缠足在中国有着漫长的历史,随着中国近代社会政治、经济的转型,缠足这一风俗也经历了重大变革。长期以来,学者比较注重对缠足外在因素的研究,而对缠足者本身的研究关注较少,致使其长期处于失语状态。本文欲通过从缠足到废缠足这一转变过程,来解读清末民初时期妇女社会生活的变迁及社会地位的变化。 Footbinding has a long history in China. With the political and economic transformation in modern China, the custom of footbinding also underwent major changes. For a long time, scholars pay more attention to the study of the external factors of footbinding, but pay less attention to the study of the footburn itself, resulting in aphasia for a long time. This article intends to explain the changes of women’s social life and the change of social status during the late Qing and early Republican China through the process of transition from footbinding to waste and footbinding.