与男子一道面对"三千年未有之大变局",在世界新格局与中国转型社会中,共建中华民族"新民德"。梁启超的"新妇观"是真正合乎中国国情的妇女观,而近现代以提倡女性独立人格为主导的妇女解放观,则恰恰是忽视中国国情的"西妇观"。

From the cultural perspective, Liang Qichao's idea of 'the new Chinese women', 'opposing foot-binding, promoting women studies and advocating women's right', though unable to transcend the conventional pattern of 'men being superior to women,' was in fact a new subject 'keeping up with that time.' Under the impact of Western cultures, it was significant to think about how Chinese women, together with men, would face'the unprecedented change since 3,000 years,' and how they would build 'the new morality of the Chinese nation' during the radical transformation of the Chinese society under the new world pattern. Liang Qichao's idea of 'the new Chinese women' was actually the idea of women fitting well into the picture of China's reality. However, the idea upholding women's individuality in favor of their liberation over the recent past was in fact 'the Western idea of Women' which had ignored China's reality.