深閨星空－－清代女作家記夢詩探論

Starry Nights in the Boudoir: On Poems Describing Dreams Written by Qing Dynasty Poetesses

本文以清代女作家的記夢詩為考察對象，分別就親人夢、故居夢及遊仙夢三個類型的夢境作探討。前二者有實際生活經歷為背景，可以看到女作家與親人夢中重逢的悲喜，以及對故鄉舊居的懷念；後者則是女作家超越現實的仙境遊歷，為個人化的奇想漫游。從倫理角色的聯結，到自己原鄉的溯源，以至於作為獨立個體的自我身分的認證追尋；清代女作家以夢的方式，呈現了女性共同的生命經驗與集體的願望。

This paper will discuss poems on dreams written by Qing poetesses. The poems are divided into three categories according to the theme of the dreams: family members, homeland, and fantasies. The first two categories are poems based on dreams about these poetesses’ actual life experiences, expressing the joy and sorrow of reuniting with family members, and of their nostalgia for their home. Poems in the third category transcend reality and describe fantasy dreams of traveling about fairylands. The poems show that these poetesses were searching for an independent identity, which search consisted of a look at their roles in society and a look back to their origins. They used dreams in their poems as a way of expressing the shared experiences and collective hopes of women.