老妪在我国古代文学典籍中是一个非常寂疏的角色领域。但在《红楼梦》这部旷世之作中,曹雪芹为我们塑造了两个圆润饱满、个性鲜明的老妇人形象——贾母与刘姥姥。这两个身处社会两端的智者老妪展示在同一个舞台上,演人生曲折,绎社会百态,共同领略她们的智情之歌,共同见证她们的世事学问。
The old woman images were rare in ancient literary works in our country. But in A Dream of Red Mansions,CAO Xueqin created two successful old woman images with distinct personality for us,i. e. Lady Dowager and Granny Liu. At both ends of the society,the two wise old women showed their wisdom,emotion and affairs of human life in the same stage.