从『京华烟云』的女性形象看林语堂的东西文化观 = Lin Yutang’s View of Eastern and Western Cultures through the Female Figures in Moment in Peking

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本文以『京华烟云』为研究对象，聚焦姚木兰、莫愁、曼娘三位典型女性形象，探究林语堂的东西文化观。木兰融合东方儒道智慧与西方现代意识，是“中西合璧”的理想人格；莫愁践行儒家礼教积极面，彰显传统妇德的现代价值；曼娘则沦为封建礼教牺牲品，揭露旧伦理对女性的摧残。 在文化观上，林语堂对东方文化持“取精去糟”的态度，既推崇道家“顺其自然”与儒家责任担当，又批判封建性别压迫；对西方文化则肯定其教育对女性观念革新与意识觉醒的推动作用。其核心文化理想为“和而不同”的融合，主张以“人的终极关怀”对接东西方文明。本文弥补了前人对女性形象文化视角解读的不足，也为理解近代中国文化转型提供了思路。

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This paper investigates Lin Yutang’s cultural vision through the female figures in Moment in Peking (1938–1939). Set against the historical backdrop from the Boxer Uprising to the Anti-Japanese War, the novel traces the fortunes of the Yao, Zeng, and Niu families while simultaneously introducing Chinese culture to the West and reflecting on the modernization of tradition.
The study focuses on three representative women. Yao Mulan, embodying a synthesis of Daoist naturalism, Confucian duty, and Western education, represents the archetype of the modern Chinese woman who balances familial responsibility with intellectual independence. Mo Chou, as a practitioner of Confucian ethics, demonstrates the enduring relevance of traditional feminine virtues in sustaining the household. In contrast, Man-niang, bound by rigid ideals of chastity and obedience, becomes a tragic victim of feudal morality, exposing Lin’s critique of patriarchal oppression.
Lin’s cultural stance is characterized by both inheritance and reflection. He upheld Daoist harmony and Confucian responsibility while rejecting oppressive customs, and he emphasized the positive role of Western education in enabling women to develop independent thought and agency. Ultimately, he advanced the ideal of he er bu tong—“harmony without uniformity”—not as eclecticism but as a human-centered synthesis of East and West. By adopting narrative structures accessible to Western readers and creating characters such as Mulan who“root themselves in the East while aspiring toward modernity,”Lin challenged Orientalist stereotypes and proposed a dialectical unity of tradition and modernity.