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A Study About Social Status And Role Of Qidan Women

Posted on:2016-12-16Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:L J ChenFull Text:PDF
GTID:2335330464957453Subject:History of Ancient China
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The Liao Dynasty, regarding Qidan as the main body, was established in the Middle Ancient Times.ln the process of Liao Dynasty abandoning the relics and unceasingly becoming civilized, the social status and roles of Qidan women of different classes behave differently in disparate periods. However.on the whole, compared with the different social positions of women in the Central Plains Dynasty, the Qidan women play a more important role in the social life and enjoy a higher social status. This thesis investigates the social roles of Qidan women and evaluates their social class in terms of production activities, politics, military campaigns, family relations, marriage concept as well as cultural accomplishment.The first chapter discusses the role of Qidan women in production activities. This chapter describes the role and status of Qidan women in social economy from the aspects of Qidan women with agriculture, animal husbandry as well as handicraft production. Different from "men inside the home and women outside the home" of the Central Plains Dynasty, the Qidan women play a vital part in the social and economic life.The second chapter deals with the role of Qidan women in political and military activities. Due to the great improvement in the political rights of women in Liao Dynasty, the women in upper class are able to engage in the political and military activities. This chapter illustrates the social status of Qidan women in the reasons, performance and influence of participating in the political affairs.The third chapter elaborates the role of Qidan women in the family relations. This chapter discusses the social status of Qidan women from the two aspects of "noble husband and humble wife" regulated by feudal morals and "respecting and showing filial obedience to mothers" in family obligations. This part illuminates in the family relations, the Qidan women stand the phenomenon of "noble husband and humble wife" on one hand, and on the other hand, enjoy the treatment of "respecting and showing filial obedience to mothers".The fourth chapter involves the roles of Qidanan women in marriage relations. This chapter expounds the parts of Qidan women playing in the marriage in terms of view of marriage of Qidan women and special marriage customs of Qidan.The fifth chapter focuses on the cultural accomplishment of Qidan women, including such contents as the Qidan women and education, the Qidan women and culture as well as the Qidan women and Buddhism. Compared with the "Innocence is the virtue for women" which is suppressed by the Neo-Confucianism of Song Dynasty in the same period, the Qidan women own a relatively higher cultural accomplishment at this moment. This chapter mainly discusses the manifestations of Qidan women in cultural accomplishment.This topic is intended to reveal the social status of Qidan women through the study in the roles of Qidan women playing in the aspects of animal husbandry, agriculture, politics, military affairs, family relations and marital status.
Keywords/Search Tags:Qidan, Women, Social Role, Status
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