The Empress Dowager finally ordered the abolishment of foot-binding in 1902 and in 1907 proclaimed a course of study for women--although actually merely an extension of the traditional moral training in docility and obedience which had been inculcated in women for millennia.
可惜後來變法失敗，一切恢復舊觀，不纏足會亦告中斷；但這批思想家所鼓吹的新觀念，已撒下種籽。慈禧太后終在一九○二年下詔廢除纏足、一九○七年頒佈女學章程。新興女學的授課仍以女誡、內訓…… 為主要教材，只能算是三從四德等舊女教的延長。