Study Of Females Image In Shi Shuo Xin Yu

Shi Shuo Xin Yu is a novel of depicting humanity completed by many talents with Liu Yiqing as the leading role in Liu Song Dynasty of the Southern Dynasties. In the nature ofencyclopedia, it provides a great deal of data available for research for this period. The wholebook records anecdotes of literatis during the three hundred years in the Han,Wei and JinDynasties, mainly in the century of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. Using the art of writing prose, itportrays the unique mental outlook and views of life of the scholars at the end of the EasternHan and Wei,Jin Dynasties. It’s particularly notable about the book that it moulds piles offemale characters with unique personality charms.It is a period full of unrest and confusion in Wei,Jin,Northern and Southern Dynasties. Allthese elemens, such as the alternating of political rights, the weakend constraint from moralcodes, the impact on the scholars from Wei,Jin metaphysics and Buddhism and the mergingbetween ethnic groups, contribute to "the awakening of people"in this epoch. Naturally, thefemales living at that time also show the characteristics of that time. As with the celebrities ofthe same time, they have many commended talents and begin to have new life pursuits in theirmarriage and are brave enough to express their own desires.The whole book consists of36chapters,1130short stories in all. According to theprinciple"reckoned in if mentioned or referred to", the author conducts an entire statistics anddraws the following conclusion: the6chapters---Making a fresh start,Yearning foradmiration,Hermits in the mountain,the Elaborate magic skills,Courtesy and Damagingsages due to credulous to slanders---don’t mention the females completely.131short storiesrefer to the females in the rest30chapters. Besides, expect those just mentioned or involvedor without words, the females in only80short stories have languages, among which32are inthe chapter Gentlewoman. The author classifies those females into4categories:mothers,wives,daughters and the females serving as a contrast. By analysing their images, theauthor discusses their existence values, analyzes their impact on society and has acomprehensive understanding of the writer’s view of women. In addition, the author alsoconducts the analysis of individual cases to some outstanding women.