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Ancient Chinese shoes. chinaculture.org | Updated: 2008-09-26 09:37. This pair is a handicraft. The Panli decoration on the boots is a typical pattern from the Warring States (475–221 BC).

This would indicate that, at the time written Chinese was being formulated, socks and shoes were both related to leather. In ancient times there was, in fact, no distinction between shoes and socks.