Author(s)

Cui Xiaoli

Corresponding Author

Cui Xiaoli

Abstract

The novel creations in Ming and Qing Dynasties is very abundant. The "Marriage of Flowers in the Mirror" is a full-length work mainly describing women after "A Dream of Red Mansions". This novel originated in the male-dominated social era, so it is rare to be able to describe the female images in large length. The novel breaks the contempt for women. The female image created in the novel is independent and self-reliant, and advocating wit and learning, and has a obscure consciousness of modernization, which is the unique feature of the "Marriage of Flowers in the Mirror". This article takes the analysis on the female images in the "Marriage of Flowers in the Mirror" as the starting point to analyze the limitations of the female images in "Marriage of Flowers in the Mirror".

Keywords

"Marriage of Flowers in the Mirror", female images, limitations