| dc.description.abstract | Late Ming dynasty is the vigorous period of the trend of thought in Chinese women education. The illustrated book discussed in the essay about this issue included 6 editions of books, which are “New Cu lienu zhuan”, “Gu jin lienu zhuan pin ling”, “Lin xiang cu lienu zhuan”, “ Huitu lienuzhuan ”, “Gui fan ” and “Nu fan pen ”.
Chapter 1 initiated from the background of editing the illustrated book. Besides integrating basic data of each kind of illustrated books, it greatly emphasized that the drawer at that time created a composition of space allocated toward illustrated books. The feature of editing the illustrated book was based on the re-defining so-called Cu-type ones, and exploiting so-called Jin-type ones. In the field of the latter it exerted constantly to carve the fashion of new image of women, which assembled with children into the image of women and children. The finally destination is to boast the value of female chastity. Therefore these two more focusing points, new image of women and the image of women and children, in the illustrated books as of Late Ming dynasty would be immensely discussed and analyzed. on Chapter 2 and Chapter 3.
There were three different features for the illustrated books as compared with tradition: First of all, the great difference existed between different sexes for their understanding and visualizing the picture and the article, and the pursuit of the meaning of respective value. Secondly, the carving image of women deliberately took the trend of visualization in the reproduction process of books and the presentation of the pictures. Thirdly, the image of children in the position of being observed shifted into the position of chastity , combining with the sensitivity at the same time, as the function and destination of the demand of women’s pictures varied. | en_US |