Both theoretical and practical studies on resilience and social-ecological systems have become popular in the past several decades. However, to date, no consensus has been achieved on the concept and measurement of resilience. On the basis of the assumption of the resilience theory on relative stable states and boundaries of systems, three-phase development process of the resilience concept, and history of the resilience theory, 5 measurement methods for the resilience of social-ecological systems have been reviewed in this paper. Three directions or trends for methodology development to quantify the resilience of social-ecological systems have been discussed:(1) Threshold and tipping point measurements are still the fundamental measuring methods. (2) Concerns have changed from temporal to spatial dimensions and from ecology to social ecology systems. (3) Integration of complexity science and multidisciplinary methods is the main direction for methodology development.