| Summary: | 碩士 === 國立中央大學 === 中國文學研究所 === 99 === Influenced mainly by the family, the development of feminist literature reached the zenith in the Qing dynasty. This article, focusing on talented females in the Yuan family of Qiantang, discusses the spiritual characteristics of family culture evolved from the structure of family learning and heritage.
Feminist literature was a link of family development in Qing dynasty: developing the literary talent of females was part of the process of a family’s construction of its own culture system. Whether in education or literary performance, the influence of aunt upon Yuan Mei, or that of Yuan Mei upon his sisters or granddaughters, came from the same context; the feminist literature of the Yuan family therefore could be developed in a well-catered learning environment. The three Yuan sisters were positioned in the center of the family literature. Their role in the development of family learning, and their female identity as the inheritor and developer of family culture are points which deserve full exploration.
The construction of family learning and its inheritance were connected with the family background that was crucial to the Yuan females in Qiantang. To them, the culture zone of Suei garden was peculiar in the sense that outside it there was the prosperity and stability of the local culture in Qiantang, and inside a literature environment was provided. The title ‘Suei Garden’ included the architecture space and the inner literary activities: its beautiful scenery within attracted scholars to gather here and discuss poetry; it also nurtured the spirituality of the Yuan females. Therefore, in the context of the Yuan feminist literature, Suei Garden was the literature space built up by kinship, progress of age, and cultural activities. It was also the importance background in which the Yuan family learning and inheritance were constructed.
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