The Study of Women Education in Family Aphorisms of Tang Dynasty

• Main Authors: Wei-cheng Lin, 林偉琤
• Other Authors: Yu-wen Chou
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2001
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/63768342681299497448

碩士 === 國立臺灣師範大學 === 教育研究所 === 89 === Abstract The main purpose of this paper is to study the family aphorisms of the Tang Dynasty, which are the family’s traditional injunctions passed from generation to generation. They were analyed from different classes ,and the main findings are as follows. First, The viewpoints of women education are explored by their status and life in the society. However, the educational ideas in the family aphorisms are continuous, so they are compared with the previous works such as ‘The Book of Rites’ , ‘Biographies of Exemplary Women’, ‘Instructions for Women’ , and ‘The Aphorisms of the Yan Family’ . Second, it is found that except upper class, the female status in middle and lower class was lower after being discussed the realities of matrimony, costume, entertainment, politics, and legislation about women at that time. Third, the viewpoints of women education in the family aphorisms which are analyzed from the different domains of morality regulations, knowledge, and practice skill for life are still traditional. Further more, after being compared with the previous works, the viewpoints are infected by them. Finally, the viewpoints of women education in Tang Dynasty make us to reconsider the subjectivity of women and pay more attention to equal educational opportunity for gender in future. To create a equal society for gender through retracing the past is expected. Keywords： Tang Dynasty family aphorisms women education thrice following and four virtues