《诗经》弃妇诗中的叙述盲点

正因为古代婚姻是女性唯一的归宿和目标,《诗经》中的爱情大都有明确的婚姻目的性。也正因为婚姻与女人的命运息息相关,《诗经》重章叠韵的唱叹声中才会夹杂着弃妇们伤心欲绝的啜泣。《诗经》弃妇诗叙述了一个共同的事实:女主人公惨遭遗弃;叙述了她们被遗弃的原因:色表。但考察文本会发现,无子才是她们被休弃的真正原因,而这恰恰是《诗经》弃妇诗的叙述盲点。

On the Untouched Topic of Poems on Deserted Wives in The Book of Poetry

Just as marriage was the sole destination of life for females in ancient times, most love narrations in The Book of Poetry featured with marriage destination. It was also because of the close relationship between marriage and destiny of women, there existed many heart - broken narrations of deserted wives in the great work of The Book of Poetry. A common point that was depicted in said work was the ultimate destiny of being deserted of heroines and the reason behind being the withering away of beauty. But after close scrutiny, the real reason of being deserted was the fact that they bore no child to their families, which was the hidden fact in The Book of Poetry.