原文
李氏,名子秀,连州人,贡生绍英之女,举人莫矜之妻。丁亥,避乱浛洸。贼至,拘其夫及二子以行,李氏跣诣贼所,见其夫被缚甚急,指贼大骂。贼杀之,以其义烈,为之具棺殓葬而释其夫与二子。嗟乎,李氏者,盖善于救夫者哉。
白话
中文
李氏,名叫子秀,是连州(今广东连州市)人,贡生李绍英的女儿,举人莫矜的妻子。丁亥年(清顺治四年,1647年),为了躲避战乱逃到浛洸(今广东英德市浛洸镇)。贼兵来了,抓住了她的丈夫和两个儿子准备带走。李氏赤着脚走到贼兵所在的地方,看到她的丈夫被捆绑得很紧,就指着贼兵大声痛骂。贼兵杀了她。因为敬佩她的忠义刚烈,贼兵为她准备了棺木入殓安葬,并且释放了她的丈夫和两个儿子。唉,李氏这个人,可以说是善于拯救丈夫的人啊!
英文
Li Shi, whose given name was Zixiu, was a native of Lianzhou (present-day Lianzhou City, Guangdong). She was the daughter of the gongsheng (tribute student) Li Shaoying and the wife of the juren (provincial graduate) Mo Jin. In the Dinghai year (1647, the fourth year of the Shunzhi reign of the Qing Dynasty), she fled to Hankuang (present-day Hankuang Town, Yingde City, Guangdong) to escape the chaos of war. When rebels arrived, they captured her husband and two sons, intending to take them away. Li Shi went barefoot to where the rebels were. Seeing her husband tightly bound, she pointed at the rebels and cursed them loudly. The rebels killed her. Out of admiration for her loyalty, righteousness, and fierce spirit, the rebels prepared a coffin for her burial and released her husband and two sons. Alas, this Li Shi can be said to be someone adept at saving her husband!
文化解读/分析
本条目记述了明末清初战乱时期,连州女性李子秀为救丈夫和儿子而牺牲的事迹。她的行为被屈大均评价为“义烈”和“善于救夫”。这反映了传统儒家文化背景下对女性贞节、忠义、勇气的推崇。在极端危难的情况下,李氏没有选择退缩,而是以激烈的言辞(“指贼大骂”)对抗强权,展现了非凡的勇气和保护家人的决心。她的牺牲最终换来了丈夫和儿子的生还,这使得她的行为不仅是道德上的楷模,更具有实际的“救赎”意义。值得注意的是,就连“贼”也为其“义烈”所动容,为其收殓安葬并释放其家人,这进一步强化了其行为的道德感召力,也可能包含了作者对乱世中人性闪光点的期许。这个故事是研究当时岭南地区社会价值观、女性地位以及战乱对普通民众生活影响的一个缩影。
关键词
李氏、李子秀、连州、莫矜、浛洸、丁亥、清初、广东新语、女语、贞节、义烈、救夫、屈大均、岭南文化、女性史