三从四德(封建礼教宣传的妇女道德标准之一。三从指“未嫁从父，既嫁从夫，夫死从子”。四德指“妇德、妇言、妇容、妇功”)

women’s three obediences (to father before marriage,to husband after marriage and to son after the death of husband) and four virtues (morality,proper speech,modest manner and diligent work)—spiritual fetters imposed on women in feudal society