红娘是《西厢记》中最为经典的人物形象之一,其形象在诸多方面都已摆脱了侍女身份的限制,体现出了不同程度的身份错位特征。结合元代的社会背景,笔者认为,除了要满足受众的欣赏口味及文本剧情需要之外,元代文人地位的下降、少数民族文化与中原文化交融导致礼教的松弛与女性地位的提高都是红娘产生身份错位的重要原因。 Matchmaker is one of the most classic characters in The Romance of the West Chamber. Its image has already got rid of the limitation of maid identity in many aspects and reflected the dislocation characteristics of different degrees. Combined with the social background of the Yuan Dynasty, the author believes that in addition to meeting the needs of the audience to enjoy the taste and text plot, the decline of status of literati in the Yuan Dynasty, minority culture and the Central Plains culture led to the relaxation of Etiquette and the improvement of women’s status are matchmaker An important reason for the dislocation of identity.