The Fate of Women in Ancient Chinese Literature

The fate of women in ancient Chinese literature is dominated by the tragic end. They can be categorized and analyzed, such as grievous woman, slut, poisonous woman, demented woman, virtuous woman and so on.

Liu Lanzhi, Red Bride, Xi Shi, Sai Jinhua, Cui Yingying, Zhuo Wenjun, Du Shiniang, Bai Suzhen, Wang Zhaojun, Hua Mulan, Yang Yuhuan, Chen Yuanyuan, Zhao Feiyan Sisters, Pan Jinlian, Twelve Haircuts of the Red Mansion ...... and the list goes on and on, and these images have penetrated deep into the hearts of the people, and they are the jewels in the history of Chinese literature. If you want to make a comprehensive exposition of so many images in a paper is not very wise, the owner can choose a few of their own familiar, representative characters for in-depth analysis. In the feudal society environment, the ancient women basically dependent on men to survive, it is difficult to independently open up a piece of heaven and earth, and in love they can not freely choose the destination, to follow the "three from (at home from the father, that is married from the husband, husband died from the son), the four virtues (virtues of speech and appearance of work)". Under the yoke of this confinement, the fate of women is already destined to develop in the direction of tragedy, even if they have the spirit of resistance, and finally made a name for themselves, social opinion will be like a mountain to overwhelm them. In order to love, the country, the cause of ...... them, many of them gave up their own, sell their bodies and souls, but in the end they did not get the support and understanding they deserved, when the history of thousands of years later, the descendants can only objectively evaluate them, and these evaluations on their own has no meaning.