朝鲜朝儒学独尊下的女性境遇

朱子学是在高丽末期传入朝鲜的，但直到朝鲜王朝建立，才取代佛教而跃居于独尊的地位。统治阶级为了广泛传播性理学的伦理道德规范，根据朱子学的价值观从政治、社会、文化、教育直到人们的个人生活都进行了规范。立足于性理学的名分论与正统论的儒学思想不用说在比较保守的儒者、两班社会，就在普通庶民社会都得到广泛普及，自此，女性所受束缚超过了以往任何一个时代，妇德与贞节成为女性操守的两大束缚。

Orthodoxy of Confucianism in Korean Empire and Females' Circumstances

Though the idealist philosophy （advocated by Zhu Xi of the Song Dynasty） spread into Korean Peninsular at the end of Goryeo Dynasty, it began to play an orthodox role by taking place of Buddhism until the establishment of Korean Empire. In order to popularize the standard of the philosophy, the rulers began to regulated systems of politics, society, education, culture, and even people＇s daily conduct in compliance with the idealist value orientation. Confucianism was widely accepted not only by the conservative hierarchical ruling class, but the numerous grassroots. Thus, females were confined more firmly to women＇s moral and virginal innocence than any other times in ancient Korea.