Gu Ming Dong
Department of Modern Languages, Rhodes College, Memphis, TN 38112, USA.
Psychoanal Q. 2006 Jan;75(1):163-95. doi: 10.1002/j.2167-4086.2006.tb00036.x.
The Oedipus complex is central to Western tradition, but not to Chinese culture. Occurrence of oedipal themes in Chinese literature is almost negligible. This phenomenon seems to support a contra-Freud claim: that a theory of European origin, the Oedipus complex, is not universal to human experience in non-Western cultures. However, this article suggests that powerful moral repression may cause the Oedipus complex to undergo structural transformations in some cultures. Through studying a sample of Chinese literary and film representations, the author argues that the Oedipus complex in Chinese culture has been transformed into a filial piety complex. Some conceptual issues are considered from a cross-cultural perspective.
俄狄浦斯情结是西方传统的核心，但在中国文化中并非如此。俄狄浦斯主题在中国文学中的出现几乎可以忽略不计。这一现象似乎支持了一种与弗洛伊德相悖的观点：即源自欧洲的俄狄浦斯情结理论并非适用于所有非西方文化中的人类体验。然而，本文认为强大的道德压抑可能会使俄狄浦斯情结在某些文化中发生结构转变。通过研究一系列中国文学和电影作品样本，作者认为中国文化中的俄狄浦斯情结已转变为一种孝道情结。本文还从跨文化视角探讨了一些概念问题。
