Abstract
In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the state laid emphasis on the village society control, encouraging families at different places to set norms restraining family members in genealogical record and vesting family elders with power to decide and enforce these norms. It was in this period that the family rules achieved rapid development, having increasingly mature content and form and general support from authorities; therefore, the Ming and Qing Dynasties became a typical time for the development of ancient family rules.
Highlights
The family system in China has a long history, originating from the late primitive society and going through four different forms of succession: the patriarchy in the late primitive society, the patriarchal clan system in the Yin and Zhou Dynasties, the aristocratic clan system from the Han Dynasty to Tang Dynasty and the ancestral hall clan system after the Song Dynasty until the Ming and Qing Dynasties, where the family rules flourished with increasingly mature content and form and general support from authorities
The power of clan leader includes: the right to preside over worship ceremony, appoint Director of ancestral hall and manage the costs of sacrificial affairs, land tax and other levies; the right to dominate the family assets; the right to decide the rights and wrongs of family affairs; the right to punish the family members, which is derived from the right of family business management
The other is the etiquette and custom mechanism, consisting of family rules and clan regulations, with reflection of former value maintained by the clan
Summary
The family system in China has a long history, originating from the late primitive society and going through four different forms of succession: the patriarchy in the late primitive society, the patriarchal clan system in the Yin and Zhou Dynasties, the aristocratic clan system from the Han Dynasty to Tang Dynasty and the ancestral hall clan system after the Song Dynasty until the Ming and Qing Dynasties, where the family rules flourished with increasingly mature content and form and general support from authorities. In the early Ming Dynasty, Taizu Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang spoke highly of Zheng Family in Pujiang and Song Lian who helped to finish the renowned Norms of Zheng Family. (2014) Study on Family Rules in the Ming and Qing Dynasties.
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