| Zuo Zhuan is one of the greatest historian records in Pre-Qin days. It is a comprehensive expression of all kinds of historian records since Spring and Autumn Period. One of its distingushing features is that it has various charaters from different classes. Historian records before Zuo Zhuan like Shang Shu merely records the rulers' remarks in politics and military. Due to womens'low social status and the simplicity of historian records in those days, their thoughts and behaviors cannot be recorded. But in Zuo Zhuan, there appeared quite a few female charaters. This has epoch-making significance in both history-literature and women's history. This makes Zuo Zhuan a progressive historian record. In Zuo Zhuan, the female charaters who have distinctive characteristics are mostly from noble families, especially married ones. It is because of the history of politics, military affairs, diplomacy, and culture in the Zhou royal family and dukes or princes. Women from these families generally enjoy high social status and play indispensable roles in the patriarchal society. They more or less affect the history progress at that time.What is called aristocrat refers to "those who enjoy political and ecomonic privileges in the slave society or feudal society". In the slave society, at first, only slave owners can assume the office in the government (e.g. ancient China, ancient Rome). In the feudal society, aristocrat refers to those with hereditary rank of nobility and possession. They are mainly from the royal family or beneficiary ones who have rendered outstanding service. The ranks of nobility vary in different countries. Ancient China has Duke, Marquis, Earl, Viscount, and Baron. Aristocrat enjoys many privileges. The female charaters mentioned in this article not only include the hereditary aristocrat women, but also those who do not have herediary aristocracy but related to the important ministers. What is called aristocrat women refer to those who have relations with priviliged men by blood or marriage.Women's problems are complicated and of different levels, but its essence is the quality between men and women. As a group of people with the same physical and mental characteristics, women's social status has been dropping since human being entered the civilized society. And hence, the unequal situation between men andwomen exist over thousands of years. The unequal situation can be seen in all aspects of human society. Nowadays, the unequal situation is still an overwhelming problem worldwide. In the socialist society, the situation has been greatly changed, and women's social status has been improved unprecedentedly. But in reality, the unequal phenomena are still a frequent sight. The "Green Meditation"of how to create an equal and harmonious environment for both men and women is of great significance for the progress of human civilization. It is also one of the key problems of the realm of ideology and academe.According to my own research, there are 209 women with distinctive social relations. This article will discuss the aristocrat women in Pre-Qin days with sociology, Women's Studies, literature, and history as points of penetration. The point of this article is to probe into women's roles in history and literature so as to provide historic experience for women's free and complete development in the future.This article is divided into three parts. The first part is a social study of the aristocrat women in Zuo Zhuan. It is mainly about aristocrat women's political status, their relationship with the patriarchal clan system, and their love affairs and marriages. It brings forward the duality of the aristocrat women's social behavior in Zuo Zhuan. The second part is an observation to the women in Zuo Zhuan putting forward the ideas like chastity. The introduction of these ideas in Zuo Zhuan is virtually the first time. The third part analyzes the aristocrat women characters ethically and morally. In the end, it analyzes the ways and means of depiction. |
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