从古代鞋时尚看中国男人女人的社会定位

俗话说,缺双鞋穷半节,中国人的行头中,鞋是重头。传统的中国人的价值观是男人出将入相,女人相夫教子。由此,男人的鞋,具有社会等级的符号功能。女人的鞋,更多体现闺范特征。中国的鞋,无论是男人的鞋履还是女子的金莲,其实就是一部形象化了的中国人的生活哲学,它彰显着古代男权社会中君臣父子的道德秩序和贞节德容的女子规范。

Viewing the Social Positioning of Ancient Chinese Men and Women from Their Fashion of Shoes

As the saying goes that a person without proper shoes is half a poor guy, in the attire of a Chinese person, the shoes are considered an important part. The traditional value by Chinese people is that the husband works out for the state, and the wife stays at home waiting on her husband and educating the children. Therefore, a man＇ s shoes have the function of showing social classes, whereas a woman＇s shoes show more characteristics of ladies＇ etiquette. Chinese shoes, either a man＇s shoes and boots or a lady＇s delicate shoes, are actually a visualized living philosophy of Chinese people, which demonstrates the ethic order in male society with classes of the monarch and the officials, the father and the son, and the ladies＇ norm of chastity, morality and fair appearance.