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My mother's grandma has bound feet. She can walk steadily but slowly. Binding feet is no good for a woman. Unfortunately, all women in feudal society bound their feet.

When did the bound feet originate?

During the Sui Dynasty, Emperor Suiyang chose a hundred pretty girls to track his boat when he was traveling in Jiangdu. A girl called Miss Wu was chosen. She hated Emperor Suiyang very much. Thus, she asked her father to make a small knife and sought a chance to kill Emperor.

The knife was about 10 cm. She had to hide it somewhere. Finally, she bound the knife under her feet and made lotus patterns in the sole of her shoes. When she walked, the lotus patterns appeared from time to time. The Emperor Suiyang was very happy and summoned her by his side in order to appreciate her small feet. So she unbound her feet ad stabbed Emperor Suiyang with her knife.

However, Emperor Suiyang dodged and his arm was hurt. The girl failed to assassin him and then jumped into the river. Since then, Emperor Suiyang ruled that all girls with bound feet should not sent to her.

In order to commemorate Miss. Wu, young girls started to bind their feet. 
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