女冠與賢媛──盧眉娘故事之傳衍與傳記書寫

The Transmission of Lu Meiniang’s Story and the Composition of Her Biographies

在傳統中國女性傳記中，大量的節婦烈女故事成為研究者不可忽略的 議題。相較之下，節烈主題以外的女性傳記仍(有)待深究。因此，本文 將以唐(代)女冠盧眉娘(c.791-?)的故事為核心展開討論，聚焦於宋 明之間的道教文獻、地方志書與嶺南士人著述，考察盧眉娘故事之傳 衍與傳記書写。就本文所論文獻來看，盧眉娘的女冠身分(有)逐漸淡化 的現象，嶺南士人強調其刺繡長才，並與婦德中的「婦功」連結，使 盧眉娘在傳統婦德架構中，覓得流傳空間，亦見編纂者對於釋道二家 的態度，反映女性傳記書写風尚的轉變。

 

This study focuses on the story of Lu Meiniang (c. 791–?), tracing its transmission and the composition of her biographies through Daoist literature, local gazetteers, and the writings of scholars from the Lingnan region between the Song and Ming eras. This study finds that a gradual fading of Lu Meiniang’s identity as a Daoist nun occurred. Instead, the Lingnan scholars who wrote about her emphasized her exceptional embroidery skills and linked this talent to the Confucian ideal of “women’s work” (fugong), thus enabling her story to be preserved within the framework of traditional female virtues. Such shifts not only illuminate the changing attitudes among compilers toward Buddhism and Daoism, but also reflect broader transformations in the composition of women’s biographies.