Jung Chang Quotes
But Her Greatest Assets Were Her Bound Feet, Called In Chinese "three-inch Golden Lilies" (san-tsun-gin-lian). This Meant She Walked "like A Tender Young Willow Shoot In A Spring Breeze," As Chinese Connoisseurs Of Women Traditionally Put It. The Sight Of A Woman Teetering On Bound Feet Was Supposed To Have An Erotic Effect On Men, Partly Because Her Vulnerability Induced A Feeling Of Protectiveness In The Onlooker.
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