水文化性别色彩探源

在中国传统文化中,水作为一种存在,不仅具有一种自然物性,而且具有很强的道德维度和性别色彩。但在先秦,儒家赋予水以强烈的君子品格;道家和阴阳家则予以水以鲜明的女性色彩,这种性别差异不仅在一个方面反映了二者之间文化蕴含的差异,而且反映了水与女性之间意指关系的不恒定性。西方女性主义对把女人比作水的本质主义做法持反对立场。

A Discussion on the Origin of Gender Color of Water Culture

As a material existence,water ownsd not only material nature,but also strong moral dimensions and gender color viewed form the perspective of traditional Chinese culture.The Confucianist entrusted water with gentleman character;otherwise,the Taoist and YinYang entrusted water with distinctive female color.This gender difference not only reflected the diffrence of culture implication,but also reflected the indefinability of signification between the two.Western feminism objected the essentialism practices th...