A Study On The Chastity Women Narrated By Scholars In The Late Ming And Early Qing Period

Because of the special time background,The written about chastity women by scholars who live in The late Ming and early Qing period has important research significance.The scholars' collected works have many chastity woman's story,which written by different form and have rich contents.These record is different from Biography of Women in The Ming History,whose traits are brief.In scholars'collected works,the description about chastity women not only are in detail but compared them with male concept of "filial piety and righteous",and reflect the present situation of male Lacking of responsibility and courage,and appeal to take chastity women as an example further.So,we can learn the life of chastity women in detail,and by these exploration woman's family and social role and social situation of The late Ming and early Qing period,and most of all we can understand the author's intention of maintaining social morality and realizing self-salvation.The first part of the article expatiates the social background and reason of scholars' written about chastity women,and draw a comparison with The Ming History.After the basic analysis we can realize that because the favourable social conditions,the chastity phenomenon has a large increase.The idea of chastity has been continuously strengthened and been appreciated by women.Scholars who depend on their particular social prestige and political power played the role of recording and advocating chastity,not only for women but also for themselves.The second part of the article mainly combs chastity women' choice when facing difficulties like the death of her husband or the demise of the state or some oppression else,and including their lives after someone's husband died.The widow who have no wish for life but to suttee her husband firmly made a big impact on scholars' spirit.And those widow who take care of parents-in-law and children alone were under huge economic pressure and emotional loneliness,which aroused scholars' attention and respect.So,the epitaphs and biographies about these women were described in detail,and by through the research we can not only know the women' role of wife,mother,teacher,but by these writing mode to research the author's psychology.The last part of the article from The writer's perspective discuss their reflect when writing chastity women.The Ming loyalists were special social group in The early period of Qing dynasty,for the sake of summary the reason of the national ruin they have been knee to record chastity deeds,and which also has an important purpose is to provide an explanation for their disloyal.The conclusion part analyze the social groups which including females and male'understanding of chastity female' behavior,and summarize the important significance of chastity female' behavior on social atmosphere and introspection.