Curiosity ｜ Why can the talented girls in the ancient Yangtze River Delta frequently "come out"?The answer is here

The intersection of the Jiangnan ladies in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties not only read books, but also good at poetry. Their works were published, and after entering the market, they were extremely popular. In the "Overseas Chinese Research Series" female series published by Jiangsu People's Publishing House, "Boudoir Master: Talent Culture in Jiangnan in the late Ming Dynasty and early Qing Dynasty" introduced the story of the female author's book, which will definitely evoke your curiosity. A few days ago, Professor Zhao Dongmei at the Department of History of Peking University and Professor Zhang Li of the School of Literature of Beijing Normal University started a conversation around this series of books to describe the vivid image of female authors in the development of the times.

In the book "Boudoir Master", a few data were listed, such as 12 women's works published in the 16th to 18th centuries, of which in 1667 were included in the "Celebrities Shi Wei" edited by Wang Duanshu in 1667, and "List of Poems" edited by Wang Duanshu included about 1,000 in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties. The work of female writers, "Panfang Collection" edited by Wang Qishu in 1773 involved more than 2,000 female authors in the Qing Dynasty. It can be seen that the female writing group in this era was very impressive. So how do you think of women's writing in this era, and the value of their literary works and the social value reflected in it?

"Time is the core thing that history must grasp. History pursue everything will be based on the changes in the timeline. The time of" Boudoir "is in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties. It has only studied the Jiangnan area. "Zhao Dongmei said:" Jiangnan area is the most developed place we are talking about today, such as Suzhou, Yangzhou, Hangzhou. The talented girl who circle and one circle appeared in a film. And most of them were associated with marriage and blood, and there was a relationship of relatives. "

Talk on the scene

The talents of talents and groups appeared in groups. The things written by women were published in time. Behind the publishing market, the economic development and material conditions were hidden in the publishing market. Zhao Dongmei introduced that China has been talented since ancient times, such as Cai Wenji, Ban Zhao, Li Qingzhao, Xue Tao. In the era of Cai Wenji and Ban Zhao, writing was written on the bamboo slips. Starting from the fourth century, Chinese talents have used paper to replace the previous bamboo slips. In the tenth century, the era of sculpture was opened. By the end of the Ming and early Qing dynasties, printing technology made progress, and printing efficiency greatly improved. "Where is the improvement of efficiency? It is fonts, unified fonts, more operable, and higher printing efficiency." Zhao Dongmei said.

Zhao Dongmei further introduced that with the development of the economy, the people of literacy since the Song Dynasty have continued to increase. During the Northern Song Dynasty, the imperial examination system and carving printing made the knowledge spread faster and wider; in the Southern Song Dynasty, more and more people were on the list of imperial examinations and turned into public education. The road of Confucianism is intermittent, and most of the desperate scholars will write the script; by the Ming Dynasty, the literacy rate of scholars continues to increase, coupled with the special nature of Jiangnan: Although the development time is late, it has been harassed by war. There are very few, overall in a continuous development process. Therefore, in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Jiangnan was very rich, the printing industry was developed, and the reading surface was expanding. "In fact, from the perspective of the history of world literature, the emergence of women's works has something to do with the economy." Zhang Li said.

In addition to the development of economic and social development, a large number of female authors and works have emerged. Zhang Li believes that "literary creation of any era, including women's writing, is actually related to the change of media methods." She said, "The development of women's writing is always the total of the development of women's writing. It will have something to do with the new media. For example, the emergence of newspapers and supplements in the May 4th period, promoting the entire women's writing is very large because it has a large number of female readers. Why is it important to say that newspapers are printed and tomorrow can reach Qianjiajia tomorrow. Thousands of households, so one is a large number of manuscripts, and the other is to satisfy readers. This is how the female writer Bingxin who is well -known in China appears. On the first day, Bing Xin's works were published in the newspaper. Written well, and then the editor immediately set aside the reader's letter. Within 19 -year -old Bing Xin published a dozen novels in the Morning News within a year, it became famous all of a sudden. "

Jiangsu People's Publishing House "Overseas Chinese Research Series" launched the female series

This year, Jiangsu People's Publishing House's "Overseas Chinese Research Series" launched the female series, selecting "Inner", "Jizhen Record", "Boudoir Master", "Foot Watching", "Unhappy", "Dangerous pleasure", including the " From different perspectives such as emotion, marriage, family, education, moral customs, social participation, gender relationships, etc., write the history of Chinese women over 1,000 years since the Song Dynasty. It is worth mentioning that the "Female Series" of overseas Chinese research series gathers internationally renowned women's history research on Yipei, Man Sunn, Gao Yanyi, Lu Weijing, He Xiao, etc. These everyone will focus on the female characters in Chinese history, put women in the center of history, and outline a historical picture under the eyes of women's eyes.

Xinhua Daily · Jiaojiao Reporter Hu Jingjing

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