Standards for being beautiful Chinese Women
Home › Forums › Summer Institutes › Gender And Generation In East Asia, Summer 2019 › Session 7 - August 8, Robin Wang, LMU › Standards for being beautiful Chinese Women
What Makes a Chinese Women Beautiful? This is a great topic to discuss. In my opinion, the beautiful Chinese women should have inner and outer features. Physical appearance is attractive and grabbing others ’attention immediately but temporarily that can last long. But inner beauty gives us intelligence and witty. The roles we play as a filial daughter, a lovable wife, a dedicated mother, and a successful career in society, these women should be the most beautiful women. Traditionally Confician Ideal womanhood defined beautiful woman “Man is for relying on, so he should be liable; woman is for love, so she should be lovable” with virtues ( material rectitude, sagely intelligence, benevolent wisdom, chaste obedience, pure righteousness, and competence)talents and beauty. The women as role models have the following qualities; teaching the children and helping the husband. I really think most of Chinese women met the two requirements. Born and lived in Modern Era of China, we are still deeply influenced by these virtues and obediences from traditional and classical points of views, but we also accepted the concepts of pursuing happiness and not relying on man to live a life, to be independent with our own career is more reasonable standards.


