淺析｢正史｣中的女性復仇案

Abstract

In Confucian traditional culture, most of the revengers were male. Due to several factors, such as gender, social status and family roles, Female revenge was not mainstream. Base on the female revenge cases in official historical records, the revenge motives, revenge objects, revenge modes, and official attitudes were analysed in this paper.The paper also pointed out: although the motives of revenge were different, but the most revenges were for relative and for female themselves under the insults, that were seen as legitimate revenge motives. In some particular cases, the revenge objects were also extended to the children of enemies, this was with obvious anti-traditional and anti-cultural significances. In the revenge modes of ancient female, on the one hand, revenge was dependent on the national laws and on the other hand, was personal revenge. The most special revenge modes were turned into ghost spirit and self-destruction. Revenge behavior was a reflection of the confucian traditional culture and affected by the laws at that time, the official in ancient china had positive attitudes toward female revenge, and had more tolerant attitudes toward female avengers.