女性名分是清儒關心的問題，目前學界對於清初禮學的討論已有相當豐碩的成果，然而值得注意的是，在書寫女性生命史、標誌女性身分時，清初學者聚焦在女性傳主姓氏的書寫方法，此涉及了清儒對古代經典的詮釋與其對女性在家庭身分位置之定義、理解與認同。本文主要探討清儒對於女性傳主寫法的論辯，及所圍繞的相關議題，試圖探究十七世紀學者如何為女性留「名」，以及如何援用經典來處理棘手的「婦人問題」，期能省思清代學術、禮制與性別文化之間的關係。

In the early Qing dynasty, women's biographies became the site of a scholarly battle. The struggle was over how to name the female subject: whether to identify her by her maiden name or to use her husband's surname. At the heart of the dispute was the question of whether writers should emphasize women's origins or stress the role of women as obedient and faithful wives. This debate represents a split in historical writing between those who wished to underscore women's self-determination and those who wished to emphasize their obedience, and shows how gender questions influenced the writing of women's biographies. This article reveals how Qing scholars dealt with the ＂woman question＂ by quoting and interpreting the ancient classics and histories. It also gives us a chance to review research on intellectual, ritual, and gender history in Qing China.