규곤(閨壼)의 경계선을 넘어서다 - 명대 여성 작가 서덕영에 대한 시론 / A Study of Xu De Ying’s Historical Criticism

In the history of Chinese women, the Ming Dynasty is a very important era. It was not until then that Chinese people changed their view to support education for women, and the number of educated women increased. In fact, there were a few outstanding individual female writers before the Ming Dynasty; however, in the Ming Dynasty, female writers corresponded with each other and created their own literary works through group activities. This was the reason why female social activities took place actively during the Ming Dynasty. However, the number of those women was still small, and the Ming Dynasty was an era when most women were repressed. Under such circumstances, Xu De Ying was a woman whose writing was distinctive from that of other female writers. She criticized male politics through her criticism of the past, and raised her voice to the world with no hesitation. She pushed beyond the limitations of the women’s quarters, and we can discover her views on trans-boundaries throughout her works.