《詩經》是中國文學史上第一部詩歌總集,反映了西周初年至春秋中葉之社會生活。其中國風有許多關於婦女、婚姻及戀愛之詩作,正可窺知當時社會中一般女子之真實面目。本文擬以女子為主體,透過十五國風之歌謠,探究《詩經》中所表現之女子形象。從邂逅幽會、愛戀相思,經過媒妁歸寧,以至於婚姻生活,歸納出當代婦女之不同典型。因為女子於婚前及婚後所表現的形貌有相當之落差,故而以婚姻為分界點,在「婚前時期」區分為勞動婦女、懷春少女、情奔之女、待嫁新娘等四類;「婚後時期」則分為賢婦、望歸思婦、失寵棄婦、貞節烈婦及禍水紅顏等五類;文末並附論周代貴族女子之歸寧狀況。至於解詩觀點,則是就詩論詩,希望能還《詩經》原來面貌,使本文所探討者更貼近周代社會的真實呈現。
Chinese Ode is the first collection of odes in the Chinese Literature. This ode presents the time of the society from the beginning of the West Cho(西周) to the middle of the Tu Chou(春秋). It collects the folk songs. From those works about women, marriage and romance, we peek the real images of the women at that time. This paper centers on the women to read the fifteen Gou Fon(國風)books to investigate the women images in the Chinese Ode. From dating, falling in love, proposing and the wedding, we explore various styles of women at that time. For presenting clear delineation and further discussion, I roughly divide them into two general categories: ”Premarital During” and ”Postnuptial During.” As for the viewpoint, the discussion would base on the text itself. Hopefully this discussion could recapture the genuine content in Chinese Ode and help researchers to gain the clear pictures of the real society in Chou 周Dynasty.