中国自进入父系社会以来对妇女的禁忌、戒规都极为繁多,这一现象延续了数千年,直至明代前期由于理学思想的垄断地位达到顶峰。然而从明中叶到后期,却出现了同情妇女、批判传统妇女观的思潮,这一思潮对当时及后世都产生了一定影响。本文试对明前期与中后期妇女的社会地位作出比较,并进行简要的分析和客观的评价。 Since the entry into the patriarchal society, China has had so many taboos and rules against women that this phenomenon lasted for thousands of years until the monopoly of Neo-Confucianism reached its peak in the early Ming Dynasty. However, from the middle of the middle of the Ming Dynasty to the later period, there emerged the trend of thinking of sympathy with women and criticizing the traditional concept of women. This trend of thought had an impact on both the present and future generations. This paper tries to compare the social status of women in the early and later Ming dynasties with a brief analysis and an objective assessment.