Abstract
As in all the countries and eras, women were regarded as inferiors in China, especially before the beginning of the Twentieth Century. However, it is noticeable that in traditional Chinese society, the living conditions of women, were unaffected by any ethnocentric considerations, and were more difficult than in most of the countries around the world, especially those of the West. Firstly, the position of the Woman in the traditional Chinese society was influenced by the Confucius moral for a long time. Thiss model granted very little consideration to women. According to the Chinese beliefs dating from the first millennium BC, and then introduced in into the teaching of Confucius and his disciples, the world was composed by two complementary and opposed elements: the Yin and the Yang. The first one embodies all things passive, weak, and dark, and has always been associated to women; the second element, on the contrary, symbolizes everything which is strong, active and bright, and has always been represented by the men.
