清代中期社会中下层妇女贞节意识初探

清代中期，在官方的大力倡导下，贞节观对妇女的束缚前朝未有。但与此同时，社会中下层仍存在着大量的寡妇再嫁现象和婚外性行为。上述现象的存在不能简单地归结于社会外在因素的影响，妇女自身的诉求和主观能动性亦在其中发挥了作用，贞节观并没有成为部分中下层妇女的基本价值取向。

A Study on Women's Consciousness of Chastity in the Middle and Lower Classes during the Mid-Qing Dynasty

During the Mid-Qing Dynasty, the yoke of chastity on women is heavier than the preceding dynasties at the government＇s suggestion. However, there are many widows remarried and extramarital sex in the middle and lower classes at the same time. This paper makes use of archives and researches on the aboye phenomena from women＇ s viewpoint. The conclusion is that external factors play a part in the existence of those phenomena, but the appeal of women themselves and their subjective initiative also work. Moreover, some women of the middle and lower classes don＇ t accept the concept of chastity as their value orientation.