寓山園林的女性空間 = Female Space in the Yushan Garden
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臺大中文學報, 23, 277-321
Journal
臺大中文學報
Journal Issue
23
Pages
277-321
Date Issued
2005-12
Date
2005-12
Author(s)
Abstract
During the times from the end of the Ming dynasty to the beginning of the Qing, when the Chinese infatuations with gardens reached a climax, garden owners were often found to develop an intricate system of artistic expression to accentuate their gardens' underlying aesthetic assumptions and cultural value. They did so with a view to attract like-minded literati to visit their gardens, as well as to participate in the creative interpretation of their gardens. During this period, there were many yuablin tiyung (園林題詠)-literary works arising from various activities centering on gardens-which described the meetings of the minds in the context of a garden. These works show that the expected interaction between the guest and the host was in fact attainable. Of course, the figures in these works are predominantly male, reflecting the male-centerednesss characteristic of the contemporary society at large, and of writing in particular. This leads us to ask: if there was room for women to participate in these activities, what roles would these women play and what relations would these activities bring forth between them and the gardens? To answer these questions, the paper takes the Yushan Garden ( 寓山園林 ) as our window to explore this female world. Among the wealth of texts created in association with this particular garden by both its owner and the guests, we find a number of female voices and female figures. The paper will look at this set of materials from a number of perspectives. These include: how the female members of the owner's household viewed the Yushan Garden as an extension of their home; how the educated female visitors interacted with the garden and conversed with its owner; how women coming out to see the seasonal sights of the spring switched places with the owner in viewing the garden; and finally how, with the passage of time and the departure of a succession of owners, the female household members reconstituted their relationships with the garden. As we shall see, interaction with the garden in these various roles had shaped the creation of the garden's spatial meaning both in daily life and in writing.
Subjects
寓山
園林
女性空間
祁彪佳
商景蘭
Yushan
Garden
Female space
Qi Biaojia
Shang Jinglan
Type
journal article
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