夏娃的詛咒－清末時新小說的基督教治纏足害表述

The Curse of Eve: Christian Anti-Foot Binding Discourses in Late Qing New Age Novels

鄺智良(KWONG CHI-LEUNG)

《景風》 21卷 (2023/02) Pp. 1-18

摘要

1895年，傅蘭雅（John Fryer, 1839-1928）發起「時新小説」徵文比賽。本文旨在梳理是次比賽的參賽作品中，以基督教治纏足害的表述，展示基督教如何形塑基督徒參賽者對社會現實的詮釋，以及他們如何按處境關懷詮釋聖經。為證立基督教為治纏足害的獨步單方，一些參賽者將元兇指向魔鬼，更有人引用創世記第三章中，上帝所發出蛇的後裔要傷夏娃後裔腳跟的詛咒，將之詮釋為纏足害的預表。

關鍵字

纏足 ； 傅蘭雅 ； 時新小説 ； 聖經詮釋 ； 清末基督徒

並列摘要

In 1895, John Fryer (1839-1928) launched a "New Age Novel" writing contest. In this paper, the Christian anti-foot binding discourses presented in the entries of the contest will be discussed. It aims to show how Christianity shaped the Christian contestants' interpretations of reality, and how the social context shaped their interpretations of the Bible. Arguing that Christianity was the only way for curing the problem of foot binding, some contestants stated that this evil was caused by the Devil. Some of them even quoted Genesis 3, interpreting the curse that the heels of Eve's offspring will be bitten by the serpent's offspring as a type prefiguring the problem of foot-binding in late-Qing China.

並列關鍵字

foot binding ； John Fryer ； New Age Novel ； interpretation of the Bible ； Christians in Late Qing