摘要
In history studies about women were few and sources recording deeds of females are difficult to find.Biographies of Womenwritten by LIU Xiang during the Xihan Dynasty set a precedent. For the first time in history it records exclusively the deeds of women from time immemorial to the middle of Xihan Dynasty according to their social classes and strata, becoming the first exclusive and comprehensive history of women of ancient China. The liberalism of the standard for glorification in the form of a biography represents not only the author’s lenient attitude to morality and ethics, but also embodies political and historical academic values incomparable by later female studies.
In history studies about women were few and sources recording deeds of females are difficult to find.Biographies of Womenwritten by LIU Xiang during the Xihan Dynasty set a precedent. For the first time in history it records exclusively the deeds of women from time immemorial to the middle of Xihan Dynasty according to their social classes and strata, becoming the first exclusive and comprehensive history of women of ancient China. The liberalism of the standard for glorification in the form of a biography represents not only the author's lenient attitude to morality and ethics, but also embodies political and historical academic values incomparable by later female studies.
出处
《广州大学学报（社会科学版）》
2002年第2期21-25,共5页
Journal of Guangzhou University:Social Science Edition
关键词
刘向
《列女传》
立传标准
价值
LIU Xiang
Biographies of Women
standard for glorification in the form of a biography
