文人阶层的衰落与民族主义初兴是清末民初社会的两大特征,此时的小说创作出现了追怀晚明的情绪,常表现为对晚明秦淮名妓的再想象。晚清感伤主义美学初兴,又多寄托于多情的贞女形象。“妓女”与“贞女”并置的文学现象,喻示着晚清社会的文化逻辑:相对于都市妓业商业化的现实,文人感伤忆旧中的理想妓女标志着“青楼—士子”传统的消逝和晚清社会的现代转型;另一方面,浪漫主义的、高度情感化与伦理化的女性形象也蕴含着对新的民族主体的想象。 The decline of the literati class and the rise of nationalism are two major characteristics of the society in late Qing and early Republican China. At this time, the creation of novels appeals to the emotions of the late Ming dynasty and often appears as the reimaging of Qinhuai courtesans in the late Ming Dynasty. Late Qing sentimental aesthetics Chu Xing, more sustenance in the passionate virgin image. Literary Phenomenon Juxtaposed with “virginity ” and “virginity” symbolizes the cultural logic of society in the late Qing dynasty: Compared with the reality of the commercialization of urban prostitutes, the ideal prostitute in the old scholarly sentiment marks “ Brothel - scholar, ”the disappearance of tradition and the modern transformation of society in late Qing Dynasty. On the other hand, romanticism, highly emotional and ethical women images also contain the imagination of new national subjects.