1 近代意义的中国妇女解放,应该从十九世纪末叶的维新变法运动说起。 十九世纪末期的维新变法是一个爱国的、进步的政治运动。康有为、梁启超、严复、谭嗣同等维新志士,相当自觉地把妇女解放看作维新变法的一个组成部分。他们对待妇女问题,大大超过了前人止于同情,反对男尊女卑的程度,而是运用新的理论,把这一问题和整个社会联系起来考察。他们把西方资产阶级所提倡的“天赋人权”和进化论学说引到中国来培育其维新事业,包括妇女解放这一重要组成部分。这 1 The liberation of Chinese women in the modern sense should start with the reform and transformation movement of the late 19th century. The reform and reform of the late nineteenth century was a patriotic and progressive political movement. Kang Youwei, Liang Qichao, Yan Fu, Tan Sitong and other patriots, quite consciously regard the emancipation of women as an integral part of the reform process. Their treatment of women has greatly exceeded the extent to which their predecessors stopped their sympathy and objected to the inferiority of the male superior. Instead, they applied the new theory to examine this issue in relation to the entire society. They brought “natural human rights” and evolutionism doctrines advocated by the western bourgeoisie to China to nurture their rejuvenation, including the important component of women’s liberation. This