汤亭亭小说《女勇士》中姑姑的死亡意象在这部小说里不是孤立地对姑姑死亡事件的再现,而是家族秘密的象征和文本隐喻,是华裔美国人对先辈传统记忆的巩固和提升。作家对待死亡的态度被巧妙地编织进这一死亡意象中,它作为富有意义的隐喻媒介,展示了生命体验的丰富性和复杂性,是华裔美国人对遥远中国的理解和传统经验的总结。无名女子代表了自由意志和对幸福生活的勇敢的追求,是后代移民的精神信仰。 The death image of aunt in The Woman Warrior in Maxine Hong Kingston’s novel is not a reproduction of an aunt’s death in isolation in this novel but a symbolic and textual metaphor of the clan’s secrets as a result of the Chinese Americans’ consolidation and promotion of their traditional memory. Writer’s attitude toward death is skillfully weaved into this image of death. As a meaningful metaphorical medium, it demonstrates the richness and complexity of life experience. It is a summary of Chinese Americans’ understanding and traditional experience in far-away China. The unnamed woman represents the free will and courageous pursuit of a happy life and is the spiritual belief of future generations of immigrants.