《闺塾师》与中国妇女史研究的方法论

《闺塾师》突破了“压迫——解放”的中国妇女史研究旧有模式,采用女性视角这一新的研究方法,对明末清初江南才女们的生活做了有意义的诠释。但是,由于作者在研究中对女性视角的运用把握失度,从而导致某些提法的失实;史料运用上存在的缺陷也使书中出现了一些史实性的错误。《闺塾师》在研究中体现出的优长与不足对反思中国妇女史研究方法颇具典型意义。

Teachers of the Inner Chambers and Research Method of Chinese Women''''s History

Discarding the conventional narrative mold of "Oppression-Liberation" in Chinese women's history,Teachers of the Inner Chambers interprets the life of elite women in Jiangnan(south of the Yangzi River) of seventeenth-century China from a new female perspective.However,the improper application of this perspective leads to some false statements.There also exist errors in stating the historical facts due to the mistaken use of historical data.In sum,the merits and flaws of Teachers of the Inner Chambers have provided a typical example for introspecting research methods of Chinese women's history.