Study Of The Qing Dynasty Poetess

Women Ci poems of Qing Dynesty,inheriting former Dynasty's characteristics and even the whole history of Ci poems', have won glorious achievements; however, the research work in this area has not been fully launched, which turns to be less reflective to the real situation in which the author wrote them. This thesis is aiming at the improvement of the present situation.Awarding to the on-hand materials, this thesis sums up the main feelings included in the women Ci poems of Qing Dynasty and falls into four categories. The first type is the traditional boudoir mood, covering the melancholy feeling as time lapses, the narcissistic feeling on one's own dignified beauty and excellent talents and also the longing and expectation for love. The second one lies in those women who suffered a lot in their marriages so that they would reveal their innermost feelings of discontentment and hatred or just deny marriage by means of sticking to girl-friendship. Some of them even attempted to escape from this mortal life through mystical excursion. The third is women's contemplation and introspection on their sexual role and talents, which is an extremely valuable part in the women Ci poetry of Qing Dynasty. The fourth type is women's concern and exploration of society and history and also the reflection of their life at that time under special conditions, such as dynastic changes, Taiping Revolution, foreign invasions etc. At the same time among the Ci poems there emerges the self-portrait in accordance with these feelings.As far as the style is concerned, the women Ci poetry of Qing Dynasty more evidently tends to demonstrate its diversity compared with its predecessor. Apart from the main style of refreshingly lucid, subtle and concise features, many other works of different styles appeared, famous for their powerful and free, elegant and unconventional characteristics.What is discussed in this thesis are mainly the feelings in women Ci poems and their self-portraits, partly including the discussion of styles, and also the analysis of the causes of nourishment, the condition of women's life, the evaluation criteria of women Ci poems and the comparison between women Ci poems and men's so as to present a general picture of women Ci poems of Qing Dynasty to the readers.