| The Gui Yuan in the Ming Dynasty were born with a certain power mostly, no matter how powerful the positions of their families were. As they usually were from courtiers families, they could have a more superior life, better educational, and the enjoyment with poetry all these not only improved their own culture refinement but also prepared themselves to be mother. The official education they got was imposed with "the three cardinal guides and the five constant virtues" and "the three and four virtues". They were limited within the boudoir and complied with social norms about "Men focus outside while women focus inside". They accepted the education about respect, strict, love, modest and chastity, so they believed in respectful obedience-Males and females should be treated differently. Whether as a daughter, wife or a mother, they should always show their respects. As a woman, they couldn’t go outside and make friends with strangers. But from the practical level, the life of the Gui Yuan were not as expected in the education system. In fact, talented women emerged at a large scale. They had learned Confucianism and studied together with the male. With the expansion of the study scope and the accumulation of knowledge, their ideas gradually broke through the traditional Confucianism. So they worked on the literature creation and pursued love and marriage. Some of them became "Jealous Women". With concerned about national issues and they defended the homeland when the nation was struggling for its future. Apart from the changes of their ideas, their right had extended outside the home. They participated in public affairs by teaching children or helping their husbands and they get external recognition and awards. Of course, the extension of the living space was along with the expansion of power. They made friends with each other, talked about their lives and increased their knowledge by various festivals.This contradiction couldn’t be formed in a short term and the reason was the development of that social economic and the transformation of social customs in the Ming Dynasty. What’s more, with the raise of the material life, The residents Challenged the traditional Confucianism for their own interests. Moreover, Gui Yuan had more activity time because of labor rich. On the other hand, for the social climate changing, it was not only gave the man strong atmosphere for learning cultural knowledge, but also made women’s education to be universal that the imperial examination had flourished up. Also the scholars’moral concepts changed and became interested in women’s talent which made the talent education rised at the background of prosperity of the publishing industry.Therefore, in order to fully understand Gui Yuan’s life, we can not simply take the official cognitive into account instead of thinking comprehensively We should restore the historical reality as possible as we can. Of course, we must consider the showing of Gui Yuan’s talents objectively and need to study whether their minds have been liberated and awaken. |