杜十娘形象的演变及意义

从宋懋澄的《负情侬传》到冯梦龙的《杜十娘怒沉百宝箱》，杜十娘已经由一个“借以言志”的艺术形象变成了一个“以死明志”的艺术形象，而不是通常意义上所谓的“殉情”者形象。结合晚明的社会背景和士人的生存状态和心态，探讨了造成杜十娘和一代士人悲剧的根源，在于明代后期的政治专制主义和经济专制主义。

The Evolution and Significance of the Image of Du Shiniang

This article tells us that,according to the novel Unfaithful Male Lovers by Song Maocheng and Du Shiniang angrily Sinks Her Jewelry Box into the River by FengMenglong, Du Shiniang,who used to be a so-called image of dying for love in the traditional sense,has being evolved from an image that shows her will by saying into one that shows her will by death.Combining the social background and the scholars'life in the late Ming Dynasty,the author points out that the tragedy of Du Shiniang and scholars originates in the autocracy of politics and economy in the late Ming Dynasty.