明代妇女的二元性及其社会地位

明代社会存在着两种截然对立的现象,一方面,封建礼教束缚下的贞节观盛行,另一方面,明代特别在明中后期,商品经济的发展促使社会价值观和风俗发生很大变化,妇女反礼教思想盛行。这构成明代妇女的二元性,即保守性与反叛性并存。本文以此为切入点,分别列举了明代妇女的保守性和反叛性的表现、剖析其产生的社会根源,从中揭示明代社会的种种因素影响下的妇女社会地位的高下。

Duality and Social Status of Women in Ming Dynasty

There existed two thoroughly different phenomena in Ming society, one is the prevalence of chastity value within the restriction of feudal ethical code, the other is the thriving of anti-ethical-code value held by women in middle and upper stage of Ming Dynasty, as social values and customs, prompted by commercial economy, changed large. Conservatism and treachery co-existed, which constituted the duality of Ming's women. Through this scholar angle, this paper enumerated conservatism and treacherism behaviors of Ming's women, analyzed the social cause to the phenomena, and unveiled the situation of Ming women's social status, influenced by series of factors.